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In cultures worldwide, for as long as human civilization has existed, [there have been people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history) whose experience of their gender identity do not align with the Anglo-European concepts of binary sex based on genital structure. The Gala, a middle gender priest class of the Sumerian empire, existed over 4,500 years ago. The Indigenous cultures of North America recognized [a third gender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender) far before European colonialism, and still do to this day. Tribal [cultures all across Africa](https://medium.com/@janelane_62637/the-splendor-of-gender-non-conformity-in-africa-f894ff5706e1) recognize numerous gender identities, which [Europeans tried to wipe out](https://daily.jstor.org/the-deviant-african-genders-that-colonialism-condemned/). Human beings have long lived with identities, norms, and degrees of conformity to those norms which differ from the so-called "traditional" idea of gender in westernized culture today. In cultures worldwide, for as long as human civilization has existed, [there have been people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_history) whose experience of their gender identity do not align with the Anglo-European concepts of binary sex based on genital structure. The Gala, a middle gender priest class of the Sumerian empire, existed over 4,500 years ago. Many of the Indigenous cultures of North America recognized [a third gender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender) far before European colonialism, and still do to this day. Tribal [cultures all across Africa](https://medium.com/@janelane_62637/the-splendor-of-gender-non-conformity-in-africa-f894ff5706e1) recognize numerous gender identities, which [Europeans tried to wipe out](https://daily.jstor.org/the-deviant-african-genders-that-colonialism-condemned/). Human beings have long lived with identities, norms, and degrees of conformity to those norms which differ from the so-called "traditional" idea of gender in westernized culture today.
In spite of this, however, the modern western understanding of the transgender experience has only existed for approximately 130 years. Even the word "transgender" only dates back to 1965, when John Oliven proposed it as a more accurate alternative to David Cauldwell's term "transsexual" (coined in 1949), which itself replaced Magnus Hirschfeld's term "transvestite" (1910). In spite of this, however, the modern western understanding of the transgender experience has only existed for approximately 130 years. Even the word "transgender" only dates back to 1965, when John Oliven proposed it as a more accurate alternative to David Cauldwell's term "transsexual" (coined in 1949), which itself replaced Magnus Hirschfeld's term "transvestite" (1910).