Tom Sapsford writes about Roman society gender norms and use of terms like cinaedus and gallus to describe non-gender confirming individuals.
Tom Sapsford
Tom is a Classicist who works on performance, gender, and sexuality in both ancient Greek and Roman contexts with a specialization in imperial Latin verse. His first book, Performing the Kinaidos: Unmanly Men in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures, (Oxford University Press, 2022) explored a figure called the kinaidos/cinaedus, who is known in antiquity for his outrageous gender performance and sexuality as well as for his distinctive style of song and dance.