Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel)
Historian and PhD student in Tkaronto (Toronto). Likes bats, monsters, sincereposting, and alt text. Genderqueer. Trans. Autistic. 40s. 👬 🧛 nicomaramckay.com
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Premodern Trans Studies
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