Dans la Rome antique, les hommes adeptes de la déesse Cybèle, appelés « galli », vivaient en dehors des définitions strictes du genre masculin.
- Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
In ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine.
Writing about same-sex relationships and gender beyond a strict male-female binary was more common in ancient Greece and Rome than students assume, a scholar writes.
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