"In ancient Rome there was a sect of priests, wild devils, who ritually and voluntarily castrated themselves, ouch! So, not a lots changed."
Cult of Cybele...here's a set of ritual castration clamps probably belonging the London branch found in the Thames in the 19th c. On "not a lots changed"...the cult castrated would then don women's clothes for the rest of their lives...and thus we arrive at the full LGBTQ circle.