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	[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]		[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]
	A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender ~~spectre~~.		A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectrum.

	Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.		Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.

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	Eunuch is not necessarily a nonbinary or transgender identity. Many cultures around the world also had a tradition of making someone into a eunuch without that person's consent. The purpose of this was to ensure that they couldn't have children with a nobleman's concubines, or to give them a higher singing voice (Castrati). These eunuchs usually identified as [[men]]. Eunuch is also not necessarily a surgical process. In some ancient writings, sometimes "eunuch" means a person who hasn't been castrated, but who can't or won't have children, because of being sterile, [[intersex]], [[gay]], [[asexuality\|asexual]], or just not interested.		Eunuch is not necessarily a nonbinary or transgender identity. Many cultures around the world also had a tradition of making someone into a eunuch without that person's consent. The purpose of this was to ensure that they couldn't have children with a nobleman's concubines, or to give them a higher singing voice (Castrati). These eunuchs usually identified as [[men]]. Eunuch is also not necessarily a surgical process. In some ancient writings, sometimes "eunuch" means a person who hasn't been castrated, but who can't or won't have children, because of being sterile, [[intersex]], [[gay]], [[asexuality\|asexual]], or just not interested.

	Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html</ref>		Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230430163043/https://www.neutrois.com/0/faq.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
	==See also==		==See also==

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	~~[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]~~

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	~~Bronn~~ : ~~Men~~ without ~~cocks~~. ~~You wouldn't find me fighting in an army if I had no cock~~. ~~What's left to fight for?~~		{{content warning\|processes by which one becomes a eunuch, so expect some talk about surgery and genitals}}
			[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]
			A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre.

	~~Jaime Lannister~~ : ~~Gold?~~		Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.

	~~Bronn~~ : ~~I spend my life around soldiers~~. ~~What do you think they spend that gold on?~~		==Definitions and history==
			Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]], sometimes including the removal of the scrotum, or by taking away the gonads as well as the phallus (penis), called [[emasculation]]. Eunuchs have existed for virtually all of written history: the earliest record of them was in Sumer, in the 21st century BCE.<ref>Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Animal and human castration in Sumer, Part II: Human castration in the Ur III period. Zinbun [Journal of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University], pp. 1–56.</ref><ref> Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Presargonic and Ur III. Acta Sumerologica 2:81–125.</ref>

	~~Jaime Lannister : Family~~.		Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery\|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide\|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]].

	~~Bronn : Not~~ without a ~~cock~~, ~~you don~~'t.		Eunuch is not necessarily a nonbinary or transgender identity. Many cultures around the world also had a tradition of making someone into a eunuch without that person's consent. The purpose of this was to ensure that they couldn't have children with a nobleman's concubines, or to give them a higher singing voice (Castrati). These eunuchs usually identified as [[men]]. Eunuch is also not necessarily a surgical process. In some ancient writings, sometimes "eunuch" means a person who hasn't been castrated, but who can't or won't have children, because of being sterile, [[intersex]], [[gay]], [[asexuality\|asexual]], or just not interested.

	~~Jaime Lannister~~ : ~~Maybe it really is all cocks in the end~~.		Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html</ref>
			==See also==

	~~Bronn : And yet, your brother has chosen to side with the cockless.~~		*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]
			*[[Androgyne]]
			*[[Epicene]]
			*[[Neutrois]]

	~~Jaime Lannister~~ : ~~Yes~~. ~~He's always been a champion of the the downtrodden~~.		==External links==

			*[https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library]

			==References==
			<references />
			{{Stub}}
	[[Category:Identities]]		[[Category:Identities]]
	[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]		[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

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	~~{{content warning\|processes by which one becomes a eunuch, so expect some talk about surgery and genitals}}~~		Bronn : Men without cocks. You wouldn't find me fighting in an army if I had no cock. What's left to fight for?
	~~[[File~~:~~Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]~~
	~~A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so~~ without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. ~~Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre~~.

	~~Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.		Jaime Lannister : Gold?

	~~==Definitions and history==~~		Bronn : I spend my life around soldiers. What do you think they spend that gold on?
	Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]], sometimes including the removal of the scrotum, or by taking away the gonads as well as the phallus (penis), called [[emasculation]]. Eunuchs have existed for virtually all of written history: the earliest record of them was in Sumer, in the 21st century BCE.<ref>Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Animal and human castration in Sumer, Part II: Human castration in the Ur III period. Zinbun [Journal of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University], pp. 1–56.</ref><ref> Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Presargonic and Ur III. Acta Sumerologica 2:~~81–125~~.~~</ref>~~

	Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery\|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide\|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]].		Jaime Lannister : Family.

	~~Eunuch is not necessarily a nonbinary or transgender identity. Many cultures around the world also had a tradition of making someone into a eunuch~~ without ~~that person's consent. The purpose of this was to ensure that they couldn't have children with~~ a ~~nobleman's concubines~~, or to give them a higher singing voice (Castrati). These eunuchs usually identified as [[men]]. Eunuch is also not necessarily a surgical process. In some ancient writings, sometimes "eunuch" means a person who hasn't ~~been castrated, but who can't or won't have children, because of being sterile, [[intersex]], [[gay]], [[asexuality\|asexual]], or just not interested~~.		Bronn : Not without a cock, you don't.

	~~Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http~~:~~//neutrois.com/0/faq~~.~~html</ref>~~		Jaime Lannister : Maybe it really is all cocks in the end.
	~~==See also==~~

	*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]		Bronn : And yet, your brother has chosen to side with the cockless.
	*[[Androgyne]]
	*[[Epicene]]
	*[[Neutrois]]

	~~==External links==~~		Jaime Lannister : Yes. He's always been a champion of the the downtrodden.

	*[https:~~//people~~.~~well~~.~~com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library]~~

	~~==References==~~
	~~<references />~~
	~~{{Stub}}~~
	[[Category:Identities]]		[[Category:Identities]]
	[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]		[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

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	~~Bronn~~ : ~~Men~~ without ~~cocks~~. ~~You wouldn't find me fighting in an army if I had no cock~~. ~~What's left to fight for?~~		{{content warning\|processes by which one becomes a eunuch, so expect some talk about surgery and genitals}}
			[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]
			A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre.

	~~Jaime Lannister~~ : ~~Gold?~~		Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.

	~~Bronn~~ : ~~I spend my life around soldiers~~. ~~What do you think they spend that gold on?~~		==Definitions and history==
			Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]], sometimes including the removal of the scrotum, or by taking away the gonads as well as the phallus (penis), called [[emasculation]]. Eunuchs have existed for virtually all of written history: the earliest record of them was in Sumer, in the 21st century BCE.<ref>Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Animal and human castration in Sumer, Part II: Human castration in the Ur III period. Zinbun [Journal of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University], pp. 1–56.</ref><ref> Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Presargonic and Ur III. Acta Sumerologica 2:81–125.</ref>

	~~Jaime Lannister : Family~~.		Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery\|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide\|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]].

	~~Bronn : Not~~ without a ~~cock~~, ~~you don~~'t.		Eunuch is not necessarily a nonbinary or transgender identity. Many cultures around the world also had a tradition of making someone into a eunuch without that person's consent. The purpose of this was to ensure that they couldn't have children with a nobleman's concubines, or to give them a higher singing voice (Castrati). These eunuchs usually identified as [[men]]. Eunuch is also not necessarily a surgical process. In some ancient writings, sometimes "eunuch" means a person who hasn't been castrated, but who can't or won't have children, because of being sterile, [[intersex]], [[gay]], [[asexuality\|asexual]], or just not interested.

	~~Jaime Lannister~~ : ~~Maybe it really is all cocks in the end~~.		Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html</ref>
			==See also==

	~~Bronn : And yet, your brother has chosen to side with the cockless.~~		*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]
			*[[Androgyne]]
			*[[Epicene]]
			*[[Neutrois]]

	~~Jaime Lannister~~ : ~~Yes~~. ~~He's always been a champion of the the downtrodden~~.		==External links==

			*[https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library]

			==References==
			<references />
			{{Stub}}
	[[Category:Identities]]		[[Category:Identities]]
	[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]		[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

2600:6C64:637F:F654:95AC:285:13C2:A1C1: Bronn : Men without cocks. You wouldn't find me fighting in an army if I had no cock. What's left to fight for? Jaime Lannister : Gold? Bronn : I spend my life around soldiers. What do you think they spend that gold on? Jaime Lannister : Family. Bronn : Not without a cock, you don't. Jaime Lannister : Maybe it really is all cocks in the end.

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Bronn : Men without cocks. You wouldn't find me fighting in an army if I had no cock. What's left to fight for? Jaime Lannister : Gold? Bronn : I spend my life around soldiers. What do you think they spend that gold on? Jaime Lannister : Family. Bronn : Not without a cock, you don't. Jaime Lannister : Maybe it really is all cocks in the end.

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	~~{{content warning\|processes by which one becomes a eunuch, so expect some talk about surgery and genitals}}~~		Bronn : Men without cocks. You wouldn't find me fighting in an army if I had no cock. What's left to fight for?
	~~[[File~~:~~Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]~~
	~~A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so~~ without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. ~~Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre~~.

	~~Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.		Jaime Lannister : Gold?

	~~==Definitions and history==~~		Bronn : I spend my life around soldiers. What do you think they spend that gold on?
	Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]], sometimes including the removal of the scrotum, or by taking away the gonads as well as the phallus (penis), called [[emasculation]]. Eunuchs have existed for virtually all of written history: the earliest record of them was in Sumer, in the 21st century BCE.<ref>Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Animal and human castration in Sumer, Part II: Human castration in the Ur III period. Zinbun [Journal of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University], pp. 1–56.</ref><ref> Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Presargonic and Ur III. Acta Sumerologica 2:~~81–125~~.~~</ref>~~

	Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery\|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide\|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]].		Jaime Lannister : Family.

	~~Eunuch is not necessarily a nonbinary or transgender identity. Many cultures around the world also had a tradition of making someone into a eunuch~~ without ~~that person's consent. The purpose of this was to ensure that they couldn't have children with~~ a ~~nobleman's concubines~~, or to give them a higher singing voice (Castrati). These eunuchs usually identified as [[men]]. Eunuch is also not necessarily a surgical process. In some ancient writings, sometimes "eunuch" means a person who hasn't ~~been castrated, but who can't or won't have children, because of being sterile, [[intersex]], [[gay]], [[asexuality\|asexual]], or just not interested~~.		Bronn : Not without a cock, you don't.

	~~Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http~~:~~//neutrois.com/0/faq~~.~~html</ref>~~		Jaime Lannister : Maybe it really is all cocks in the end.
	~~==See also==~~

	*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]		Bronn : And yet, your brother has chosen to side with the cockless.
	*[[Androgyne]]
	*[[Epicene]]
	*[[Neutrois]]

	~~==External links==~~		Jaime Lannister : Yes. He's always been a champion of the the downtrodden.

	*[https:~~//people~~.~~well~~.~~com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library]~~

	~~==References==~~
	~~<references />~~
	~~{{Stub}}~~
	[[Category:Identities]]		[[Category:Identities]]
	[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]		[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

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	Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html</ref>		Some nonbinary people who identify as [[neutrois]] are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]		[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]
	A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre.		A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre.

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	[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]		[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]
	A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]].		A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre.

	Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.		Since this is not Wikipedia (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch Wikipedia's article on eunuchs]), this page should focus on eunuchs as a nonbinary identity, people throughout history who have become eunuchs by choice, and eunuchs in the context of nonbinary gender.

	==Definitions and history==		==Definitions and history==
	Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]], or by taking away the gonads as well as the phallus (penis), called [[emasculation]]. Eunuchs have existed for virtually all of written history: the earliest record of them was in Sumer, in the 21st century BCE.<ref>Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Animal and human castration in Sumer, Part II: Human castration in the Ur III period. Zinbun [Journal of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University], pp. 1–56.</ref><ref> Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Presargonic and Ur III. Acta Sumerologica 2:81–125.</ref>		Usually a eunuch is one who has been castrated either by at least taking away the gonads (testicles), called [[orchiectomy]], sometimes including the removal of the scrotum, or by taking away the gonads as well as the phallus (penis), called [[emasculation]]. Eunuchs have existed for virtually all of written history: the earliest record of them was in Sumer, in the 21st century BCE.<ref>Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Animal and human castration in Sumer, Part II: Human castration in the Ur III period. Zinbun [Journal of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University], pp. 1–56.</ref><ref> Maekawa, Kazuya (1980). Female Weavers and Their Children in Lagash – Presargonic and Ur III. Acta Sumerologica 2:81–125.</ref>

	Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery\|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide\|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]].		Before the creation of more elaborate kinds of [[surgery\|gender-validating surgeries]], [[gender-variant identities worldwide\|nonbinary and other transgender people in many cultures]] were also eunuchs by choice. Traditionally, [[Hijra]]s were eunuchs, and many of them today prefer to be so, even when they have the option to get the kind of surgeries that [[transgender women]] can get today. Some other identities that have often been eunuchs include Ashtime and [[Gallae]].
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	==See also==		==See also==

	*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]		*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]
	*[[Androgyne]]		*[[Androgyne]]
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library]
			*[https://people.well.com/user/aquarius/index.htm "Born Eunuchs" Home Page and Library]

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Identities]]		[[Category:Identities]]
	[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]		[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

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	[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]		[[File:Eunuch.svg\|thumb\|200px\|Eunuch [[gender symbols\|symbol]]. It is a male symbol with the extending arrow having been "sliced through".]]
	A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre.		A [[eunuch]] generally means a person who was [[AMAB\|assigned male at birth]], and who was [[castration\|castrated]]. Though many historical eunuchs were made so without their consent, eunuchs often occupied a nonbinary [[gender role]] (often called [[third gender]]), and some of them were what we now call [[transgender]]. Then, as now, some people are eunuchs by choice, and some of them see this as a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]]. Nowadays eunuchs are recognised more and more as being part of the transgender spectre.