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TIL about Eleno de Cespedes, the mixed-race intersex transgender soldier and surgeon who survived the Spanish Inquisition. When Eleno married a woman, he was arrested on charges of homosexuality, transvestism, and witchcraft. He was only convicted of bigamy and was released after a short jail term.

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