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== History == |
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Salmacian was originally coined on July 14, 1996 on Androgyny RAQ: Angel’s Dictionary<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19990225073157/http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml</ref>, however, the original definition was "male-to-intersex [or] female-to-intersex transsexuals". The definition was altered due to the misuse of the term intersex.<ref name=":0">https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/tagged/bigenital</ref> The name salmacian was derived from the name of the nymph Salamacis, whose body was merged with that of Hermaphroditus; the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, in the ancient Greek myth which also gave us the word |
Salmacian was originally coined on July 14, 1996 on Androgyny RAQ: Angel’s Dictionary<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19990225073157/http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml</ref>, however, the original definition was "male-to-intersex [or] female-to-intersex transsexuals". The definition was altered due to the misuse of the term intersex.<ref name=":0">https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/tagged/bigenital</ref> The name salmacian was derived from the name of the nymph Salamacis, whose body was merged with that of Hermaphroditus; the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, in the ancient Greek myth which also gave us the word “[[hermaphrodite]]”. |
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Tumblr user plurgai and princetbleach coined an alternate name, Aphrodisian, because of some people's discomfort about using the name taken from Salmacis, since the nymph canonically assaulted Hermaphroditus. It comes from Aphroditus. |
Tumblr user plurgai and princetbleach coined an alternate name, Aphrodisian, because of some people's discomfort about using the name taken from Salmacis, since the nymph canonically assaulted Hermaphroditus. It comes from Aphroditus. |
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