Empress Elagabalus

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the face of trans erasure and genocide, this episode affirms the existence of transgender people throughout history, focusing on the trans empress of the Roman Empire, long misgendered and called Elagabalus, though that was not her name. For an easy and effective way to make a political impact, visit 5calls.org and make your voice heard. Specifically, see the site's guidance for Opposing Efforts to Dehumanize Transgender and LGBTQ+ People. Get 3 months of premium wireless service for $15 bucks a month at MintMobile.com/Blindness Check out the show merch, perfect for gifts! Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episode's publication. Tracks include "Gemeni Mist," "Evidence Room," "Cicle Vascule," "Cicle Gerano," "Where It All Happened," and "Access Road 214." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "daedalus," and "Seeker," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.8	As all presidents have for decades, President Trump recently proclaimed February Black History Month and March Women's History Month, even while his anti-D-EI policies have had a chilling effect, discouraging the observing of any quote-unquote identity months.
0:59.4	But there is one annual day of observance this month that we can be certain he will not proclaim.
1:06.2	In 2021, President Joe Biden became the first U.S. President to proclaim a national transgender visibility day
1:14.4	since the observance was first founded by activist Rachel Crandall Crocker in 2009.
1:20.4	And Trump, along with most of the right, made their distaste for the proclamation especially clear last year when the day that
1:29.1	Transgender Visibility Day always falls on, March 31st, happened to coincide with Easter
1:35.9	Sunday. Grandstanding, the Trump campaign called on Biden for an apology of what they called
1:42.0	his, quote, assault on the Christian faith, end quote.
1:46.5	Trump's stance on LGBTQIA issues has always been best described as grandstanding.
1:54.0	Initially in his 2016 campaign, he promised to fight for LGBT rights, and at one campaign event he even walked around stage holding up a pride flag, with LGBT's for Trump crudely markered onto its yellow stripe.
2:09.9	He even broke with the Republican Party and came out publicly against North Carolina's controversial bathroom law, requiring individuals to use the
2:19.3	bathroom marked for the sex they were assigned at birth, saying instead they should be able to,
2:24.5	quote, use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate, end quote, and that there was no need for
2:30.3	such a law because there have been no real problems with trans individuals using public restrooms.
2:36.0	But he very quickly went from grandstanding to curry the favor of the LGBTQIA community
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