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May I lay before you trans women in 2nd cent AD Syria, in a validated Greek text? Theory has it their traditions dated back to at least 660BCE, & have been reflected until very recently right across to SE Asia, but were erased by xtianity to the west. 
For that SE Asia connection, the Kathoey of 🇻🇳🇰🇭🇹🇭 were Buddhist temple dancers, & the Kothi, Aravani, & Hijra of 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇧🇩 may have been too, before Hinduism, & Islam. Here's an 🇮🇳 Aravani dancer who had surgery at 10yo
Are the Aravani trans women? Most say they are women, even though some Hijra identify as #3rdGender. See what you think… Here is another, younger, married, 🇮🇳Aravani dancer
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