DYK Christ never said a word about #homosexuality? Some people, including many in the middle ages, think he was gay & married to the apostle John. Bisexuality & #queer sex were norms in his day. Jesus did say #eunuchs/#transsexuals were welcome in heaven. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

DYK #Charlemagne (d.814) had to double the fines for self-#castration? The Catholic church taught people to hate their bodies—a lot. Many were very eager to free themselves of the #SexDrive & become #eunuchs for the #KingdomOfHeaven. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #doctrine #HistSex

DYK China made armies of castrated #eunuchs to serve as laborers & civil servants from 1766 BCE to 20thC? Taoists, Buddhists & Confucians trusted them because they couldn’t breed. Childless, their spirits didn’t survive death. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory