"...sexuality is often renounced, not because it is evil, but because it is a precious and beautiful possession offered to God in sacrifice. But this raises the question as to whether renunciation as such is sacrifice in the proper sense of an act which "makes holy" the thing offered. For if sexuality is a relationship and an activity, can it be offered when neither the relationship nor the activity exists? Does a dancer offer her dancing to God by ceasing to dance?"
—Alan Watts, Nature, Man, and Woman
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Kerrick Lucker
K. A. Lucker writes and publishes about the history, archaeology, and anthropology of gender variance, among other subjects of interest. He graduated from New College of Florida in 2005 with a B.A. in Classics/Anthropology and is currently a M.A. student in Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, California.
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The Gallae: Transgender Priests of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East
The gallae, priests of Kybele in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East, violated the gender norms of their societies in several spectacular ways. Although assigned a male gender role at birth, they altered their genitals, and afterward dressed in women's clothing, wore feminine jewelry and other adornments, and spoke in a higher vocal register.
This thesis argues that the gallae and modern transsexuals share a common transgender experience, the meaning of which is constructed differently by their respective cultures. Using textual analysis, evidence from the archaeological record, and ethnographic parallels, it explores the similarities and differences between gallae and other transgender groups of people, including modern transsexuals.
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