• sharkfarter [she/her, des/pair]
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    1 year ago

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    https://www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/2023/8/27/amelio-robles-vila

    "...when people questioned his gender, threatening to shoot anyone who suggested he was anything but a man."

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      During his time in the army, he was in many ways the ideal of masculinity at the time. Drinking alcohol, sleeping with women, riding horses, and shooting very well.

      He had it down pat, apparently

    • Rom [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      There was a forged birth certificate to prove his gender, as well as a pistol to threaten anyone who questioned his gender.

      Hell yeah