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[[ | [[X-gender]] (Xジェンダー ''x-jendā'', or エックスジェンダー ''ekkusu-jendā'') is a common [[transgender]] identity that isn't [[binary genders#female|female]] or [[binary genders#male|male]].<ref name="RoxieSelected">Marilyn Roxie. "Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan." March 28, 2013. [http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan]</ref> The word X-gender is used in Japan in the same way that [[genderqueer]] and [[nonbinary]] are used in English. | ||
== | ==Definitions== | ||
The "X" in X-gender has | The "X" in X-gender has several meanings. | ||
X-gender is said as "X gender," as in the unknown X in mathematics, not "cross gender" as in an intersection. | |||
X-gender is also related to the use in some countries of “x gender” on paperwork for a gender other than man or woman. | |||
The term "X-gender" is also related to other jargon used throughout the transgender community. There is a widespread practice of [[Binary genders#Transgender women|trans women]] and people on the trans-feminine spectrum abbreviating their transition direction, "male-to-female," as "MtF." Meanwhile, [[Binary genders#Transgender men|trans men]] and people on the trans-masculine spectrum abbreviating "female-to-male" as "FtM." Following this, trans people who don't identify as male or female substitute an X for their transition direction. X-gender and other nonbinary people have described their transition direction as "male-to-X" as "MtX," and "female-to-X." The term "XtX" is also used by people who were born with an [[intersex]] condition and have a gender identity that is neither male nor female.<ref> http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm#n12</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The term "X-gender" began to be used in the queer communities of Kansai, in Osaka and Kyoto, during the latter half of the 1990s, when it appeared in writings published by queer organizations in those regions.<ref>http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html | The term "X-gender" began to be used in the queer communities of Kansai, in Osaka and Kyoto, during the latter half of the 1990s, when it appeared in writings published by queer organizations in those regions.<ref>http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html</ref><ref name="Dale">S.P.F. Dale. "An Introduction to X-Jendā: | ||
Examining a New Gender Identity in Japan." ''Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific'' Issue 31, December 2012. http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm | Examining a New Gender Identity in Japan." ''Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific'' Issue 31, December 2012. http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm</ref> | ||
==Characteristics== | ==Characteristics== | ||
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In addition to the above, it is thought that there are various gender identities. In addition, male gender identity is dominant in neutral or bigender X-gender as male X-gender, whereas when female gender identity is dominant, it is sometimes referred to as female X-gender. Furthermore, there can be differences in the proportion of the male and female they feel, and since there are also X-gender and others with neutral or bigender identities other than the concept of men and women, even among those belonging to either one, it is said that there are no two people with the same gender identity in X gender. | In addition to the above, it is thought that there are various gender identities. In addition, male gender identity is dominant in neutral or bigender X-gender as male X-gender, whereas when female gender identity is dominant, it is sometimes referred to as female X-gender. Furthermore, there can be differences in the proportion of the male and female they feel, and since there are also X-gender and others with neutral or bigender identities other than the concept of men and women, even among those belonging to either one, it is said that there are no two people with the same gender identity in X gender. | ||
X-gender is a gender identity, not a [[romantic orientation|romantic]] or [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation. X-gender people may feel attraction to men, women, both, and/or other X-gender people, or they may be | X-gender is a gender identity, not a [[romantic orientation|romantic]] or [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation. X-gender people may feel attraction to men, women, both, and/or other X-gender people, or they may be asexual. | ||
==Online communities== | ==Online communities== | ||
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There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the word "x-gender" for themselves. | There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the word "x-gender" for themselves. | ||
* | * M A Joy is a manga artist and illustrator working in Tokyo. [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/14/then-i-saw-rupauls-drag-race-coming-out-as-x-gender-in-tokyo-a-manga They made this comic about how they realized they were x-gender]. | ||
* [[Yuhki Kamatani]] (鎌谷 悠希) (b. 1983) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for their first serialized series ''Nabari no Ou'', published by Square Enix.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4757515626 リベラメンテ―鎌谷悠希短編集 | * [[Wikipedia:Yuhki Kamatani|Yuhki Kamatani]] (鎌谷 悠希) (b. 1983) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for their first serialized series ''Nabari no Ou'', published by Square Enix.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4757515626 リベラメンテ―鎌谷悠希短編集</ref> Having come out in a 2012 tweet,<ref>{{cite tweet|number=199640030942208000|user=yuhkikamatani|title=隠すことでもわざわざ言うことでもカテゴライズするようなことでもないと分かっているけど、無難に生きようと、へらへら誤魔化している自分に対して無性に腹立たしく思う時があります。誤魔化したくない。私はXジェンダーでアセクシャルなセクシュアルマイノリティです。そんな程度の人間です。|date=May 7, 2012}}</ref> Kamatani identifies as X-gender and asexual. In their Twitter profile,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/yuhkikamatani/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308012056/https://twitter.com/yuhkikamatani/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|title=鎌谷悠希 (@yuhkikamatani) {{!}} Twitter|date=March 8, 2016|accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref> Kamatani notes their gender as "toX"—following the tradition of transgender individuals identifying as FTM or MTF—which conceals their assigned at birth gender. | ||
* | * Morita Shinichi is one of the founding members of an LGBT rights group in the 1990s called G-Front. Morita describes themself as ''jenda-furi'' ([[genderfree]]), x-gender, and "MTFTX gay." Morita said, "there exists no word for transsexual or transgendered individuals who do not clearly aim to be distinctly male or female. As such, I just use the term 'x-jendā' to talk about my way of being."<ref name="Dale" /> | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Yuu Watase|Yuu Watase]] (渡瀬 悠宇) (b. 1970) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist, known for creating comics such as ''Fushigi Yūgi''. Watase received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'' in 1997. In May 2019, Watase came out as x-gender.<ref>https://twitter.com/wataseyuu_/status/1130461270358908928 ブログでもここでも呟いたけど、再度。 漫画にも影響してると思うから。 私はXジェンダーと医師に診断されてて、中身は、男にも女にも寄れるし男でも女でもない。 見た目はちゃんと(20代後半から社会に合わせて)どうせやるならやるでメイクもオシャレもする、それだけ。 女性の身体は否定しないが→ I blogged here and again, but again. I think it also affects manga. I have been diagnosed by X-gender and a doctor, and the contents are neither men nor women, nor men or women. It looks just fine (according to society from the late 20s), and if you do it, you can make and be fashionable. I do not deny the female body カンガタリ:リマスター｣⑪発売中 渡瀬悠宇:新刊｢アラタ date 2019-05-20 @wataseyuu_ access-date=2019-08-16 | * [[Wikipedia:Yuu Watase|Yuu Watase]] (渡瀬 悠宇) (b. 1970) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist, known for creating comics such as ''Fushigi Yūgi''. Watase received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'' in 1997. In May 2019, Watase came out as x-gender.<ref>https://twitter.com/wataseyuu_/status/1130461270358908928 ブログでもここでも呟いたけど、再度。 漫画にも影響してると思うから。 私はXジェンダーと医師に診断されてて、中身は、男にも女にも寄れるし男でも女でもない。 見た目はちゃんと(20代後半から社会に合わせて)どうせやるならやるでメイクもオシャレもする、それだけ。 女性の身体は否定しないが→ I blogged here and again, but again. I think it also affects manga. I have been diagnosed by X-gender and a doctor, and the contents are neither men nor women, nor men or women. It looks just fine (according to society from the late 20s), and if you do it, you can make and be fashionable. I do not deny the female body カンガタリ:リマスター｣⑪発売中 渡瀬悠宇:新刊｢アラタ date 2019-05-20 @wataseyuu_ access-date=2019-08-16</ref> | ||
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There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "x-gender," either in their canon, or by their creators. | There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "x-gender," either in their canon, or by their creators. | ||
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*[http://mfms.jp/ustream/2011/1208/vol-41.html NPO My Faith My Style »Vol.41: X Gender / Yuri Sato] (in Japanese) | *[http://mfms.jp/ustream/2011/1208/vol-41.html NPO My Faith My Style »Vol.41: X Gender / Yuri Sato] (in Japanese) | ||
*[http://hitonoutuwa.wordpress.com/ あの女（ひと）の器―セクシャリティとか、GID（性同一性障害）とか] (a blog in Japanese) | *[http://hitonoutuwa.wordpress.com/ あの女（ひと）の器―セクシャリティとか、GID（性同一性障害）とか] (a blog in Japanese) | ||
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