Mythic Understandings of Non-Binary Identity

Monday, September 21, 2026 - 13:00 The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Although this book advertises itself as a history of non-binary identity, the initial chapters have a strong focus on "fictional" versions of non-binariness. While this can be uncomfortable reading for those looking for historic identification, it provides an important context for historic attitudes toward actual people whose sex or gender has not been easily categorizable. Major category: LHMPTags: LHMP LHMP #581c DeVun 2020 The Shape of Sex Chapter 2 About LHMP Full citation: DeVun, Leah. 2020. The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-2311-9551-5 Chapter 2: The Monstrous Races—Mapping the Borders of Sex This chapter connects an interest in non-binary people with a wider interest in “monstrosity,” especially as attributed to foreign (i.e., non-Christian) lands. These images depicted the “hermaphrodites” in the half-and-half version,…