Third century C.E. Roman Emperor Elagabalus was transgender, says the North Hertfordshire Museum in the U.K., which will be referring to the ruler with she/her pronouns. The change is in keeping with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An engraving of Elagabalus, who has been given female pronouns by the North Hertfordshire Museum - Leemage/Corbis Historical A ...

A UK museum has declared a third-century Roman emperor a transgender woman — and will start referring to the ruler as “she,” even though some historians believe it is based on ancient insults. The ...

Elagabalus ruled as Roman emperor for just four years before being murdered in AD 222. He was still a teenager when he died. Despite his short reign, Elagabalus is counted among the most infamous of ...

Emperor Elagabalus assumed the Roman throne at the age of 14. (photo by Carole Raddato via Flickr) The North Hertfordshire Museum in the United Kingdom has reclassified a Roman emperor as a ...

The North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin, a town north of London, has changed its display about a Roman Emperor after concluding that the Elagabalus was a trans woman. The classification change comes ...

A UK museum says that it will be heeding research that reveals the ancient Roman emperor Elagabalus was transgender and will subsequently be referring to the ruler as “she” in its displays. According ...