nah its pretty useful. i used it for diving through trans history and it brought up some very obscure indian sources that described the founder of the mughal empire as a crossdresser and one of his 'nieces' as a trans man and i dug into it and it was true. no way i would have found that on a normal google search. he even allowed this 'niece' to go after typical masculine pursuits.
you do need to ruthlessly fact check it but it can lead you down interesting rabbit holes
babur's biography has lots of frankly described gay shit i haven't read far enough that he has any nieces/nephews yet tho. the islamic world only became intensely homophobic in the 1800s through colonial european rule & imitation
nah its pretty useful. i used it for diving through trans history and it brought up some very obscure indian sources that described the founder of the mughal empire as a crossdresser and one of his 'nieces' as a trans man and i dug into it and it was true. no way i would have found that on a normal google search. he even allowed this 'niece' to go after typical masculine pursuits.
you do need to ruthlessly fact check it but it can lead you down interesting rabbit holes
babur's biography has lots of frankly described gay shit i haven't read far enough that he has any nieces/nephews yet tho. the islamic world only became intensely homophobic in the 1800s through colonial european rule & imitation