So I recently read Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg and xi talked a lot about historical figures such as Joan of Arc probably being trans and just not having the same terminology. Has anyone read this book and some of the references from it? Does anyone have any notes, historical context, or in general have any extension on these ideas? Other figures mentioned included an early Pope, a group of Scottish rebels, and pretty much the entirety of indigenous Americans. This is the only historical anthology of trans people I have seen, and I would really like to know more about other sources. I called this Speculation vs Fact btw because a lot of Feinberg’s stuff seemed like speculation and interpretation of fact.
Here are a couple other answers from the subreddit that may be of use - although posting these should certainly not discourage further responses. These explain modern academic historians' approach to gender identities of people from the past.
u/RioAbajo (in the second half of their post) : https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3dx7j8/how_did_transgender_people_get_by_in_the_stone_age/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7tfg0k/have_jewish_people_of_nonbinary_genders_been/ especially the second comment by u/yodatsracist
This (last post in the thread) by u/graeulich talks about archaeology: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5nsccu/is_there_any_evidence_of_transgender_cavemen/
A specific answer relating to one group of people, castrati, by u/caffarelli: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7fcdv0/do_we_have_records_of_eunuchs_expressing/