Queer History 138: Medieval Persecution and Exile - The Thousand-Year Crusade Against The Intersexed
Introduction
For a thousand fucking years, intersex people endured systematic persecution that would make the Inquisition look merciful. Between 400 and 1400 CE, medieval Europe transformed from a society that occasionally acknowledged gender complexity into a blood-soaked theocracy that hunted intersex individuals like demons. This wasn't just discrimination—it was a millennium-long campaign of terror designed to erase entire human beings from existence.
The medieval period represents one of history's most brutal chapters of intersex persecution, where Church doctrine, legal codes, and social terror combined to create a living hell for anyone whose body didn't conform to rigid binary expectations. These weren't isolated incidents of prejudice; they were coordinated, systematic attempts at human erasure that left scars on our community that persist to this fucking day.
Social Ostracism and Community Exile
15-January-476: Visigothic Persecution Begins
The fall of Rome…
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