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bastardcatboy · 2 years ago

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My mom just asked for a latin translation of "protect trans kids" to put on a sticker, which quickly devolved into me and my mom discussing ancient queer history, modern queer history, and latin grammar because we both are adhd

#we landed on “protege trans liberos” despite “muni trans liberos” matching vibes better #a normie is gonna be able to figure out “protege”#muni (from munio munire) means “safeguard” and is the root wood for wirds like community #and municipal #protege (from protego protegere) means shield #so close enough #i gave up in finding an actual word for transgender #“trans” is literally the root word even if it literally means “across” in latin #i guess a runner up would be whatever romans called eunichs #but i went to a catholic university so my knowlege of queer rome is lacking #closest thing we got to ancient queer history was that one catullus poem #and liberos means children #its in the accusative because thats how imperative phrases work #i didnt actually ask my mom why she was making a protect trans kids sticker #but im guessing it has something to do with her two trans kids #she was delighted to learn about gilgamesh's nonbinary bestie tho #william whitaker my beloved

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