in the 16th century, im seong was born intersex and afab. they were raised as a girl in korea
when they came of age, they were married to a man who was shocked by their status and kicked them out of the house
afterwards they wandered the streets and began wearing men's clothing and eventually passed as a man
then they fell in love with a woman and were married, but someone reported them as a former woman, now presenting as a man
their case confused the local magistrate enough to send it to the high courts
for being intersex and passing as both masc and femme, they were declared both yin and yang, and called a monster (a word in korean that applies to objects, 'abject thing' may be a better translation)
they also may have been a practicing shaman, and used their gender expression as a part of their rituals, which the ruling class would have looked down on.
korea was nationalizing and standardizing at this time, leading to a tripling of the percentage of slaves and serfs in the population (from 10% to 30%), thanks to an increase in the national stability that helped maintain a persistent inherited institution of slavery and serfdom in korea for about 1,500 years
the high court recommended execution, but the king refused and reduced the sentence to exile
in the 17th century, thomasine was an intersex and afab servant, living as a girl during their childhood in newcastle upon tyne in england
in adulthood they presented masc to enter military service and earn money, and went by the name thomas
after military service they returned home, presented femme, and earned money doing needlework
later they presented masc again and immigrated to the u.s. for work as an indentured servant
in their new town they still presented femme sometimes, which confused their neighbors. they were eventually accused of sleeping with a maid and investigated
they could only be charged with the crime of debasement if it was proven they were male. a group of women investigated and declared they weren't female, then some men investigated and declared they weren't male
the u.s. court had been obsessed with preventing same sex relationships, and were fully confused by a subject whose sex was ambiguous (and a big part of the controversy was that they were accused of relationships with "both" genders)
after a more thorough medical investigation in the court system of a larger city, they were declared of dual natures and sentenced to wear both masc and femme clothing simultaneously
nothing more is known about their life
https://wams.nyhistory.org/early-encounters/english-colonies/thomas-ine-hall/