Several Republican-led states are enacting laws that restrict transgender rights, including Iowa, Wyoming, and Alabama. This movement coincides with White House executive orders claiming that gender-affirming policies are anti-Christian. However, historical research reveals that Christianity has a long history of transgender figures. At least 34 transgender saints from early Christian centuries have been documented, including St. Eugenia, St. Euphrosyne, and St. Marinos, who defied their gender designations. Though these saints lived centuries ago, their stories challenge contemporary narratives surrounding gender identity within religious contexts.
Earlier in the year, several White House executive orders pushed to deny trans identity, claiming that the Biden administration's gender-affirming policies were 'anti-Christian.'
In my research of medieval history and literature, I found evidence of a long history in Christianity of what today could be called 'transgender' saints.
There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints' lives from the early centuries of Christianity, originally appearing in Latin or Greek.
All three popular transgender saints, St. Eugenia, St. Euphrosyne, and St. Marinos, were born as women, cut their hair, and lived as men.
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