Christianity has long revered saints who would be called ‘transgender’ today. Really!

Of course, the ideologues and intellectuals of LGBTQ can not resist going after or to usurp Christian saints! Laughable! Absurd!

I am not familiar with any of the listed Saints, but a quick look at St. Eugenia on Wikipedia shows she only chose to dress like a man as an end to a means for her to join a monks order.

"... To be clear, not all Christians are anti-trans. And in my research of medieval history and literature, I found evidence of a long history in Christianity of what today could be called “transgender” saints. While such a term did not exist in medieval times, the idea of men living as women, or women living as men, was unquestionably present in the medieval period. Many scholars have suggested that using the modern term transgender creates valuable connections to understand the historical parallels.

There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives from the early centuries of Christianity. Originally appearing in Latin or Greek, several stories of transgender saints made their way into vernacular languages.

Transgender saints

Of the 34 original saints, at least three gained widespread popularity in medieval Europe: St. Eugenia, St. Euphrosyne and St. Marinos. All three were born as women but cut their hair and put on men’s clothes to live as men and join monasteries. ..."

Christianity has long revered saints who would be called ‘transgender’ today