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Vasectomy

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A vasectomy is a permanent form of contraception which can be gender affirming for [[trans women]] or [[transfeminine]] people. The procedure is also used for [[cis]] men (or other people with penises) who do not wish to be fertile.

== See also ==
* [[Sterilization]]

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Dove Hepburn

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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Dame
| name = Dove Hepburn
| pronouns = She/her/they
| image = Dove Hepburn.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Hepburn's official sprite avatar.
| date_birth = {{Birth date|1980|1|10}}
| place_birth = Awan, Egypt
| date_death = {{Death date and age|2025|1|11|1980|1|10}}
| place_death = Leicester, England
| other_names = Dove Superstar<br>Princess of Peace<br>Lass of Leicester
| nationality = Egyptian-British
| education = Leicester College
| known_for = Writer for ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' series (2010–present)<br>Founder of "Hepburnism" art
| occupation = Musician, entertainer, painter,<br>ornithologist, humanitarian
| years_active = 1985–2025
| signature = Dove Hepburn Signature.png
| website = [https://nerdcorepartycon.com/ Official website]
}}
'''Dame Dove Kathleen Hepburn''', '''Princess of Peace''' (née '''Hemira'''; January 10, 1980 – January 11, 2025), known as '''Dove Superstar''', was an Egyptian-British musician, songwriter, painter, ornithologist, and humanitarian. She founded the art movement "Hepburnism", and created a series of portraits of her soulmate [[Audrey Hepburn]]. From 2008 to 2025, Hepburn released (her own series) 50 rap battles (2022–2026), 91 rap battles for ''[[Epic Rap Battles of History]]'' (2010–2025), 14 Minecraft rap songs for Dan Bull (2014–2024), 215 songs for RUSTAGE (2019–2025), 101 rap battles for Freshy Kanal (2019–2025), and 22 rap cyphers for [[Cam Steady]] (2021–2025). Her final project ''Frozen In Time'', a song for ''Frozen III'' was released posthumously on TikTok in 2026.

Hepburn's fascination with hip-hop began in January 1990, when she was swept up by the genre's energetic beats and storytelling possibilities. She was known for her word-twisting wordplay, deep humour, and nostalgic allusions to shared culture. She created a distinctive style that combined nerdcore with commercial hip-hop, integrating video games, internet culture, and anime references into competitive, energetic lyrics. Her own rap battles often involved combinations of retro and modern humour, making her stand out as a one-of-a-kind artist in the music world.

From 2010 to 2025, Hepburn served as a long term video editor, beat producer, thumbnail designer, and as a writer for the renowned ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' series. Her output has covered all 91 battles produced during the time, from ''John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly'' (2010) to ''Red Baron vs White Death'' (2025). All ERB battles released after her death are credited posthumously to Hepburn. On each assignment, she played a crucial role in refining the series' now-legendary structure, mixing fast rhymes with historically and culturally grounded allusions. From 2021 to 2025, she collaborated with the Los Angeles rapper Cam Steady, supplying writing, editing, and conceptual input for his rap cypher series and solo work, as well as rap battles for others artists, RUSTAGE (2019–2025) and Freshy Kanal (2020–2025). The work confirmed her reputation as a talented performer but also as an off-stage creative force whose influence can be seen in multiple facets of modern nerdcore output.

In January 2022, she organised her first solo rap battle, ''Runerigus vs Silverfish'' (2022), which launched a new run that became synonymous with its strange and innovative match-ups. She went on to organise 36 other rap battles in the following three years, featuring characters from wildly different pop culture spheres battling each other in lyrical competitions. These ranged from epic fights such as ''Thanos vs Noah'' (2022) and ''Dream vs Kirby'' (2022) to bizarrely greater ones such as ''Microwave vs Refrigerator'' (2022) and ''Mommy Long Legs vs Spider-Man'' (2022).

Hepburn's effort stood out for its speedy, hyper-referential dialogue laced with nods to each character's own special universe. She gained the respect from rappers, gamers, and anime fans in her audience by fusing fun nostalgia with fresh comedic timing. Easier fights like ''Cap'n Crunch vs Michelin Man'' (2022) showcased her skill at goofy humour, while intellectual sparring battles like ''Light Yagami vs Isaac Newton'' (2022) highlighted her cerebral chops. Later releases, including ''Turbo Dismount vs Paint Roller'' (2024) and ''Pink Diamond vs Guzma'' (2024), underscored her evolving artistry and experimentation beyond the limits of artistic convention. By constantly experimenting for over three decades, she closed the gaps between hip-hop, gaming, and anime to cement herself as one of the greatest nerdcore musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. She died on January 11, 2025, aged 45.

==Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Hepburn was born in Aswan, Egypt, on January 10, 1980. Her early life there was marked by a nascent creative inclination and a growing passion for self-expression. In 1985, she relocated to Leicester, England—a move that would profoundly shape her personal and professional life. Upon her arrival in Leicester, her distinctive personality and artistic ability quickly earned her local nicknames like the "Lass of Leicester" and the "Leicester Lass of Class," reflecting her positive impact on her adopted home.

Hepburn attended Ravenhurst Primary School from 1986 to 1992, where her schooling included a brief period of being held back a year before rejoining her original cohort. During her time there, school trips included visits to Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the Jewry Wall Museum, the National Space Centre, and an overnight stay at Beaumanor Hall for various activities. She also visited Dovedale in the Peak District.

====Quorn Hall School====
In September 1992, Hepburn transitioned to the independent Gryphon School (now known as Quorn Hall School since August 2020), a special educational needs school. The school was initially located in Abbey Park, Leicester, before moving to the Quorn Hall site. The headteacher at the time, Christina Church, purchased the school for £7 million in 1994. She retired in 2020 and was succeeded by a man named Jackson, who resigned after a few months and was replaced by the current head, Andy Cutts-McKay.

While the school was located at Abbey Park, weekly Friday trips included visiting an indoor skatepark (which has since closed down). Other excursions in Leicester City Centre included the National Space Centre again, Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre, the Guildhall Museum, various cafes, Leicester Cathedral, Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, and the King Richard III Visitor Centre. She also made weekly visits to The Range store.

Following the move to the Quorn campus in 1994, trips and activities expanded to include Cadbury World, Dovedale (again), Beaumanor Hall (again), Beacon Hill Country Park, Bradgate Park, a local park in Quorn, Forest School activities (including survival skills and bushcraft), country walks and other outdoor pursuits, cooking and photography clubs, and Go Ape. Career talks and workshops were also provided.

Hepburn pursued the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, achieving her Bronze award in 1995. This involved expedition training such as breathing and first aid skills, as well as camping at the school where participants built camps, set up tents, cooked meals like Chilli Con Carne and rice, and roasted marshmallows. Despite attending a special needs school in 1992, Hepburn wasn't formally diagnosed with autism (Asperger's syndrome) until early 2022.

====Leicester College====
At age 19, in September 1999, Hepburn enrolled at Leicester College. This institution, established in 1999, provided a fresh environment for her studies. Despite starting college slightly later than her contemporaries, she demonstrated above-average ability, consistently excelling in her chosen fields of music production and the arts.

Her time at the college was instrumental in developing her technical skills and creative potential. The structured studies offered a foundational base, directly applicable to a future in music and other creative areas. Notably, Hepburn completed her entire course of study, establishing a solid educational foundation—a trait not always common among up-and-coming artists.

These formative studies played a key role in defining her artistic vision. They marked the beginning of a richly varied professional path that would eventually transcend initial expectations to include a mix of creative activities, such as writing and video editing alongside music production.

Ultimately, this early period in Leicester provided Hepburn with an ideal, cross-disciplinary skill set. Her focused studies and determination prepared her for a career encompassing not only established creative fields but also groundbreaking and innovative pursuits, highlighting her integrated approach to artistic innovation.

====National Citizen Service====
In the summer of 2009 at the age of 29, Hepburn joined as a mentor in the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme. This experience typically involved a range of activities designed to build skills and confidence, which often included team-building residential trips, developing new talents, and planning and delivering a social action project within the community.

During the initial residential phase, Hepburn was responsible for leading her team of diverse young people through challenging outdoor activities like abseiling, canoeing, and mountain biking. Her role involved constant supervision, providing essential pastoral care, and actively participating alongside her team to foster a "can-do" attitude and a strong, inclusive team spirit among participants from different backgrounds.

Following the outdoor week, Hepburn focused on guiding her team in the development of a social action project within their local community. This included facilitating workshops on life skills and community awareness, helping the team liaise with local charities, and mentoring them through the planning, fundraising, and delivery of their chosen project, ensuring it had a tangible and positive impact.

==Career==
===''Epic Rap Battles of History'' (2010–2025)===
====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 1 (2010–2011)====
The inaugural season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' (ERB) debuted in September 2010, captivating audiences with its smart mashup of historical, pop culture, and fictional figures engaging in comedic and often scathing rap battles. Created by Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD), the program revolutionised YouTube entertainment by combining witty puns, high-quality production, and widespread accessibility. Season 1 boasted 15 battles, each involving meticulously scripted depictions of legendary warriors across genres and time.

Among the season's best was the premiere episode, ''John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly'', which established the show with a clear contrast between Lennon's visions of peace and O'Reilly's boisterous, conservative persona. This was followed by fan favourite ''Darth Vader vs. Hitler'', which combined Star Wars references with biting commentary on history and established a high watermark for innovative storytelling. These initial episodes established the team's ability to take cultural touchstones and make them work while retaining a comedic edge.

Hepburn joined the ERB production house late in 2010 as a multifaceted contributor who excelled at lyric polishing, thumbnail illustration, and back-end coordination. Her skill at crafting emotive visuals and understanding character interactions had significant influences on battles like ''Abe Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris'' and ''Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga''. As a lyricist, Hepburn's contributions enhanced the cliche-free humour and historical accuracy for numerous episodes, cementing the show's reputation for intellectual humour.

The beginning of 2011 contributed to the ERB universe some great battles such as ''Justin Bieber vs. Beethoven'' and ''Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking''. The battles realised a blend of humour and an edgy educational worth, such as in the scientific puns and musical references. Hepburn's value-added contribution to editing and continuity in scenes enhanced these episodes to excel, making transitions between the dramatic character portrayals smooth. Her team player nature also made her suggest Easter eggs and cameos, a hallmark of the show.

Later in the year, the show pushed even more into new territory with innovative match-ups such as ''Gandalf vs. Dumbledore'' and ''Dr. Seuss vs. Shakespeare''. These episodes showed the crew's increasing confidence in placing fictional and literary characters side by side, with Hepburn leading research to secure authenticity for the characters. Her involvement in costume design consultations and visual storytelling added depth to battles such as ''Napoleon vs. Napoleon'', which contrasted historical richness with outrageous comedy.

Hepburn's dedication extended to the technical side, where she played a key role in optimising the show's production pipeline. She was responsible for simplifying the music production process, collaborating with the crew to experiment with layered soundscapes that augmented the lyrical flow. Her creative direction ensured that each episode was of good quality regardless of the subject matter.

Season 1 ended with ''Nice Peter vs. EpicLLOYD'', a meta-finale where the creators battled one another while suggesting Season 2 plans. The episode also included KassemG as a mediator, cementing the show's collaborative spirit. Hepburn's writing contribution to this meta-tale was crucial, as she provided a balance of humour and pathos, wrapping up the season nicely.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 2 (2011–2013)====
Hepburn came back for Season 2, building on her strengths of refining lyrics, creating catchy thumbnails, and making production processes smooth. Her work was especially evident in episodes with intricate storytelling and layered humour, where her creativity enhanced the appeal of the show.

The season premiered with ''Hitler vs. Vader 2'', the sequel to Season 1's popular ''Hitler vs. Vader'' episode. The rematch featured Adolf Hitler going up against Darth Vader once more, this time in the throne room of Jabba the Hutt, blending Star Wars legend with historical spoofing. Hepburn's script and design work for the episode guaranteed that the episode maintained the high level of humour and spectacle that audiences had come to expect.

Fights such as ''Master Chief vs. Leonidas'' and ''Mario Bros. vs. Wright Bros''. as the season progressed further reflected the team's growing ambition. Hepburn's research and lyric input infused the episodes with depth, particularly in meshing historical facts with pop culture nods. Her coordination of visuals and costuming infused the series with a class and professional sheen.

An earlier highlight episode of the season, ''Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates'', reunited a tech showdown featuring the legendary Apple and Microsoft founders. Hepburn's off-camera lyrics work added layers of humour depth and on-trend, and her off-camera labour helped the team craft a visually engaging depiction of the tech world.

Near the conclusion of the season, ''Dr. Seuss vs. Shakespeare'' highlighted the authors' capacity for crossover literary genres by pitting the whimsical rhymes of Dr. Seuss against the timeless prose of Shakespeare. Hepburn's research on the characters' unique styles contributed significantly to ensuring the authenticity of the episode, and her background as a costuming design consultant added depth to the visual presentation.

The year also began with more advanced choreography and music composition, where Hepburn was at the forefront to hone these elements. Her ability to collaborate with the crew ensured that soundscapes, intricate camera work, and comedic timing came together in harmony.

Season 2 concluded with the meta-referential ''Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney'', which was broadcast during the 2012 United States presidential election. The show showcased the versatility of the cast in being relevant and funny while offering caustic social commentary. Hepburn's input as a writer and editor ensured the episode was perfectly balanced between humour and political satire, and its effects on viewers were long-lasting.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 3 (2013–2014)====
The third season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' premiered on 7 October 2013 and demonstrated the series' further development through its ambitious pairings, keen wordplay, and vivid imagery. Co-creators Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD) broadened the show's scope, incorporating more sophisticated storytelling and wider cultural allusions while sustaining the humourous, incisive battles audiences enjoyed. This season had 12 battles between a wide variety of historical, fictional, and pop culture characters.

The season began with a season-opening finale to the ongoing saga, ''Hitler vs. Vader 3'', which concluded the trilogy in dramatic fashion. The episode pitted Adolf Hitler (EpicLLOYD) against Darth Vader (Nice Peter) in their ultimate confrontation, with a special appearance by Boba Fett and an abundance of callbacks to previous battles. The production quality and storytelling sophistication reflected the team's growing confidence with narratives.

Hepburn returned as a core member to the roster, tapping into her past success in lyrical editing, visual structuring, and idea conception. She brought her historical research knowledge and pop culture dynamics insight into such iconic shows as ''Blackbeard vs. Al Capone'', which tastefully joined with ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'''s ad campaign. Her attention to detail enabled her to achieve the optimal balance of humour and realism, witnessed in the carefully crafted reenactments of gangsters and pirates.

One of the season's standouts, ''Miley Cyrus vs. Joan of Arc'' featured the show's ability to match-up seemingly disparate legends with each other for laughs. Hepburn's work in writing the battle's lyrics maintained a fine balance of current pop culture vocabulary and period-correct wit. Her creative foresight also dazzled in ''Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso'', which blended art history and absurdity, featuring repeat players like Billy Mays and Mr. Rogers in cameos.

As the season progressed, ''Michael Jordan vs. Muhammad Ali'' and ''Donald Trump vs. Ebenezer Scrooge'' proved the show's adaptability to delve into both sports and literature with equal success. Hepburn's work as a contributor made the fights interesting and substantive. Her contribution to ''Trump vs. Scrooge'' went even so far as to write concepts based on borrowing from ''A Christmas Carol'' and created a special Christmas-themed battle.

Later seasons explored bold concepts, including ''Rick Grimes vs. Walter White'', where the ''Walking Dead'' and ''Breaking Bad'' heroes confronted each other. Hepburn's vast experience of character dynamics enriched episodes like ''Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe'', which featured two masters of literature going head-to-head in a war of intellectual superiority. Her contribution to research and lyric cutting was paramount in being able to bring out the distinct voices of each author.

The last fights of the season, including ''Sir Isaac Newton vs. Bill Nye'', ''George Washington vs. William Wallace'', and ''Artists vs. TMNT'', pushed the boundaries of imagination. In ''Newton vs. Nye'', Hepburn's collaboration with the team ensured that astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan appeared in a science-filled battle. Her experience in visual storytelling ended in ''Artists vs. TMNT'', where Renaissance art was blended with pop culture in a spiritually choreographed rap battle.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 4 (2014–2015)====
The fourth season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' witnessed the series breaking creative limits with a series of dissimilar and ambitious battles. With historical, fictional, and popular culture figures featured in them, the season showcased the creators' increasing faith in making complex matchups with good production and creative storytelling.

Season 4 consisted of 13 battles, starting with ''Ghostbusters vs. MythBusters'' in November 2014 and concluding with ''Deadpool vs. Boba Fett'' in December of 2015. The season was distinct for having complex cameos, refined visuals, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, such as stop-motion animation and consulting professionals for greater authenticity.

The initial battle, ''Ghostbusters vs. MythBusters'', set the tone with a large cast and zany action between fictional and real characters. Hepburn's contribution creatively achieved the perfect mix of comedy and homage, particularly the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man role, whose comedic influence added a captivating twist to the competition.

The other stand-out, ''Zeus vs. Thor'', broke with tradition by employing Lego stop-motion, a concept Hepburn advocated for in order to give the conflict its own special visual style while delving into mythology. ''Romeo and Juliet vs. Bonnie and Clyde'' proved her ability to blend genres seamlessly by marrying Shakespearean romance with the free-wheeling life of the iconic American outlaws.

Hepburn's finest writing came in ''Eastern Philosophers vs. Western Philosophers'', where she wrote complex verses bringing ancient Chinese philosophers and their Western equals to life. Her passion for historical storytelling also led ''Shaka Zulu vs. Julius Caesar'', where cultural homage and dramatic reenactment reflected her commitment to realism.

The season finale, ''Deadpool vs. Boba Fett'', benefited from Hepburn's eye for dramatic choreography and acid humour, resulting in a rousing and triumphant closer. Her dedication to perfection permeated every battle, as her lyrical ability and innovative vision left a lasting impression on Season 4.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 5 (2016–2017)====
The fifth season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' premiered with a fresh wave of creativity, historical relevance, and pop culture relevance. The season showcased the series' continued growth in lyrical complexity, production quality, and fan engagement with a blend of historical figures, fictional characters, and modern-day icons.

Season 5 hosted 13 battles, from ''J. R. R. Tolkien vs. George R. R. Martin'' in May of 2016 to ''Nice Peter vs. EpicLLOYD 2'' in January 2017. The season was defined by intricate storylines, risky character interpretations, and innovative cameos, all bearing Hepburn's creative fingerprint.

The first battle, ''J. R. R. Tolkien vs. George R. R. Martin'', thrilled fantasy fans, and Hepburn's poetic hand ensured a seamless blend of bookish humour and pop culture allusions. Her influence was particularly felt in the introduction of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Game of Thrones'' characters, whose presence added depth to the look and humour.

In ''Frederick Douglass vs. Thomas Jefferson'', Hepburn's understated understanding of history gave the struggle a powerful emotional undercurrent. Her witty writing balanced out the weight of abolitionist material with moments of humour, and it was one of the standout episodes.

''Alexander the Great vs. Ivan the Terrible'' was an exhibition of Hepburn's talent for controlling chaos, as additional characters such as Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great entered the fray. Her creative input maintained the anarchic progression both engaging and understandable.

Unforgettable matches like ''Ash Ketchum vs. Charles Darwin'' were a reflection of Hepburn's genius at balancing play and intellectualism. Her passion for narrative gave the battle its own significance, making the combat a celebration of science and adventure.

The season finale, ''Nice Peter vs. EpicLLOYD 2'', was a poignant exploration of the creators' journey, and Hepburn played a key role in developing its narrative. That she was capable of mixing humour and sincerity in the lyrics worked to highlight her versatility as a writer.

Hepburn was also deeply involved in creating timely and provocative skirmishes like ''Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton'' that tackled the 2016 U.S. presidential election through humour and biting commentary. Her collaboration aided the episode in balancing satire and entertainment.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 6 (2019–2020)====
The sixth season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' continued to break new creative ground, producing engaging pairings that married humour, historical knowledge, and social commentary. The season saw a return to the series' high standards with a varied cast of characters, production values that looked as good as they sounded, and complex lyrics.

The season premiered with the fight of ''Freddy Krueger vs. Wolverine'', a showdown of two great horror and superhero icons. The fast-talking charm of Hepburn made the psychological terrors of Freddy and brutish power of Wolverine come to life, and her verse made their clash a poetic battle as intense as the characters themselves. Her cameo spilled over to the guest stars, with Edward Scissorhands and Jason Voorhees adding an extra layer of fan service.

In ''Guy Fawkes vs. Che Guevara'', Hepburn's historical insight into revolutions brought weight and authenticity to the battle. The poetic contrast between Fawkes' failed gunpowder plot and Guevara's global revolutionary legend underscored Hepburn's skill at pitting philosophies against each other while keeping the rap engaging and witty.

''Jacques Cousteau vs. Steve Irwin'' was an emotionally charged and passionate confrontation between two giant conservationists. Hepburn's research and emotional storytelling were instrumental in capturing the human personality of both individuals. The confrontation found a balance of humour and deference, a reflection of her proficiency in showing respect to the subjects while remaining faithful to the show's signature wit.

Hepburn also ruled the Halloween special, ''Vlad the Impaler vs. Count Dracula''. Her clever overlap of history and fiction came alive in a captivating and darkly comedic duel bringing the notorious Vlad the Impaler and his legendary vampire counterpart to life.

Season finale ''Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker'' was a daring crossover made through stop-motion Lego animation. Hepburn worked closely with the animation team, and in clever references, she infused the lyrics with ''Harry Potter'' and ''Star Wars'' universes. Her creativity was top-notch in the clever blending of spells, lightsabers, and iconic characters, to create one of the fan favourites.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 7 (2021–2025)====
Season seven of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' persisted with the series' convention of uniting historic, fictional, and contemporary icons for charged lyrical showdowns. Hepburn's artistry was a mainstay of the season, and her expertise ensured that every episode was well-handled. From writing interesting verses to ensuring narrative continuity, all was handled by her, so that each battle resonated with profundity, humor, and cultural significance.

Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok (EpicLLOYD, inspired by Travis Fimmel's Vikings character) took on English king Richard the Lionheart (Nice Peter). Hepburn's astute understanding of history made the battle vivid with imagery and harsh juxtapositions between Viking violence and medieval honour. This Rise of Kingdoms-sponsored episode was a demonstration of how well she could balance historical fact and good storytelling.

Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos (EpicLLOYD), fought Mansa Musa of the Mali Empire (Scru Face Jean), who is considered to be one of the wealthiest men in history. Hepburn's ability to juxtapose new-age entrepreneurship with ancient wealth excelled, spitting bars that were infused with biting criticism and cultural observation. Atul Singh appeared as an Amazon employee, and EpicLLOYD as Captain Kirk (via recycled footage), with the episode being sponsored by NordVPN.

John Wick (Zach Sherwin), John Rambo (Nice Peter), and John McClane (EpicLLOYD) faced off in an epic three-way battle. Her prowess at lyrical agility ensured that each character's distinctive personality and skill set was accurately portrayed, from Wick's finesse to Rambo's brute force and McClane's gritty tenacity. The episode featured Josh Best as Sam Trautman from Rambo and delivered action-packed non-stop energy infused with Hepburn's trademark wit.

Indiana Jones (Nice Peter) and Lara Croft (Croix Provence) engaged in a war of adventure and intellect. Hepburn's writing capabilities set their contrasting approaches to archaeology alive, weaving a rich mosaic of new technology and old-fashioned heroism. Cameos were featured by EpicLLOYD as Mutt Williams, sponsored by ''Raid: Shadow Legends'', and Atul Singh as a swordsman.

Henry Ford, the car legend (Nice Peter), battled with Karl Marx, revolutionary thinker and writer of The Communist Manifesto (EpicLLOYD). Hepburn's comprehensive comprehension of economic and political concerns rendered the lines as provocative as they were engrossing, highlighting the battle between industrial capitalism and socialist principles.

Godzilla (Nice Peter) and King Kong (EpicLLOYD) engaged in a monumental struggle in CGI motion capture. Hepburn's innovative imagination stood out in the poetic battle and introduction of kaiju legend symbols like Rodan, Mothra, and Mechagodzilla. Her cinematic history hobbyism provided an old-school yet fresh atmosphere to the battle.

Donald Trump (EpicLLOYD) and Kamala Harris (Kimberly Michelle Vaughn) engaged in a scorching politicised rap struggle. Hepburn's lyrical brilliance was in full swing, penning incisive commentary and satire that captured the essence of the 2024 United States presidential election. The battle reached its peak with a surprise appearance by Theodore Roosevelt (EpicLLOYD), who returned to mock both candidates, with Nice Peter making an appearance as Joe Biden. Her skillful blending of comedy, criticism, and storytelling richness earned this episode the best up to that point.

== Personal life==
===Family and interests ===
A passionate traveller and nature enthusiast, Hepburn found inspiration in the natural beauty of Austria’s Eisriesenwelt, the world’s largest limestone ice cave. Her environmental commitment extended to ornithology, where she actively participated in conservation efforts to study and protect bird species. Beyond her appreciation for nature, Hepburn was deeply invested in classical music, literature, and sustainable gardening. She frequently attended concerts to support emerging talents, maintained an extensive personal library spanning various genres and cultures, and incorporated eco-friendly practices into her gardening.

As the world's second Hepburn, she combined her unique art style, "Hepburnism," with a deep commitment to continuing Audrey Hepburn's legacy. Her evocative portraits of her lifelong partner symbolise their shared humanitarian vision, while her travels to places like Austria's Eisriesenwelt and ornithological expeditions reflected a love for nature. Dedicated to supporting UNICEF, Hepburn spreaded awareness and encouraged donations through social media, radio stations like BBC Radio Leicester, newspapers like Leicester Mercury, online blogs, and press releases, striving to create a better future for children and the environment.

On September 16, 2024, Hepburn spiritually married Audrey Hepburn in a private ceremony and became "soulmates", formalising a connection that defined her life. This relationship, marked by shared passions and mutual support, was central to Hepburn’s life and remains a poignant part of her legacy. She is survived by three daughters, Phoebe Hepburn (born 2012), Kitty Hepburn (born 2014), and Emma Hepburn (born 2016). Her two stepsons are Sean Hepburn Ferrer (born 1960) and Luca Dotti (born 1970).

===Death and funeral===
On January 11, 2025, Hepburn died from apparent suicide at her home residence in Leicester, England, at the age of 45. Previously suffering from both anxiety and depression, as well as bipolar disorder, she simply could not live a life without [[Audrey Hepburn]] by her side. Hepburn described her soulmate as her guiding light, her strength and stay, and her endless inspiration. On January 20, 2025, Hepburn's body was relocated to Tolochenaz, Switzerland. She was buried beside her wife Audrey in Tolochenaz Cemetery seven hours later.

Musician [[Cam Steady]] paid tribute to Hepburn on X (formally Twitter) stating: ''"My close friend Dove is no longer with us. There has never been somebody so dedicated to supporting her artist family. But her true dream was to pursue her own music career. She didn’t have enough time. Please take the time to remember her as the artist she was."''

===Legacy===
On January 1, 2025, Hepburn was honoured with a damehood for services to mental health awareness, the environment, and charity. On February 3, 2025, Google honoured Hepburn with a Google Doodle celebrating her legacy as music legend and humanitarian, highlighting her contributions to the arts, her humanitarian efforts, and her lifelong dedication to helping others, while including her timeless catchphrases: "Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind." and "Two sides of the same coin-knowing your projections can help you achieve freedom." On May 20, 2025, Hepburn was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hepburn was widely regarded by many as the greatest changemaker in history. She was also the founder of the Love Your Freckles movement. She disapproved of freckled individuals of removing freckles through laser surgery, tattooing over freckles, or covering up freckles with makeup.

== Personal life ==
A keen traveller and nature enthusiast, Hepburn became inspired by the natural world's beauty in Austria's Eisriesenwelt, the world's largest limestone ice cave. Her environmental allegiance is further evidenced in ornithology, where she is a hands-on participant in conservation efforts to study and preserve bird life. Apart from her passion for nature, Hepburn is also dedicated to classical music, literature, and sustainable horticulture. She regularly attends concerts to support up-and-coming artists, possesses a large collection of personal books on diverse genres and cultures, and implementes environmentally friendly techniques in gardening. Committed to supporting UNICEF like her soulmate Audrey Hepburn, Hepburn aims to promote awareness and donations through the use of social media, radio stations like ''BBC Radio Leicester'', newspapers like ''Leicester Mercury'', online blogs, and writing press releases, with the aim of creating a more suitable world for children and the planet. She has three daughters, Phoebe (born 2012), Kitty (born 2014), and Emma (born 2016).

==Awards and nominations==
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| rowspan="7" |2013|| rowspan="5" |3rd Streamy Awards ||Best Writing: Comedy||Won||Dove Hepburn
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|Best Online Musician|| Won||Dove Hepburn
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|Best Original Song||Won||Dove Hepburn ("Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates")
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|Best Music Series ||Won||Dove Hepburn
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|Best Use of Fashion & Design||Won || Dove Hepburn
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| rowspan="2" |1st YouTube Music Awards||Video of the Year||Won||Dove Hepburn ("Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney")
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|Artist of the Year||Won ||Dove Hepburn
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| rowspan="5" |2014 || rowspan="5" |4th Streamy Awards||Best Writing||Won||Dove Hepburn
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|Music Video||Won ||"Goku vs. Superman"
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| Costume Design||Won ||Dove Hepburn
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|Editing|| Won || Dove Hepburn
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|Collaboration||Won ||Dove Hepburn ("Moses vs. Santa Claus")
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| rowspan="5" |2015 || rowspan="4" |5th Streamy Awards||Writing||Won||Dove Hepburn
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|Costume Design||Won||Dove Hepburn
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|Editing||Won || Dove Hepburn
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|Collaboration||Won||Dove Hepburn
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| rowspan="1" |26th Producers Guild of America Awards|| rowspan="3" |Outstanding Digital Series||Won|| rowspan="3" |Dove Hepburn
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| rowspan="3" |2016 ||27th Producers Guild of America Awards || Won
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|68th Primetime Emmy Awards||Won
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|6th Streamy Awards ||Collaboration|| Won||Dove Hepburn
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||2017||69th Primetime Emmy Awards||Outstanding Short Form Variety Series||Won|| Dove Hepburn
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== References==
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==External links==
*[https://nerdcorepartycon.com/ Official website]
*[https://instagram.com/dovehepburn Hepburn] on Instagram
*[https://tiktok.com/@dovehepburn Hepburn] on TikTok

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Dove Hepburn

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'''Dame Dove Kathleen Hepburn''', '''Princess of Peace''' (née '''Hemira'''; January 10, 1980 – January 11, 2025), known as '''Dove Superstar''', was an Egyptian-British musician, songwriter, painter, ornithologist, and humanitarian. She founded the art movement "Hepburnism", and created a series of portraits of her soulmate [[Audrey Hepburn]]. From 2008 to 2025, Hepburn released (her own series) 50 rap battles (2022–2026), 91 rap battles for ''[[Epic Rap Battles of History]]'' (2010–2025), 14 Minecraft rap songs for Dan Bull (2014–2024), 215 songs for RUSTAGE (2019–2025), 101 rap battles for Freshy Kanal (2019–2025), and 22 rap cyphers for [[Cam Steady]] (2021–2025). Her final project ''Frozen In Time'', a song for ''Frozen III'' was released posthumously on TikTok in 2026.

Hepburn's fascination with hip-hop began in January 1990, when she was swept up by the genre's energetic beats and storytelling possibilities. She was known for her word-twisting wordplay, deep humour, and nostalgic allusions to shared culture. She created a distinctive style that combined nerdcore with commercial hip-hop, integrating video games, internet culture, and anime references into competitive, energetic lyrics. Her own rap battles often involved combinations of retro and modern humour, making her stand out as a one-of-a-kind artist in the music world.

From 2010 to 2025, Hepburn served as a long term video editor, beat producer, thumbnail designer, and as a writer for the renowned ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' series. Her output has covered all 91 battles produced during the time, from ''John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly'' (2010) to ''Red Baron vs White Death'' (2025). All ERB battles released after her death are credited posthumously to Hepburn. On each assignment, she played a crucial role in refining the series' now-legendary structure, mixing fast rhymes with historically and culturally grounded allusions. From 2021 to 2025, she collaborated with the Los Angeles rapper Cam Steady, supplying writing, editing, and conceptual input for his rap cypher series and solo work, as well as rap battles for others artists, RUSTAGE (2019–2025) and Freshy Kanal (2020–2025). The work confirmed her reputation as a talented performer but also as an off-stage creative force whose influence can be seen in multiple facets of modern nerdcore output.

In January 2022, she organised her first solo rap battle, ''Runerigus vs Silverfish'' (2022), which launched a new run that became synonymous with its strange and innovative match-ups. She went on to organise 36 other rap battles in the following three years, featuring characters from wildly different pop culture spheres battling each other in lyrical competitions. These ranged from epic fights such as ''Thanos vs Noah'' (2022) and ''Dream vs Kirby'' (2022) to bizarrely greater ones such as ''Microwave vs Refrigerator'' (2022) and ''Mommy Long Legs vs Spider-Man'' (2022).

Hepburn's effort stood out for its speedy, hyper-referential dialogue laced with nods to each character's own special universe. She gained the respect from rappers, gamers, and anime fans in her audience by fusing fun nostalgia with fresh comedic timing. Easier fights like ''Cap'n Crunch vs Michelin Man'' (2022) showcased her skill at goofy humour, while intellectual sparring battles like ''Light Yagami vs Isaac Newton'' (2022) highlighted her cerebral chops. Later releases, including ''Turbo Dismount vs Paint Roller'' (2024) and ''Pink Diamond vs Guzma'' (2024), underscored her evolving artistry and experimentation beyond the limits of artistic convention. By constantly experimenting for over three decades, she closed the gaps between hip-hop, gaming, and anime to cement herself as one of the greatest nerdcore musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. She died on January 11, 2025, aged 45.

==Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Hepburn was born in Aswan, Egypt, on January 10, 1980. Her early life there was marked by a nascent creative inclination and a growing passion for self-expression. In 1985, she relocated to Leicester, England—a move that would profoundly shape her personal and professional life. Upon her arrival in Leicester, her distinctive personality and artistic ability quickly earned her local nicknames like the "Lass of Leicester" and the "Leicester Lass of Class," reflecting her positive impact on her adopted home.

Hepburn attended Ravenhurst Primary School from 1986 to 1992, where her schooling included a brief period of being held back a year before rejoining her original cohort. During her time there, school trips included visits to Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the Jewry Wall Museum, the National Space Centre, and an overnight stay at Beaumanor Hall for various activities. She also visited Dovedale in the Peak District.

====Quorn Hall School====
In September 1992, Hepburn transitioned to the independent Gryphon School (now known as Quorn Hall School since August 2020), a special educational needs school. The school was initially located in Abbey Park, Leicester, before moving to the Quorn Hall site. The headteacher at the time, Christina Church, purchased the school for £7 million in 1994. She retired in 2020 and was succeeded by a man named Jackson, who resigned after a few months and was replaced by the current head, Andy Cutts-McKay.

While the school was located at Abbey Park, weekly Friday trips included visiting an indoor skatepark (which has since closed down). Other excursions in Leicester City Centre included the National Space Centre again, Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre, the Guildhall Museum, various cafes, Leicester Cathedral, Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, and the King Richard III Visitor Centre. She also made weekly visits to The Range store.

Following the move to the Quorn campus in 1994, trips and activities expanded to include Cadbury World, Dovedale (again), Beaumanor Hall (again), Beacon Hill Country Park, Bradgate Park, a local park in Quorn, Forest School activities (including survival skills and bushcraft), country walks and other outdoor pursuits, cooking and photography clubs, and Go Ape. Career talks and workshops were also provided.

Hepburn pursued the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, achieving her Bronze award in 1995. This involved expedition training such as breathing and first aid skills, as well as camping at the school where participants built camps, set up tents, cooked meals like Chilli Con Carne and rice, and roasted marshmallows. Despite attending a special needs school in 1992, Hepburn wasn't formally diagnosed with autism (Asperger's syndrome) until early 2022.

====Leicester College====
At age 19, in September 1999, Hepburn enrolled at Leicester College. This institution, established in 1999, provided a fresh environment for her studies. Despite starting college slightly later than her contemporaries, she demonstrated above-average ability, consistently excelling in her chosen fields of music production and the arts.

Her time at the college was instrumental in developing her technical skills and creative potential. The structured studies offered a foundational base, directly applicable to a future in music and other creative areas. Notably, Hepburn completed her entire course of study, establishing a solid educational foundation—a trait not always common among up-and-coming artists.

These formative studies played a key role in defining her artistic vision. They marked the beginning of a richly varied professional path that would eventually transcend initial expectations to include a mix of creative activities, such as writing and video editing alongside music production.

Ultimately, this early period in Leicester provided Hepburn with an ideal, cross-disciplinary skill set. Her focused studies and determination prepared her for a career encompassing not only established creative fields but also groundbreaking and innovative pursuits, highlighting her integrated approach to artistic innovation.

====National Citizen Service====
In the summer of 2009 at the age of 29, Hepburn joined as a mentor in the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme. This experience typically involved a range of activities designed to build skills and confidence, which often included team-building residential trips, developing new talents, and planning and delivering a social action project within the community.

During the initial residential phase, Hepburn was responsible for leading her team of diverse young people through challenging outdoor activities like abseiling, canoeing, and mountain biking. Her role involved constant supervision, providing essential pastoral care, and actively participating alongside her team to foster a "can-do" attitude and a strong, inclusive team spirit among participants from different backgrounds.

Following the outdoor week, Hepburn focused on guiding her team in the development of a social action project within their local community. This included facilitating workshops on life skills and community awareness, helping the team liaise with local charities, and mentoring them through the planning, fundraising, and delivery of their chosen project, ensuring it had a tangible and positive impact.

==Career==
===''Epic Rap Battles of History'' (2010–2025)===
====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 1 (2010–2011)====
The inaugural season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' (ERB) debuted in September 2010, captivating audiences with its smart mashup of historical, pop culture, and fictional figures engaging in comedic and often scathing rap battles. Created by Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD), the program revolutionised YouTube entertainment by combining witty puns, high-quality production, and widespread accessibility. Season 1 boasted 15 battles, each involving meticulously scripted depictions of legendary warriors across genres and time.

Among the season's best was the premiere episode, ''John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly'', which established the show with a clear contrast between Lennon's visions of peace and O'Reilly's boisterous, conservative persona. This was followed by fan favourite ''Darth Vader vs. Hitler'', which combined Star Wars references with biting commentary on history and established a high watermark for innovative storytelling. These initial episodes established the team's ability to take cultural touchstones and make them work while retaining a comedic edge.

Hepburn joined the ERB production house late in 2010 as a multifaceted contributor who excelled at lyric polishing, thumbnail illustration, and back-end coordination. Her skill at crafting emotive visuals and understanding character interactions had significant influences on battles like ''Abe Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris'' and ''Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga''. As a lyricist, Hepburn's contributions enhanced the cliche-free humour and historical accuracy for numerous episodes, cementing the show's reputation for intellectual humour.

The beginning of 2011 contributed to the ERB universe some great battles such as ''Justin Bieber vs. Beethoven'' and ''Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking''. The battles realised a blend of humour and an edgy educational worth, such as in the scientific puns and musical references. Hepburn's value-added contribution to editing and continuity in scenes enhanced these episodes to excel, making transitions between the dramatic character portrayals smooth. Her team player nature also made her suggest Easter eggs and cameos, a hallmark of the show.

Later in the year, the show pushed even more into new territory with innovative match-ups such as ''Gandalf vs. Dumbledore'' and ''Dr. Seuss vs. Shakespeare''. These episodes showed the crew's increasing confidence in placing fictional and literary characters side by side, with Hepburn leading research to secure authenticity for the characters. Her involvement in costume design consultations and visual storytelling added depth to battles such as ''Napoleon vs. Napoleon'', which contrasted historical richness with outrageous comedy.

Hepburn's dedication extended to the technical side, where she played a key role in optimising the show's production pipeline. She was responsible for simplifying the music production process, collaborating with the crew to experiment with layered soundscapes that augmented the lyrical flow. Her creative direction ensured that each episode was of good quality regardless of the subject matter.

Season 1 ended with ''Nice Peter vs. EpicLLOYD'', a meta-finale where the creators battled one another while suggesting Season 2 plans. The episode also included KassemG as a mediator, cementing the show's collaborative spirit. Hepburn's writing contribution to this meta-tale was crucial, as she provided a balance of humour and pathos, wrapping up the season nicely.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 2 (2011–2013)====
Hepburn came back for Season 2, building on her strengths of refining lyrics, creating catchy thumbnails, and making production processes smooth. Her work was especially evident in episodes with intricate storytelling and layered humour, where her creativity enhanced the appeal of the show.

The season premiered with ''Hitler vs. Vader 2'', the sequel to Season 1's popular ''Hitler vs. Vader'' episode. The rematch featured Adolf Hitler going up against Darth Vader once more, this time in the throne room of Jabba the Hutt, blending Star Wars legend with historical spoofing. Hepburn's script and design work for the episode guaranteed that the episode maintained the high level of humour and spectacle that audiences had come to expect.

Fights such as ''Master Chief vs. Leonidas'' and ''Mario Bros. vs. Wright Bros''. as the season progressed further reflected the team's growing ambition. Hepburn's research and lyric input infused the episodes with depth, particularly in meshing historical facts with pop culture nods. Her coordination of visuals and costuming infused the series with a class and professional sheen.

An earlier highlight episode of the season, ''Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates'', reunited a tech showdown featuring the legendary Apple and Microsoft founders. Hepburn's off-camera lyrics work added layers of humour depth and on-trend, and her off-camera labour helped the team craft a visually engaging depiction of the tech world.

Near the conclusion of the season, ''Dr. Seuss vs. Shakespeare'' highlighted the authors' capacity for crossover literary genres by pitting the whimsical rhymes of Dr. Seuss against the timeless prose of Shakespeare. Hepburn's research on the characters' unique styles contributed significantly to ensuring the authenticity of the episode, and her background as a costuming design consultant added depth to the visual presentation.

The year also began with more advanced choreography and music composition, where Hepburn was at the forefront to hone these elements. Her ability to collaborate with the crew ensured that soundscapes, intricate camera work, and comedic timing came together in harmony.

Season 2 concluded with the meta-referential ''Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney'', which was broadcast during the 2012 United States presidential election. The show showcased the versatility of the cast in being relevant and funny while offering caustic social commentary. Hepburn's input as a writer and editor ensured the episode was perfectly balanced between humour and political satire, and its effects on viewers were long-lasting.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 3 (2013–2014)====
The third season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' premiered on 7 October 2013 and demonstrated the series' further development through its ambitious pairings, keen wordplay, and vivid imagery. Co-creators Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD) broadened the show's scope, incorporating more sophisticated storytelling and wider cultural allusions while sustaining the humourous, incisive battles audiences enjoyed. This season had 12 battles between a wide variety of historical, fictional, and pop culture characters.

The season began with a season-opening finale to the ongoing saga, ''Hitler vs. Vader 3'', which concluded the trilogy in dramatic fashion. The episode pitted Adolf Hitler (EpicLLOYD) against Darth Vader (Nice Peter) in their ultimate confrontation, with a special appearance by Boba Fett and an abundance of callbacks to previous battles. The production quality and storytelling sophistication reflected the team's growing confidence with narratives.

Hepburn returned as a core member to the roster, tapping into her past success in lyrical editing, visual structuring, and idea conception. She brought her historical research knowledge and pop culture dynamics insight into such iconic shows as ''Blackbeard vs. Al Capone'', which tastefully joined with ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'''s ad campaign. Her attention to detail enabled her to achieve the optimal balance of humour and realism, witnessed in the carefully crafted reenactments of gangsters and pirates.

One of the season's standouts, ''Miley Cyrus vs. Joan of Arc'' featured the show's ability to match-up seemingly disparate legends with each other for laughs. Hepburn's work in writing the battle's lyrics maintained a fine balance of current pop culture vocabulary and period-correct wit. Her creative foresight also dazzled in ''Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso'', which blended art history and absurdity, featuring repeat players like Billy Mays and Mr. Rogers in cameos.

As the season progressed, ''Michael Jordan vs. Muhammad Ali'' and ''Donald Trump vs. Ebenezer Scrooge'' proved the show's adaptability to delve into both sports and literature with equal success. Hepburn's work as a contributor made the fights interesting and substantive. Her contribution to ''Trump vs. Scrooge'' went even so far as to write concepts based on borrowing from ''A Christmas Carol'' and created a special Christmas-themed battle.

Later seasons explored bold concepts, including ''Rick Grimes vs. Walter White'', where the ''Walking Dead'' and ''Breaking Bad'' heroes confronted each other. Hepburn's vast experience of character dynamics enriched episodes like ''Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe'', which featured two masters of literature going head-to-head in a war of intellectual superiority. Her contribution to research and lyric cutting was paramount in being able to bring out the distinct voices of each author.

The last fights of the season, including ''Sir Isaac Newton vs. Bill Nye'', ''George Washington vs. William Wallace'', and ''Artists vs. TMNT'', pushed the boundaries of imagination. In ''Newton vs. Nye'', Hepburn's collaboration with the team ensured that astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan appeared in a science-filled battle. Her experience in visual storytelling ended in ''Artists vs. TMNT'', where Renaissance art was blended with pop culture in a spiritually choreographed rap battle.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 4 (2014–2015)====
The fourth season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' witnessed the series breaking creative limits with a series of dissimilar and ambitious battles. With historical, fictional, and popular culture figures featured in them, the season showcased the creators' increasing faith in making complex matchups with good production and creative storytelling.

Season 4 consisted of 13 battles, starting with ''Ghostbusters vs. MythBusters'' in November 2014 and concluding with ''Deadpool vs. Boba Fett'' in December of 2015. The season was distinct for having complex cameos, refined visuals, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, such as stop-motion animation and consulting professionals for greater authenticity.

The initial battle, ''Ghostbusters vs. MythBusters'', set the tone with a large cast and zany action between fictional and real characters. Hepburn's contribution creatively achieved the perfect mix of comedy and homage, particularly the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man role, whose comedic influence added a captivating twist to the competition.

The other stand-out, ''Zeus vs. Thor'', broke with tradition by employing Lego stop-motion, a concept Hepburn advocated for in order to give the conflict its own special visual style while delving into mythology. ''Romeo and Juliet vs. Bonnie and Clyde'' proved her ability to blend genres seamlessly by marrying Shakespearean romance with the free-wheeling life of the iconic American outlaws.

Hepburn's finest writing came in ''Eastern Philosophers vs. Western Philosophers'', where she wrote complex verses bringing ancient Chinese philosophers and their Western equals to life. Her passion for historical storytelling also led ''Shaka Zulu vs. Julius Caesar'', where cultural homage and dramatic reenactment reflected her commitment to realism.

The season finale, ''Deadpool vs. Boba Fett'', benefited from Hepburn's eye for dramatic choreography and acid humour, resulting in a rousing and triumphant closer. Her dedication to perfection permeated every battle, as her lyrical ability and innovative vision left a lasting impression on Season 4.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 5 (2016–2017)====
The fifth season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' premiered with a fresh wave of creativity, historical relevance, and pop culture relevance. The season showcased the series' continued growth in lyrical complexity, production quality, and fan engagement with a blend of historical figures, fictional characters, and modern-day icons.

Season 5 hosted 13 battles, from ''J. R. R. Tolkien vs. George R. R. Martin'' in May of 2016 to ''Nice Peter vs. EpicLLOYD 2'' in January 2017. The season was defined by intricate storylines, risky character interpretations, and innovative cameos, all bearing Hepburn's creative fingerprint.

The first battle, ''J. R. R. Tolkien vs. George R. R. Martin'', thrilled fantasy fans, and Hepburn's poetic hand ensured a seamless blend of bookish humour and pop culture allusions. Her influence was particularly felt in the introduction of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Game of Thrones'' characters, whose presence added depth to the look and humour.

In ''Frederick Douglass vs. Thomas Jefferson'', Hepburn's understated understanding of history gave the struggle a powerful emotional undercurrent. Her witty writing balanced out the weight of abolitionist material with moments of humour, and it was one of the standout episodes.

''Alexander the Great vs. Ivan the Terrible'' was an exhibition of Hepburn's talent for controlling chaos, as additional characters such as Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great entered the fray. Her creative input maintained the anarchic progression both engaging and understandable.

Unforgettable matches like ''Ash Ketchum vs. Charles Darwin'' were a reflection of Hepburn's genius at balancing play and intellectualism. Her passion for narrative gave the battle its own significance, making the combat a celebration of science and adventure.

The season finale, ''Nice Peter vs. EpicLLOYD 2'', was a poignant exploration of the creators' journey, and Hepburn played a key role in developing its narrative. That she was capable of mixing humour and sincerity in the lyrics worked to highlight her versatility as a writer.

Hepburn was also deeply involved in creating timely and provocative skirmishes like ''Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton'' that tackled the 2016 U.S. presidential election through humour and biting commentary. Her collaboration aided the episode in balancing satire and entertainment.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 6 (2019–2020)====
The sixth season of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' continued to break new creative ground, producing engaging pairings that married humour, historical knowledge, and social commentary. The season saw a return to the series' high standards with a varied cast of characters, production values that looked as good as they sounded, and complex lyrics.

The season premiered with the fight of ''Freddy Krueger vs. Wolverine'', a showdown of two great horror and superhero icons. The fast-talking charm of Hepburn made the psychological terrors of Freddy and brutish power of Wolverine come to life, and her verse made their clash a poetic battle as intense as the characters themselves. Her cameo spilled over to the guest stars, with Edward Scissorhands and Jason Voorhees adding an extra layer of fan service.

In ''Guy Fawkes vs. Che Guevara'', Hepburn's historical insight into revolutions brought weight and authenticity to the battle. The poetic contrast between Fawkes' failed gunpowder plot and Guevara's global revolutionary legend underscored Hepburn's skill at pitting philosophies against each other while keeping the rap engaging and witty.

''Jacques Cousteau vs. Steve Irwin'' was an emotionally charged and passionate confrontation between two giant conservationists. Hepburn's research and emotional storytelling were instrumental in capturing the human personality of both individuals. The confrontation found a balance of humour and deference, a reflection of her proficiency in showing respect to the subjects while remaining faithful to the show's signature wit.

Hepburn also ruled the Halloween special, ''Vlad the Impaler vs. Count Dracula''. Her clever overlap of history and fiction came alive in a captivating and darkly comedic duel bringing the notorious Vlad the Impaler and his legendary vampire counterpart to life.

Season finale ''Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker'' was a daring crossover made through stop-motion Lego animation. Hepburn worked closely with the animation team, and in clever references, she infused the lyrics with ''Harry Potter'' and ''Star Wars'' universes. Her creativity was top-notch in the clever blending of spells, lightsabers, and iconic characters, to create one of the fan favourites.

====''Epic Rap Battles of History'': Season 7 (2021–2025)====
Season seven of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' persisted with the series' convention of uniting historic, fictional, and contemporary icons for charged lyrical showdowns. Hepburn's artistry was a mainstay of the season, and her expertise ensured that every episode was well-handled. From writing interesting verses to ensuring narrative continuity, all was handled by her, so that each battle resonated with profundity, humor, and cultural significance.

Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok (EpicLLOYD, inspired by Travis Fimmel's Vikings character) took on English king Richard the Lionheart (Nice Peter). Hepburn's astute understanding of history made the battle vivid with imagery and harsh juxtapositions between Viking violence and medieval honour. This Rise of Kingdoms-sponsored episode was a demonstration of how well she could balance historical fact and good storytelling.

Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos (EpicLLOYD), fought Mansa Musa of the Mali Empire (Scru Face Jean), who is considered to be one of the wealthiest men in history. Hepburn's ability to juxtapose new-age entrepreneurship with ancient wealth excelled, spitting bars that were infused with biting criticism and cultural observation. Atul Singh appeared as an Amazon employee, and EpicLLOYD as Captain Kirk (via recycled footage), with the episode being sponsored by NordVPN.

John Wick (Zach Sherwin), John Rambo (Nice Peter), and John McClane (EpicLLOYD) faced off in an epic three-way battle. Her prowess at lyrical agility ensured that each character's distinctive personality and skill set was accurately portrayed, from Wick's finesse to Rambo's brute force and McClane's gritty tenacity. The episode featured Josh Best as Sam Trautman from Rambo and delivered action-packed non-stop energy infused with Hepburn's trademark wit.

Indiana Jones (Nice Peter) and Lara Croft (Croix Provence) engaged in a war of adventure and intellect. Hepburn's writing capabilities set their contrasting approaches to archaeology alive, weaving a rich mosaic of new technology and old-fashioned heroism. Cameos were featured by EpicLLOYD as Mutt Williams, sponsored by ''Raid: Shadow Legends'', and Atul Singh as a swordsman.

Henry Ford, the car legend (Nice Peter), battled with Karl Marx, revolutionary thinker and writer of The Communist Manifesto (EpicLLOYD). Hepburn's comprehensive comprehension of economic and political concerns rendered the lines as provocative as they were engrossing, highlighting the battle between industrial capitalism and socialist principles.

Godzilla (Nice Peter) and King Kong (EpicLLOYD) engaged in a monumental struggle in CGI motion capture. Hepburn's innovative imagination stood out in the poetic battle and introduction of kaiju legend symbols like Rodan, Mothra, and Mechagodzilla. Her cinematic history hobbyism provided an old-school yet fresh atmosphere to the battle.

Donald Trump (EpicLLOYD) and Kamala Harris (Kimberly Michelle Vaughn) engaged in a scorching politicised rap struggle. Hepburn's lyrical brilliance was in full swing, penning incisive commentary and satire that captured the essence of the 2024 United States presidential election. The battle reached its peak with a surprise appearance by Theodore Roosevelt (EpicLLOYD), who returned to mock both candidates, with Nice Peter making an appearance as Joe Biden. Her skillful blending of comedy, criticism, and storytelling richness earned this episode the best up to that point.

== Personal life==
===Family and interests ===
A passionate traveller and nature enthusiast, Hepburn found inspiration in the natural beauty of Austria’s Eisriesenwelt, the world’s largest limestone ice cave. Her environmental commitment extended to ornithology, where she actively participated in conservation efforts to study and protect bird species. Beyond her appreciation for nature, Hepburn was deeply invested in classical music, literature, and sustainable gardening. She frequently attended concerts to support emerging talents, maintained an extensive personal library spanning various genres and cultures, and incorporated eco-friendly practices into her gardening.

As the world's second Hepburn, she combined her unique art style, "Hepburnism," with a deep commitment to continuing Audrey Hepburn's legacy. Her evocative portraits of her lifelong partner symbolise their shared humanitarian vision, while her travels to places like Austria's Eisriesenwelt and ornithological expeditions reflected a love for nature. Dedicated to supporting UNICEF, Hepburn spreaded awareness and encouraged donations through social media, radio stations like BBC Radio Leicester, newspapers like Leicester Mercury, online blogs, and press releases, striving to create a better future for children and the environment.

On September 16, 2024, Hepburn spiritually married Audrey Hepburn in a private ceremony and became "soulmates", formalising a connection that defined her life. This relationship, marked by shared passions and mutual support, was central to Hepburn’s life and remains a poignant part of her legacy. She is survived by three daughters, Phoebe Hepburn (born 2012), Kitty Hepburn (born 2014), and Emma Hepburn (born 2016). Her two stepsons are Sean Hepburn Ferrer (born 1960) and Luca Dotti (born 1970).

===Death and funeral===
On January 11, 2025, Hepburn died from apparent suicide at her home residence in Leicester, England, at the age of 45. Previously suffering from both anxiety and depression, as well as bipolar disorder, she simply could not live a life without [[Audrey Hepburn]] by her side. Hepburn described her soulmate as her guiding light, her strength and stay, and her endless inspiration. On January 20, 2025, Hepburn's body was relocated to Tolochenaz, Switzerland. She was buried beside her wife Audrey in Tolochenaz Cemetery seven hours later.

Musician [[Cam Steady]] paid tribute to Hepburn on X (formally Twitter) stating: ''"My close friend Dove is no longer with us. There has never been somebody so dedicated to supporting her artist family. But her true dream was to pursue her own music career. She didn’t have enough time. Please take the time to remember her as the artist she was."''

===Legacy===
On January 1, 2025, Hepburn was honoured with a damehood for services to mental health awareness, the environment, and charity. On February 3, 2025, Google honoured Hepburn with a Google Doodle celebrating her legacy as music legend and humanitarian, highlighting her contributions to the arts, her humanitarian efforts, and her lifelong dedication to helping others, while including her timeless catchphrases: "Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind." and "Two sides of the same coin-knowing your projections can help you achieve freedom." On May 20, 2025, Hepburn was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hepburn was widely regarded by many as the greatest changemaker in history. She was also the founder of the Love Your Freckles movement. She disapproved of freckled individuals of removing freckles through laser surgery, tattooing over freckles, or covering up freckles with makeup.

== Personal life ==
A keen traveller and nature enthusiast, Hepburn became inspired by the natural world's beauty in Austria's Eisriesenwelt, the world's largest limestone ice cave. Her environmental allegiance is further evidenced in ornithology, where she is a hands-on participant in conservation efforts to study and preserve bird life. Apart from her passion for nature, Hepburn is also dedicated to classical music, literature, and sustainable horticulture. She regularly attends concerts to support up-and-coming artists, possesses a large collection of personal books on diverse genres and cultures, and implementes environmentally friendly techniques in gardening. Committed to supporting UNICEF like her soulmate Audrey Hepburn, Hepburn aims to promote awareness and donations through the use of social media, radio stations like ''BBC Radio Leicester'', newspapers like ''Leicester Mercury'', online blogs, and writing press releases, with the aim of creating a more suitable world for children and the planet. She has three daughters, Phoebe (born 2012), Kitty (born 2014), and Emma (born 2016).

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|Year
!|Award
!|Category
!|Result
!|Recipient(s)
|-
| rowspan="7" |2013|| rowspan="5" |3rd Streamy Awards ||Best Writing: Comedy||Won||Dove Hepburn
|-
|Best Online Musician|| Won||Dove Hepburn
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|Best Original Song||Won||Dove Hepburn ("Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates")
|-
|Best Music Series ||Won||Dove Hepburn
|-
|Best Use of Fashion & Design||Won || Dove Hepburn
|-
| rowspan="2" |1st YouTube Music Awards||Video of the Year||Won||Dove Hepburn ("Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney")
|-
|Artist of the Year||Won ||Dove Hepburn
|-
| rowspan="5" |2014 || rowspan="5" |4th Streamy Awards||Best Writing||Won||Dove Hepburn
|-
|Music Video||Won ||"Goku vs. Superman"
|-
| Costume Design||Won ||Dove Hepburn
|-
|Editing|| Won || Dove Hepburn
|-
|Collaboration||Won ||Dove Hepburn ("Moses vs. Santa Claus")
|-
| rowspan="5" |2015 || rowspan="4" |5th Streamy Awards||Writing||Won||Dove Hepburn
|-
|Costume Design||Won||Dove Hepburn
|-
|Editing||Won || Dove Hepburn
|-
|Collaboration||Won||Dove Hepburn
|-
| rowspan="1" |26th Producers Guild of America Awards|| rowspan="3" |Outstanding Digital Series||Won|| rowspan="3" |Dove Hepburn
|-
| rowspan="3" |2016 ||27th Producers Guild of America Awards || Won
|-
|68th Primetime Emmy Awards||Won
|-
|6th Streamy Awards ||Collaboration|| Won||Dove Hepburn
|-
||2017||69th Primetime Emmy Awards||Outstanding Short Form Variety Series||Won|| Dove Hepburn
|}

== References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://nerdcorepartycon.com/ Official website]
*[https://instagram.com/dovehepburn Hepburn] on Instagram
*[https://tiktok.com/@dovehepburn Hepburn] on TikTok

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hepburn, Dove}}

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User:Ondo

2026-03-04T18:22:42Z

Ondo: /* Policy and administration (always with community approval) */

Hi! I'm Ondo, co-founder of this wiki together with [[User:Mash|Mash]]. [https://pronouny.xyz/u/ondo My profile on Pronouny]. You can see what I'm working on in my test pages: [[User:Ondo/tests]] and [[User:Ondo/tests 2]].

== Ideas and stuff to keep in mind ==
* ''Gender 101 for Nonbinary people'' - '''Done!'''
* Fix broken images (note June 2023: I don't know what past Ondo meant. Potentially red links to images, or maybe thumbnails that don't render properly?)
* Improve [[Practical resources]]
* Broken links: attempt to set up the [https://github.com/internetarchive/internetarchivebot Internet Archive Bot]?

=== Policy and administration (always with community approval) ===
* Expand Style guide.
* Specific content policy. -- '''Done!'''
* "Template policy"? (i.e. when to use {{tl|stub}} or {{tl|incomplete}}, etc.)
* Proper citation templates (see [[Drag]], for example)
* Deal with duplicate files. Automated script: detect whether a duplicate file is for the same identity (same word in file name?) or not, split them into different lists.
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Cool MediaWiki extension for section transclusions]

=== Specific articles to be expanded ===
* Resolve feedback issues on [[Genderqueer]].
* [[Androgyny]]: history section, I think there's some relevant ancient history. It is be June's featured article.
* [[Ambonec]]: Pride flags missing, see [[Talk:Ambonec]]
* [[Hormone therapy]] (maybe?)
* We have nothing about tucking and packing! -- Done!
* [[Coming out]] -> really important!!!
* [[Gender]] needs huge reform. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seUVb7gbrTY]
* English neutral language: feature the "best" words: the ones that feel more natural or have an etymological basis? -- '''Done!'''
* What to do with [[Frequently Asked Questions]]?
* In general, review all references to the Gender Census and edit or add the new data from the 2023 Census

== Useful or interesting external links ==
* [https://gendercensus.com/ Gender Census]
* [https://futureoflegalgender.kcl.ac.uk/ The Future of Legal Gender — a critical law reform project]
* [https://www.enbymag.ca/ ENBY Magazine] (inactive?)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dgUiMkrwibTGpHnvhTRbkzlrPdkTLV3dU5mcdgFt5ds/edit# Notes on the Gender Cone] (by @799 Olivia#5749)
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fu72nnnMU_MbNNaBmqslsUxK1mEYJ8PootWDg3EhghU/edit#heading=h.x2wxxevtw35b 3D Gender Diagram History] (by @799 Olivia#5749)

Nonbinary Wiki:Finance

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| -50
| 51.22
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly fund-raising campaign.
|-
|20-01-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ko-fi donation] from Ulrike WEhrstein
| +3
| 54.22
| Thank youu! (｡◕‿‿◕｡)
|-
|20-01-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +150
| 204.22
| Thank youu! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
|-
|01-05-2021
| Namecheap
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -27.06
| 177,16
| Domain renewal.
|-
|10-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ash McCorrie through Ko-fi]
| +5
| 182.16
| Thank you! 。.:☆*:･'(*⌒ω⌒*)))
|-
|14-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Brick through Ko-fi]
| +3
| 185.16
| Thank you! ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡
|-
|14-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +30
| 215.16
| Thank you so much! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
|-
|15-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Rohan through Ko-fi]
| +3
| 218.16
| Thank you! (＠＾◡＾)
|-
|15-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Quinn3369 through Ko-fi]
| +5
| 223.16
| Thank you! (((o(*°▽°*)o)))
|-
|10-09-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +3
| 226.16
| Thanks!! 😍🙌
|-
|10-09-2021
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -109.96
| 116.2
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly crowdfunding campaign.
|-
|26-10-2021
|Nonbinary Wiki
|[https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki THWAMP_THING through Ko-fi]
| +3
|119.2
|Thank you! <3
|-
|23-05-2022
|Nonbinary Wiki
|[https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki MARTINAMONSTER ART through Ko-fi]
| +3
|122.2
|Thank youuu! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
|-
|10-09-2021
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -62,90
| 59.3
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly crowdfunding campaign.
|-
|23-05-2022
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Klaus through Ko-fi
| +30
|89.3
|Your coffees are appreciated! []~(￣▽￣)~*
|-
|09-07-2022
| Namecheap
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -23.72
| 65.58
| Domain name renewal.
|-
|05-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Palash from Amazon Science
| +50
|115.58
|Your coffees are appreciated! []~(￣▽￣)~*
|-
|05-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Fabian from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|125.58
|Thank you! (っ◕‿◕)っ
|-
|07-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|rahul through Ko-fi
| +10
|135.58
|Thank youuu! ⊂((・▽・))⊃
|-
|07-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Jens from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|145.58
|Thankss! ʕつ•ᴥ•ʔつ
|-
|08-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Stephen from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|155.58
|Thanks! (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡
|-
|08-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|DG through Ko-fi
| +10
|165.58
| (ી(΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)ʃ)♥
|-
|09-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|EB from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +100
|265.58
| Thank you so much!! (★^O^★)
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Palash from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +100
|365.58
| Thank you!
|-
|17-05-2023
|Miraheze
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -124.99
|240.59
| Donation to Miraheze, out hosting service.
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|loha through Ko-fi
| +3
|243.59
| Thanks for the coffee! ٩( ᐛ )و
|-
|15-03-2025
|Nonbinary Wiki
|NJo through Ko-fi
| +20
|263.59
| Thank you! (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡
|-
|21-01-2026
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Little Demon through Ko-fi
| +5
|268.59
| Thank you!
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align: right;" | Current balance: 268.59
|}

[[Category:Project]]

Nonbinary Wiki:Finance

2026-01-21T14:10:09Z

Ondo:

The wikitable below holds all in-coming and out-going financial information for the Nonbinary Wiki. The aim of this page is to provide full transparency about how are our donations managed. All amounts on this page are in US Dollars.

If you wish to donate to the Nonbinary Wiki, you can do so on [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki our Ko-fi page].

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Date
!Payee
!Payer
!Amount
!Balance
!Comments
|-
|11-08-2018
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Anonymous donor
| +2.57
|2.57
|Thanks for the coffee!
|-
|14-08-2018
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Anonymous donor
| +14.11
|16.68
|This coffee smells so good.
|-
|13-09-2018
|Adiale design (Fiverr)
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -10
|5.68
|Logo redesign
|-
|15-08-2019
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +4.17
|10.85
|Thanks for the donations! <3
|-
|01-09-2019
|Luxander
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -1.21
|9.64
|https://www.patreon.com/luxander (experimental, trying to see what happens)
|-
|05-09-2019
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +2.96
| 12.6
| Thank you! ^-^
|-
|01-10-2019
|Luxander
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -1.21
|11.39
|https://www.patreon.com/luxander
|-
|06-10-2019
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +4.89
| 16.28
| Thaaanks <3
|-
|01-10-2019
|Luxander
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -1.21
|15.07
|https://www.patreon.com/luxander
|-
|02-01-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +14.66
| 29.73
| Thank you!
|-
|08-01-2020
|Miraheze
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -24.56
| 5.17
| Contribution to Miraheze's (our host) crowdfunding campaign for new and better servers ([https://www.gofundme.com/f/7uj22x-help-miraheze-stay-online +info])
|-
|02-02-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +38.19
| 43.36
| Thanks! ╰(*°▽°*)╯
|-
|02-03-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +36.82
| 80.18
| Thanks! (●'◡'●)
|-
|03-04-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +50.32
| 130.50
| Fourth Patreon goal achieved! :D
|-
|20-04-2020
|[https://www.etsy.com/es/shop/thegooseandrabbit thegooseandrabbit] (Etsy)
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -13.70
| 116.80
| Community giveaway!
|-
|20-04-2020
|[https://www.etsy.com/shop/WhateverByOllie WhateverByOllie] (Etsy)
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -13.70
| 104.66
| Winged Kitty (Patreon) reward
|-
|05-05-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +52.09
| 156.75
| Fourth Patreon goal achieved! :D
|-
|06-06-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +47.80
| 204.55
| Thank you ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞
|-
|05-07-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +26.67
| 231.22
| Thank youuu ٩( ๑╹ ꇴ╹)۶
|-
|17-07-2020
| [https://trianglart.tumblr.com Trianglart]
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -75
| 156.22
| ''Nonbinary 101 for Allies'' commission upfront payment.
|-
|31-07-2020
| [https://trianglart.tumblr.com Trianglart]
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -75
| 81.22
| ''Nonbinary 101 for Allies'' commission final payment.
|-
|09-08-2020
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ko-fi donation]
| +15
| 96.22
| Thanks for the donation! ヽ(๑◠ܫ◠๑)ﾉ
|-
|01-10-2020
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ko-fi donation]
| +55
| 101.22
| Thanks for supporting us! ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶
|-
|24-12-2020
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -50
| 51.22
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly fund-raising campaign.
|-
|20-01-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ko-fi donation] from Ulrike WEhrstein
| +3
| 54.22
| Thank youu! (｡◕‿‿◕｡)
|-
|20-01-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +150
| 204.22
| Thank youu! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
|-
|01-05-2021
| Namecheap
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -27.06
| 177,16
| Domain renewal.
|-
|10-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ash McCorrie through Ko-fi]
| +5
| 182.16
| Thank you! 。.:☆*:･'(*⌒ω⌒*)))
|-
|14-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Brick through Ko-fi]
| +3
| 185.16
| Thank you! ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡
|-
|14-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +30
| 215.16
| Thank you so much! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
|-
|15-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Rohan through Ko-fi]
| +3
| 218.16
| Thank you! (＠＾◡＾)
|-
|15-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Quinn3369 through Ko-fi]
| +5
| 223.16
| Thank you! (((o(*°▽°*)o)))
|-
|10-09-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +3
| 226.16
| Thanks!! 😍🙌
|-
|10-09-2021
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -109.96
| 116.2
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly crowdfunding campaign.
|-
|26-10-2021
|Nonbinary Wiki
|[https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki THWAMP_THING through Ko-fi]
| +3
|119.2
|Thank you! <3
|-
|23-05-2022
|Nonbinary Wiki
|[https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki MARTINAMONSTER ART through Ko-fi]
| +3
|122.2
|Thank youuu! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
|-
|10-09-2021
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -62,90
| 59.3
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly crowdfunding campaign.
|-
|23-05-2022
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Klaus through Ko-fi
| +30
|89.3
|Your coffees are appreciated! []~(￣▽￣)~*
|-
|09-07-2022
| Namecheap
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -23.72
| 65.58
| Domain name renewal.
|-
|05-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Palash from Amazon Science
| +50
|115.58
|Your coffees are appreciated! []~(￣▽￣)~*
|-
|05-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Fabian from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|125.58
|Thank you! (っ◕‿◕)っ
|-
|07-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|rahul through Ko-fi
| +10
|135.58
|Thank youuu! ⊂((・▽・))⊃
|-
|07-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Jens from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|145.58
|Thankss! ʕつ•ᴥ•ʔつ
|-
|08-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Stephen from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|155.58
|Thanks! (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡
|-
|08-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|DG through Ko-fi
| +10
|165.58
| (ી(΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)ʃ)♥
|-
|09-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|EB from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +100
|265.58
| Thank you so much!! (★^O^★)
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Palash from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +100
|365.58
| Thank you!
|-
|17-05-2023
|Miraheze
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -124.99
|240.59
| Donation to Miraheze, out hosting service.
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|loha through Ko-fi
| +3
|243.59
| Thanks for the coffee! ٩( ᐛ )و
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|NJo through Ko-fi
| +20
|263.59
| Thank you! (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡
|-
|21-01-2026
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Little Demon through Ko-fi
| +5
|268.59
| Thank you!
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align: right;" | Current balance: 268.59
|}

[[Category:Project]]

Nonbinary Wiki:Finance

2026-01-21T14:09:45Z

Ondo: update

The wikitable below holds all in-coming and out-going financial information for the Nonbinary Wiki. The aim of this page is to provide full transparency about how are our donations managed. All amounts on this page are in US Dollars.

If you wish to donate to the Nonbinary Wiki, you can do so on [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki our Ko-fi page].

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Date
!Payee
!Payer
!Amount
!Balance
!Comments
|-
|11-08-2018
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Anonymous donor
| +2.57
|2.57
|Thanks for the coffee!
|-
|14-08-2018
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Anonymous donor
| +14.11
|16.68
|This coffee smells so good.
|-
|13-09-2018
|Adiale design (Fiverr)
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -10
|5.68
|Logo redesign
|-
|15-08-2019
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +4.17
|10.85
|Thanks for the donations! <3
|-
|01-09-2019
|Luxander
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -1.21
|9.64
|https://www.patreon.com/luxander (experimental, trying to see what happens)
|-
|05-09-2019
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +2.96
| 12.6
| Thank you! ^-^
|-
|01-10-2019
|Luxander
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -1.21
|11.39
|https://www.patreon.com/luxander
|-
|06-10-2019
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +4.89
| 16.28
| Thaaanks <3
|-
|01-10-2019
|Luxander
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -1.21
|15.07
|https://www.patreon.com/luxander
|-
|02-01-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +14.66
| 29.73
| Thank you!
|-
|08-01-2020
|Miraheze
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -24.56
| 5.17
| Contribution to Miraheze's (our host) crowdfunding campaign for new and better servers ([https://www.gofundme.com/f/7uj22x-help-miraheze-stay-online +info])
|-
|02-02-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +38.19
| 43.36
| Thanks! ╰(*°▽°*)╯
|-
|02-03-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +36.82
| 80.18
| Thanks! (●'◡'●)
|-
|03-04-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +50.32
| 130.50
| Fourth Patreon goal achieved! :D
|-
|20-04-2020
|[https://www.etsy.com/es/shop/thegooseandrabbit thegooseandrabbit] (Etsy)
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -13.70
| 116.80
| Community giveaway!
|-
|20-04-2020
|[https://www.etsy.com/shop/WhateverByOllie WhateverByOllie] (Etsy)
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -13.70
| 104.66
| Winged Kitty (Patreon) reward
|-
|05-05-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +52.09
| 156.75
| Fourth Patreon goal achieved! :D
|-
|06-06-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +47.80
| 204.55
| Thank you ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞
|-
|05-07-2020
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Patreon donations
| +26.67
| 231.22
| Thank youuu ٩( ๑╹ ꇴ╹)۶
|-
|17-07-2020
| [https://trianglart.tumblr.com Trianglart]
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -75
| 156.22
| ''Nonbinary 101 for Allies'' commission upfront payment.
|-
|31-07-2020
| [https://trianglart.tumblr.com Trianglart]
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -75
| 81.22
| ''Nonbinary 101 for Allies'' commission final payment.
|-
|09-08-2020
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ko-fi donation]
| +15
| 96.22
| Thanks for the donation! ヽ(๑◠ܫ◠๑)ﾉ
|-
|01-10-2020
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ko-fi donation]
| +55
| 101.22
| Thanks for supporting us! ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶
|-
|24-12-2020
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -50
| 51.22
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly fund-raising campaign.
|-
|20-01-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ko-fi donation] from Ulrike WEhrstein
| +3
| 54.22
| Thank youu! (｡◕‿‿◕｡)
|-
|20-01-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +150
| 204.22
| Thank youu! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
|-
|01-05-2021
| Namecheap
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -27.06
| 177,16
| Domain renewal.
|-
|10-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Ash McCorrie through Ko-fi]
| +5
| 182.16
| Thank you! 。.:☆*:･'(*⌒ω⌒*)))
|-
|14-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Brick through Ko-fi]
| +3
| 185.16
| Thank you! ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡
|-
|14-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +30
| 215.16
| Thank you so much! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
|-
|15-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Rohan through Ko-fi]
| +3
| 218.16
| Thank you! (＠＾◡＾)
|-
|15-06-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Quinn3369 through Ko-fi]
| +5
| 223.16
| Thank you! (((o(*°▽°*)o)))
|-
|10-09-2021
| Nonbinary Wiki
| [https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki Anonymous Ko-fi donation]
| +3
| 226.16
| Thanks!! 😍🙌
|-
|10-09-2021
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -109.96
| 116.2
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly crowdfunding campaign.
|-
|26-10-2021
|Nonbinary Wiki
|[https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki THWAMP_THING through Ko-fi]
| +3
|119.2
|Thank you! <3
|-
|23-05-2022
|Nonbinary Wiki
|[https://ko-fi.com/nonbinarywiki MARTINAMONSTER ART through Ko-fi]
| +3
|122.2
|Thank youuu! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
|-
|10-09-2021
| Miraheze Limited
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -62,90
| 59.3
| Donation to Miraheze's yearly crowdfunding campaign.
|-
|23-05-2022
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Klaus through Ko-fi
| +30
|89.3
|Your coffees are appreciated! []~(￣▽￣)~*
|-
|09-07-2022
| Namecheap
| Nonbinary Wiki
| -23.72
| 65.58
| Domain name renewal.
|-
|05-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Palash from Amazon Science
| +50
|115.58
|Your coffees are appreciated! []~(￣▽￣)~*
|-
|05-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Fabian from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|125.58
|Thank you! (っ◕‿◕)っ
|-
|07-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|rahul through Ko-fi
| +10
|135.58
|Thank youuu! ⊂((・▽・))⊃
|-
|07-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Jens from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|145.58
|Thankss! ʕつ•ᴥ•ʔつ
|-
|08-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Stephen from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +10
|155.58
|Thanks! (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡
|-
|08-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|DG through Ko-fi
| +10
|165.58
| (ી(΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)ʃ)♥
|-
|09-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|EB from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +100
|265.58
| Thank you so much!! (★^O^★)
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Palash from Amazon Science through Ko-fi
| +100
|365.58
| Thank you!
|-
|17-05-2023
|Miraheze
|Nonbinary Wiki
| -124.99
|240.59
| Donation to Miraheze, out hosting service.
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|loha through Ko-fi
| +3
|243.59
| Thanks for the coffee! ٩( ᐛ )و
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|NJo through Ko-fi
| +20
|263.59
| Thank you! (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡
|-
|13-05-2023
|Nonbinary Wiki
|Little Demon through Ko-fi
| +5
|268.59
| Thank you!
|-
! colspan="6" style="text-align: right;" | Current balance: 268.59
|}

[[Category:Project]]

List of uncommon nonbinary identities

2025-11-28T11:40:44Z

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{{Content warning|reclaimed slurs}}This '''list of uncommon nonbinary identities''' contains gender identities that have less record of their use, according to community census results and historical information, or sometimes no record at all, beyond their coinage and inclusion in glossaries. This does not mean that the identity is not valid, but that not many people have decided to use it ([[Nonbinary_Wiki: Uncommon identities|More information...]]). See also the [[list of nonbinary identities]] for more common ones.

In order to keep the wiki accurate to the lived experiences of nonbinary people, identities should only be listed here if they cite from at least two separate external sources, showing both:

1. origin (such as a source about how the term was coined, or at least history of the term's use), and

2. evidence that the identity has actually been used as someone's own identity. Acceptable evidence includes presence in at least one Gender Census result, a news article, or published nonfiction book describing an actual person using it.

A design for a pride flag does not count toward origin or evidence of use. A personal blog does not count toward evidence of use. A source citation of a web page counts if it is either a live link, or an archive of a dead link, but dead links by themselves are not acceptable.

== A ==

=== Abigender ===

*'''Name(s):''' abigender/abbigender.

*'''Origin:''' Coined in 2020.{{citation needed}}

*'''Meaning:''' "experiencing two distinct genders, either simultaneously or at different times, but only feeling a loose or vague connection to each gender while also not feeling that any part of the gender is 'neutral' or 'neither'."{{citation needed}}

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2021 [[Gender Census]], two people reported they were abigender and one abbigender.<ref name="GC2021">{{cite web| url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WCFvopijdsWAsT6NGGnjUB7QpLmrs584Q9slbId3JDw/edit#gid=1292827503 | title=[GC2021] Identity |date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

===Abimegender===
* '''Name(s):''' abimegender.

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 or earlier.<ref name="m-a_archivedlist">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.vn/rQYjH|url=http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/genders|archive-date=5 August 2014|title=mogai archive, genders}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "a gender which is profound, deep, and infinite. You can combine any term with relevant genders, e.g. abimegirl for an abimegender girl."<ref>https://pride-library.tumblr.com/post/141960871995/abimegender [https://web.archive.org/web/20201107171640/https://pride-library.tumblr.com/post/141960871995/abimegender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:'''

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, two people reported they were abimegender.<ref name="GC2020">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7mwkZVtQYHxNlgS2J8onVCpVz-l1aJbBzG7msN5rxs/edit#gid=260963482 GC2020 Public Copy], 1 November 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603184501/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7mwkZVtQYHxNlgS2J8onVCpVz-l1aJbBzG7msN5rxs/edit Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
<gallery>
File:Abimegender.png|Abimegender flag.
File:Abimeboy.png|Abimeboy flag.
File:Abimegirl.png|Abimegirl flag.
</gallery>

===Aerogender===

* '''Name(s):''' aerogender. (not to be confused with "arogender", below)

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user tenderagender in a post to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="aerogender">{{cite web|date=2014|url=http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92608429989/aerogender-where-an-individuals-gender-relies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721211924/https://www.tumblr.com/login_required/mogai-archive|title=aerogender, autogender, contragender|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=2 August 2017|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "Where an individual’s gender relies highly on their setting and/or atmosphere, which can be composed of a great number of things (ex. who they’re around, their level of comfort, the temperature, the weather, the time of day/year, etc.)"<ref name="aerogender" />

* '''Keywords:''' often changing ([[genderfluid]])

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent called [[singular they|themself]] aerogender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR." ''Gender Census.'' March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr</ref>

===Arogender===
[[File:Arogender.png|thumb|The arogender pride flag.]]
* '''Name(s):''' arogender. (not to be confused with "aerogender", above)

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2018 by tumblr user arokaladin.<ref>https://aroacearborvitae.tumblr.com/post/173271166138/arogender-any-gender-identity-influenced-by-being [https://web.archive.org/web/20230518141002/https://aroacearborvitae.tumblr.com/post/173271166138/arogender-any-gender-identity-influenced-by-being Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "Arogender is a gender heavily influenced by one's place on the [[aromantic]] spectrum. It could be because they feel like they do not love in the way society expects of their gender, or it could be because they feel so strongly about not loving that it affects all parts of their being."<ref name="arogender2">https://idvault.tumblr.com/post/632782638110949376/arogender{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> "It can be used as a standalone gender label or in conjunction with others; for example, one could be an arogender boy."<ref name="AUREA-terms">{{Cite web |title=Uncommon and Newly Emerging Aromantic Terms |author= |work=AUREA |date= |access-date=15 May 2021 |url= https://www.aromanticism.org/en/uncommon-and-newly-emerging-terms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225213758/https://www.aromanticism.org/en/uncommon-and-newly-emerging-terms/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' aromantic, arospec, aroace, grayromantic, greyromantic, demiromantic

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, eleven respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />
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===Aesthetgender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Aesthetgender}}

===Agenderflux===

* '''Name(s):''' agenderflux

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user perfectlybrokenbones in post to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="agenderflux">For historical reasons, please do not delete this citation, even though the link is dead, because it is where the term was coined. http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92999709954/agenderflux {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "Where you identify as agender [a.k.a. genderless] but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female."<ref name="agenderflux" />

* '''Keywords:''' femininity, often changing (genderfluid), genderless, masculinity, not female, not male

* '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, 6 respondents were agenderflux.<ref name=NBGQ2016>"NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." ''Gender Census.'' March 19, 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results [https://web.archive.org/web/20230525010811/https://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 28 respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> Notable people who identify as agenderflux include television actor [[Ellie Desautels]].<ref name="dundore">{{Cite web |title=Ellie & Wren |author=Brent Dundore |work=They Them Project |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612015330/https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Alexigender===

* '''Name(s):''' alexigender

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user eaglestrike in a post to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="alexigender">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735771964/alexigender {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "A fluid gender experience, where you are aware that your gender is changing but cannot label each individual gender".

* '''Keywords:''' often changing (genderfluid), indescribable, unnameable

* '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, two respondents.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Aliagender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[aliagender]]. From Latin ''alius'' "other" + gender.<ref name="ask a nonbinary glossary 2018">{{cite web|title=Glossary (prod at me through the inbox if you think this list needs to be added to/ altered)|website=Ask a Non-Binary (blog)|date=9 December 2018|archive-date=23 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223072932/http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/71388258891/glossary-prod-at-me-through-the-inbox-if-you |url=https://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/71388258891/glossary-prod-at-me-through-the-inbox-if-you}}</ref>

* '''Origin:''' Beck, a moderator on the "askanonbinary" Tumblr blog, created the word "aliagender" in response to questions from Zoë or Leo (Tumblr user ZoboTheHob0, formerly ZoboTheHobo), in 2013.<ref name="throws up hands">{{cite web|author=Zoë or Leo|title=Untitled post|website=ZoboTheHob0 (blog)|date=14 July 2014|url= https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/91716663005/epochryphal-throws-up-hands-im-getting-really| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212651/https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/91716663005/epochryphal-throws-up-hands-im-getting-really|archive-date=20 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Mod Kellex|title=Aporagender vs. Aliagender|website=Aporagender (blog)|date=25 November 2014|archive-date= 21 May 2015 |url=https://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521035454/https://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As described by Beck, “A gender experience which is 'other', or stands apart from existing gender constructs.”<ref name="ask a nonbinary glossary 2018" /> As Zoë or Leo later described it, "we defined it then as a gender experience other from the traditional spectrum. I always meant for this to be a term for a specific positive gender that was not associated with the man/woman spectrum, but was a gender that existed and NOT genderless."<ref name="throws up hands" /> Zoë or Leo also clarified that "they did not intend for aliagender to be harmful in any way, and was created to describe an 'othering' concept of gender."<ref name="aporagender vs aliagender">{{cite web|author=Zoë or Leo|title=Aporagender vs. Aliagender|website=ZoboTheHob0 (blog)|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212831/https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/103601097145/aporagender-vs-aliagender|archive-date=20 July 2020|url=https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/103601097145/aporagender-vs-aliagender|date=25 November 2014}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' neither female nor male, not female, not male, [[other gender]]

* '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Aliengender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Aliengender}}

===Ambigender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[ambigender]]

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user Baaphomett in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="baaphomett masterpost">Baaphomett. "Masterpost of genders coined by Baaphomett." ''Mogai-Archive.'' Original post where these were coined, which is lost: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that post: https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95720973644/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that archive: https://archive.is/yULU0#selection-169.2-169.93</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As defined by Baaphomett, "Experiencing two genders simultaneously and without fluidity or shifting."<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" />

* '''Keywords:''' many genders ([[multigender]]), not changing often (not genderfluid), two genders ([[bigender]])

* '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 3 respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Ambonec===

* '''Name(s):''' [[ambonec]], from Latin ''ambo'' "both"<ref>"Ambo." ''Wiktionary.'' https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambo#Latin [https://web.archive.org/web/20230404021234/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambo Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> + ''nec'' "neither."<ref>"Nec." ''Wiktionary.'' https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nec#Latin [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702160259/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nec Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' A "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time."<ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322043731/https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Terms." Queer Querys (blog). http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322043718/https://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Ambonec." Mogai-Archive (blog). http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91796206149/ambonec-an-for-short {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' both female and male, female, male, neither female nor male, not female, not male

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 10 respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Anogender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[anogender]]

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user PocketMouse.<ref name="anogender">[https://pocketmouse.tumblr.com/post/89808536180/i-saw-another-post-going-around-about-newly i saw another post going around about newly created genders and i wanted to see if there was anything i could think of...], on ''rural kansas never forgets''. 25 June 2014. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221004185639/https://pocketmouse.tumblr.com/post/89808536180/i-saw-another-post-going-around-about-newly Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' PocketMouse defined it as "a feeling of gender that fades in and out but feels the same whenever it comes back. different from [[genderfluid]] in that it’s one gender constantly resurfacing, rather than switching between genders".<ref name="anogender" />

* '''Keywords:''' often changing ([[genderfluid]]), often changing in intensity ([[genderflux]])

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2018 Gender Census, two respondents identified themselves as "anoboy".<ref name="Gender Census 2018">{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2018 Identity words (public) |author= |work=Google Docs |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=26 July 2020 |url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12cN-ooc5EuLIaqbmfqbjZffYldTzWRAHc-qZaRJ2xsQ/edit#gid=1402706910|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521064702/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12cN-ooc5EuLIaqbmfqbjZffYldTzWRAHc-qZaRJ2xsQ/edit |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Anonbinary===

* '''Name(s):''' anonbinary

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' A gender that isn't binary, but is even outside of nonbinaryness.<ref>https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Anonbinary [https://web.archive.org/web/20220127032819/https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Anonbinary Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' neither female nor male, not female, not male

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In 2020, two respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Antigender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[antigender]], unboy, ungirl or ungender

* '''Origin:''' Antigender was coined by Tumblr users AsexualJavert<ref name="antigenders">{{cite web|title=antigenders|url=http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91782643999/antigenders|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720040237/https://www.tumblr.com/login_required/mogai-archive|archive-date=20 July 2023|access-date=2 August 2017|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> and kgmps2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/91274549054/introducing-antigenders|archive-date=21 May 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150521035526/http://aporagender.tumblr.com:80/post/91274549054/introducing-antigenders|title=Introducing: Antigenders!}}</ref> Ungender was coined in 2014 by Tumblr user Baaphomett by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" />

* '''Meaning:''' Antigender was originally defined as "Genders that can only be defined as the opposite of an existing gender. For instance: antiboy would be the opposite of a boy. antigirl would be the opposite of a girl."<ref name="antigenders" /> Ungender was originally defined by Baaphomett as "Not without but a negative; an unboy would be the negative of a boy and an ungirl would be the negative of a girl."<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" />

* '''Keywords:''' opposite, prefix

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 6 respondents were antigender, and 2 respondents were ungender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Apagender===

* '''Name(s):''' apagender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="apagender">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92547893934/apagender Retrieved 2014. {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "Someone who is apathetic towards their gender identity and doesn't care enough to look further into it."<ref name="apagender" /> Other identities that have similar descriptions to this: [[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#cassgender|cassgender]], [[graygender]], and [[List of uncommon nonbinary identities#Genderwhat|genderwhat]].

* '''Keywords:''' apathy, emotion, indescribable, indifferent

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Aporagender===
* '''Name(s):''' aporagender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014, from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender".<ref>[http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora Anonymous asked: "could I ask the etymology of the prefix apora- ?"], posted October 2014. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210422025740/http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' A [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]] for "a gender separate from [[male]], [[female]], and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an [[agender|absence of gender]]).<ref>[http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender Aporagender], date unknown, captured April 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230128092303/https://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' neutal, independent

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 5 of the respondents (0.16%) were aporagender.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 23 of the respondents (0.20%) were aporagender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Aquarigender===

* '''Name(s):''' aquarigender, genderflow<ref name="acousticlesbian">https://acousticlesbian.tumblr.com/post/145650169550/hey-i-dont-know-if-ive-ever-mentioned-this-but [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111150647/https://acousticlesbian.tumblr.com/post/145650169550/hey-i-dont-know-if-ive-ever-mentioned-this-but Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 or earlier<ref name="m-a_archivedlist" /> by tumblr user 8-bit-angel<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/147207958645/aquarigender-genderflow [https://web.archive.org/web/20211014044818/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/147207958645/aquarigender-genderflow Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' " a gender that is perpetually changing. It is never to a specific gender identity, but sometimes there are existing labels that are close to what the gender feels like at the time. Sometimes it changes to a completely inexplicable feeling. Aquarigender is a flowing gender that changes slowly and constantly. It is not a set amount of genders that it switches between."<ref name="acousticlesbian" />

* '''Keywords:''' fluid, [[genderfluid]], flowing, water, changing

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />
<gallery>
File:Aquarigender.png
File:Aquarigender-2.png
</gallery>

===Astralgender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Astralgender}}

===Autismgender===
* '''Name(s):''' [[neurogender#autismgender|autismgender]], autigender, autgender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl, by submissions to the [[MOGAI-Archive blog]].<ref name="mogai-archive-autigender">The since-deleted post in the ''mogai-archive'' blog where this word was coined: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477063574/auti-s-gender Another blog's archive of that lost blog post: http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723823254/autisgender An archive of that archive: https://archive.is/BTFMN#selection-489.0-489.14</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' A gender identity with which some nonbinary people with autism choose to use to describe themselves. The creators of this term defined it as "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic." When your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.<ref name="mogai-archive-autigender"/>

* '''Keywords:''' neurogender, neurodivergence, autism

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, one of the respondents called their gender identity "autistic," and another said "autisgender."<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 66 of the respondents (0.59%) called their gender identity autigender, autgender, autistic, or autiqueer.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== B ==

===Bordergender===

{{#section-h:Neurogender|Bordergender}}

===Bxy===

* '''Name(s):''' bxy

* '''Origin:''' Coined by tumblr user sadghostbxy (Frankie), later renamed to colorbandiits.<ref>https://colorbandiits.tumblr.com/post/155286142742/my-gendercoining-a-new-term [https://web.archive.org/web/20220220010957/https://colorbandiits.tumblr.com/post/155286142742/my-gendercoining-a-new-term Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "A gender that is both [[boy]] and [[agender]]/no gender. You can be a boy and agender/no gender at the same time, go between them, or fluctuate between feeling male and not feeling gender."<ref>https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/187023788904/hey-if-i-am-mostly-agender-sometimes-feel-more [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603014457/https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/187023788904/hey-if-i-am-mostly-agender-sometimes-feel-more Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The "girl and agender" counterpart is gxrl.

* '''Keywords:''' agender boy, agender man, genderless male

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2018 Gender Census, four respondents.<ref name="Gender Census 2018" />

== C ==

===Cadensgender===
[[File:Cadensgender.png|thumb|Cadensgender flag.]]
* '''Name(s):''' cadensgender

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' "A gender that's easily influenced by music."<ref name="what_Infl">{{Cite web |title=Influenced Genders |author= |work=what-the-heck-gender-am-i |date= |access-date=7 October 2020 |url= https://what-the-heck-gender-am-i.tumblr.com/influenced%20gender|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112001216/https://what-the-heck-gender-am-i.tumblr.com/influenced%20gender|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' music, songs

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2018 [[Gender Census]], one respondent.<ref name="Gender Census 2018" />

===Caelgender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Caelgender}}

===Cassgender===

* '''Name(s):''' cassgender

* '''Origin:''' Cassgender was coined by Tumblr user okaygender in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="cassgender">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92975469559/cassexual-feeling-utterly-indifferent-to {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' Cassgender was defined as "Feeling utterly indifferent to gender, believing it isn’t important."<ref name="cassgender" /> Similar identities: [[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#apagender|apagender]] and [[graygender]].

* '''Keywords:''' apathy, emotion, indescribable, indifference

* '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent was cassgender.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents were cassgender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, eight respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Cenrell===
'''cenrell.''' Coined by SynHeart in 2018. "a gender identity where one feels most comfortable within the [[gender neutral]] spectrum, but still feels a strong attachment to [[masculinity]]."<ref name="cenrell">https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/169779865250/cenrell-pronounced-sen-rell-a-gender [https://web.archive.org/web/20220121201307/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/169779865250/cenrell-pronounced-sen-rell-a-gender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In the 2020 Gender Census, three respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Cogitogender===

* '''Name(s):''' cogitogender

* '''Origin:''' Coined by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="cogitogender">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93377336539/existigender {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "A gender that only exists when you think about it, or is quiet until called to attention. alternatively, feeling genderless until a gender is consciously chosen."<ref name="cogitogender" />

* '''Keywords:''' genderless, indescribable, often changing (genderfluid), partial gender ([[demigender]])

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Contigender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Contigender}}

===Cosmicgender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Cosmicgender}}

== D ==

===Demiflux===

* '''Name(s):''' demiflux

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user aflutteringlaney in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="demiflux aflutteringlaney">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93548961719/demiflux {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' A gender identity for "someone whose gender is partially [[genderfluid|fluid]] with the other part(s) being static; this differs from 'demifluid' as '[[genderflux|-flux]]' indicates that one of the genders is [[neutral]]; an example could be: one part of their gender is '[[genderqueer]]' while the part that fluctuates is '[[agender]]' and '[[woman]]'."<ref>Savage. "Demigender definitions." Demigender safe space. http://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions [https://web.archive.org/web/20230610045523/https://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> As defined by aflutteringlaney: "A term for [[polygender]]/[[bigender]] individuals to describe when one of their genders is “static” and the other ranges in intensity and presence."<ref name="demiflux aflutteringlaney" />

* '''Keywords:''' two genders (bigender), partial genders ([[demigender]]), often changing ([[genderfluid]]), often changing in intensity ([[genderflux]]), many genders (multigender)

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 12 respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Dryagender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Dryagender}}

== E ==

===Earthgender===

* '''Name(s):''' earthgender

* '''Origin:''' First coined in 2014 or earlier.<ref name="m-a_archivedlist" />

* '''Meaning:''' Has at least two meanings:
** "a gender identity that is directly affected, tied to, or influenced by the earth or nature. or; a gender identity similar to/the same as that of some form of earth deity."<ref>https://pride-library.tumblr.com/post/153167414640/earthgender [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211547/https://pride-library.tumblr.com/post/153167414640/earthgender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
** "A gender based in exploration and wildly swinging moods and identities. It constantly has some level of mystery, no matter what aspect you figure out.<ref>https://gendergeode.tumblr.com/post/627117927009845249/planetgender-39-earthgender-a-gender-based-in [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211540/https://gendergeode.tumblr.com/post/627117927009845249/planetgender-39-earthgender-a-gender-based-in Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>"

* '''Keywords:''' questioning, planetary

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="GC2020" />
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===Egogender===

{{#section-h:Xenogender|Egogender}}

===Enigender===
* '''Name(s):''' enigender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 or earlier by tumblr user gungnirv2, derived from the word "enigma".<ref name="enigender">https://fuckyeahmonsterenbies.tumblr.com/post/93881285262/hey-just-wondering-but-would-nb-monster-ocs-that [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211553/https://fuckyeahmonsterenbies.tumblr.com/post/93881285262/hey-just-wondering-but-would-nb-monster-ocs-that Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "A gender that you cannot describe accurately with any words. However, certain pictures/audio/video/ect. can describe it just fine. Basically anything that’s not written or spoken word can describe enigender. Its a really fluid gender that could be described differently from person to person!"<ref name="enigender" />

* '''Keywords:'''

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Epicene===

* '''Name(s):''' [[epicene]]. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, this very old word comes "from Latin ''epicoenus'' 'common,' from Greek ''epikoinos'' 'common to many, promiscuous,' from ''epi'' 'on' ... + ''koinos'' 'common' ..."<ref name="epicene ety">"epicene (adj.)" ''Online Etymology Dictionary.'' https://www.etymonline.com/word/epicene [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519214337/https://www.etymonline.com/word/epicene Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Origin:''' According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, epicene has been used in English for the genders of people since about 1600 to the 1630s CE.<ref name="epicene ety" />

* '''Meaning:''' According to Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries, epicene has been used with several different meanings, as follows. 1. [[gender neutral|Gender-neutral]] or [[genderless]]. Having the characteristics of more than one gender, or having no gender characteristics. 2. An [[effeminate]] [[man]].<ref>"Epicene." ''Merriam-Webster.'' https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epicene [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519214735/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epicene Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Epicene." ''Dictionary.com.'' https://www.dictionary.com/browse/epicene [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519214238/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/epicene Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Epicene." ''The Free Dictionary.'' https://www.thefreedictionary.com/epicene [https://web.archive.org/web/20230511200920/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/epicene Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' androgynous, centuries old, effeminate, genderless, gender neutral

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, six respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Ethale===

* '''Name(s):''' ethale

* '''Origin:''' Coined December 2019 by tumblr user redefine-nonb-lesbianism.<ref>https://redefine-nonb-lesbianism.tumblr.com/post/189902526660{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The word is derived from "ethereal", meaning spirit-like or immaterial.<ref>https://redefine-nonb-lesbianism.tumblr.com/post/616796255390138368/hi-whats-the-etymology-of-the-term-ethale-i{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "a person whose gender relates to womanhood though exists as a separate gender".<ref>https://redefine-nonb-lesbianism.tumblr.com/post/616701797555470336{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' related to womanhood/girlhood, femininity, feminine in nature

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Ethegender===

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===Eunuch===

* '''Name(s):''' [[eunuch]]

* '''Origin:''' According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, this very old word has been in English since the late 14th century. Ultimately, it comes from Greek, ''euno-'' "bed" + ''ekhein'' "to have, to hold," referring to eunuchs who were guards of nobles' bedchambers.<ref name="eunuch ety">"eunuch (n.)" ''Online Etymology Dictionary.'' https://www.etymonline.com/word/eunuch [https://web.archive.org/web/20230602131215/https://www.etymonline.com/word/eunuch Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' A person who was assigned male at birth, and had some or all of their genitals removed. Historically, there have been many people who had this done to them without their consent. However, there have also been many people who voluntarily and intentionally sought out this procedure, specifically in order to relieve their discomfort with having those genitals, or to stop other physical characteristics that are the result of masculinization from having testicles, such as body hair or a low voice. Some transgender people think of themselves as eunuchs. Many eunuchs have considered themselves to be men. However, many other eunuchs have thought of their status as a eunuch as a gender identity outside of the binary. This has been the case with eunuchs historically, in many different cultures, and today.<ref>"Eunuch." Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki." [https://susans.org/wiki/Eunuch] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221005020146/https://www.susans.org/wiki/Eunuch Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Some nonbinary people are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.<ref>"FAQs." ''Neutrois.com''. http://neutrois.com/0/faq.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230430163043/https://www.neutrois.com/0/faq.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' assigned male at birth (AMAB), centuries old, transition

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents called their gender identity "eunuch."<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== F ==

===Faegender===

* '''Name(s):''' faegender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="faegender">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92386154479/faegender {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As defined by that anonymous submission to MOGAI-Archive in 2014, "When an individual’s gender changes with the seasons, equinoxes, and moon phases."<ref name="faegender" />

* '''Keywords:''' cycle, cyclic, lunar cycle, lunar phases, moon, nature, often changing (genderfluid), seasons, time

* '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Faesari===

* '''Name(s):''' Faesari

* '''Origin:''' Submitted 2 January 2018 by SynHeart to the Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags blog.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/169242719870/faesari-a-gender-identity-where-one-feels-most?is_related_post=1</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "A gender identity where one feels most comfortable within the gender neutral spectrum, but still feels a strong attachment to femininity."

* '''Keywords:''' femininity, feminine, gender neutral

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2018 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="Gender Census 2018" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, four respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Femache===

* '''Name(s):''' Femache, machembre, femal, or macheme<ref name="lgbta_Femache">{{Cite web |title=Femache |author= |work=LGBTA Wiki |date= |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Femache|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604184016/https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Femache|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* '''Origin:''' Femache was coined via beyond-mogai-pride-flags on October 1, 2018. The name is a combination of the Spanish/Portuguese words fêmea/fembra and macho but with an -e suffixed to make the word neutral.<ref name="bmpf_Femache">{{Cite web |title=Femache Pride Flag |author= |work=Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags |date=1 October 2018 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/178644762070/femache-pride-flag |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603014234/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/178644762070/femache-pride-flag |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "a non-binary gender in which one simultaneously experiences maleness or masculinity and femaleness or femininity."<ref name="lgbta_Femache" />

* '''Keywords:''' femininity, feminine, masculinity, masculine, both binary genders

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Fluidflux===

* '''Name(s):''' [[fluidflux]]

* '''Origin:''' Coined by two Tumblr users, trigenby and genderabbit, possibly in 2014, with the aim of combining [[genderfluid]] and [[genderflux]].<ref>https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95787621284/fluidflux [https://web.archive.org/web/20220622041409/https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95787621284/fluidflux Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' A gender identity that changes over time and also varies in intensity.<ref>{{cite web|website=genderfluidaskblog| title=Genderfluid vs. Genderflux (or fluidflux) |url=https://genderfluidaskblog.tumblr.com/post/624029029983453184/genderfluid-vs-genderflux-or-fluidflux|date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130163233/https://genderfluidaskblog.tumblr.com/post/624029029983453184/genderfluid-vs-genderflux-or-fluidflux|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' genderless, often changing (genderfluid), often changing in intensity (genderflux)

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, nine respondents were fluidflux, two were genderfluidflux, and one was mascfluidflux.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===FTN===

* '''Name(s):''' FTN, which is short for female-to-neuter (or neutral, or [[neutrois]]) transsexual (or transgender).<ref>"LGBTQ terms." Neutrois.com. [http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604171327/https://www.neutrois.com/definitions/terms/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:'''

* '''Keywords:''' assigned female at birth (AFAB), assigned gender, transition

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===FTX===

* '''Name(s):''' FTX, which is short for female-to-X. This covers people who were assigned female at birth, and who identify as nonbinary or [[X-gender]].<ref name="roxiejapan">[http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan ''Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan''], Marilyn Roxie, March 28, 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606093151/https://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:'''

* '''Keywords:''' assigned female at birth (AFAB), assigned gender, transition

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== G ==

===Gender agnostic===

* '''Name(s):''' gender agnostic

* '''Origin:''' This term was in use at least as early as 2014, when mathematician [[Vi Hart]] tweeted about identifying as gender agnostic.<ref name="agnostic tweet">{{Cite tweet|number=461633678179696640|user=vihartvihart|title=Fun fact: I consider myself gender agnostic. "Person," not "Woman," please. I respect your religion, but don't like having it pushed on me.|date=April 30, 2014|first=Vi|last=Hart}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' Hart tweeted in 2014, "I consider myself gender agnostic. 'Person,' not 'Woman,' please. I respect your religion, but don't like having it pushed on me."<ref name="agnostic tweet" /> Hart released a video in 2015, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmKix-75dsg On Gender]," about their lack of gender identity—including lacking [[genderqueer]] identities such as [[agender]]—and their attitude to gendered terms such as pronouns as a "linguistic game" that they were not interested in playing. They indicated that they have no preference and do not care which pronouns they are called by.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmKix-75dsg|title=On Gender|last=Hart|first=Vi|date=8 June 2015|language=|type=Online video|publisher=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410051645/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmKix-75dsg|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' genderless, genders about things other than connection to female or male, opting out of the system of gender altogether, indifference

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 9 respondents called themselves gender agnostic. One of these respondents explained they meant it in the sense described by Vi Hart.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Gender-free===

* '''Name(s):''' [[agender|gender-free]], or genderfree

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' Having no gender identity. A synonym for agender and genderless.<ref name="gender-word">{{Cite web |title=By the end of this post, “gender” may not look like a real word anymore |author=Cottle, J.M. |work=A Fine Line |date=12 June 2011 |access-date=7 May 2020 |url= https://jmcottle.com/by-the-end-of-this-post-gender-may-not-look-like-a-real-word-anymore/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831184352/http://jmcottle.com/by-the-end-of-this-post-gender-may-not-look-like-a-real-word-anymore/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' genderless, neither female nor male, not female, not male

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, seven respondents said they were genderfree, gender-free, or gender free.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Gendervague===

* '''Name(s):''' [[neurogender#gendervague|Gendervague]]

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by many participants of the neurodivergentkin network.<ref name="vague coin">Cryptomegha (Gcdzilla, StrangeGloved). Untitled post. ''gcdzilla'' (blog). August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141003224751/http://gcdzilla.tumblr.com/post/91603686632/ok-so-the-rly-cool-people-at-the-neurodivergentkin</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "a nonbinary gender that [...] is not definable with words because of one’s status as neurodivergent."<ref name="vague coin" /> Autistic activist [[Lydia X. Z. Brown]] wrote, "I’ve started referring to myself as gendervague [...] a specifically neurodivergent experience of trans/gender identity. [...] Someone who is gendervague cannot separate their gender identity from their neurodivergence – being autistic doesn’t ''cause'' my gender identity, but it is inextricably related to how I understand and experience gender."<ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences |last=Brown |first=Lydia X. Z. |work=The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE) |date=22 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623035102/https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> An author who is gendervague, [[Max Sparrow]], wrote that "[...] disability can affect gender presentation as much as or even more than inherent gender identity. Identity labels so often focus on sifting out one aspect of identity, holding it apart and separate from other aspects of our lives. Gendervague is an inherently intersected identity, honoring two different facets of identity equally, simultaneously more exclusive and more inclusive."<ref name="transtistic">Max Sparrow. "What is gendervague?" ''Transtistic: At the Intersection of Transtistic and Autgender'' (blog). June 17, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2019. https://transtistic.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/what-is-gendervaguear Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000915/https://transtistic.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/what-is-gendervague/</ref>

* '''Keywords:'''

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, 26 respondents (0.23%) called themselves gendervague.<ref name="2019 Gender Census"/>

=== Gendervoid ===
* '''Name(s):''' Gendervoid

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user Baaphomett in 2014 by a submission to the MOGAI-archive blog.<ref name="baaphomett masterpost"/>

* '''Meaning:''' "A gender consisting of the void (also/originally used to mean the same thing as genderless)."<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" />

* '''Keywords:''' no gender, void

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 9 of the respondents (0.29%) called themselves gendervoid or another variation.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 91 of the respondents (0.81%) called their gender "void," "voidgender," "gendervoid," or other variations.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Genderwhat===

* '''Name(s):''' Genderwhat

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by daedric-cisphobe by a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="genderwhat daedric">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92028650684/genderwhat Retrieved 2014. {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As defined by daedric-cisphobe, "A gender characterized by both confusion and apathy with regards to either a fluid or stable gender identity." Other identities that have similar descriptions to this: [[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#apagender|apagender]], [[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#cassgender|cassgender]], and [[graygender]].

* '''Keywords:''' apathy, confusion, emotion, indescribable, indifference

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent said they were genderwhat.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Graygender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[graygender]], greygender, gray agender, or grey agender.<ref name="Pride-Flags">{{Cite web |title=Graygender / Gray Agender |author=Pride-Flags |work=DeviantArt |date=23 August 2015 |access-date=20 May 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Graygender-Gray-Agender-555820442|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603020454/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Graygender-Gray-Agender-555820442 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> (Spelling note: in American English, the ''color'' is called ''gray'', but in the rest of the English-speaking world, the ''colour'' is called ''grey''.)

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user invernom in March 2014.<ref>[https://invernom.tumblr.com/post/80158494356/identifying-as-graygendergreygender Identifying As “Graygender”/“Greygender”], invernom, 20 March 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601125725/https://invernom.tumblr.com/post/80158494356/identifying-as-graygendergreygender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "A person who identifies as (at least partially) outside the gender binary and has a strong natural ambivalence about their [[gender identity]] or [[gender expression]]. They feel they have a gender(s), as well as a natural inclination or desire to express it, but it's weak and/or somewhat indeterminate/indefinable, or they don’t feel it most of the time, or they’re just not that invested in it. They're not entirely without a gender or gender expression, but they're not entirely 'with' it either."<ref>[https://mogai-library.tumblr.com/post/126492755533/graygreygender Gray/greygender] by mogai-library, 12 August 2015 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230512095111/https://mogai-library.tumblr.com/post/126492755533/graygreygender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:'''

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 31 responses (0.27%) were this. Of them, 5 were graygender, 20 were greygender, 3 were grey, 2 were grey gender, 1 was greygenderflux.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== I ==

===Ilyagender===

* '''Name(s):''' ilyagender. From the French grammatical construction ''il y a'' meaning “there exists” + gender, thus "there exists a gender." A short form of this identity's description in French: "il y a un genre, qui est tangible, et n’est pas homme ou femme ou neutre ou agenre en aucune façon, pas entre ces identités et pas une combinaison ou dérivation."<ref name="epochryphal ask pride color">Cor (epochryphal). "nbandproud asked: Hi! I'm one of the mods at Ask Pride Color Schemes..." ''Epochryphal'' (personal blog). February 10, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226145306/https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/157076055057/hi-im-one-of-the-mods-at-ask-pride-color</ref><ref name="epochryphal ilyagender il y a">Cor (epochryphal). "Ilyagender: il y a un genre..." ''Epochryphal'' (personal blog). December 30, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160904164038/http://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/106658742702/ilyagender-il-y-a-un-genre-qui-est-tangible-et</ref>

* '''Origin:''' Coined on December 30, 2014 by Cor (Tumblr user epochryphal).<ref name="epochryphal ask pride color" />

* '''Meaning:''' As described by Cor, ilyagender means "having a tangible presence of gender, one which is not man, woman, neutral, or agender in any way, nor between or a combination or derivation. Related: [[aliagender]], [[aporagender]], [[maverique]]."<ref name="epochryphal ilyagender il y a" />

* '''Keywords:''' neither female nor male, not female, not genderless, not male, not neutral, other gender

* '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Intergender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[intergender]]

* '''Origin:''' During the 1990s, usenet newsgroups were informal public discussion groups on the Internet that were oriented around topics of interest, such as hobbies, fandoms, and LGBT issues. Starting sometime before 1998, the alt.support.intergendered newsgroup was created by an intergender and non-intersex person named Donna Lynn Matthews, together with other people who also called themselves intergender.<ref name="Matthews_Genderqueer">Donna Lynn Matthews, “Being genderqueer – What it means for me.” 2006-10. http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/genderqueer.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230321220818/http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/genderqueer.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As Matthews defined it in 1998 or earlier, people who call themselves intergender may consider themselves a mix of both man and woman, or neither man nor woman. Matthews said intergender people are not necessarily intersex.<ref name="newsgroup_charter">Donna Lynn Matthews. "alt.support.intergendered (ASIG) charter." Last updated in 1998. http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/asig_charter.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230321220847/http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/asig_charter.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> 16 years later, in 2014, one intersex intergender person named Aeshling (Tumblr usernames quietlyloud-intersex, indonintersex) began to post to the MOGAI-Archive blog, arguing that this word should be for the use of intersex people only. Otherwise Aeshling's definition of intergender stayed the same.<ref name="Aeshling_Mogai">Aeshling. "Intergender." ''Mogai-Archive.'' 2014. http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92026280519/intergender{{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' both female and male, female, genderless, male, mixture, neither female nor male, not female, not male

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, ten respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Isogender===

* '''Name(s):''' isogender/iso

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2017 by anonymous Tumblr user via blog bigendering<ref>https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/161610343001/this-isnt-a-question-just-me-being-a-nerd-but [https://web.archive.org/web/20230703203707/https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/161610343001/this-isnt-a-question-just-me-being-a-nerd-but Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' Neither cisgender nor transgender.<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/174096269085/isogender-pride-flag [https://web.archive.org/web/20230518061349/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/174096269085/isogender-pride-flag Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/188531614234/designed-an-alternate-flag-for-isoisogender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524013126/https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/188531614234/designed-an-alternate-flag-for-isoisogender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> (Isogender is not to be confused with [[ipsogender]], which is also neither cis nor trans. Ipsogender was coined by the intersex sociologist Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello in 2014 to name a uniquely intersex identity, an identity which some-- but not all-- intersex people can experience: identifying with a coercively medically assigned gender.<ref name="Costello">{{Cite web |title=Cis Gender, Trans Gender, and Intersex |author=Cary Gabriel Costello |work=intersexroadshow.blogspot.com |date=5 August 2014 |access-date=16 May 2020 |url= https://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/2014/08/cis-gender-trans-gender-and-intersex.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708134749/https://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/2014/08/cis-gender-trans-gender-and-intersex.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> However, no respondents to the Gender Census have called themselves ipsogender, so it does not get an entry in this list.)

* '''Keywords:''' not cisgender, not transgender

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2021 Gender Census, six respondents.<ref name="GC2021" />

== J ==

===Juxera===

* '''Name(s):''' [[juxera]]

* '''Origin:''' Coined 2014 by Tumblr user ren.<ref name="Proxvir and Juxera">http://wulfgendur.tumblr.com/post/90527821124/hello-friends-here-are-some-new-gender-terms [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603024139/https://wulfgendur.tumblr.com/post/90527821124/hello-friends-here-are-some-new-gender-terms Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="proxvir and juxera 2">http://wulfgendur.tumblr.com/post/164348851324/how-do-you-pronounce-juxera-and-proxvir-and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220615024920/https://wulfgendur.tumblr.com/post/164348851324/how-do-you-pronounce-juxera-and-proxvir-and Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As ren described it, "a gender relative to female, but is something separate and entirely on its own." Intended for use as an adjective, not a noun.

* '''Keywords:''' femme, nonbinary femme, not female

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents were juxera.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== L ==

===Libragender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[libragender]]

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user libragender by a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="libragender mogai">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735227414/libragender {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "Gender that is mostly agender [genderless], but has a strong connection to a different gender; a scale, where one side is agender and one side is male/female. The agender outweighs the male/female, but male/female is still there"

* '''Keywords:''' genderless, partial gender (demigender)

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, a total of 19 respondents said they were libragender, librafeminine, libramasculine, librafluid, and other variations.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Lunarian===

* '''Name(s):''' [[galactian system#lunarian|lunarian]], so called because in many cultures, the Moon is associated with femininity.<ref name="stellunarian">bashana-haba-ah. "Anonymous asked: What's lunarian, stellarian and solarian?" ''Stellunarian'' (blog). A reblog made March 6, 2017 of a lost, deleted post. Retrieved September 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902205854/https://stellunarian.tumblr.com/post/158086623900/whats-lunarian-stellarian-and-solarian</ref>

* '''Origin:''' Created in 2016 by Tumblr user vergess.<ref name="vergess describing alignment">vergess. "Describing alignment." ''kinda-girls'' (blog). November 16, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200720224831/https://kinda-girls.tumblr.com/post/153284340413/describing-alignment</ref> In the 2019 Gender Census, around 0.2% of respondents identified with a galactian alignment.<ref>[https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230316155353/https://www.gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' The lunarian identity expresses a similarity with feminine genders, alignments, or experiences. It's a replacement for "feminine-aligned", "fem-aligned," or "female-aligned." <ref name="stellunarian" /> Lunarian is an identity from the [[galactian system]], which is an alternative classification system for nonbinary people based on the alignment in relation to the binary genders. Instead of ''male-aligned'' and ''female-aligned'', it uses concepts that are not related to the binarist system, such as the sun, the moon and the stars. It's worth noting that these words were not coined to describe genders, but a relation towards a binary gender - an alignment. For instance, an agender person may identify as lunarian because they have experiences in common with women, despite not being a woman themself.<ref name="vergess describing alignment" />

* '''Keywords:''' feminine, femme, nonbinary femme

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 18 respondents (0.16%) called themselves lunarian. Seven more (0.06%) called themselves by a word that was partly lunarian, such as stellunarian, sollunarian, solstelunarian. Together, this makes a total of 25 respondents (0.22%) who called their identity lunarian or partly lunarian.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== M ==

===Magigender===

* '''Name(s):''' magigender

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' "Related to [[demigender]], magigender means to identify as mostly one gender and slightly as another gender(s)".<ref>[https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/181966775951/is-there-a-label-for-a-gender-that-is-absolutely anonymous asked: is there a label for a gender that is absolutely male, except for a very once in a while it is female or agender?], imoga-pride, 12 January 2019</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' often changing (genderfluid), partial gender (demigender)

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, no respondents, though one said they were magigenderfaun.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2018 Gender Census, there was one respondent each for magigender, magigirl, and maginonbinary.<ref name="Gender Census 2018" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, seven people were magiboy, four were magigirl, and there was one each of magienby, magiman, magigender, maginonbinary, and magiguy, making 16 total respondents having a magigender of some sort.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Metagender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[metagender]]

* '''Origin:''' Musician/poet/filmmaker [[Phoebe Legere]] said in a 1999 interview that she was "metagender, metasexual, not a man or a woman."<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/Femme_Fatales_v08n04/page/n39/mode/2up| p=40-41|journal=Femme Fatales|volume=8|number=4|date=September 10, 1999| title=Mighty Aphrodite|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128082253/https://archive.org/details/Femme_Fatales_v08n04/page/n39/mode/2up|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The term was coined again in the 2000s by Rook Thomas Hine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liminalityland.com/metagender.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040805111854/http://www.liminalityland.com/metagender.htm|archive-date=5 August 2004|title=Metagender|last=Bernhardt-House|first=Phillip}}</ref> Independently coined again in 2014 by Tumblr users keyblademastercecilpalmer, agenderchrismclean, and lordmoriarty by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.

* '''Meaning:'''
** 2000s coining: "someone who identifies as neither male nor female, neither woman nor man, neither [[neuter]] nor [[feminine]] nor [[masculine]]. [...] A metagender is less of a 'both/and' combination, 'all of the above' or [[androgyne]], and more of a 'wholly other' third/fourth/eighty-seventh category, or 'none of the above'."<ref>{{cite book |chapter=So, which one is the opposite sex?: the sometimes spiritual journey of a metagender|title=Finding the Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity|year=2003|page=76|url=https://archive.org/details/findingrealmetru00trac/page/76/mode/2up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127041010/https://archive.org/details/findingrealmetru00trac/page/76/mode/2up|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
** 2014 coining: "To identify around or beyond a gender. Where your gender identity is almost that gender, but not quite, and also extends beyond that. Imagine that —- is you, and | is the gender identity (and identifying fully with a gender is —-|), then metagender is —- | —-" For example, meta-boy, meta-girl, meta-nonbinary, and so on.<ref name="metagender2014">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91734862699/metagender {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' third gender, other gender, partial gender (demigender)

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Multigender===
* '''Name(s):''' [[multigender]]

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning: ''' A multigender person has more than one gender identity. This can mean they have them at the same time, or that they often switch between them at different times.<ref>Jenny Crofton. «[https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/what-it-means-to-be-multigender-the-questions-many-have-but-are-afraid-to-ask/ What It Means To Be MultiGender: The Questions Many Have, But Are Afraid To Ask]». The body is not an apology. 7 December 2016 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121645/https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/what-it-means-to-be-multigender-the-questions-many-have-but-are-afraid-to-ask/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 0.20% (22) respondents called themselves multigender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== N ==

===Nanogender===
* '''Name(s):''' nanogender or nan0gender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 or earlier.<ref name="m-a_archivedlist" /> Some people claim that it was created by [[transmedicalism|transmedicalists]] and was then reclaimed by the Tumblr nonbinary community.<ref>https://adventuresingender.tumblr.com/post/89082519003/what-is-nanogender [https://web.archive.org/web/20201118222951/https://adventuresingender.tumblr.com/post/89082519003/what-is-nanogender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://snowflakehealer-moved.tumblr.com/post/89388743773/tbh-my-life-got-a-lot-better-since-the-term{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "Someone who is nan0gender feels that their gender is a very small part one gender, and mostly something else; e.g. a nan0girl would feel very slightly female but mostly not."<ref>https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/185448558226/is-it-ok-if-i-call-myself-a-semidemihemigirl-i [https://web.archive.org/web/20210102211742/https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/185448558226/is-it-ok-if-i-call-myself-a-semidemihemigirl-i Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' partial gender, multigender

* '''Demographics:'''In the 2020 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents were nanogirls, two were nanoboys, and one was a nan0boy.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Nebulagender===
* '''Name(s):''' nebulagender

* '''Origin:''' The term was in use by mid-2015 if not earlier.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 June 2015 |title="-Nebulous" as a Gender Suffix|author=SatuSepiida System|url=https://satusepiida.tumblr.com/post/122177282087/nebulous-as-a-gender-suffix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208171330/https://satusepiida.tumblr.com/post/122177282087/nebulous-as-a-gender-suffix|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' Has been used with two different meanings:
** A [[neurogender]] for neurodivergent people only. "The concept of gender doesnt always make clear sense, and its hard to tell subtle or not so subtle differences between genders" <ref>https://nickrants.tumblr.com/post/139465551749/nebulagender</ref>
** "a multigender/xenogender identity, nebulagender individuals have many interconnected xenogenders that collectively form a multifaceted, expansive, and beautiful gender experience. May have fully defined genders, like stars that are formed within a nebula, as well as diffuse, vague, and partly/completely unidentifiable gender feelings that exist in between, like cosmic dust."<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Nebulagender-748751971 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230325212736/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Nebulagender-748751971 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' [[xenogender]], [[neurogender]], [[multigender]], space

* '''Demographics:'''In the 2020 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents were nebulagender, including one who specified they meant the neurodivergent definition.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Neuter===

* '''Name(s):''' [[neuter]]

* '''Origin:''' The word in English usage dates back to the 14th century ''neutre'', used in the grammatical sense. The English language borrowed this word from Latin ''neuter'' meaning "neither one nor the other" (''ne-'' "not, no" + ''uter'' "either (of two)"). This Latin word is likely taken in turn from the old Greek word ''oudeteros''.<ref name="etym_neut">{{Cite web |title=neuter (adj.) |author= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary |date= |access-date=20 October 2020 |url= https://www.etymonline.com/word/neuter#etymonline_v_6890|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221090220/https://www.etymonline.com/word/neuter|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' According to Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries, this old word can have several meanings when used in reference to a person. 1. A gender neither masculine nor feminine. [[Genderless]]. [[Gender neutral]]. An [[androgynous]] person. 2. Without sexual organs, or with incomplete sexual organs. In biology and zoology, this can mean animals that were artificially spayed, castrated, or otherwise sterilized, as well as animals who were born in that condition, such as worker bees, as well as plants without pistils and stamens.<ref>"Neuter." ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary.'' https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neuter [https://web.archive.org/web/20230629150041/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neuter Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Neuther." ''Dictionary.com.'' https://www.dictionary.com/browse/neuter [https://web.archive.org/web/20230130143334/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/neuter Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Neuter." ''The Free Dictionary.'' https://www.thefreedictionary.com/neuter [https://web.archive.org/web/20221123190856/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/neuter Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' centuries old, neutral

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Niveigender===
<section begin="Niveigender" />
[[File:Niveigender.png|thumb|Niveigender flag designed by the coiner of the term.]]
*'''Name(s):''' Niveigender.

*'''Origin:''' Coined in February 2020 by an anonymous user.<ref name="nivei">{{cite web|author=Stormy|date=17 February 2020|title=Here's a flag for a new gender term!|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://archive.is/dWtCs|url=https://the-gender-collector-emself.tumblr.com/post/190878097989/heres-a-flag-for-a-new-gender-term-niveigender}}</ref>

*'''Meaning:''' "a snowy, chill gender that's kinda soft. A light cover, also very soothing." The adjective for describing a person with this gender is "nivalis".<ref name="nivei" />

*'''Keywords:''' snow, cold, winter, soft, soothing

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent was niveigender.<ref name="GC2020"/>
<section end="Niveigender" />
===Null gender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[null gender]]

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' A person without a gender identity, or whose gender identity is not feminine and not masculine.<ref>http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91779169274/null-gender {{dead link}}</ref> A synonym for genderless.

* '''Keywords:''' genderless

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Nyctogender===

* '''Name(s):''' nyctogender

* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user wynter-caelum by a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.<ref name="nyctogender">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92386017394/nyctogender {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As defined in that submission to the MOGAI-Archive, "Where your gender is pure darkness."

* '''Keywords:''' abstract, dark, genderless, light, spooky, symbols, not defined in relation to female or male ([[xenogender]])

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== O ==

===Other gender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[other gender]]

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' A gender other than male or female.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' not female, not male

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, nine respondents called their gender "other," "other gender," "othergender," or "othergendered."<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== P ==

===Pangender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[pangender]]. From Greek πᾶν/pân "all, the whole."

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' A pangender person is a person who considers themselves as a member of all genders (excluding genders they don't have access to such as [[neurogender]]s or [[Ethnicity and culture|culturally-specific genders]]).<ref>http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Pangender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230525010517/http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Pangender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' many genders (multigender)

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 19 respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

=== Paraboy ===

*'''Name(s):''' paraboy, paramasculine, or paramale.

*'''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user queerspike on or before July 10, 2014.<ref name="Paraboy">{{Cite web |title=Paraboy |author= |work=LGBTA Wiki |date= |access-date=24 August 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Paraboy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127032913/https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Paraboy|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

*'''Meaning:''' An identity that is mostly boy/man, but partially not. Can be considered a more specific term under [[demiboy]].<ref name="Paraboy" />

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2021 Gender Census, seven people (0.02% of respondents) said they were paraboys, and one respondent was paramasculine.<ref name="GC2021" />

=== Paragirl ===

*'''Name(s):''' paragirl, parafeminine, parawoman, or parafemale.

*'''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user queerspike on or before July 10, 2014.<ref name="Paragirl">{{Cite web |title=Paragirl |author= |work=LGBTA Wiki |date= |access-date=24 August 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Paragirl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127033146/https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Paragirl|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

*'''Meaning:''' An identity that is mostly girl/woman, but partially not. Can be considered a more specific term under [[demigirl]].<ref name="Paragirl" />

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2021 Gender Census, 16 people (0.04% of respondents) said they were paragirls, two respondents were parafeminine, two people were parawomen, and one was parafemale.<ref name="GC2021" />

===Pendogender===

{{#section-h:Neurogender|Pendogender}}

===Prin*gender===

* '''Name(s):''' pringender, princessgender, princegender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2017 or earlier.<ref>https://uncommongenders.tumblr.com/post/168101666256/novarian-pringender-sheet-music-violin-and [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211916/https://uncommongenders.tumblr.com/post/168101666256/novarian-pringender-sheet-music-violin-and Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' "A soft but grandiose gender; The individual with this gender feels that their identity feels majestic, imposing and grand, but also prim, cute and ethereal", or a gender simply related to princes/princesses/prins.<ref>https://plurgai.tumblr.com/post/621734217905209344/flag-remakes-added-definition-a-new-gender [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211811/https://plurgai.tumblr.com/post/621734217905209344/flag-remakes-added-definition-a-new-gender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' royalty, majestic, xenogender

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, two respondents were pringender and one was princegender.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Proxvir===

* '''Name(s):''' proxvir

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user ren.<ref name="Proxvir and Juxera" />

* '''Meaning:''' "A gender relative to male, but is something separate and entirely on it’s own."<ref name="Proxvir and Juxera"></ref> Ren coined this because he no longer identified with "demiboy," because of that word's focus on "boy," and the implication of a split/mixed gender. Intended as an adjective.<ref name="proxvir and juxera 2" />

* '''Keywords:''' masculine, nonbinary, not male

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, nine respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 22 respondents.<ref name="GC2020" />

==Q==
===Quoigender===

* '''Name(s):''' [[quoigender]], quoi-gender. From French ''quoi'' "what" + gender.

* '''Origin:'''

* '''Meaning:''' Has various definitions including "someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them" and "someone whose relationship with gender is complicated".{{Citation needed}}

* '''Keywords:''' indescribable

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 17 (0.15%) respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

== S ==

===Salmacian===

* '''Name(s):''' salmacian

* '''Origin:''' This term was proposed by the androgyne [[Raphael Carter]] in 1996 or earlier.<ref name="angels dictionary">Raphael Carter, "Angel's Dictionary." 1996-07-14. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050308185631/http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml]</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' As defined by Carter, "A term for male-to-intersex and female-to-intersex transsexuals." A reference to the myth of the deity Hermaphroditus and the nymph Salmacis.<ref name="angels dictionary" /> Synonyms: bigenital, aphrodisian.<ref>https://plurgai.tumblr.com/post/618195598880997376/aphrodisian-bigenital-people-who-wish-to [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211734/https://plurgai.tumblr.com/post/618195598880997376/aphrodisian-bigenital-people-who-wish-to Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://queerflagswithbenton.tumblr.com/post/172223819553/bigenitalflux-bigenitalsalmacian-one-who</ref> See also [[Glossary_of_English_gender_and_sex_terminology#A|altersex]].

* '''Keywords:''' assigned female at birth (AFAB), assigned male at birth (AMAB), altersex, intersex, not intersex

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Scorpigender===
[[File:Scorpigender.png|thumb|The scorpigender pride flag, consisting of three stripes: black, dark red, and dark grey.]]
* '''Name(s):''' scorpigender, scorpifluid

* '''Origin:''' Coined in 2017 or earlier.

* '''Meaning:'''
** Scorpigender: "A gender that is a mystery, and very difficult to understand. Lots of labels vaguely fit it, but almost none can fully describe it."<ref name="scorpi">{{cite web|url=https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/165732128594/i-dunno-if-youre-able-to-make-a-flag-for-this|title=Anonymous asked: I dunno if you're able to make a flag for this, but|date=25 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122172013/https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/165732128594/i-dunno-if-youre-able-to-make-a-flag-for-this|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
** Scorpifluid: "A gender fluid between unknown genders."<ref name="scorpi" />

* '''Keywords:''' unknown, mysterious, genderfluid, indescribable, questioning

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent was scorpifluid.<ref name="GC2020" />

===Sekhet===

{{#if:1|{{#section:Gender variance in spirituality|SekhetDefinition}}}} ''Why this is poorly attested: We need demographic information showing that any people identify as this today.''

===Stargender===

* '''Name(s):''' stargender

* '''Origin:''' Coined in January 2014 by a person named Mars (Tumblr user nbqt). Se described stargender as follows:

{{quote|Lately I’ve experiencing a new gender that isn’t male or female! I don’t believe it is [[agender]], since it certainly is a gender! It’s like, very neutral on the “spectrum” of gender, but I don’t feel like it’s [[androgyny]] either.
The reason I call it star gender is uh, because when I was mulling on it one day I somehow started thinking about alien/nonhuman genders and how it was really unknown to people currently, and I ended up reasoning maybe it was the same genders stars could experience? (sorry that sounds super silly uh)

I don’t believe it’s androgyny because it??? doesn’t really feel like a middle between masculine and feminine?? like it seems??? Beyond That? Like it is potentially neutral but encompassing both masculine and feminine at the same time, if that makes any sense?<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.vn/UHMMQ|title=A Post About Star Gender!|url=http://nbqt.tumblr.com/post/74798543114/a-post-about-star-gender-more-uh-i-guess-i|date=27 January 2014|archive-date=6 May 2014}}</ref>}}

* '''Meaning:''' Has several meanings. A: "a person whose gender is otherworldly and beyond comprehension using earthly terms", B. "a person whose gender cannot be defined no matter how many other terms are created", C. "a person whose gender is that of a star".<ref name="QHCOTD">{{Cite web |title=Orientation and Gender Glossary |author=queerheadcanonoftheday |work=Tumblr |date= |access-date=11 July 2020 |url= https://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517214704/http://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://sickly-cute-anti.tumblr.com/post/185710697172/stargender-an-otherworldly-gender-that-is [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211626/https://sickly-cute-anti.tumblr.com/post/185710697172/stargender-an-otherworldly-gender-that-is Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' indescribable, nature, unnameable, not defined in relation to female or male (xenogender), space

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, seven respondents called themselves stargender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 14 respondents were stargender and one was starfluid.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2025 Gender Census, 28 respondents were stargender and one was questioning stargender.{{Gender Census|2025}}

===Staticgender===

{{#if:1|{{#section:Xenogender|Staticgender}}}}

===Systemfluid===
*'''Name(s):''' systemfluid, system fluid, system-fluid

*'''Origin:'''

*'''Meaning:''' "When your system's collective gender changes depending on who's fronting, for systems and plural folk."<ref name="systemfluid">{{Cite web |title=Systemfluid Flag Redesign! |author=Woods, Jeffery |work= |date=15 April 2020|access-date=2 August 2021 |url= https://mogaiphobic.tumblr.com/post/615478197822373888/systemfluid-flag-redesign-systemfluid-when-your|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202030336/https://mogaiphobic.tumblr.com/post/615478197822373888/systemfluid-flag-redesign-systemfluid-when-your|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

*'''Keywords:''' multiplicity, multiple systems, headmates, alters, DID

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, six respondents were systemfluid.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2021 Gender Census, 25 respondents were systemfluid/system fluid.<ref name="GC2021" />

Various flags for systemfluid can be seen in [[:Category: Systemgender and Systemfluid pride flags]].
{{clear}}

===Systemgender===
[[File:Systemgender.png|thumb|A systemgender flag designed by almighty-hail and Tikva.]]
*'''Name(s):''' systemgender, system gender, system-gender

*'''Origin:'''

*'''Meaning:''' "A gender which is defined as a sum of all the genders within a multiple or median system."<ref name="devi_Syst">{{Cite web |title=Systemgender |work=DeviantArt |date=20 January 2018 |access-date=9 November 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Systemgender-726551000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213083037/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Systemgender-726551000 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

*'''Keywords:''' multiplicity, multiple systems, headmates, alters, DID

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, four respondents were systemgender.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2021 Gender Census, 16 respondents were systemgender/system gender/system-gender.<ref name="GC2021" />
{{clear}}

==T==
===Trigender===

*'''Name(s):''' [[trigender]]

*'''Origin:''' People called themselves trigender before 1999.<ref name="feinberg trans lib">Leslie Feinberg, ''Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink Or Blue'', page 53-4, Beacon Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8070-7951-0, ISBN 978-0-8070-7951-5.</ref><ref name="Elejalde-Ruiz">Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, "[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers For the young, gender is fluid]", ''Chicago Tribune'', November 18, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517225626/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

*'''Meaning:''' Trigender people experience three genders, either at the same time, or moving between the three at different times.<ref name="feinberg trans lib" /><ref name="Elejalde-Ruiz" /><ref>Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, Pat Griffin, ''Teaching for diversity and social justice'', page 224, CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 0-415-95200-X, 9780415952002.</ref>

*'''Keywords:''' many genders, often changing (genderfluid), three genders

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 14 respondents called themselves trigender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 24 respondents were trigender, one was trigenderfluid, and one said they were "maybe" trigender.<ref name="GC2020" />

==U==
===Unisex===

*'''Name(s):''' unisex

*'''Origin:''' The word dates back to 1968.<ref name="etym_unisex">{{Cite web |title=unisex (adj.) |author= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary |date= |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://www.etymonline.com/word/unisex#etymonline_v_25020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328074347/https://www.etymonline.com/word/unisex|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

*'''Meaning:''' "sexually indistinguishable or neutral"<ref name="etym_unisex" />

*'''Keywords:''' gender neutral

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, two respondents called themselves unisex.<ref name="GC2020" />

==V==

===Virgender===
[[File:virgender.png|thumb|Virgender [[Flags|flag]] created by pridearchive.<ref name="virgender">http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91781500576/virgender-pride</ref> The meaning of the flag colors are: '''Red:''' To symbolise the stress/difficulty in having a gender, '''White:''' An amalgamation of all genders '''Black:''' Genderlessness. The red stripes lighten as one goes down the flag to symbolise how one’s stress is causing their gender to get weaker and weaker until it goes to white and the individual is relieved of the stress of keeping up with one’s gender. The white transitions to grey and then to black to symbolise the complete lack of gender.]]

*'''Name(s):''' Virgender

*'''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user stevenuniversequartz.<ref name="virgender" />

*'''Meaning:''' A gender identity that is practically and particularly genderless. This usually happens when it is too stressful or difficult to have a gender. A gender identity that feels weakened by stress, to the point where one is nearly genderless. The prefix comes from the constellation Virgo, the maiden.{{Citation needed}}

*'''Keywords:''' emotions, genderless, stress

'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, two respondents were virgender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

<gallery>
File:virgender-2.png|Alternative design of virgender flag.
</gallery>

{{Clear}}

==X==

===Xenogender===
*'''Name(s):''' [[xenogender]]

*'''Origin:''' From ''xeno'' alien + "gender." Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user Baaphomett, in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" />

*'''Meaning:''' "A gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things."<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" /> An umbrella term for many nonbinary gender identities defined in reference to very different ideas than female or male.

*'''Keywords:''' external, alien

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 40 of the respondents (0.35%) called themselves "xenogender." Far more called themselves by specific genders that could be seen as under the xenogender umbrella, though that is hard to quantify or differentiate.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Xirl===

*'''Name(s):''' xirl

*'''Origin:'''

*'''Meaning:''' "Someone who identifies in some way as a [[Woman#Nonbinary_women|nonbinary girl]] or nonbinary girl-adjacent. Someone who identifies with some part of woman/girlhood but who wants a more nonbinary and neutral sounding word because they aren't entirely girls or don't want to be associated with the typical ideas brought up by the word 'girl.'"<ref>https://nandbaremyfavouriteletters.tumblr.com/post/132010965767/xirl-someone-who-identifies-in-some-way-as-a [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205210326/https://nandbaremyfavouriteletters.tumblr.com/post/132010965767/xirl-someone-who-identifies-in-some-way-as-a Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* '''Keywords:''' femme, nonbinary woman

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />

===Xoy===

*'''Name(s):''' Xoy

*'''Origin:'''

*'''Meaning:''' "Someone who identifies in some way as a [[Man#Nonbinary_men|nonbinary boy]] or nonbinary boy-adjacent. Someone who identifies with some part of manhood/boyhood but who wants a more nonbinary and neutral sounding word because they aren't entirely boys or don't want to be associated with the typical ideas brought up by the word 'boy.'"<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148378934126/xirl-and-xoy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230106052540/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148378934126/xirl-and-xoy Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

*'''Keywords:''' nonbinary man, nonbinary boy

*'''Demographics:''' In the 2018 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents included "xoy" in their identity words.<ref name="Gender Census 2018" />

==See also==

*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Uncommon identities|*]]
[[Category:nonbinary identities]]

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{{Infobox identity
| related = [[Third gender]], [[Fa'afafine]]
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[[Māhū]] ("in the middle") in Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) and Maohi (Tahitian) cultures are [[third gender]] persons with traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture, similar to Tongan ''[[fakaleiti]]'' and Samoan ''[[fa'afafine]]'',<ref name="GC">{{cite web |url= http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/like-a-lady-in-polynesia.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021528/http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/like-a-lady-in-polynesia.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Like a Lady in Polynesia: The ''Māhū'' of Tahiti, the ''Fa'a Fafine'' in Samoa, the ''Fakaleiti'' in Tonga and More |work=GenderCentre.org.au |location=Petersham, NSW, Australia |publisher=The Gender Centre |first=Robert |last=Perkins |date=October 2013 |access-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>. According to present-day māhū kumu hula Kaua'i Iki:
{{quote|Māhū were particularly respected as teachers, usually of hula dance and chant. In pre-contact times māhū performed the roles of goddesses in hula dances that took place in temples which were off-limits to women. Māhū were also valued as the keepers of cultural traditions, such as the passing down of genealogies. Traditionally parents would ask māhū to name their children.<ref>Kaua'i Iki, quoted by Andrew Matzner in 'Transgender, queens, mahu, whatever':
An Oral History from Hawai'i. Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context
Issue 6, August 2001</ref>}}

==History==

[[File:Paul Gauguin 063.jpg|thumb|200px|''Papa Moe (Mysterious Water)'', an oil painting by the Westerner, Paul Gauguin, from 1893. It depicts a māhū in Tahiti drinking from a waterfall.<ref>Mario Vargas Llosa. "The men-women of the Pacific." ''Tate Britain.'' http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/men-women-pacific [https://web.archive.org/web/20230323202357/http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/men-women-pacific Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Stephen F. Eisenman. Gauguin's Skirt. 1997.</ref>]]

In the pre-colonial history of Hawai'i, Māhū were notable priests and healers, although much of this history was elided through the intervention of missionaries. The first published description of māhū occurs in Captain William Bligh's logbook of the Bounty, which stopped in Tahiti in 1789, where he was introduced to a member of a "class of people very common in Otaheitie called Mahoo... who although I was certain was a man, had great marks of effeminacy about him."<ref>William Bligh. Bounty Logbook. Thursday, January 15, 1789.</ref>

A surviving monument to this history are the "Wizard Stones" of Kapaemāhū on Waikiki Beach, which commemorate four important māhū who first brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi.<ref>James Boyd. Traditions of the Wizard Stones Ka-Pae-Mahu. 1907. Hawaiian Almanac and Annual.</ref> These are referred to by Hawaiian historian Mary Kawena Pukui as ''pae māhū'', or literally a row of māhū.<ref>Mary Kawena Pukui. Place Names of Hawaii, 2nd Ed. 1974. University of Hawaii Press.</ref> The term māhū is misleadingly defined in Pukui and Ebert's Hawaiian dictionary as "n. Homosexual, of either sex; hermaphrodite."<ref>Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuael H Ebert. Hawaiian Dictionary. 1986. University of Hawaii Press.</ref> The assumption of same-sex behavior reflects the conflation of gender and sexuality that was common in Western society before the 1960s. The idea that māhū are biological mosaics appears to be a misunderstanding of the term hermaphrodite, which in early publications by white sexologists and anthropologists was used generally used to mean "an individual which has the attributes of both male and female," including social and behavioral attributes, not necessarily a biological hybrid or intersex individual. This led to homosexual, bisexual, and gender nonconforming individuals being mislabeled as "hermaphrodites" in the medical literature.<ref>
Websters International Dictionary of the English Language. 1890. Merriam Company.</ref>

In 1891, when painter Paul Gauguin first came to Tahiti, he was thought to be a māhū by the indigenous people, due to his flamboyant manner of dress during that time.<ref name=":0">Mario Vargas Llosa. "The men-women of the Pacific." ''Tate Britain.'' http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/men-women-pacific [https://web.archive.org/web/20230323202357/http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/men-women-pacific Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> His 1893 painting ''Papa Moe (Mysterious Water)'' depicts a māhū drinking from a small waterfall.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Stephen F. Eisenman. Gauguin's Skirt. 1997.</ref>

Missionaries to Hawai'i introduced biblical laws to the islands in the 1820s; under their influence Hawai'i's first anti-sodomy law was passed in 1850. These laws led to the social stigmatization of the māhū in Hawai'i. Beginning in the mid-1960s the Honolulu City Council required trans women to wear a badge identifying themselves as male.<ref>Aleardo Zanghellini. "Sodomy Laws and Gender Variance in Tahiti and Hawai'i." ''Laws'' Vol. 2, Issue 2 (2013), p. 51–68 doi: 10.3390/laws2020051</ref>

In American artist George Biddle's ''Tahitian Journal'' (1920–1922) he writes about several māhū friends in Tahiti, of their role in native Tahitian society, and of the persecution of a māhū friend Naipu, who fled Tahiti due to colonial French laws that sent māhū and homosexuals to hard labor in prison in New Caledonia.<ref>George Biddle. ''Tahitian Journal.'' 1999. https://books.google.com/?id=C2lKxkVIwMAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=tahitian+journal+george+biddle#v=onepage&q=mahu&f=false [https://web.archive.org/web/20220407010202/https://books.google.com/?id=C2lKxkVIwMAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=tahitian+journal+george+biddle Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Rae rae is a social category of māhū that came into use in Tahiti in the 1960s, although it is criticized by some māhū as an abject reference to sex work.

During World War II, māhū and gender variant peoples of the South Pacific were encountered by American men and women in the U.S. military and helped influence the beginnings of gay liberation.

==In contemporary cultures==

In 1980s, Māhū and fa'afafine of Samoa and other queer cultures of the Pacific began organizing, as māhū and queer Pacific Islanders were beginning to receive international recognition in various fields.<ref name=":1">Eleanor Kleiber. ''Gender Identity and Sexual Identity in the Pacific and Hawai'i: Introduction'' University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library. 10 September 2019. https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/c.php?g=105466&p=686754 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230529042022/https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/c.php?g=105466&p=686754 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In 2003,<ref name=":1" /> the term ''mahuwahine'' was coined within Hawaii's queer community: māhū (in the middle) + wahine (woman), the structure of the word is similar to Samoan fa'a (the way of) + fafine (woman/wife). The term ''mahuwahine'' resembles a transgender identity that coincide with Hawaiian cultural renaissance.<ref>Lyndall Ellingson and Carol Odo. {December 2008 "HIV Risk Behaviors Among Mahuwahine (Native Hawaiian Transgender Women)" http://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/aeap.2008.20.6.558 ''AIDS Education and Prevention'' volume 20, issue 6, pages 558–569 doi=10.1521/aeap.2008.20.6.558 issn=0899-9546 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230308161637/http://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/aeap.2008.20.6.558 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In many traditional communities, Māhū play an important role in carrying on Polynesian culture, and teaching "the balance of female and male throughout creation".<ref name=Robinson>Carol E. Robertson. 1989 "The Māhū of Hawai'i." ''Feminist Studies.'' volume 15, issue 2, pages=318. doi=10.2307/3177791 issn=0046-3663 jstor=3177791</ref> Modern Māhū carry on traditions of connection to the land, language preservation, and the preservation and revival of cultural activities including traditional dances, songs, and the methods of playing culturally-specific musical instruments. Symbolic tattooing is also a popular practice. Modern Māhū do not alter their bodies through what others would consider gender reassignment surgery, but just as any person in Hawaiian/Tahitian society dress differently for work, home, and nights out.<ref name=UHP95>Besnier, Niko, Alexeyeff, Kalissa. ''Gender on the edge : transgender, gay, and other Pacific islanders.'' Honolulu, 2014 isbn=9780824840198</ref>

Strong familial relationships are important in Māhū culture,<ref name=UHP95 /> as kinship bonds within all of Hawaiian/Tahitian cultures are essential to family survival. When possible, the Māhū maintain solid relationships with their families of origin, often by becoming foster parents to nieces and nephews, and have been noted for being especially "compassionate, and creative".<ref name=Robinson /> This ability to bring up children is considered a special skill specific to Māhū people.<ref name=UHP95 /> Māhū also contribute to their extended families and communities through the gathering and maintaining of knowledge, and the practicing and teaching of ''hula'' traditions, which are traditionally handed down through women.<ref name=Robinson/>

In situations where they have been rejected by their families of origin, due to homophobia and colonization, Māhū have formed their own communities, supporting one another, and preserving and teaching cultural traditions to the next generations. In the documentary ''Kumu Hina'', Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu visits one of these communities of elders up in the mountains, and meets with some of the Māhū who were her teachers and chosen family when she was young.

== Notable Māhū people ==

''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''

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 Māhū or mahuwahine for themselves.

Notable contemporary māhū, or mahuwahine, include
* activist and kumu hula Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu<ref>Amelia Rachel Kokule'a. "'Gender Identity Disorder' to Go the Way of Homosexuality" 2012-10-29 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/gender-identity-disorder-to-go-the-way-of-homosexuality/264232 </ref>
* kumu hula Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole
* kumu hula Kaua'i Iki
* historian Noenoe Silva
* activist Ku‘u-mealoha Gomes
* singer and painter Bobby Holcomb
* singer Kealii Reichel.

== Māhū characters in fiction ==

''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''

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 word Māhū, either in their canon, or by their creators.

* ''Ho’onani: Hula Warrior'' is a picture book based on the true story of a Native Hawaiian māhū child.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In New Picture Book, a Hawaiian Child Finds a Place Between Boy and Girl |author= |work=Mombian |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413200256/https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

''Please help expand this section.''

== See also ==
*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]

==External links==
*[http://kumuhina.com/ ''Kumu Hina: A Place in the Middle''] – a ''māhū''-oriented website.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kICUFjiXSfo "Coming Out & Overcoming – A Visit With Hinaleimoana Wong"] – interview with ''māhū'' Hinaleimoana Wong, by Ehu Kekahu Cardwell, from ''Voices of Truth'' documentary program by the Koani Foundation
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/28/hawaiian-culture-transgender_n_7158130.html "The Beautiful Way Hawaiian Culture Embraces a Particular Kind of Transgender Identity"] – short "Queer Voices" column on the topic in ''The Huffington Post''

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Gender-variant identities worldwide]][[Category:History]][[Category:USA]]

Agender

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{{Personal story
| quote = <translate> I discovered non-binary identities last year when I was 18. When I read the definition of "agender", it just clicked.</translate>
| name = <translate> Jay</translate>
| age = <translate> 19</translate>
| identity = <translate> Agender</translate>
}}
{{infobox identity
| flag = agender.png
| meaning = Black: absence of gender; grey: partial gender; green: gender that isn't related to male or female.
| related = [[Agenderfluid]] and [[Agenderflux]]
| umbrella = [[Nonbinary]]
| frequency = 23.8%
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Agender
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'''Agender''' (also called '''genderblank'''{{citation needed}}, '''genderfree''', '''genderless''', '''gendervoid'''{{citation needed}}, '''non-gendered,''' '''ungendered'''<ref name="Eyler">{{cite journal|last1=Eyler |first1=A.E.|last2=Wright |first2=K.|year=1997|url=https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|title=Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender-Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence.|journal=International Journal of Transgenderism|quote=An individual of any genetic sex may also regard him-herself as neither a woman nor a man, but a member of some other gender, as is common in non-Western cultures (and is becoming increasingly recognized in the West as well), or as an ungendered person, who does not or will not identify with any conventional gender.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718084440/https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, or '''null gender'''{{citation needed}}) is an identity under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] [[umbrella terms]]. Agender individuals find that they have no [[gender identity]], although some define it more as having a gender identity that is neutral. (See [[gender neutral]] for a related identity.)

Agender Pride day is celebrated on the 19th of May.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important LGBT Dates |author= |work=LGBTLifeWestchester.org |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213102536/http://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agender Pride Day |last=Ohene |first=Benjamin |work=Believe Out Loud |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531145919/http://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==History== 


A 1997 paper in ''International Journal of Transgenderism'' states that "An individual of any genetic [[sex]] may also regard him-herself as [...] an ungendered person, who does not or will not identify with any conventional gender."<ref name="Eyler" />

The 1998 book ''Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators'' lists "ungendered" as a label used by some transgender people.<ref>{{cite book|title=Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators|year=1998|editor=Sanlo, Ronni|page=37|quote=Transgender persons are those who are not comfortable living within the confines of the social stereotype of gender as applied to themselves. Labels used include cross-dresser, drag king, drag queen, intersexed, transsexual, butch, femme, ungendered, androgynous, and more. The labels are many and changing, and they are not always accepted by the people to whom they are applied.|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Working_with_Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_and_Tr/vD2dAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719014750/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Working_with_Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_and_Tr/vD2dAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0|archive-date=19 July 2023|access-date=4 October 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>


A 2000 post on Usenet described the Christian God as agender. In 2005, another Usenet user wrote that "cultures can have [[transgender]], agender, and [[hypergender]] individuals."<ref name="them2018">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Agender? |work=them. |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=13 June 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |quote=sj Miller |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603030020/https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Linguistic research by Zimman and Hayworth suggests that "agender" was part of the discourse in gender-related [[Livejournal]] communities in the early-to-late 2000s. While the term appeared less often in discussions by members of "ftm" and "genderqueer" than the terms "genderqueer" or "genderfuck", it did become slightly more popular in both communities in the late '00s.<ref>Zimman, Lal, and Hayworth, Will. "How we got here: Short-scale change in identity labels for trans, cis, and non-binary people in the 2000s". 2020. Proc Ling Soc Amer 5(1). 499–513. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4728</nowiki></ref><ref>Zimman, Lal, and Hayworth, Will. "Lexical Change as Sociopolitical Change in Trans and Cis Identity Labels: New Methods for the Corpus Analysis of Internet Data". ''Selected Papers from New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 47)''. January 15 2020. <nowiki>https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/45253</nowiki></ref>


"Non-gendered", "genderless", and "agender" were mentioned in a list of valid nonbinary identities in the 2013 text ''Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide''.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=9781446293133|title=Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide|last1=Richards|first1=Christina|last2=Barker|first2=Meg|year=2013|publisher=SAGE Publications}}</ref>


Salem X (also known as "Ska" or as their Tumblr user name "transrants") created the agender flag in 2014, sharing the design on Feb 18th.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://majesticmess.com/encyclopedia/agender-flag/ |title=Agender Flag – Majestic Mess Designs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612222135/https://majesticmess.com/encyclopedia/agender-flag/ |archive-date=12 June 2022 |date= |website=Majestic Mess |access-date=24 March 2023}}
</ref> In reference to the colors chosen, they said "The black and white stripes represent an absence of gender, the gray represents semi-genderlessness, and the central green stripe represents nonbinary genders." In 2014, they also created the demiboy, demigirl and deminonbinary flags.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/16/interview-creator-of-the-agender-flag/ |title=Interview: Creator of the Agender Flag – Majestic Mess Designs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228183501/https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/16/interview-creator-of-the-agender-flag/ |archive-date=28 February 2022 |date= |website=Majestic Mess |access-date=24 March 2023}}
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In 2014, agender was one of the 56 genders made [[Gender and social media sites|available on Facebook]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Shapira|first=Eve|title=Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age}}</ref>


In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "agender,"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ |title=New words added to Dictionary.com |date=May 6, 2015 |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518081412/http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}
</ref> which it defined as "a person who does not have a specific gender identity or recognizable gender expression."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agender?s=t |title=Agender |date= |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003223452/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agender?s=t |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}
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On March 10 2017, a resident of Portland, Oregon, USA requested in court to be legally agender, and the request was approved.<ref name="Ohara">{{Cite web |title=Judge grants Oregon resident the right to be genderless |last=O'Hara |first=Mary Emily |work=NBC News |date=23 March 2017 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/judge-grants-oregon-resident-right-be-genderless-n736971|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412055211/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/judge-grants-oregon-resident-right-be-genderless-n736971 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


A 2018 survey of "Attitudes to Gender", ran by the Britain-based "Future of Legal Gender" project, asked people if they agree or disagree with the statement "More people will identify as agender (not having a gender) in the future." 32.4% selected "agree" and 13.7% selected "strongly agree". 20.6% selected "neither agree nor disagree" and 19.7% "don't know", compared to a mere 6.6% "disagree" and 7% "strongly disagree". (71% of nonbinary respondents agreed or strongly agreed.)<ref name="FLG">{{Cite web |title=Survey Findings |author= |work=The Future of Legal Gender |date= |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://futureoflegalgender.kcl.ac.uk/gender-in-everyday-life/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206213559/https://futureoflegalgender.kcl.ac.uk/gender-in-everyday-life/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==Agender as gender identity or lack of gender identity== 


Some agender people feel that they have no gender identity, while others feel that agender is itself a gender identity. This can be similar to or overlap with the experience of being [[gender neutral]] or having a neutral gender identity.


As some agender people have no gender identity, it is important to not talk about nonbinary or transgender people's experiences ''only'' in the sense of gender identity.

==Difference between genderless and neutrois== 


There is little agreement about the difference between terms such as agender, genderless, non-gender, gender neutral, and [[neutrois]]. These terms are often used interchangeably, or defined differently by individual writers in ways that don't necessarily match the self-definitions of others using those terms.{{citation needed}}


It is often said that non-gender or genderlessness is the experience of having ''no'' gender identity at all, whereas gender neutral or neutrois is the experience of ''having'' a gender identity, a gender identity which is not male or female, but neutral.{{citation needed}} However, these statements don't match the experiences of everyone who has taken up these identities as their own. This is a result of a disagreement between word definitions that are ''prescriptivist'' (telling everyone how they ''should'' use a word, and saying that many people use it wrong) and ''descriptivist'' (describing how people have actually been ''using'' a word, without telling them to change).

===Non-gendered as an umbrella term=== 


Some activists, such as [[Christie Elan-Cane]], use '''non-gendered''' to mean all gender outside of the [[gender binary]].{{citation needed}} This use comes from several years before the term '''nonbinary''', but is seen as problematic because it gives the idea that nonbinary gender identities don't exist, or that all nonbinary people are genderless.{{citation needed}} Nonetheless this usage is in some official organisations' documents and resources as the term to cover all nonbinary people. This is most common in the United Kingdom, for example throughout the 2011 [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transgender-action-plan UK Government Transgender Action Plan].

==List of kinds of agender identities== 


It can be difficult to describe and name a gender identity that involves a lack of inner gender identity. In order to do so, some people see the need to make new names for that gender identity, or to distinguish between different but similar genderless identities. A list of these names, in alphabetical order:


'''anongender.''' "A gender that is unknown to you and others".{{citation needed}}


'''apogender.''' Coined by queerspike. "Greek prefix apo, meaning away from, separate, at the farthest point; a subset of agender in which you feel not only genderless but entirely removed from the concept of gender."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723127519/genders-coined-by-queerspike|title=genders coined by queerspike|date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122171707/https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723127519/genders-coined-by-queerspike|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


'''agenderfluid.''' Coined by pleurocarpus. Basically agender, but also [[genderfluid]]. Synonym cancegender.{{citation needed}}


'''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#agenderflux|agenderflux]].''' Coined by perfectlybrokenbones. "Where you identify as agender but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female. ".{{citation needed}}

'''[[agenderfluix]].''' A cross between agenderfluid and agenderflux; "a gender identity that is predominantly agender, but is fluid in nature and fluctuates in intensity over time." May also be called gxnderfluix, agxnderfluix, afluidflux, or flxidflux.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Agenderfluix| work=Gender Wiki |title=Agenderfluix|access-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920141003/https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Agenderfluix|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


'''cancegender.''' coined by prideful-concerto. "An individual is agender as their “base” gender but experiences fluid/fluxing gender feelings in tandem with their emotions. These gender feelings may confuse or upset the individual and cause their emotional state to go haywire, which causes more gender changes."{{citation needed}} Synonym agenderfluid.

'''genderabyss.''' When the person tries to picture their gender all they see is a deep abyss of darkness.

'''genderblank.''' As described by Damloz: Having no gender.{{citation needed}} Also, as described by anonymous: "a gender so indescribable that the only thought one gets when trying to describe it is a blank space"{{citation needed}}


'''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#gender-free|genderfree]].''' As described by polyamaesthetic, "someone whose gender is not present; someone who feels their gender is insignificant or irrelevant; someone whose gender is kind of ambiguous, but definitely queer; someone whose gender feels blurry, cloudy, whimsical, and free"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/183876471860/genderfree-flowers-genderfree-someone-whose|title=genderfree + flowers|website=Tumblr|date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102190959/https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/183876471860/genderfree-flowers-genderfree-someone-whose|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Caution: sometimes used by [[Cissexism#Transgender-exclusionary_feminists|trangender-exclusionary feminists]] to identify themself as someone who rejects the concept of [[gender identity]].<ref name="medi_CanY">{{Cite web |title=Can You Actually Be #Genderfree? |last=Williams |first=Rachel Anne |work=Medium |date=25 April 2019 |access-date=4 April 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@transphilosophr/can-you-actually-be-genderfree-b38fe95a0cd7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230018/https://medium.com/@transphilosophr/can-you-actually-be-genderfree-b38fe95a0cd7 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://terflies.tumblr.com/post/184414453101/heads-upgenderfree-is-the-new-gender-critical|title=Queerios on Tumblr|website=Tumblr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805011726/https://terflies.tumblr.com/post/184414453101/heads-upgenderfree-is-the-new-gender-critical|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


'''gendernull.''' As described by Baaphomett, "A gender like gendervoid but without the void."{{citation needed}}


'''gendervoid.''' As described by Baaphomett, "A gender consisting of the void (also/originally used to mean the same thing as genderless)."<ref name="Masterpost">{{cite web|title=masterpost of genders coined by baaphomett|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719014900/https://www.tumblr.com/login_required/mogai-archive|author=mogai-archive|url=http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett|archive-date=19 July 2023|access-date=22 February 2017|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>


'''librafluid.''' Coined by otterlyradical and pride-flags-for-us. "Mostly agender, but has a strong connection that fluctuates between masculinity, femininity and/or androgyny."{{citation needed}} See also [[libragender]].


'''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#null gender|null gender]].''' Coined by dieselwolfe. "Undefinable, intangible, the uncreation of gender. Its taking everything everyone throws at you, saying male, female, pick one, pick this, pick that, and taking it in, only to expel it, poisonous crystals erupting from your skin, armor against those who don’t listen. A 'I don’t want a label because labels don’t fit but they help shut people up sometimes, so here have a label' gender label. A fall-back plan, a red herring to give people who can’t conceptualize the absence, void, nullification of gender. It is, and is not. All and none. Nonexistant but present."{{citation needed}}


'''oneirogender.''' Coined by anonymous. "Being agender, but having recurring fantasies or dreams of being a certain gender without the actual dysphoria or desire to actually be that gender day-to-day. e.g. oneiroboy, oneirogirl, oneirononbinary, etc."{{citation needed}}

'''polyagender.''' Someone who experiences multiple types of agender-spectrum identities; for example they could be a combination of agender, null gender, and gendervoid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/silencethefox/art/Polyagender-Stamp-736330258|title=Polyagender stamp by SilenceTheFox|website=DeviantArt|date=20 March 2018|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121230011/https://www.deviantart.com/silencethefox/art/Polyagender-Stamp-736330258|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nonbinaryresource.tumblr.com/post/154766502356/confused-agender-anon-from-a-while-ago-i-have|title=nonbinary resource|website=Tumblr|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125192327/https://nonbinaryresource.tumblr.com/post/154766502356/confused-agender-anon-from-a-while-ago-i-have|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:Angel Haze live at Øyafestivalen 2013.jpg|thumb|200px|<translate> Angel Haze live at Øyafestivalen 2013.</translate>]]
[[File:Andrej.jpg|thumb|200px|<translate> [[Andre J.]] at Dick's Bar in the East Village, March 2007</translate>]]
[[File:Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Becoming Interplanetary.jpg|thumb|200px|<translate> [[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein]] at Becoming Interplanetary talk at the Library of Congress, 2018</translate>]]

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''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''


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 words "agender," "genderblank," "genderfree," "genderless," "gendervoid," "non-gendered," or "null gender" for themselves.


* Actor [[Ellie Desautels]] describes themself as [[nonbinary]], [[transmasculine]]<ref name="Barasch">{{Cite web |title=Rise’s Ellie Desautels Talks Playing a Transgender Teen on Network TV |last=Barasch |first=Alex |work=Slate Magazine |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601192125/https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, [[genderqueer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ohyouknowellie/|title=Ellie Desautels profile|website=Instagram|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512085239/https://www.instagram.com/ohyouknowellie/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, and [[agenderflux]].<ref name="dundore">{{Cite web |title=Ellie & Wren |author=Brent Dundore |work=They Them Project |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612015330/https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Christie Elan-Cane]] is a non-gendered activist based in the UK, "fighting for legal and social recognition outside the societal gender system".<ref name="LJprofile">{{cite web|url=http://elancane.livejournal.com/profile|title=elancane - Profile|website=LiveJournal|access-date=24 March 2022|quote= My core identity is neither male nor female |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522015923/https://elancane.livejournal.com/profile|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[Tyler Ford]] (b. 1990) is an American writer and public speaker of mixed black and white Jewish ethnicity. Ford appeared as the first transgender contestant on ''The Glee Project'' in 2012. They are agender.<ref name="Childress">{{Cite web |title=“I Like to Exist as a Person”: What It Means to Live Beyond Gender |last=Childress |first=Sarah |work=FRONTLINE |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521053235/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Public Universal Friend]] (1752 - 1819), an evangelist who preached against slavery in the early United States. The Friend was genderless and asked to be called by [[English neutral pronouns#No pronouns|no pronouns at all]].<ref name="Lamphier-Welch-331">{{cite book |last1=Lamphier |first1=Peg A. |last2=Welch |first2=Rosanne |date=2017 |title=Women in American History |page=331}}</ref><ref name="Brekus-85">{{cite book |last1=Brekus |first1=Catherine A. |date=2000 |title=Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 |page=85}}</ref><ref name="Juster-MacFarlane-27-28 Brekus-85 etc">{{cite book |last1=Juster |first1=Susan |last2=MacFarlane |first2=Lisa |date=2018 |title=A Mighty Baptism |page=27-28}}</ref>
* [[Angel Haze|Raeen Roes (Angel Haze)]] (b. 1991), a well known agender rapper. They have been nominated for awards with MTV, O Music Awards, BET Awards, and GLAAD Music Awards. They announced on Twitter that they were agender.{{citation needed}}
* [[Andre J.]] (b. 1979) is an American party promoter who is a presence in the New York City fashion scene. They have been featured in photo spreads in French Vogue and V magazine. They are genderless<ref name="alphakitty">{{Cite web |title=Andre J is glam, genderless &....an Alpha Kitty |author=AlphaKitty |work=YouTube |date=29 November 2007 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpSU9p8czg8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704175411/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpSU9p8czg8 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218202334/http://thebeautybean.com/site/real-beauty/andre-j-on-real-beauty/|archive-date=February 18, 2011|last=Wolfer|first=Alexis|title=Andre J. : On Real Beauty|url=http://thebeautybean.com/site/real-beauty/andre-j-on-real-beauty/}}</ref> and agender.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/andrejworldwide/ Instagram bio], retrieved 17 May 2020</ref>
* [[Amita Kuttner]], PhD., is an astrophysicist who is in the race for leader of Canada's Green Party.<ref name="Parsons">{{Cite web |title=This astrophysicist could become the first non-binary person to lead a major political party in Canada |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=18 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/10/amita-kuttner-green-party-non-binary-astrophysicist-leadership-race-canada/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819170327/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/10/amita-kuttner-green-party-non-binary-astrophysicist-leadership-race-canada/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>. They call themself nonbinary, genderfluid, and agender.<ref name="Identity">{{Cite web |title=Identity in Politics|author=Kuttner, Amita |work=amitakuttner.ca |date=2019 |access-date=18 May 2020 |url= https://amitakuttner.ca/news/identity-in-politics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926002548/https://amitakuttner.ca/news/identity-in-politics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Juno Mitchell]] is an American model. They walked alongside [[Miley Cyrus]] in the 2020 Marc Jacobs New York Fashion Week show.<ref name="Lankston">{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE: Genderless trans model who strutted the Marc Jacobs runway with Miley Cyrus opens up about their 'refreshing' heart-to-heart with the singer - while urging the industry to be more accepting of non-binary people |last=Lankston |first=Charlie |work=Daily Mail |date=2 March 2020 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8046939/Genderless-Marc-Jacobs-model-opens-doing-runway-Miley-Cyrus.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520183527/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8046939/Genderless-Marc-Jacobs-model-opens-doing-runway-Miley-Cyrus.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Their Instagram profile says they are agender.<ref name="igbio">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/juno_mitchell/|title=Juno Mitchell profile|website=Instagram|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130235822/https://www.instagram.com/juno_mitchell/|archive-date=30 November 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref name="jinkxmonsoon">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/jinkx.monsoon/posts/818079764894630|title=Jinkx Monsoon on Facebook|website=Facebook|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404014749/https://www.facebook.com/jinkx.monsoon/posts/818079764894630|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein]] (b. 1982) is a cosmologist and science writer based at the University of New Hampshire. She was a founding member of the American Astronomical Society's [https://aas.org/comms/sgma Committee for Sexual Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy]. In an interview, she described herself as a femme agender cis-sex woman.<ref name="McNeill">{{Cite web |title=Bonus: Talking Feminist Astrophysics with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein — Lady Science |author=McNeill, Leila |work=Lady Science |date=9 May 2019 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.ladyscience.com/podcast/talking-feminist-astrophysics-chanda-prescod-weinstein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606180009/https://www.ladyscience.com/podcast/talking-feminist-astrophysics-chanda-prescod-weinstein |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[DeAnne Smith]] is an award-winning Canadian-American comedian, writer and columnist. Smith is agender and [[transmasculine]].<ref name="smith2017">{{Cite web |title=DeAnne Smith - Comedy Up Late 2017 (S5, E2) |author=TheMelbComedyFest |work=YouTube |date=14 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1iWAqNoSEw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524024955/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1iWAqNoSEw |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Bogi Takács]] is a Jewish poet, writer, psycholinguist, editor, and translator who has written Torah-inspired work. They won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction. Their Twitter bio says they are agender.<ref name="BT-tweet">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bogiperson|title=@bogiperson profile|website=Twitter|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510111247/http://www.twitter.com/bogiperson|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[Eris Young]] is a multi-genre writer known for their debut book ''They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities'', published in fall 2019.<ref name="ampersand">{{Cite web |title=On Writing and Growing: A Q&A with Eris Young |author= |work=The Ampersand Project |date= |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125232720/https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Inglis">{{Cite web |title=Eris Young on They/Them/Their: 'It's like a primer guide to being a non-binary person' |last=Inglis |first=Becca |work=The List |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119230314/https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are agender and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=I identify sometimes or partly as agender but also partly or sometimes as genderqueer!|user= Young_E_H|number =1226903204291600388|date=10 February 2020}}</ref>
* Jesse "Plumbella" McNamara, a youtuber and twitch streamer known as one of the main heads of the Sims community, came out as agender (along with being asexual and heteroromantic) in a livestream on March 29th, 2021 and in various tweets. {{citation needed}}
* Artist Dane Pop Frippery identifies as Agender as of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://danepopfrippery.com/ |title=Archive copy |access-date=2024-05-31 |archive-date=2024-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529145921/https://danepopfrippery.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She uses she/her for pronouns.


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== Agender characters in fiction == 


''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''


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 "agender," "genderblank," "genderfree," "genderless," "gendervoid," "non-gendered," "null gender," or not having a gender, either in their canon, or by their creators.


* “Ashiok” from the popular card game Magic: The Gathering is explicitly referred to as being nongendered. Though some depictions of the character include “he” as a pronoun, a lead designer from the company that makes the game has insisted on numerous occasions that the character is explicitly nongendered.<ref name=dougbeyertaggedashiok>{{cite web |url=http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/tagged/ashiok |title=A Voice for Vorthos – Posts tagged with “Ashiok” |website=Doug Beyer’s Blog – A Voice for Vorthos |access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111233530/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/tagged/ashiok |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Even going so far as to write stories which avoid referring to Ashiok using gendered pronouns at all.<ref name=dougbeyerashiokstories>{{cite web |url=http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/85018556969/ok-so-when-are-we-going-to-learn-more-about-the |title=A Voice for Vorthos – Ok so when are we going to learn more about the specifics about Ashiok? Ashiok is not in the first novel at all and nothing is depicted in the cards. |website=Doug Beyer’s Blog – A Voice for Vorthos |access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202741/http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/85018556969/ok-so-when-are-we-going-to-learn-more-about-the |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}
</ref> Ashiok's card can be found [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=373500 here.]
* Roswell, in the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', is an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird. Roswell is agender and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|title=Roswell|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202457/http://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230703191223/https://chaoslife.findchaos.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an agender person, their female partner, and their cats.
*''[http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201029193422/http://tapastic.com/series/6ses Archived] on 17 July 2023'' by Kagome is a comic that features an agender protagonist.
* *''[http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201031141625/http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Archived] on 17 July 2023''{{dead link}} by Ren is a comic that features an agender protagonist.
* Biaggio, in the movie "The Kings of Summer," asserts that they don't see themself as "having a gender."
* In the video game ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530112453/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... Archived] on 17 July 2023'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref>{{cite web |last= Taylor |first= Mike |date= 5 December 2007 |title= Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS |website= Nintendo Life |url= http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights |access-date= 24 March 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230606075440/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights |archive-date= 17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082646/http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)].
*The entire race of [https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Chronicoms Chronicoms] from Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' are vehemently agender, though they are a race of extraterrestrial androids. They use gendered pronouns based on their current form.
*The vessels from Hollow Knight. The vessels are part void, and may thus be gendervoid. Their sibling Hornet is known as “the gendered child”.
* In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". The player can make all other characters genderfree as well, which results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title.
* In the ''Roblox'' game ''Phighting!'', all characters are [https://x.com/Soda_Stuff/status/1695214286883168664 confirmed to be agender.]

== Research ==
The informal [[Gender Census]] survey, which asks respondents "How do you describe your gender?" (among other questions), has included a checkbox option for "agender" since its first year (2013).<ref>https://gendercensus.com/results/2013-worldwide/</ref> Of around 2,000 respondents in 2013, 22% selected the "agender" checkbox.<ref>https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2013-worldwide/</ref> In 2024, 11,254 respondents (23.1%) selected this checkbox.<ref>Gender Census 2024 Unprocessed Results.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJXhTOLDdgsv8hQcBc9gStKV-BrInUdF8ZtuObp9x38/edit?gid=779426998#gid=779426998</ref>

A 2019 study investigated the types of microaggressions that agender and gender non-conforming people experience in romantic relationships, drawing upon responses from 200 self-identified gender non-conforming people and 190 agender people.<ref>Pulice-Farrow, L., McNary, S. B., & Galupo, M. P. (2019). ''“Bigender is just a Tumblr thing”: microaggressions in the romantic relationships of gender non-conforming and agender transgender individuals. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 1–20.'' doi:10.1080/14681994.2018.1533245</ref> The survey gave respondents only four options (transmasculine, transfeminine, gender non-conforming, agender) and the demographic information included alongside quotes reveals that participants often described themselves with different words when give a chance (including [[genderqueer]], [[Nonbinary|non-binary]], and [[maverique]]), making it difficult to tell how many people who selected the agender category described themselves as agender outside the constraints of the survey. Therefore, it may be more accurate to frame the study as about microaggressions experienced by people who identify with a range of non-binary identities, including some agender people.

A chapter of the 2022 ''Routledge Handbook of Digital Consumption'' examined how agender people develop and express agender identity on the Internet, arguing Internet spaces enable greater self-expression than offline spaces.<ref>Ketola, M., Selander, S., & Ruvio, A. (2022). "Identity expressions of agender individuals in a digital world". In Llamas, R., & Belk, R. (Eds.),The Routledge Handbook of Digital Consumption (2nd ed.). Routledge. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003317524</nowiki></ref>

== See also == 

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*[[Gender Neutral]]
*[[Neutrois]]
*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
*[[Nonbinary celebrities]]

===External links=== 


*[http://neutrois.tumblr.com/post/8229655572/hi-there-maddox-im-writing-up-a-post-about-the Neutrois Nonsense: On the difference between agender, genderless and neutrois]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190831184352/http://jmcottle.com/by-the-end-of-this-post-gender-may-not-look-like-a-real-word-anymore/ A Fine Line: J.M. Cottle talks about Genderless identity]
*[http://chroanagram.zxq.net/blog/?p=218 Chroanagram: Gender neutral=Genderless?]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111014042115/http://genderqueerid.com/gq-terms Genderqueer Identities: Genderqueer identities and terms list]
*[http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12685362184/when-activists-dont-represent-christie-elan-cane-and Nonbinary Tumblr: When activists don't represent, Christie Elan-Cane and Gender Identity]
*[http://hellyeahagender.tumblr.com/ Hell Yeah, Agender!] (blog)
*[http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Agender Agender on Gender Wiki]

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[[Gender identity]] is someone's gender, regardless of physical characteristics ([[sex]]), intentional appearance and behavior ([[gender expression]]), or [[sexual orientation]]. Most people identify as the gender that they were [[sex#gender assigned at birth|assigned at birth]], which is called being [[cisgender]]. [[Transgender]] people don't identify as the genders they were assigned at birth.

==Binary genders==
{{Main article|binary genders}}
Western society uses the [[gender binary]] system of categorizing all people into only one of the binary genders: [[female]] (woman) and [[male]] (man). The gender binary system is coercive and limiting, but the binary genders themselves are valid identities.

==Nonbinary genders==
{{main article|nonbinary gender}}
[[Nonbinary gender]] is any gender that exists outside of the gender binary. That is, any gender not described by just "male" or "female". Even in societies that recognize only two genders, there are still people who find that they don't fit into those two. Despite the lack of recognition of nonbinary genders in Western [[binarism|binarist]] society, nonbinary genders are still valid identities, and are not a symptom of any mental illness.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence|year=2017|ISBN=9781315446783|quote=Certainly there is no evidence to suggest that non-binary genders are pathological.}}</ref>

==Fluidity==

Gender identity can remain the same or change over the course of an individual's life. [[Genderfluid]] people experience frequent changes in their gender identity, as often as monthly, weekly, or even several times a day. Other people, however, have the same gender identity throughout their entire life, with little to no change. It depends on the individual.

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Concepts]]

Gender

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'''Gender''' is a term that encompasses various human traits that, in a given society, are traditionally grouped together.<ref name="who gender">{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender|title=Gender and health|website=World Health Organization|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708180756/https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> These traits can include learned behaviors and roles, biological traits (as understood by society), appearance, and more.<ref name="FYI gender">{{Cite web|url=https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en/what-is-gender|title=What is Gender?|website=The Gender Dysphoria Bible|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629222856/https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en/what-is-gender|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> In Western societies, this notion traditionally corresponds to the binary sexes, [[man]] and [[woman]], though this is not always the case.<ref name=":0">https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530221745/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Many non-Western cultures have [[Gender-variant identities worldwide|traditional genders besides male and female]], and there is a growing number of people, including in Western society, who identify as [[nonbinary]] or [[genderqueer]].

[[Gender identity]] refers specifically to the internal sense of one's gender.<ref name="MorrowMessinger">{{cite book | vauthors = Morrow DF | chapter = Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression. | veditors = Morrow DF, Messinger L | title = Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice: working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people | date = 2006 | publisher = Columbia University Press | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-231-50186-6 | pages = 3–17 (8) | quote = Gender identity refers to an individual's personal sense of identity as masculine or feminine, or some combination thereof. | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=irs3BAAAQBAJ&dq=978-0-231-50186-6&pg=PA8 | access-date = 19 December 2021 | archive-date = 19 December 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211219122137/https://books.google.com/books?id=irs3BAAAQBAJ&dq=978-0-231-50186-6&pg=PA8 | url-status = live }}</ref> People who identify with their assigned gender at birth ([[AGAB]]) are referred to as [[cisgender]]; those who do not are referred to as [[transgender]]. People who identify as the other binary gender than what they were assigned at birth are sometimes called binary transgender; those who identify as something else are called nonbinary or genderqueer.<ref name="Reisner and Hughto">{{Cite journal|last=Reisner|first=Sari L.|last2=Hughto|first2=Jaclyn M. W.|date=27 August 2019|editor-last=Shiu|editor-first=Cheng-Shi|title=Comparing the health of non-binary and binary transgender adults in a statewide non-probability sample|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711503/|journal=PLoS One|volume=14|issue=8|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0221583|pmid=31454395|quote=Non-binary-identified transgender people may have different sociodemographic characteristics than binary transgender people (e.g., those who identify with a binary gender such as transgender men or transgender women).|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409010620/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711503/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

While the concepts of gender and [[sex]] are related, they are not the same. However, sex, understood as the system to organize certain biological traits (rather than the traits themselves) is also a social construct and a spectrum. While the traits themselves (such as chromosomes or hormones) are biological facts, how they are classified into distinct groups is a social construct.<ref name="Marston">{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/depth/2020/03/16/biological-sex-is-social/|title=Sex is biological and gender is social – right?|last=Marston|first=Cicely|date=16 March 2020|website=LSHTM|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518031911/https://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/depth/2020/03/16/biological-sex-is-social/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> People who don't fit either category of sex may be called [[intersex]], but the word refers to sex only, not to gender.<ref name="OHCHR intersex">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity/intersex-people|title=Intersex people|website=OHCHR|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708011645/https://www.ohchr.org/en/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity/intersex-people|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

== History of the term ==
Etymologically speaking, "gender" derives from Old French ''gendre'' (in turn deriving from the Latin ''genus'') and used to mean "class or kind of persons or things sharing certain traits". In the 15th century it began to be used as a synonym for ''sex'' until the 20th century, when it began to adopt its current meaning.<ref name="etymonline gender">{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/gender|title=gender (n.)|last=Harper|first=Douglas|website=Etymonline|access-date=28 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705085759/https://www.etymonline.com/word/gender|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Before then, although gender variance existed around the world, the abstract concept of gender itself didn't exist and was mostly associated with the grammar of certain languages.<ref name="holmes antiquity">{{cite book |last1=Holmes |first1=Brooke |title=Gender: Antiquity and its Legacy |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0195380828 |pages=1–2 |chapter=Introduction |quote=For as it turns out, what we call gender is a fairly recent concept. It's not that people in Ancient Greece and Rome didn't talk and think and argue about the categories of male and female, masculine and feminine and the nature and extent of sexual difference. They did in [ways] both similar to and very different from our own. The problem is that they didn't have the concept of gender that has grown so influential in the humanities and the social sciences over the past four decades.}}</ref>

In 1945, psychologist Madison Bentley defined gender in ''Sanity and Hazard in Childhood'' as the "socialized obverse of sex",<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bentley|first=Madison|date=April 1945|title=Sanity and Hazard in Childhood|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1417846|journal=The American Journal of Psychology|volume=58|issue=2|pages=212–246|doi=10.2307/1417846|jstor=1417846|issn=0002-9556|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308100135/https://dx.doi.org/10.2307%2F1417846|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> and Simone de Beauvoir's 1949 book ''The Second Sex'' is often seen as the beginning of the distinction between the terms ''gender'' and ''sex''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Witt|first=Charlotte E.|url=https://worldcat.org/oclc/780208834|title=Feminist metaphysics: explorations in the ontology of sex, gender and identity|date=2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-90-481-3782-4|pages=48|oclc=780208834|access-date=6 September 2021|archive-date=17 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217115729/https://www.worldcat.org/title/feminist-metaphysics-explorations-in-the-ontology-of-sex-gender-and-identity/oclc/780208834|url-status=live}}</ref> In current times, ''gender'' and ''sex'' are frequently used interchangeably, although preserving the distinction is useful, especially for educational purposes.

== Relationship between sex and gender ==
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Gender is generally assigned at birth based on the infant's genitalia. Infants with penises are assigned male and infants with vulvae are assigned female. [[Intersex]] infants with ambiguous genitalia are often subjected to surgery meant to give them the appearance of a [[dyadic]] (non-intersex) person. Then they are assigned a gender accordingly.<ref name=":1">https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524070528/https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

The majority of people identify with their [[AGAB]], but some do not. In Western society, this makes one transgender. In other cultures, specific gender identities besides male and female are available based on the person's [[AGAB]], their relations to people of other genders, and other factors.<ref name=":1" /> Some intersex people identify as [[intergender]], a nonbinary identity that is tied to one's [[intersex]] status.

Transgender people often experience [[dysphoria]], a dissatisfaction with or disconnect from things associated with their [[AGAB]]. This includes (but is not limited to) desires to have different sex characteristics. It is unclear how much of these desires are due to the conflation of sex and gender in society, and how much is inborn. The treatment for physical dysphoria is physical [[transition]]. Transition for trans women often involves hormone therapy with androgen blockers, estrogen, and/or progesterone;<ref name=":2">http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=guidelines-feminizing-therapy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230625201440/http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans%3fpage%3dguidelines-feminizing-therapy Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> voice training; facial reconstruction surgery; vaginoplasty; and/or hair removal techniques. Transition for trans men often involves hormone therapy with testosterone; top surgery (breast removal); and/or phalloplasty. Transgender children sometimes go on puberty blockers until they decide whether to undergo hormone therapy, to avoid going through undesirable physical changes during puberty.<ref name=":3">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/when-transgender-kids-transition-medical-risks-are-both-known-and-unknown/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230705180920/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/when-transgender-kids-transition-medical-risks-are-both-known-and-unknown/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Not all trans people choose to undergo all or any of these treatments, and nonbinary people may also undergo any number of these treatments. Some trans people choose to physically transition despite having no physical dysphoria in order to be socially recognized as the gender they are. This includes acknowledgement from friends, family, coworkers, and strangers, as well as legal documentation.<ref name=":4">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/what-does-it-mean-for-transgender-person-to-transition-0629167 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405161216/https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/what-does-it-mean-for-transgender-person-to-transition-0629167 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

== Gender identity ==
{{Main article|Gender identity}}
Gender identity is the internal sense of one's own gender, regardless of physical characteristics, appearance, behaviour or sexual orientation.<ref name="MorrowMessinger"/> People who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth are [[cisgender]], while people whose gender identity differ from their assigned gender are [[transgender]] or [[nonbinary]].<ref group="note">While generally a nonbinary person is transgender by definition, some nonbinary people prefer to avoid the ''transgender'' label for themselves.</ref>

== Gender expression ==
{{Main article|Gender expression}}
Gender expression refers outwardly visible traits that are related to one's gender identity. This includes pronouns, clothes, hairstyle, movements, inflection, speech patterns, and more. People's gender expression generally functions to communicate that person's gender to others via similarities to other people of the same gender, but there are exceptions.<ref name=":5">http://www.lgbtss.dso.iastate.edu/library/education/gi-ge [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902193050/http://www.lgbtss.dso.iastate.edu/library/education/gi-ge Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> People whose gender expression differs from what is expected given their gender are called [[gender nonconforming]]. Sometimes transgender people have gender expressions similar to people of their [[AGAB]] because it is how they grew up presenting, and sometimes transgender people are closeted, and have a gender expression that specifically does not convey their gender to others. Many people simply enjoy playing with gender norms.

== Gender roles ==
{{Main article|Gender roles}}
Gender roles refer to the way society expects people with a certain gender to behave. For example, in the traditional Western binary system, men are expected to be strong and avoid showing their feelings in public while women are expected to be soft and kind. Gender roles don't define one's gender identity, which means that, for instance, somebody can identify as a woman but behave according to the masculine gender roles and vice versa.

== See also ==
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*[[Sex]]
*[[Binarism]]
*[[Gender identity]], [[gender expression|expression]] and [[gender roles|roles]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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'''Nonbinary''' (also hyphenated as '''non-binary''')<ref>"Gender Census 2018 - the spelling question." ''Gender Census.'' April 22, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2020. http://gendercensus.com/post/173182166480/gender-census-2018-the-spelling-question [https://web.archive.org/web/20221223073715/http://www.gendercensus.com/post/173182166480/gender-census-2018-the-spelling-question Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> means any [[gender identity]] that is not strictly male or female all the time, and so does not fit within the [[gender binary]]. For some people, "nonbinary" is as specific as they want to get about labeling their gender. For others, they call themselves a more specific gender identity under the nonbinary umbrella. Many people who call themselves nonbinary also consider themselves [[genderqueer]]. However, the terms have different meanings and connotations: genderqueer means any gender identity or [[gender expression|expression]] which is, itself, queer.


Nonbinary falls under the umbrella term of [[transgender]] (meaning a [[gender identity]] different than one's [[sex assigned at birth]]). However, for various reasons, individual nonbinary people may or may not consider themselves transgender.<ref name="Darwin2020">{{cite journal|last1=Darwin|first1=Helana|title=Challenging the Cisgender/Transgender Binary: Nonbinary People and the Transgender Label|journal=Gender & Society|volume=34|issue=3|year=2020|pages=357–380|issn=0891-2432|doi=10.1177/0891243220912256}}</ref>

==History== 
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[[File:Marche des Fiertés Paris 02 07 2016 06.jpg|thumb|200px|<translate>  Photograph taken during the Paris Gay Pride March in 2016. The banner is printed with the colors of the nonbinary flag. The big letters say "My gender is nonbinary," with dozens of names of specific nonbinary identities listed in smaller letters in the background. </translate> ]]
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{{main|history of nonbinary gender}}


There are many other historical events about genders outside the binary, which have existed for all of written history, going back to Sumerian and Akkadian tablets from 2nd millennium BCE and 1700 BCE,<ref>Murray, Stephen O., and Roscoe, Will (1997). ''Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature.'' New York: New York University Press.</ref><ref>Nissinen, Martti (1998). ''Homoeroticism in the Biblical World'', Translated by Kirsi Stjedna. Fortress Press (November 1998) p. 30. ISBN|0-8006-2985-X<br>See also: Maul, S. M. (1992). ''Kurgarrû und assinnu und ihr Stand in der babylonischen Gesellschaft.'' Pp. 159–71 in Aussenseiter und Randgruppen. Konstanze Althistorische Vorträge und Forschungern 32. Edited by V. Haas. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag.</ref><ref>Leick, Gwendolyn (1994). ''Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature''. Routledge. New York.</ref> and ancient Egyptian writings from 2000-1800 BCE.<ref>Sethe, Kurt, (1926), ''Die Aechtung feindlicher Fürsten, Völker und Dinge auf altägyptischen Tongefäßscherben des mittleren Reiches,'' in: Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 1926, p. 61.</ref><ref>Sandra Stewart. "Egyptian third gender." http://www.gendertree.com/Egyptian%20third%20gender.htm [https://web.archive.org/web/20200206205104/http://www.gendertree.com:80/Egyptian%20third%20gender.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This section focuses only on historical events about people who call themselves by the word "nonbinary."


The editors of this wiki have not yet found the earliest recorded use of "nonbinary" as a self-identity label. It appears to have been in use during the first decade of the 2000s.


Since 2012, the [[International Nonbinary Day]] has been celebrated each 14th of July, with the aim to celebrate and focus on nonbinary people, their successes and contributions to the world and their issues. Katje of "Fierce Femme's Black Market," the person who proposed it, chose that date because it is exactly between International Men's Day and International Women's Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day|title=Calling for an International Non-Binary Gender Day|author=Katje|date=8 March 2012|website=Fierce Femme's Black Market|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/non-binary-day-allies/#gs.b0zrkg|title=Prepare for International Non-binary Day by learning how to be a better ally|last=Mathers|first=Charlie|date=13 July 2018|website=Gay Star News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213102537/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/non-binary-day-allies/#gs.b0zrkg|archive-date=13 February 2023|access-date=30 March 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In 2013, a user of the social media site [[Tumblr]] coined an abbreviation of nonbinary or N.B., "enby." This word and how people have come to use it is discussed below.<ref name="enby cassolotl">[https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/620371385484722176 @cassolotl] on Tumblr (September 2013) [https://web.archive.org/web/20230315012519/https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/620371385484722176 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="enby revolutionator">vector (revolutionator). ''[http://revolutionator.tumblr.com/post/60853952929/i-wish-there-was-an-nb-equivalent-to-words-like Untitled post]'', September 2013. revolutionator's blog is password-protected, but the post has been reblogged many times, eg: [http://adventuresingender.tumblr.com/post/60940278905/revolutionator-i-wish-there-was-an-nb here], date unknown, captured April 2016.</ref><ref name="enby archeart">{{Cite web |title=Queer Etymology: Enby |author= |work=Androgyne of the Archeart |date=16 December 2019 |access-date=20 September 2020 |url= https://blog.sixy.name/2020/09/20/queer-etymology-enby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330055748/https://blog.sixy.name/2020/09/20/queer-etymology-enby/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


In 2014, [[Kye Rowan]] designed the nonbinary flag in response to a call put out for a nonbinary flag that was separate from the genderqueer flag, the final design is shown at the top of this article.<ref>"genderweird". https://web.archive.org/web/20191227195608/https://thejasmineelf.tumblr.com/post/77007286542/after-counting-up-all-the-votes-for-each. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-11-24.</ref><ref>"genderweird". https://web.archive.org/web/20190604080020/https://thejasmineelf.tumblr.com/flagfaq. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-11-24.</ref><ref>"genderweird". https://web.archive.org/web/20190604080022/https://thejasmineelf.tumblr.com/post/76929910941/a-call-was-put-out-for-a-nonbinary-flag-that-is. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-11-24.</ref> This flag is meant to "represent nonbinary folk who did not feel that the [[genderqueer flag]] represented them. This flag was intended to go alongside Marilyn Roxie's genderqueer flag rather than replace it. The flag consists of four stripes. From top to bottom: yellow represents those whose gender exists outside of and without reference to the binary as yellow is often used to distinguish something as its own. White represents those who have many or all genders, as white is the photological presence of color and/or light. The purple stripe represents those who feel their gender is between or a mix of female and male as purple is the mix of traditional boy and girl colors. The purple also could be seen as representing the fluidity and uniqueness of nonbinary people. The final black stripe represents those who feel they are without gender, as black is the photological absence of color and/or light." The nonbinary flag and the genderqueer flag are both options for nonbinary people to use to symbolize themselves, and take different approaches to how to symbolize nonbinary genders.


In 2014, the social media site Facebook began to allow users to set their profiles as any of 56 genders, one of which was called "nonbinary."<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref>


In 2017, in the USA, the state of California passed the [[2017 Gender Recognition Act]] "to ensure that intersex, transgender, and nonbinary people have state-issued identification documents that provide full legal [[Recognition (USA)|recognition]] of their accurate gender identity."<ref name="Bermudez">{{Cite web |title=California’s Gender Recognition Act and Impact on Employers - Klinedinst |last=Bermudez |first=Nadia P. |work=Klinedinst Attorneys |date=November 8, 2017 |access-date=May 14, 2020 |url= https://klinedinstlaw.com/employment-law/california-gender-recognition-act-impact-employers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604104058/https://klinedinstlaw.com/employment-law/california-gender-recognition-act-impact-employers |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="SB179">{{Cite web |title=Fact Sheet: California's Gender Recognition Act (SB 179) |author=Transgender Law Center |work= |date=2018 |access-date=May 14, 2020 |url= https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/id/ca-sb179|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406000749/https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/id/ca-sb179 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


In 2018, in the USA, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents<ref name="Jackman">{{Cite web |title=Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move |last=Jackman |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, with the law stating that {{quote|"X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, [[intersex]], [[agender]], [[amalgagender]], [[androgynous]], [[bigender]], [[demigender]], female-to-male, [[genderfluid]], [[genderqueer]], male-to-female, [[neutrois]], [[nonbinary]], [[pangender]], [[third gender|third sex]], [[transgender]], [[transsexual]], [[Two Spirit]], and unspecified.<ref name="washington">{{Cite web |title=WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate. |author= |work=Washington State Legislature |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325195929/https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>}} Also in 2018, well-known cartoonist and songwriter [[Rebecca Sugar]] came out as a nonbinary woman.


In 2019, Collins Dictionary added the word "non-binary".<ref name="wale_Coll">{{Cite web |title=Collins Dictionary recognise the word 'non-binary' |last=McGee |first=Sarah |work=WalesOnline |date=7 November 2019 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/collins-dictionary-recognises-word-non-17212246|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510224913/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/collins-dictionary-recognises-word-non-17212246 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Of around 1.2 million students who submitted a [[wikipedia:Common_Application|Common Application]] in 2024, 15,016 (1.20̬ percent) selected "Nonbinary" as their gender identity. 3,750 students used the write-in box option to describe their gender identities.<ref>Beemyn, Genny. "2024 Common App Research". GennyB.com.https://www.gennyb.com/research/2024-common-app/#gender-identity</ref> "Genderfluid", "agender", and "genderqueer" were the most common responses.


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== Enby == 

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The word ''enby'' (plural ''enbies'', derived from "N.B.," the initialism of "non-binary") is a common noun meaning "nonbinary person." It was coined by Tumblr user vector (revolutionator) in 2013 as the nonbinary common noun equivalent of "boy" or "girl."<ref name="enby cassolotl" /><ref name="enby revolutionator" /><ref name="enby archeart" /> Due to that wording, some nonbinary people question whether it can also be used as a nonbinary common noun equivalent of "man" or "woman." The 2020 Gender Census shows that older nonbinary people less often call themselves enbies.<ref name="GC20-enby">{{Cite web|url=https://gendercensus.com/post/620965788841558016/on-enby-and-age|title=On “enby” and age|last1=Cassolotl|first1=|date=15 June 2020|website=Gender Census|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717090737/https://gendercensus.com/post/620965788841558016/on-enby-and-age|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

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==Nonbinary identities== 


{{main|list of nonbinary identities}}


Some of the more common identities under the nonbinary umbrella include:


*'''[[Agender]]''', also called '''[[genderless]]''' or '''[[non-gendered]],''' means having no gender identity.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 611.</ref><ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - The Worldwide tl;dr." ''Gender Census'' (blog). March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr</ref><ref name="trans bodies 617">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 617.</ref>


*'''[[Androgyne]]''' (from Greek, meaning "man-woman")<ref>"Androgyne." ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary.'' Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/androgyne [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527213452/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/androgyne Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and has been used for many kinds of people who don't fit into the gender binary. Even a century ago, some people who called themselves androgynes saw themselves as a mix of male and female.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611" /><ref>Katz, Jonathan Ned. "Transgender Memoir of 1921 Found". ''Humanities and Social Sciences Online''. N.p., 10 October 2010. Web. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref>


*'''[[Bigender]]''' people feel they have two genders at the same time, or moving back and forth between them at different times.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611"></ref><ref name="Schneider APA 2008">Schneider, M., et al, American Psychological Association, ''APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions'', 2008 [http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.pdf Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity, And Gender Expression] (PDF), date unknown, captured April 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306005418/http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


*'''[[Genderfluid]]''' people move between different gender identities, and sometimes expressions, at different times.<ref name="Trans Bodies 614">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 614.</ref><ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


*'''[[Gender neutral]]''' or '''[[neutrois]]''' can mean being genderless, or it can mean having a gender identity that is not female, not male, and not a mix, but simply neutral.<ref name="Trans Bodies 614" /><ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


*'''[[Genderqueer]]''': Any gender identity or expression which is queer, in and of itself. That is, a gender which is transgressive and non-normative. This can be an umbrella term, or a specific identity. The word comes from 1995.<ref>"Answering gender questions concerning genderqueer." ''Genderqueer ID.'' http://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer [https://web.archive.org/web/20230525021313/https://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Trans Bodies 614" /><ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


*'''Nonbinary''' means any gender outside the gender binary. That is, any identity which is not solely male or female all the time. Though there are many kinds of nonbinary identities, many people use this as the only name for their gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


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==Nonbinary expression== 


There is not one right way to perform a nonbinary gender. Most nonbinary people are primarily motivated to do what feels comfortable and true to themselves, rather than attempting to follow any particular gender role. Whichever way any particular nonbinary person needs or chooses to present, express, or perform their gender is as valid as any other.


Nonbinary people may or may not experience [[gender dysphoria]], or may experience only bodily or social dysphoria. Some nonbinary people choose to [[transition]] by making social and physical changes that suit them better. Other nonbinary people do not make life changes that they see as part of the transition narrative. Some feel that there is no social role or body to "transition" to, and so simply focus on being themselves. Some nonbinary people choose or need to present an [[Androgyny|androgynous]] or [[gender neutral]] gender expression, and others do not. Some nonbinary people wear [[clothing]] that could be seen as [[crossdressing]], and some nonbinary people do not. Some nonbinary people prefer to be referred to using [[gender neutral language]], [[gender neutral titles|titles]], and [[pronouns]]. Other nonbinary people are comfortable with being called by gendered language.


All of these are completely individual choices based on what any one nonbinary person personally feels they want to, need to, or must do in order to feel more comfortable and more like themselves.


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== Notable nonbinary people == 

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''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''


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 "nonbinary" for themselves.


* [[Notable nonbinary people#Olly Alexander|Olly Alexander]], the lead singer and songwriter for electropop band Years and Years.<ref name=alexanderout>[https://open.spotify.com/track/6kKyebFUFBo7tTvePMFJuK Years & Years: Inspiring - #PlessPlayForPride] Spotify, June 7 2016 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210627122508/https://open.spotify.com/track/6kKyebFUFBo7tTvePMFJuK Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* [[Kate Bornstein]], an influential writer on gender theory, publishing books on the subject from the 1990s to the present.<ref>Retrieved November 11, 2019. http://katebornstein.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20230602132908/http://katebornstein.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* [[Notable nonbinary people#Amandla Stenberg|Amandla Stenberg]], a singer and actor who has won the BET Awards for YoungStar Award.<ref name=stenberg>''[http://amandla.tumblr.com/post/140354978498/hi-folks-dazedfields-and-i-are-organizing-a hi folks, @dazedfields and I are organizing a workshop on feminism]'', amandla.tumblr.com, March 2, 2016 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230605000437/https://amandla.tumblr.com/post/140354978498/hi-folks-dazedfields-and-i-are-organizing-a Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name=stenberg2>''[http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/hunger-games-actress-comes-out-as-non-binary/ Hunger Games actress says she 'doesn't feel like a woman all the time']'', Gay Star News, March 4, 2016 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230412155153/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/hunger-games-actress-comes-out-as-non-binary/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* [[Rebecca Sugar]] (a nonbinary woman) is a writer, songwriter, and artist whose work on the cartoon series ''Adventure Time'' and ''Steven Universe'' has earned her six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.<ref>https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601170515/https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* [[Sam Smith]], a renowned English singer, Grammy winner and nominee. They came out as non-binary and changed their pronouns to they/them in September of 2019.
* [[Demi Lovato]], an American singer, songwriter, and actor, came out as non-binary and changed their pronouns to they/them in May of 2021.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49688123 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604015606/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49688123 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


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== Nonbinary characters in fiction == 


''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''


There are many more 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 word "nonbinary," either in their canon, or by their creators.


* Ben De Backer in ''I Wish You All The Best'' is nonbinary. (Their sister is accepting but the rest of the family isn't.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Nonbinary Teen Makes Their Way In The World In 'I Wish You All The Best' |last=Kontis |first=Alethea |work=NPR.org |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414103433/https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author, [[Mason Deaver]], is also nonbinary.
* Several characters in ''Crooked Words'', an anthology by K.A. Cook.
* The character Lark in ''Divided Worlds'' and ''The Ascension of Lark'', by Jennifer Ridge
* ''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', by [[Rivers Solomon]]. The author has said of a character in the book, "Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035918/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=25 June 2019|title=An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon|last=Falck|first=Alex}}</ref>
* ''First Spring Grass Fire'', by Rae Spoon, tells the story of a nonbinary child growing up.
* Lelia in ''The Lost Coast'', by Amy Rose Capetta, is a nonbinary gray-asexual, and described as such in the text.
* The 2019 YA book ''In the Silences'' has many characters who self-define as nonbinary, including the protagonist.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Silences|year=2019|last=Roberts|first=Ann|publisher=Bella Books|ISBN=9781642471267}}</ref>
* ''[http://Deltarune.com Deltarune]]'', main character Kris Dreemur is nonbinary, and is referred to as they/them 46 times and counting.
* ''[http://www.robot-hugs.com/ Robot Hugs]'' - semi-autobiographical webcomic by an author of nonbinary gender, which frequently addresses nonbinary issues and other aspects of gender politics. Also frequently covers the subject of mental health. Updates twice weekly.
* ''[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and her Unicorn]'' by Dana Simpson has a nonbinary character named Infernus, the Unicorn of Death. Phoebe uses the pronoun "neigh" for Infernus.<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 09, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808132101/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''John Wick 3,'' the Adjudicator is nonbinary and played by Asia Kate Dillon, who is also nonbinary.<ref>"[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/ Asia Kate Dillon suggested their John Wick 3 character be non-binary]", Pink News, 27 May 2019. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032840/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*Bishop in the Fox drama series ''Deputy'' is nonbinary canonically, thanks to a suggestion by the character's actor [[Bex Taylor-Klaus]] who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Bentley">{{Cite web |title=Bex Taylor-Klaus Hopes Their Nonbinary 'Deputy' Character Will Save Lives |last=Bentley |first=Jean |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=14 February 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032843/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdi8HPMwFpYIf3qQlv7A0fg?&ab_channel=Couple-ish Couple-ish]'', a light-hearted rom-com webseries, features a nonbinary main character (Dee). Dee goes by they/them/their pronouns, and explicitly describes themselves as nonbinary in one episode.
*''Invader Zim'', Jhonen Vasquez confirmed all irkens are neither male or female, stating "the only IRKEN gender is A55H0LE. all caps." <ref>{{cite web|title=Tweet from Jhonen Vasquez|url=https://twitter.com/JhonenV/status/1325571053238640640?s=19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720230226/https://twitter.com/JhonenV/status/1325571053238640640?s=19|archive-date=20 July 2023|access-date=12 June 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*''Ana On The Edge'', by a nonbinary author, tells the story of a teen named Ana who is navigating their gender.
* “A Psalm for the Wild-Built” by Becky Chambers has a non-binary main character named Dex
* The video game ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Wilds Outer Wilds]'' primarily features a species called ''Hearthians,'' all members of which use they/them pronouns and present outside of strictly male or female. Physiologically, they are unisex.
*In the Disney show "The Owl House" two characters are confirmed to be non-binary. A character called Masha, who clearly demonstrates that their pronouns are they/them and has their finger nails painted the non-binary colours, and a character called Raine Whispers who is always referred to as they/them.

==See also== 


*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]
*[[Gender designation in different cultures]]
*[[Gender neutral language]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]

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| meaning = Pink: femininity; White: all genders; Purple: combination of masculinity and femininity; Black: lack of gender; Blue: masculinity
| related = [[Genderflux]], [[Fluidflux]], and [[Demifluid]]
| umbrella = [[Nonbinary]], [[Transgender]], [[Genderqueer]]
| frequency = 25.5%
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'''Genderfluid''' aka '''Gender-fluid, Gender Fluid, or Fluid Gender,''' is an identity under the [[multigender]], [[nonbinary]], and [[transgender]] umbrellas. Genderfluid individuals have different [[Gender identity|gender identities]] at different times. A genderfluid individual's gender identity could be multiple genders at once and then switch to none at all, or move between single gender identities, or some other combination therein. For some genderfluid people, these changes happen as often as several times a day and for others, monthly, or less often. Some genderfluid people regularly move between only a few specific genders, perhaps as few as two (which could also fit under the label [[bigender]]), whereas other genderfluid people never know what they'll feel like next.


To be easy to read, this article uses the word "genderfluid" for all people who experience fluid gender. Some people who experience fluid gender don't use the word "genderfluid" for themselves. Some people with fluid genders use other labels such as [[genderqueer]], [[bigender]], [[multigender]], [[genderfae]], [[polygender]], etc. It's important to understand that each person has the right to decide what to call their gender identity.

== History == 
[[Kate Bornstein]] mentioned gender fluidity in 1994, in the book ''Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us'', "and then I found that gender can have fluidity, which is quite different from ambiguity. If ambiguity is a refusal to fall within a prescribed gender code, then fluidity is the refusal to remain one gender or another. Gender fluidity is the ability to freely and knowingly become one or many of a limitless number of genders, for any length of time, at any rate of change. Gender fluidity recognizes no borders or rules of gender."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-fluid|title=gender-fluid|website=Merriam Webster|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508024304/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-fluid|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s, albeit with a somewhat different meaning. Transgender advocate Michael M. Hernandez wrote in 1996:


{{quote|Gender-fluid means that their gender identity and/or expression encompass both [[masculine]] and [[feminine]]. Gender fluidity is becoming commonly known as transgenderism: the ability to transcend gender, whether biological, emotional, political, or otherwise; truly mixing male and female.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader|year=1996|last=Hernandez|first=Michael M.|chapter=Boundaries: Gender and Transgenderism}}</ref>}}


In the 1990s and 2000s, it might have been more common for genderfluid people to call themselves [[bigender]] or [[genderqueer]]. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves [[cross-dresser]]s.

Linguistic research by Zimman and Hayworth suggests that the term "genderfluid" appeared the discourse of gender-related [[Livejournal]] communities in the '00s. The term "genderfluid" was present in entries and comments from the "ftm" and "genderqueer" communities, though it was less common than "genderqueer" or "genderfuck".<ref>Zimman, Lal, and Hayworth, Will. "How we got here: Short-scale change in identity labels for trans, cis, and non-binary people in the 2000s". 2020. Proc Ling Soc Amer 5(1). 499–513. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4728</nowiki></ref><ref>Zimman, Lal, and Hayworth, Will. "Lexical Change as Sociopolitical Change in Trans and Cis Identity Labels: New Methods for the Corpus Analysis of Internet Data". ''Selected Papers from New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 47)''. January 15 2020. <nowiki>https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/45253</nowiki></ref>


The earliest extant entry for "gender fluid" in the Urban Dictionary was added in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |title=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |url-status=live }}</ref>

Also in 2007, the first issue of the Masculine Femininities [[Zines|zine]] series featured some contributors who described a fluid sense of gender identity and/or expression, such as Sabri Clay Sky and Jin Haritaworn.<ref name=":0">Haritaworn, Jin. Interviewed by Misster Raju Rage in ''Masculine Femininities'', issue 1. <nowiki>https://masculinefemininities.wordpress.com/category/issue-1/</nowiki></ref>

In 2010, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/ Gender-Fluid community] was created on LiveJournal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |title=http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 2012, JJ Poole (tumblr user thoughtstoberemembered) created what would become the most widely-used genderfluid flag.<ref>https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/20/interview-creator-of-the-genderfluid-flag/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701042541/https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/20/interview-creator-of-the-genderfluid-flag/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701040349/https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


In 2014, "Gender Fluid" was one of the 56 genders made available on Facebook.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref>


In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "gender-fluid,"<ref>"New words added to Dictionary.com." May 6, 2015. ''Dictionary.com.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/]</ref> which it defined as an adjective meaning "noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation." It listed as synonyms genderfluid, gender fluid, and gender-flexible.<ref>"Gender-fluid." ''Dictionary.com.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid]</ref>


In 2018, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents<ref name="Jackman">{{Cite web |title=Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move |last=Jackman |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, with the law stating that {{quote|"X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, [[agender]], [[amalgagender]], [[androgynous]], [[bigender]], [[demigender]], female-to-male, [[genderfluid]], [[genderqueer]], male-to-female, [[neutrois]], [[nonbinary]], [[pangender]], [[third gender|third sex]], [[transgender]], [[transsexual]], [[Two Spirit]], and unspecified.<ref name="washington">{{Cite web |title=WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate. |author= |work=Washington State Legislature |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325195929/https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>}}

== Influences on gender fluidity == 
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Usually, gender fluidity happens by itself, so that a person feels like, say, a girl at a certain time, rather than choosing to be a girl at a certain time.<ref name=":1">Kat. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859]</ref> Some genderfluid people find that no outside or inside things tend to influence their gender identity to change. They find that their gender fluidity is unpredictable and happens randomly. Other genderfluid people find that their gender changes depending on the situation and is influenced by inside or outside sources. Some move from one gender to the next on a regular cycle, resembling a lunar cycle, or synchronizing with their menstrual cycle. Other genderfluid people are sometimes able to use their willpower to guide their gender to change in a way and/or at the time that they want it to.

==== Menstrual cycle and its effect on gender fluidity ==== 
While it is still unclear, changes in gender that correlate with the menstrual cycle could be caused by how hormone levels naturally rise and fall during menstruation. However, it's also possible to mistakenly believe that gender identity moves with the menstrual cycle, and the only way to be sure is to keep a daily journal. Such a journal could look like this:</translate>
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After enough data is collected, any patterns that exist should become visible. These patterns could include feeling like a certain gender during a certain day in the cycle or feeling like a certain gender at times when a certain hormone, such as estrogen, is highest/lowest. Similar tables can be used to track if gender identity is connected to a different cycle.


In 2012, Case and Ramachandran gave a report on the results of a survey of genderfluid people who call themselves [[bigender]] who experience involuntary alternation between [[female]] and [[male]] states. Case and Ramachandran gave this condition the name "Alternating gender incongruity (AGI)." Case and Ramachandran made the hypothesis that gender alternation may reflect an unusual degree (or depth) of hemispheric switching and the corresponding suppression of sex appropriate body maps in the parietal cortex. They "hypothesize[d] that tracking the nasal cycle, rate of binocular rivalry, and other markers of hemispheric switching will reveal a physiological basis for AGI individuals' subjective reports of gender switches... We base our hypotheses on ancient and modern associations between the left and right hemispheres and the male and female genders."<ref>Case, L. K.; Ramachandran, V. S. (2012). "Alternating gender incongruity: A new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex". ''Medical Hypotheses'' 78 (5): 626–631. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.041. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652 PMID 22364652]. </ref><ref>"Bigender - Boy Today, Girl Tomorrow?". ''Neuroskeptic''. April 8, 2012. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html]</ref><ref>Stix, Gary (2012-04-20). "'Alternating Gender Incongruity' Causes Rapid Shifts Of Gender, Scientist Claims". ''The Huffington Post''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html]</ref> Case and Ramachandran believe that when bigender people feel a change between their gender identities, it may have to do with a change in how they use parts of their brains. The gender change might also have to do with a natural body cycle, specifically, a valve in the nose that changes sides every two days (the nasal cycle). However, this idea is still only a hypothesis, and more study is needed to confirm it.

== Gender expression == 
Genderfluid people often feel a need to change their [[gender expression]] to match whatever their current gender has become. This may mean having groups of different kinds of [[clothing]] in their closet, so they can dress as a woman, man, or otherwise, depending on how they feel that day. It can also mean temporarily changing their body shape by using [[binding]], packing, breast prostheses, or tucking. However, in some situations, changing gender expression isn't possible. This could be because the changes happen more than once a day, because they don't look [[Androgyny|androgynous]], or because they don't feel safe in society if they were to present a certain way.


Genderfluid people don't necessarily look androgynous. They don't necessarily have an ambiguous face, body, or way of dress.


[[Gender dysphoria]], or feeling painfully uncomfortable about how one's body and social role don't match one's gender, isn't a requirement in order to be genderfluid. Each person is different, experiencing gender fluidity in their own way. Some genderfluid people experience [[gender dysphoria]] at times or all the time. Some want to change their bodies and some take a physical [[transition]] to do so, which may include hormones or [[surgery]]. Others don't choose to transition because any change they make to their body would only feel right to them when they were in a certain gender and would feel wrong in others. Yet others have a difficult time planning their transition path, because their feelings change about what they want.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |title=http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2" />


Some genderfluid people ask to be called by a different [[Names|name]]<ref name=":2">Kat. "Hi I'm new." ''Bigender'' (blog/forum). [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html]</ref> and [[pronouns]] depending on what gender they feel at a certain time. For people who switch between only two genders, this can mean switching between two names. These may be feminine and masculine versions of the same name<ref>Leo/Leann. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551]</ref> or names that don't sound similar at all.<ref name=":3">DamianBella. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811]</ref> They may also take a gender-neutral name that works for them at any time, either in addition to these names, or instead of them.

== Gender fluidity and dissociative identity disorder == 
Genderfluid people usually don't think of themselves as having alters. Most genderfluid people feel like the same person all the time, with the same likes and dislikes but a different gender. However, some genderfluid people switch between specific personas as they change genders, and each persona has their own likes and dislikes. This is different from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which is a disorder characterized by dissociation and the existence of alters. DID is frequently caused by traumatic abuse that happens early in childhood and almost always exists alongside PTSD or cPTSD. Gender fluidity is not caused by abuse and is not more common in people with PTSD or cPTSD.


Multiple/plural systems where some alters have different genders from the others are not automatically genderfluid. However, an individual alter can be genderfluid.

== Notable genderfluid people == 
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''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''


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 words genderfluid or fluid gender for themselves.


* [[Courtney Act]] (b. 1982) is an Australian [[drag]] queen, pop singer, entertainer and reality television personality. Act first came to prominence competing on the first season of Australian Idol in 2003. She identifies as genderfluid<ref>{{cite tweet |title=I am a gender fluid person & in the public eye. I’m passionate about gender & sexuality & do my best to understand the greater conversation by reading & educating myself but I’m still always scared to tweet the wrong thing & offend someone and be vilified by others #genderquake |number=994040351668166656 |user=courtneyact |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=8 May 2018}}</ref>, [[genderqueer]], [[pansexual]], and polyamorous.<ref name="cour_Abou">{{Cite web |title=About |author=Courtney Act |work= |date= |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://courtneyact.tumblr.com/about|quote=She’s a Prius driving, vegan, pansexual, polyamorous, genderqueer, hippy child|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608004736/https://courtneyact.tumblr.com/about|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


* [[Bimini Bon Boulash]] (b. 1993) is a British drag artist known for appearing in ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. In 2021 they tweeted that they are "fluid when it comes to gender."<ref>{{cite tweet|user=biminibabes|number=1352355865886662657|title=My idea was originally to paint my body in the colours of the trans* flag because I wanted to celebrate the beauty of being Trans and non-binary. As a person that identifies as fluid when it comes to gender.|date=21 January 2021}}</ref>


* [[Sand Chang|Sand C. Chang, PhD]] is a Chinese-American clinical psychologist and educator.<ref name="tran_Sand">{{Cite web |title=Sand Chang |author= |work=Trans Bodies, Trans Selves |date= |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= http://transbodies.com/people/sand-chang-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206021236/http://transbodies.com/people/sand-chang-2/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Dr. Chang is nonbinary, [[genderqueer]], genderfluid, [[demiboy]]<ref name="yout_Ep69">{{Cite web |title=Ep 69 Dr. Sand Chang Licensed Psychologist Interview |last=Kramer |first=Kaiya |work=The Queer Life Radio |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419140750/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and [[femme]].<ref name="Harrison">{{Cite web |title=Food Psych #150: Disordered Eating & Gender Identity with Sand Chang |first=Christy|last= Harrison |date=2 April 2018 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/5/eating-disorder-recovery-gender-identity-with-sand-chang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224193138/https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/5/eating-disorder-recovery-gender-identity-with-sand-chang |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are one of the authors of ''A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients''.


* [[Jonathan Rachel Clynch]] (b. 1971) is a well-known journalist in Ireland. As reported in the ''Daily Beast'': "One of Irish broadcaster RTE’s best-known journalists just [in 2015] came out as 'gender fluid,' and the response so far seems wholly positive. ... The 44-year-old, who has yet to make a public statement, told his bosses that he wishes to now be known as Jonathan Rachel and would sometimes dress as a female. ... Clynch has worked with RTE for 16 years, often filling in on Radio One’s flagship 'News at One.' ... 'He has been open about it for a while now and his friends and family were all aware of his situation. He is going through a process at the moment and will speak about it in his own time and he hopes everyone will be respectful of that.'"<ref>Tom Sykes, "A ‘Gender Fluid’ Journalist Comes Out To Irish Cheers." 2015-09-18. ''Daily Beast.'' http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/18/a-gender-fluid-journalist-comes-out-to-irish-cheers.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/18/a-gender-fluid-journalist-comes-out-to-irish-cheers.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


* [[Asia Kate Dillon]] (b. 1984) is an American actor known for playing Brandy Epps in ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013) and Taylor Mason in ''Billions'' (2016). Dillon is nonbinary and genderfluid.<ref name="masters">{{Cite web |title=Asia Kate Dillon Talks Discovering The Word Non-Binary: 'I Cried' |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=HuffPost |date=13 April 2017 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-kate-dillon-talks-discovering-the-word-non-binary_b_58ef1685e4b0156697224c7a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412055127/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-kate-dillon-talks-discovering-the-word-non-binary_b_58ef1685e4b0156697224c7a |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* [[Dorian Electra]] (b. 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, video and performance artist. Electra said, "Styling is so important to me as a genderfluid person, to be able to say “I’m a very flaming flammable guy”... it’s just very satisfying, ’cause that’s how I see myself, but I know it’s not necessarily how other people see me – they still call me ‘ma’am’ and stuff like that."<ref>https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/44167/1/dorian-electra-new-song-video-flamboyant-interview [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121908/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/44167/1/dorian-electra-new-song-video-flamboyant-interview Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


* American singer-songwriter [[Evan Greer]] describes herself/themself<ref name="Grey">{{Cite web |title=interview: Evan Greer |author= |work=The Grey Estates |date=April 5, 2019 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |url= https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/interview-evan-greer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205114116/https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/interview-evan-greer |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> as [[genderqueer]]<ref name="EvanGreer">{{Cite web |title=Evan Greer - Bio |author= |work=evangreer.org |date= |access-date=12 May 2020 |url= https://evangreer.org/bio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528052154/https://evangreer.org/bio|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, genderfluid<ref name="Greer2017">{{Cite web |title=Trump is bullying transgender kids because he thinks he can get away with it |last=Greer |first=Evan |work=the Guardian |date=23 February 2017 |access-date=12 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/23/donald-trump-transgender-legislation-kids-lgbt-community|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411022550/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/23/donald-trump-transgender-legislation-kids-lgbt-community |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=I love my life and I love myself. I love being gender fluid and I am happy with my body. I feel incredibly lucky to feel that way.|date=Oct 11, 2017|user=evan_greer|number=918153389858525185}}</ref>, trans femme<ref>{{cite tweet|title=THREAD: as a gender nonconforming trans femme, every day is #NationalComingOutDay for me. Even in queer spaces, I must assert that I exist.|date=Oct 11, 2017|user=evan_greer|number=918151132593184769}}</ref>


* [[Nikki Hiltz]] is an American mid-distance runner who came out in 2021, saying "The best way I can explain my gender is as fluid. Sometimes I wake up feeling like a powerful queen and other days I wake up feeling as if I'm just a guy being a dude, and other times I identify outside of the gender binary entirely."<ref name="onhe_Inco">{{Cite web |title=In coming out as trans, Nikki Hiltz is visible, vulnerable, and making track more inclusive |author=Hiltz, Nikki |work=On Her Turf |date=June 20, 2021 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |url= https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/20/nikki-hiltz-coming-out-transgender-non-binary-track/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502122646/https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/20/nikki-hiltz-coming-out-transgender-non-binary-track/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* [[Jana Hunter]] is an American songwriter and musician who is trans and genderfluid.<ref name="Hunter2015">{{Cite web |title=What It's Like to Be a Female Musician When You Don't Identify as a Woman |last=Hunter |first=Jana |work=Cosmopolitan |date=10 April 2015 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a38918/jana-hunter-lower-dens-essay/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624231830/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a38918/jana-hunter-lower-dens-essay/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* [[Siufung Law]] is a Hong Kong bodybuilder and activist, whose homepage bio says they identify as genderfluid.<ref>[https://www.sfunglaw.com/ Homepage bio], accessed 7 June 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230623232621/https://www.sfunglaw.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


* [[Bethany C. Meyers]] launched the fitness app for be.come, specializing in body-positive workouts. They also gave a TED talk on empowerment and body neutrality. Meyers is also [[bisexual]], and wrote, "When I get comments about not being 'gay enough' it hurts. Aside from the way my marriage may look to others, I'm pretty gay. I'm attracted to women, I date women, I sleep with women, my friends are queer, I feel/think queer, I identity as gender fluid / non-binary, my partner the same."<ref name="pink_Beth">{{Cite web |title=Bethany Meyers has penned a powerful message to her bisexual fans |last=Braidwood |first=Ella |work=PinkNews |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=1 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/23/bethany-meyers-bisexual-proud-instagram/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406144928/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/23/bethany-meyers-bisexual-proud-instagram/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* [[Ruby Rose]] (b. 1986) is an Australian actor who has won the ASTRA Awards, GQ Australia, GLAAD Media Awards, and the Australian LGBTI Awards. "On 22 July 2014, Rose came out as genderfluid, saying, "I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral.". This announcement came approximately a week after she released a short film called "Break Free," in which she visually transitions from a very feminine woman to a heavily tattooed man."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Rose]


* [[Ciarán Strange]] (b. 1989)<ref name="lezwatch">{{Cite web |title=Ciarán Strange: Actor Bio |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=22 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciaran-strange/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205075833/https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciaran-strange/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> is an English and Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.<ref name=watchtheswitch>''[http://watchtheswitch.tumblr.com/post/89081083304/our-music-video-is-out-the-cast-of-the-switch "Tear Down The Wall" music video released]'', watchtheswitch.tumblr.com, June 17, 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220106090400/https://watchtheswitch.tumblr.com/post/89081083304/our-music-video-is-out-the-cast-of-the-switch Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Strange composed the theme song for TV's first-ever transgender-focused sitcom, ''The Switch''.<ref name="siebert">{{Cite web |title=Kieran Strange gets vocal for nerd life and LGBT rights |last=Siebert |first=Amanda |work=The Georgia Straight |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.straight.com/music/517091/kieran-strange-gets-vocal-nerd-life-and-lgbt-rights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519080447/https://www.straight.com/music/517091/kieran-strange-gets-vocal-nerd-life-and-lgbt-rights |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* [[SaSa Testa]] is the author of the autobiography ''Soy Sabrina, Soy Santiago: Género fluido y nuevas identidades'' (''I am Sabrina, I am Santiago: Genderfluid and new identities''). Testa is genderfluid.<ref name="Hadad">{{Cite web |title="Me dicen SaSa porque no me siento ni Sabrina ni Santiago: no soy ni hombre ni mujer" |trans-title="Call me SaSa because I don't feel like Sabrina or Santiago: I'm neither man nor woman" |last=Hadad |first=Camila |work=Infobae |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=2 June 2020 |language=es|url= https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2018/10/24/me-dicen-sasa-porque-no-me-siento-ni-sabrina-ni-santiago-no-soy-ni-hombre-ni-mujer/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223230125/https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2018/10/24/me-dicen-sasa-porque-no-me-siento-ni-sabrina-ni-santiago-no-soy-ni-hombre-ni-mujer/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* [[Nico Tortorella]] (b. 1988) is an American actor and model, who is known for roles in films including Scream 4, the Fox crime drama series The Following, and the TV Land comedy-drama series Younger. They<ref name="NT-instagram">https://www.instagram.com/nicotortorella/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230605024427/https://www.instagram.com/nicotortorella/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> identify as [[nonbinary]]<ref name="NT-instagram" />, [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="just_Nico">{{Cite web |title=Nico Tortorella Opens Up About Sexuality & Gender Identity |author= |work=Just Jared |date=13 July 2019 |access-date=1 April 2020 |url= http://www.justjared.com/2019/07/13/nico-tortorella-opens-up-about-sexuality-gender-identity/}}</ref>, and genderfluid.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/106408/american-actor-nico-tortorella-comes-out-as-gender-fluid/ |title=American actor Nico Tortorella comes out as gender fluid |date=2018-05-17 |work=Gay Times|access-date=2018-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018114916/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/106408/american-actor-nico-tortorella-comes-out-as-gender-fluid/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* [[Alok Vaid-Menon]] (b. 1991) is an Indian-American writer, performance artist, and media personality who performs under the moniker ALOK. They identify as genderfluid,<ref name="Alok-insta">[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram bio] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230613171530/https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and are internationally renowned for their creative work which they have presented in over 40 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/8/28/alok-vaid-menon-will-not-tone-it-down|title=Alok Vaid-Menon Will Not 'Tone it Down'|date=2019-08-28|website=www.advocate.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601000422/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/8/28/alok-vaid-menon-will-not-tone-it-down|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> They were featured in the [https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pride-50-stonewall NBC Pride 50 alongside James Baldwin and Audre Lorde], and the [https://www.out.com/print/2019/11/25/out100-contributors-year OUT Magazine 100].


* [[Hida Viloria]] (b. 1968) is a Latinx American writer and [[intersex]] and nonbinary rights activist, of Colombian and Venezuelan descent. Viloria is Founding Director of the Intersex Campaign for Equality, and author of the memoir ''Born Both: An Intersex Life''. Viloria identifies as intersex and genderfluid.<ref name="Viloria2017">{{Cite web |title=If You Claim To Be Sex Positive, Then You Need To Be Intersex Positive |last=Viloria |first=Hida |work=HuffPost |date=7 April 2017 |access-date=25 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_b_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd |quote=As I write about in my memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life, I’m intersex and gender-fluid (meaning my gender identity and expression changes) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318211101/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_b_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


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== Genderfluid characters in fiction == 
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''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''


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 "genderfluid" or "fluid gender", either in their canon, or by their creators. At the very least, characters in this section should be known to present different gender expressions at different times, if the word "genderfluid" isn't used.


* Brendan Chase. At the end of the novel, ''Freakboy'', the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as genderfluid. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.


* Alex Fierro, in Rick Riordan's ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', is a genderfluid character who first appears in the second book and uses both he/him and she/her pronouns.


* Tedd. ''[http://www.egscomics.com/ El Goonish Shive]'' includes a main character who identifies as genderfluid several years into the comic. Author Dan Shive has said that Tedd, like the author, has always been genderfluid but did not realise there was a word for it or even a concept of being nonbinary until much later in life. The comic also includes various other LGBT characters as well as shapeshifting technology.


* Kami / Porcelain. The 'New 52' version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Six_(comics)#New_52 Secret Six] introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.


*''[https://tapastic.com/episode/212183 Tattoo'd]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' by Antonia Bea features an [[intersex]], genderfluid protagonist.


* TOMCAT. In the video game ''Read Only Memories'' the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is gender fluid"<ref>Jesse Tannous, "Read Only Memories Director discusses LGBTQ themes in gaming." June 20, 2015. ''The Examiner.'' https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215026/http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming</ref>.The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.


* ''Symptoms of Being Human'' stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted genderfluid teenager. Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, and suicidal thoughts.<ref name="supe_Symp">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms Of Being Human Summary |author= |work=SuperSummary |date= |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425035630/https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


* In ''The Tiger's Watch'' by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is genderfluid and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. The author notes that "Being [[Misgendering|misgendered]] and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|title=Shade asked: This sounds like an awesome story! I'm confused by the use of 'their' instead of 'her' or 'him' though.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009132437/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


* Sal in ''Mask of Shadows'' and ''Ruin of Stars'', by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.


* Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show ''Gargoyles'' was confirmed to be genderfluid and [[polysexual]] by a 2014 interview with the creative team.<ref name="insider-database">{{Cite web |title=We created the first-ever searchable database of 259 LGBTQ characters in cartoons that bust the myth that kids can't handle inclusion |author= |work=insider.com |date=June 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url= https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database}}</ref>

== Research ==
The informal [[Gender Census]] survey, which asks respondents "How do you describe your gender?" (among other questions), included a checkbox option for "fluid gender" in its first year (2013), finding that 31% of around 2000 respondents identified with the term. In 2024, 12,011 (24.07%) respondents selected "genderfluid/fluid gender". <ref>2024 Results Spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJXhTOLDdgsv8hQcBc9gStKV-BrInUdF8ZtuObp9x38/edit?gid=779426998#gid=779426998</ref>

== Quotes ==
<blockquote> I identify as a switch, or a pendulum, and my masculinity and femininity are very related. When I present masculine for a while, my femininity comes back with a vengeance (laughs). I get depressed when I feel stuck in one mode. If I present just masculine for too long, I end up feeling grey, lifeless, like all the colour has been drained from my life. You know how boys grunt and move their bodies very sparsely, their shoulders and hips. This is the most, and the longest I have stayed in predominantly masculine mode. There are times I have to remind myself that I am entitled to express myself, express femininity, to switch and change.</blockquote>- Jin Haritaworn<ref name=":0" />

<blockquote> I never know how long it's going to be where the sort of thing changes. And sometimes it would be, like, very, like, in the day, like, my gender changes, like, three times. And then sometimes it's, like, you know, for, like, weeks at a time, I'm, like, sort of, like, oh, this is my gender right now. </blockquote>

- Gage Spex<ref>Spex, Gage. Interview with Aviva Silverman. NYC Trans Oral History Project. December 2, 2022. <nowiki>https://nyctransoralhistory.org/interview/gage-spex/</nowiki></ref>

== See also == 
* [[Genderqueer]]
* [[nonbinary]]

== References == 
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Nonbinary-inclusive counsellors

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'''Nonbinary-inclusive counsellors''', listed here by region.

==UK==

==='''Midlands''' ===

===='''Birmingham'''====

'''Name:''' Healthy gay life counselling

'''Cost:''' Free

'''Counsellor qualifications:''' "Our counsellors are all qualified or in the process of being qualified to first degree level. Our psychotherapists are all qualified or in the process of being qualified to MSc/ MA level. All receive regular supervision and further training through HGL and are bound by professional codes of ethics."

'''Contact details:''' https://web.archive.org/web/20141031000538/http://www.blgbt.org/centre/counselling-psychotherapy/

'''Comments:''' Despite the name they support any LGBT people - need a Birmingham address to register. Very good with nonbinary stuff.

===='''Coventry'''====

'''Name:''' Time Out Counselling

'''Cost:''' Fees are donation-based, with the suggested donation range being £5-£30. There is no minimum donation for people not working, or who cannot otherwise afford to pay. No-one will be turned away because they can't pay. For those in work, we would suggest a rate of £10 per £10000 earned annually (up to the £30 maximum) but this is negotiable with your counsellor.

'''Counsellor qualifications:''' BACAP registered

'''Contact details:''' http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/coventry-and-warwickshire-friend https://web.archive.org/web/20170707180255/http://cwfriend.co.uk/?page_id=1206

==='''North-East'''===

===='''Newcastle'''====

'''Name:''' Reflexions Counselling & Psychotherapy

'''Cost:''' Usually £55 per weekly session, but you can contact them to request 'lower-fee' slots, or to work out a treatment plan with less frequent sessions to make things more affordable.

'''Counsellor qualifications:''' "All of the Counsellors and Psychotherapists at Reflexions Counselling and Psychotherapy,are registered with either the UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy), the BPS (British Psychological Society), or the BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy). This complements their high and very lengthy post graduate training and experience in the public and private health care sectors. Our therapists adhere to the standards of their professional bodies ensuring that you also receive a high level of care."

'''Contact details:''' http://counselling-newcastle.co.uk/

'''Comments:''' Although they aren't explicit about being non-binary friendly, they are open to people of all genders and are happy to use non-binary pronouns and terms on request. Any references to gender identity that come up in session are treated with respect and are not dwelled on unless you specifically want to talk about issues surrounding gender identity.

==='''South-East'''===

===='''London'''====

'''Name:''' Charlotte Williams (The Crypt Psychotherapy Centre and the Gestalt Centre)

'''Cost:''' Usually £45 per session, though at The Crypt Psychotherapy Centre she currently has one space for someone who cannot afford the full fee (3/11/14).

'''Counsellor qualifications:''' Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

'''Contact details:''' http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/charlotte-williams

'''Comments:''' Described by a reddit contributor as "very understanding about my gender status for someone who hadn't come across the term 'non-binary' before."

===='''Sussex'''====

'''Name:''' Charlotte Williams (the Ashdown Natural Health Clinic). See her London entry above for all other details.

===Wales===

====Gwynedd====

She works near Tywyn (Gwynedd) and in Machynlleth (Powys).

'''Name:''' Catherine Havard

'''Cost:''' £40/hour

'''Counsellor qualifications:''' "United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP) registered 2011, GPTI Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy 2011, Accreditation with British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) 2001, Post Grad Diploma in Person Centred Counselling 1999, One year of Transactional Analysis training 1996. I work in a variety of settings including the NHS, Employees Assistance Programmes, and private practice."

'''Contact details:''' https://web.archive.org/web/20170728175755/http://www.counsellinginwales.co.uk/

'''Comments:''' I'm nonbinary and I see her regularly and she's great - very open to discussing and understanding gender, and using new pronouns, etc. ''--[[User:Lottiotta|Lottiotta]] ([[User talk:Lottiotta|talk]]) 18:24, 23 September 2014 (CDT)''

====Mid Glamorgan====

'''Name:''' Alex Drummond

'''Cost:''' £48/hour

'''Counsellor qualifications:''' Accreditation in Sexual Minorities Therapy
(Pink Therapy) Nov 2009, MSc Counselling and Counselling Supervision
(University of Bristol) Jan 2009, Accreditation with BACP (Snr Accred status)
(British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) Jun 2004

'''Contact details:''' http://www.talkmebetter.co.uk

'''Comments:''' Alex was one of the panel contributing to CN Lester's [https://cnlester.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/beyond-the-binary-master-post/ "Beyond the Binary"] articles. Based near Caerphilly, but accepting clients from all over south Wales.

==USA==

===Online===
'''Name:''' Dara Hoffman-Fox (they/them)

'''Cost:''' Free initial consult, other services price unknown

'''Qualifications:''' LPC, and a member of WPATH

'''Contact:''' https://web.archive.org/web/20200601065121/http://www.thebohemiansanctuary.com/ and http://darahoffmanfox.com/work-with-dara/counseling-coaching/

'''Comments:'''

===Colorado===
===Online===
'''Name:''' Mere Abrams (they/them)

'''Cost:''' Free 20-min initial consult, other services variable price

'''Qualifications:''' Licensed Clinical Social Worker

'''Contact:''' https://web.archive.org/web/20200506173041/https://onlinegendercare.com/

'''Comments:'''

===Oregon===
'''Name:''' Sasha Strong (they/them)

'''Cost:''' $150 for individual 50-minute session, but "If you are interested in working with me but you can't afford my full fee, please get in touch and we'll see what we can work out."

'''Qualifications:''' Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, PhD candidate, LPC

'''Contact:''' https://www.brilliancycounseling.com/ & https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/sasha-strong-portland-or/358720

'''Comments:''' Sasha is genderqueer themselves. Not taking new individual clients right now but "If you’re seeking an assessment for gender-affirming procedures (i.e. a letter), I can probably find a time for that."

===Texas===

'''Name:''' Jo Eckler (they/them)

'''Cost:''' "My rate for first sessions for new clients is $125, and then sliding scale options are available for follow-up sessions. In order to keep services as accessible as possible, I offer a sliding scale between $85 and $225 per 45-50 minute session. For those who are able to offer a little more, that helps pay it forward and support those who need the lower rate. If nothing on this scale is accessible to you, please let me know and we can discuss options for you, including the Open Path program. Longer sessions of 75 minutes are available at a rate of $115-$250 per session. Asynchronous messaging-only therapy through https://web.archive.org/web/20200404102044/https://www.trusst.app/ is currently $55 a week or $199 a month."

'''Qualifications:''' Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Bachelor's Degree: Honors Psychology and Plan II Honors, University of Texas at Austin

Member of Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Chi Honors Societies

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology: Wright State University School of Professional Psychology

'''Contact:''' https://beyondtherapy.us/contact

'''Comments:''' "Right now I am full and not taking on new therapy clients. I AM able to continue to do single-session evaluations for letters for gender-affirming procedures and you can schedule that appointment online." "I have extensive personal and professional experience working with transgender and non-binary clients for over a decade. I also started the first support group for transgender veterans in Central Texas during my time at the Central Texas VA. (And I also happen to be queer and non-binary myself.)"

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'''Name:''' Pat Sumption

'''Cost:''' Base rate is $175 for 45-50 minutes. Sliding scale lower costs available. Not in-network with any insurance plans anymore, but will provide superbills for patient to pursue possible out-of-network reimbursement.

'''Qualifications:''' LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), master degree in clinical social work, 15+ years experience

'''Contact:''' https://web.archive.org/web/20210419184046/https://austintherapysolutions.com/contact-2/

'''Comments:'''
* "I work with a broad spectrum of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, substance abuse and addiction, stress and adjustment disorders and personality disorders."
* Not specialized in gender issues, but has nonbinary clients and is supportive/positive toward nonbinary identities.
* Parent of an autistic child.
* Reachable by text message.

===Wisconsin===

'''Name:''' Jessica "Jess" Dallman (Natural Wisdom Counseling)

'''Cost:'''

'''Qualifications:''' B.A. Psychology, University of Montana & M.A. Transpersonal Counseling Psychology--Wilderness Therapy, Naropa University. Licensed as an LPC in both Colorado and Wisconsin.

'''Contact:''' http://www.naturalwisdomcounseling.com/contact

'''Comments:''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20190915073321/http://www.naturalwisdomcounseling.com/blog/2016/5/1/confessions-of-a-non-binary-therapist Jess is nonbinary themself] and is part of LGBTQIA Healthcare Guild of Denver

==External resources==
* https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/ (USA and some parts of Canada)
* You can search [https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/counsellors Psychology Today's directory of providers] and narrow the listing down to providers who are of nonbinary gender themselves.
* [https://www.wellandgood.com/gender-affirming-therapist/ 8 Tips for Finding a Gender-Affirming Therapist], by Jamie LeClaire

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Uterine ablation

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'''Uterine ablation''' is a minimally invasive procedure in which a gynecologist uses an implement to cauterize the inner lining of the uterus. After this procedure, most people do not continue to menstruate, or have extremely minimal "spotting" during menstruation for a long period of time or permanently. It is typically performed as a day surgery in an operating room, and the patient is typically put under "twilight" sedation, rather than general anesthesia. It is generally not painful. However, some soreness and residual spotting can occur. In some cases the procedure might be deemed medically necessary such as for the treatment of endometriosis or some other health concerns. After ablation, it is more difficult to get pregnant, but pregnancies are still possible, and have happened in some cases.

==References==
<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/endometrial-ablation |title= Endometrial Ablation |website= Johns Hoppkins Medicine |access-date= 20 May 2021 |quote= You may not be able to get pregnant after endometrial ablation. This is because the endometrial lining, where the egg implants after being fertilized, has been removed. Pregnancies that occur after an endometrial ablation are not normal, therefore it is important to use a reliable form of birth control. You will still have your reproductive organs.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230307201622/https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/endometrial-ablation |archive-date= 17 July 2023 }}</ref>

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Muxeidad

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'''Muxeidad''' is a Zapotec term that refers to the cultural context and the state of being that defines a person's identity and experience. The term originates from the region of Oaxaca in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.revistadelauniversidad.mx/la-muxeidad/|title=La muxeidad|last=Ramírez López|first=Iván|date=8 April 2019|website=Jóvenes en la Revista|language=Spanish|access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>

==Gender Identity==
In Zapotec culture, a gender identity recognized under the term "muxeidad" is ''[[muxe]]'', a third gender that is recognized within their culture with specific nuances that differ from a Western definition of ''[[nonbinary]]''.

==Social Role==
Rather than an identity that is in opposition to the [[gender binary]], Muxes occupy a distinct role within their society. Their society is matrifocal, and women have valuable roles. For instance, women control the economy, as many women are at once matriarchs, artisans, and merchants. Muxes participate in these feminine spheres of their society, such as artisan work and household maintenance etc. While men and women often leave their parents' household to get married, muxes usually live in their parents' household to take care of their aging parents.

==See also==
*[[Muxe]]
*[[Third gender]]

==References==
<references />

Muxeidad

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'''Muxeidad''' is a Zapotec term that refers to the cultural context and the state of being that defines a person's identity and experience. The term originates from the region of Oaxaca in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.revistadelauniversidad.mx/la-muxeidad/|title=La muxeidad|last=Ramírez López|first=Iván|date=8 April 2019|website=Jóvenes en la Revista|language=Spanish|access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>

==Gender Identity==
In Zapotec culture, a gender identity recognized under the term "Muxeidad" is "[[Muxe]]", a third gender that is recognized within their culture with specific nuances that differ from a Western definition of "[[Nonbinary]]".

==Social Role==
Rather than an identity that is in opposition to the [[gender binary]], Muxes occupy a distinct role within their society. Their society is matrifocal, and women have valuable roles. For instance, women control the economy, as many women are at once matriarchs, artisans, and merchants. Muxes participate in these feminine spheres of their society, such as artisan work and household maintenance etc. While men and women often leave their parents' household to get married, Muxes usually live in their parents' household to take care of their aging parents.

==See also==
*[[Muxe]]
*[[Third gender]]

==References==
<references />

Muxeidad

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'''Muxeidad''' is a Zapotec term that refers to the cultural context and the state of being that defines a person's identity and experience. The term originates from the region of Oaxaca in Mexico.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.revistadelauniversidad.mx/la-muxeidad/|title=La muxeidad|last=Ramírez López|first=Iván|date=8 April 2019|website=Jóvenes en la Revista|language=Spanish|access-date=14 May 2025}}

==Gender Identity==
In Zapotec culture, a gender identity recognized under the term "Muxeidad" is "[[Muxe]]", a third gender that is recognized within their culture with specific nuances that differ from a Western definition of "[[Nonbinary]]".

==Social Role==
Rather than an identity that is in opposition to the [[gender binary]], Muxes occupy a distinct role within their society. Their society is matrifocal, and women have valuable roles. For instance, women control the economy, as many women are at once matriarchs, artisans, and merchants. Muxes participate in these feminine spheres of their society, such as artisan work and household maintenance etc. While men and women often leave their parents' household to get married, Muxes usually live in their parents' household to take care of their aging parents.

==See also==
*[[Muxe]]
*[[Third gender]]

==References==
<references />

Muxe

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{{Infobox identity
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'''Muxe''' or '''Muxhe''' is an identity in the Zapotec culture recognized as a [[Third gender]]. Muxes are Individuals Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) who generally adopt feminine aspects and specific roles within Zapotec culture as a third gender. Not to be confused with [[muxeidad]]; while both terms relate to gender roles in Mexican culture, "Muxeidad" refers to the cultural context and state of being that defines a person's identity and experience within Zapotec society, whereas "Muxe" refers to the individual with that identity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-muxe|title=Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe|date=15 September 2020|website=Natural History Museum|access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Gender-variant identities worldwide]]

Muxe

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{{Infobox identity
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'''Muxe''' or '''Muxhe''' is an identity in the Zapotec culture recognized as a [[Third gender]]. Muxes are Individuals Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) who generally adopt feminine aspects and specific roles within Zapotec culture as a third gender. Not to be confused with [[ Muxeidad]] , while both terms relate to gender roles in Mexican culture, "Muxeidad" refers to the cultural context and state of being that defines a person's identity and experience within Zapotec society, whereas "Muxe" refers to the individual with that identity.

==Sources and archived URL's==
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe?hl=Eng%20Muxe%20-%20Wikipedia%20(In%20english]
*[https://voices.uchicago.edu/202304gnse15002-06/2023/11/08/mexicos-third-gender-a-broad-overview-of-muxes/?hl=eng%20Mexico%E2%80%99s%20Third%20Gender:%20A%20Broad%20Overview%20of%20Muxes]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20250511223240/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe?hl=Eng%20Muxe%20-%20Wikipedia%20(In%20english)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20250511222937/https://voices.uchicago.edu/202304gnse15002-06/2023/11/08/mexicos-third-gender-a-broad-overview-of-muxes/?hl=eng%20Mexico%E2%80%99s%20Third%20Gender:%20A%20Broad%20Overview%20of%20Muxes]

Muxe

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{{Infobox identity
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| meaning = a photo of the Muxe Flag created to represent pride
| related = [[Third gender]]
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'''Muxe''' or '''Muxhe''' is an identity in the Zapotec culture recognized as a [[Third gender]]. Muxes are Individuals Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) who generally adopt feminine aspects and specific roles within Zapotec culture as a third gender. Not to be confused with [[ Muxeidad]] , while both terms relate to gender roles in Mexican culture, "Muxeidad" refers to the cultural context and state of being that defines a person's identity and experience within Zapotec society, whereas "Muxe" refers to the individual with that identity.

==Sources and archived URL's==
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe?hl=Eng%20Muxe%20-%20Wikipedia%20(In%20english]
*[https://voices.uchicago.edu/202304gnse15002-06/2023/11/08/mexicos-third-gender-a-broad-overview-of-muxes/?hl=eng%20Mexico%E2%80%99s%20Third%20Gender:%20A%20Broad%20Overview%20of%20Muxes]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20250511223240/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe?hl=Eng%20Muxe%20-%20Wikipedia%20(In%20english)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20250511222937/https://voices.uchicago.edu/202304gnse15002-06/2023/11/08/mexicos-third-gender-a-broad-overview-of-muxes/?hl=eng%20Mexico%E2%80%99s%20Third%20Gender:%20A%20Broad%20Overview%20of%20Muxes]

Muxe

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{{Infobox identity
| Flag = 300px-Muxe.png
| caption = a photo of the Muxe Flag created to represent pride
| related = [[Third gender]]
| meaning = '''Muxe''' or '''Muxhe''' is an identity in the Zapotec culture recognized as a third gender. Muxes are Individuals Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) who generally adopt feminine aspects and specific roles within Zapotec culture as a third gender. Not to be confused with Muxeidad, while both terms relate to gender roles in Mexican culture, "Muxeidad" refers to the cultural context and state of being that defines a person's identity and experience within Zapotec society, whereas "Muxe" refers to the individual with that identity.
| sources =
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367179984_Generos_do_Istmo_entre_Mexicos_mulheres_e_muxes]
* [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-01-11/muxe-third-gender-isthmus-tehuantepec-mexico#:~:text=The%20muxe%20(pronounced%20MOO%2Dshay)%20are%20Zapotec%20people,which%20once%20earned%20them%20contempt%20and%20scorn.]
* [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe?hl=pt-BR]
* [https://voices.uchicago.edu/202304gnse15002-06/2023/11/08/mexicos-third-gender-a-broad-overview-of-muxes/?hl=pt-BR]
}}
'''Muxe''' or '''Muxhe''' is an identity in the Zapotec culture recognized as a [[Third gender]]. Muxes are Individuals Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) who generally adopt feminine aspects and specific roles within Zapotec culture as a third gender. Not to be confused with [[ Muxeidad]] , while both terms relate to gender roles in Mexican culture, "Muxeidad" refers to the cultural context and state of being that defines a person's identity and experience within Zapotec society, whereas "Muxe" refers to the individual with that identity.

==Sources and archived URL's==
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe?hl=Eng%20Muxe%20-%20Wikipedia%20(In%20english]
*[https://voices.uchicago.edu/202304gnse15002-06/2023/11/08/mexicos-third-gender-a-broad-overview-of-muxes/?hl=eng%20Mexico%E2%80%99s%20Third%20Gender:%20A%20Broad%20Overview%20of%20Muxes]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20250511223240/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muxe?hl=Eng%20Muxe%20-%20Wikipedia%20(In%20english)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20250511222937/https://voices.uchicago.edu/202304gnse15002-06/2023/11/08/mexicos-third-gender-a-broad-overview-of-muxes/?hl=eng%20Mexico%E2%80%99s%20Third%20Gender:%20A%20Broad%20Overview%20of%20Muxes]

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User:Salem Diegos/Epidigital

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'''Epidigital''' is a conceptual framework that has emerged in contemporary cultural discourse, serving as a reaction to the postdigital tendencies of the late 20th century. Introduced by Ryota Matsumoto in 2021, a media theorist and forefather of postdigital architecture movement at the gender study program at Asagay College of Art and Design, the term seeks to describe the evolving landscape of art and media in the nonbinary post-xenofeminism age.

== Theory ==
Epidigital is not confined to specific forms of artistic practices. Instead, it is characterized by its dynamic nature, embodying the flows, streams, and ever-changing quasi-causality of gender identities. Contrary to the dichotomous perspectives frequently found in the gender study and media theory discourse, the epidigital renounces the preceding digital movement in favour of a nonbinary approach and metagender organology.

Furthermore, the epidigital paradigm diverges from the master narratives that defined art movements dominated by Cartesian dualism in the past century. In the epidigital approach, meaning-making processes operate in a nonbinary framework, continually shifting and adapting the intercontextualism of sexuality. It emphasizes that social production in the arts demands a fusion of varied elements, which typically exist as nonbinary epistomology and are frequently detached from the broader spectrum of ecological and cultural interrelations in gender sudy .

== Further Reading ==

https://www.insightsofayoungecologicalartist.com/artfeatures/in-conversation%3A-ryota-matsumoto

https://artworkgallery.net/interviews/interview-with-ryota-matsumoto

https://monoskop.org/Epidigital

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User:Quote Cannon/Harmogender

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'''Harmogender''' is an identity under the [[Bigender]] umbrella where the person feels primarily connected to one [[Binary genders|binary gender]] ([[Man|male]] or [[Woman|female]]), while also feeling a lesser connection to the other one. Similar to how bisexual or biromantic people can still have a preference for one binary gender over the other, bigender people can still feel more connected to one binary gender over the other. This inequality in connection is what harmogender is defined by. The term gets its name from the musical concept of a harmony, where a stronger tone is supported by a weaker one, symbolising a more prominent gender being supported by a weaker one.

== Use as a prefix ==
Similar to [[Demigender]], harmogender can be turned into a prefix, harmo-. This prefix can be used to more clearly define how a given person experiences their gender identity. For example, a person who feels mostly masculine but partially feminine can choose to use the harmo- prefix in front of male-gendered terms, such as harmoboy, harmomasc or harmoguy. Similarly, a person who feels mostly feminine but partially masculine could call themselves harmogirl, harmofeminine or harmowoman, among other possible terms.

== Flag ==
The harmogender flag consists of five colors: blue (#004C97), purple (#8A70CA), white (#FFFFFF), light pink (#EF88CE) and hot pink (#DA377C). The blue and hot pink were chosen to symbolise masculinity and femininity, the white was chosen to symbolise the bigender umbrella, and the remaining light pink and purple symbolise the intermingling of the two colors in different ratios.

== History ==
Harmogender was created on March 23rd, 2022 by Discord users Baileystarr#8907 and Quote Cannon#2868 on a public Discord server, when they both realised they couldn't find a label that fit their similar gender identities.

== See also ==

* [[Bigender]]
* [[Demigender]]

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I have made a new gender off the spectrum and would like to propose it. It is called atrigender, and there is nothing on google. All it means is a fancy combination of trigender and agender. I noticed if abigender could be a thing why not atrigender?

essentially you can be 3 genders, or you can feel nothing at all. Its under a few umbrella terms, and has a bit of a gender fluid aspect!. somedays you can feel some of your genders and others it could be none.

its just an umbrella term for those who feel a gender and trigender at once.

i suggest its day be February 26th. as its creation date is February 26th, 2023!
[[File:Atrigender flag.jpg|thumb|Black means no gender, blue for man, pink for woman, and green for other genders!]]

Sorry there's not much information, but thank you for viewing my post feel free to add ideas!

Man

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Anyone with a male gender identity is male: he is a [[man]] or boy. (Note: someone who identifies as a man can use any pronouns they like) Any man's manhood is valid regardless of what kind of body parts he has, or what gender he was assigned at birth. Having or wanting to have a penis are not what makes someone a man. People who were [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth (AMAB)]] or people who are perceived as men (PPM) don't all identify themselves as men, which is the crucial criteria for whether someone is a man. Only identifying as a man makes someone a man. Cisgender men, transgender men, and intersex men are all equally men. Because gender isn't the same thing as [[sexual orientation]], men are still men whether they feel sexual attraction to men (gay), or to women (heterosexual), either/any gender ([[bisexual]] or [[pansexual]]), or none ([[asexual]]).

In [[gender binary]] systems, such as the Western one, "man" is considered to be one of the only two genders that exist, one of the [[binary gender]]s. For all of written history, cultures all over the world have acknowledged people who were gender-variant or who transitioned to a different gender role than the one assigned to them at birth. Ancient cultures that thought of there being a specific number of genders did not always say there were just two. In ancient Egyptian writings, [[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Sekhet|man was one of three genders]], and in classical Jewish literature, [[Gender-variant identities worldwide#The six genders in classical Judaism|man was one of six genders]]. Gender is a construct, and therefore is not inherently binary. Therefore, "man" is not inherently a binary gender. Rather, "man" is one of many genders that people have. Throughout [[history of nonbinary gender|the history of the world]], there have been many people who do not identify with being only female or male, who are therefore [[nonbinary]]. There are also people who identify partly as a man, and yet do not feel they completely fit into that category, so they call themselves nonbinary men. Although the gender binary system is coercive and limiting, "man" is a valid identity. Manhood can be better understood as an identity in its own right, rather than as an opposite pole in a binary system.<ref name="labelle">Sophie Labelle. ''Assigned Male'' (political comic). February 6, 2019. https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/post/182605182667</ref>

== Etymology and terminology ==

The English term "man" is derived from a Proto-Indo-European root ''*man-'' (see Sanskrit/Avestan ''manu-'', Slavic ''mǫž'' "man, male").<ref>''American Heritage Dictionary'', Appendix I: Indo-European Roots. [http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE295.html man-1] https://web.archive.org/web/20060519035935/http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE295.html|date=19 May 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.</ref> More directly, the word derives from Old English ''mann.'' The Old English form had a default meaning of "adult male" (which was the exclusive meaning of ''wer''), though it could also signify a person of unspecified gender. The closely related Old English pronoun ''man'' was used just as it is in Modern German to designate "one" (e. g., in the saying ''man muss mit den Wölfen heulen'').<ref>John Richard Clark Hall: A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary</ref>

== Gender symbol ==

[[File:Mars symbol.svg|thumb|200px|The Mars or male [[gender symbols|gender symbol]]. Depicts the shield and spear of Mars, the Roman god of war]]

The symbol for male (as well as for the planet Mars in astrology, and iron in alchemy) comes from a set of symbols that were first used to denote the effective sex of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1751.<ref name= Stearn>{{cite journal|last=Stearn|first=William T.|s2cid=87030547|title=The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols of Biology|journal=Taxon|date=May 1962 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=109–113 |jstor=1217734 |doi=10.2307/1217734 |quote= The origin of these symbols has long been of interest to scholars. Probably none now accepts the interpretation of Scaliger that {{char|♂}} represents the shield and spear of Mars and {{char|♀}} Venus's looking glass.}}</ref> The male and female symbols are still used in scientific publications to indicate the sex of an individual, for example of a patient.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Zhigang |first=Zhigang |date=25 September 2009 |title=A HIV-1 heterosexual transmission chain in Guangzhou, China: a molecular epidemiological study |journal=Virology Journal |publisher=BioMed Central |volume=6 |issue=148 |pages=Figure 1 |doi=10.1186/1743-422X-6-148 |pmid=19778458 |pmc=2761389 |quote=(Mars male gender symbol) indicates male; (female Venus gender symbol) indicates female|display-authors=etal}}</ref> Joseph Justus Scaliger speculated that the male symbol is associated with the Mars, god of war because it resembles a shield and spear; and that the female symbol is associated with Venus, goddess of beauty because it resembles a bronze mirror with a handle.<ref>{{Citation|last=Taylor|first=Robert B.|chapter=Now and Future Tales|date=2016 |pages=293–310 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-319-29053-9 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-29055-3_12 |title=White Coat Tales}}</ref> Later scholars dismiss this as fanciful,<ref name=Stearn />The visual equivalent of a backronym, preferring "the conclusion of the French classical scholar Claude de Saumaise (Salmasius, 1588-1683) that these symbols [...] are derived from contractions in Greek script of the Greek names of the planets".<ref name=Stearn />''Thouros'' (Mars) was abbreviated as θρ, and ''Phosphoros'' (Venus) by Φ, in handwriting.<ref>H W Renkema, ''Oorsprong, beteekenis en toepassing van de in de botanie gebuikelijke teekens ter aanduiding van het geslacht en den levensduur'', in: Jeswiet J, ed., ''Gedenkboek J Valckenier Suringar. Wageningen: Nederlandsche Dendrologische Vereeniging'', 1942: 96-108.</ref><ref name=Stearn />

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== Cisgender men ==
Cisgender men are men who were assigned male at birth (or were born with certain [[intersex]] conditions), and who have a male gender identity. [[Cisgender]] means "not transgender," as they don't [[transition]] to male from some other gender.

A few of the physical characteristics of a cisgender man often include:
* No vagina or uterus. However, some men were born with one or another of them (persistent Müllerian duct syndrome). Some only find out they have a uterus if they have scans or surgery on their abdomen for other reasons, or if they menstruate.
* Descended testes and scrotum, although sometimes testes never descend (cryptorchid), or are removed to treat or prevent disease
* Penis or large clitoris. With some intersex conditions, the difference between these can be unclear.
* Chromosomes that are XY (textbook example), XX (de la Chapelle syndrome), XXY (Klinefelter's syndrome), XXYY, or others.
It is possible for a cisgender man to have a body with few of the above physical characteristics that are usually used to describe a typical cisgender male body. For example, cisgender men who have lost their genitals due to disease or injury are nonetheless real men, as much as they ever were. Furthermore, having the above characteristics does not make someone a cisgender man. For example, some people who were assigned male at birth but identify as a different gender have these characteristics. Some people with intersex conditions have these physical characteristics, but don't consider themselves cisgender men. Meanwhile, some intersex people consider themselves to be cisgender men.

==Transgender men==

[[File:FTM London (4764131524).jpg|thumb|200px|Trans rights marchers at Pride London 2010. Their banner says "Supporting Female to Male Trans People."]]

Transgender men are men who were assigned female at birth (or had certain intersex conditions), and who have a male gender identity. Most trans men ask to be called by [[Pronouns#He|"he" pronouns]], though there are exceptions. A trans man's [[sexual orientation]] can be gay, heterosexual, bisexual, asexual, or otherwise. Trans men are on the female-to-male transgender spectrum. Older psychological and medical writings wrongly call trans men "female transsexuals" or "female transvestites", and call them by "she" pronouns that they did not want. Trans men are men, not masculine women or [[butch]] lesbians. However, there are people who have considered themselves more than one of these at different points in their lives, because it can take time to figure out one's identity.

Many transgender men [[transition]] to address [[gender dysphoria]], and some also consider themselves to be [[transsexual]] men. Any transgender person's transition path is very individual. Common features in a transgender man's transition path include [[hormone therapy]] to create a balance with testosterone higher than estrogen, and [[surgery]] to remove breasts (double mastectomy, in this situation called female to male chest reconstruction), and sometimes to remove their internal reproductive organs (complete hysterectomy). Many trans men choose not to get genital surgery, or are satisfied with nonsurgical methods that create a penis that looks and works differently to that of a cisgender man. With hormones alone, a trans man can easily be seen as a man in daily life, which owes partially to how patriarchy polices manhood differently than womanhood.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cary Gabriel Costello |title=Testosterone Does Not 'Work Better' than Estrogen |date=January 19, 2015 |website=TransFusion (personal blog) |url=http://trans-fusion.blogspot.com/2015/01/testosterone-does-not-work-better-than.html |access-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306032942/https://trans-fusion.blogspot.com/2015/01/testosterone-does-not-work-better-than.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Some cultures that recognize(d) female-to-male spectrum gender roles include the Blackfoot Confederacy ([[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Ninauposkitzipxpe|Ninauposkitzipxpe]], "manly-hearted women"), the Navajo ([[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Nadleehi and Dilbaa|Dilbaa]]), the Bugis people of Indonesia ([[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Bissu|calalai]]) the Maori ([[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Whakawahine and Wakatane|Wakatane]]), and Albania ([[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Burrnesha|Burrnesha]], "sworn virgins"), and [[gender-variant identities worldwide|many others]]. Historically, these female-to-male spectrum people have included some people who were analogous to modern, Western ideas of trans men, as well as some possibly cisgender women who took up a male gender role or appearance in order to escape patriarchal oppression, to protect themselves from violence, and to have jobs that only men were allowed to have.

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==Nonbinary men==
{{Personal story
|quote=For me, there are elements of being a “trans guy” that speak to my experiences – but it's not quite enough to hold all the other [[queer]], [[femme]], and fluid aspects that make me who I am.
|name=Sam Dylan Finch
|identity= genderqueer trans guy
|ref= <ref>{{cite web|url=https://letsqueerthingsup.com/2016/05/13/non-binary-trans-guy-isnt-contradiction/ |title=Being Non-Binary and a Trans Guy Isn't a Contradiction |author=Sam Dylan Finch |website=Let's Queer Things Up! |date=13 May 2016 |access-date = 24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228232508/https://letsqueerthingsup.com/2016/05/13/non-binary-trans-guy-isnt-contradiction/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}
Some people identify as both nonbinary and as a binary gender such as man. They see themselves as almost but not quite fitting into the gender binary, and feel an association with being a man or masculinity, while still feeling that it's significant that they don't fit into that category. Alternatively, they may simply not mind being seen as men while feeling no inherent connection to masculinity. Depending on how the individual defines their identity, they may consider themself to be nonbinary men if they also consider themself to be partly male ([[demiboy]]), queer masculine ([[butch]]), someone who only wants to be in the active role of sex without being touched ([[stone]]), [[lesbian man]], having a gender that often changes ([[genderfluid]]), [[genderqueer]], having more than one gender ([[multigender]]), [[eunuch]], or other kinds of identities. A self-described nonbinary man may consider themself to be on the female-to-male spectrum, or [[transmasculine]]. However, a nonbinary man could also be someone who considers themself to be on the male-to-female spectrum, or [[transfeminine]], and partly identifies with the masculinity assigned at birth.

=== Notable nonbinary men ===

[[File:Du Blonde 7-7-2019 by Paul Hudson.jpg|thumb|200px|Musician [[Du Blonde]] performing in July 2019, who identifies as nonbinary predominantly male.]]

Some notable people who identify as nonbinary who also use "male", "boy", or "man" in the description of their gender identity include:

* Musician and visual artist [[Du Blonde]] ([[she/her]],<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B26o9pvHwMk/ Sept 27, 2019 instagram post] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519214921/https://www.instagram.com/p/B26o9pvHwMk/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> b. 1990) - nonbinary, predominantly male<ref name="Loftin">{{Cite web |title=Will the real Du Blonde please stand up? |author=Steven Loftin |work=The Line of Best Fit |date=18 February 2019 |access-date=28 March 2020 |url= https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/longread/du-blonde-the-real-beth-jeans-houghton-will-see-you-now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604045954/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/longread/du-blonde-the-real-beth-jeans-houghton-will-see-you-now |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Author [[Kacen Callender]] ([[they/them]], b. 1989) - [[demiboy]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=kacencallender|number=1183344675631091712|date=October 13, 2019|title=I'm the demiboy of my dreams, honestly.}}</ref>

* Chinese-American clinical psychologist and educator Dr. [[Sand Chang]] ([[they/them]]) - nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, demiboy, femme<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ep 69 Dr. Sand Chang Licensed Psychologist Interview |last=Kramer |first=Kaiya |work=The Queer Life Radio |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419140750/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Actor [[Sam de Leve]] ([[they/them]]) - half-boy.<ref>https://twitter.com/chaikovsky [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702040137/https://twitter.com/chaikovsky Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* Author and journalist [[Sassafras Lowrey]] ([[ze/hir]],<ref name="Lowrey2017">{{Cite web |title=A Guide To Non-binary Pronouns And Why They Matter |last=Lowrey |first=Sassafras |work=HuffPost |date=8 November 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/non-binary-pronouns-why-they-matter_b_5a03107be4b0230facb8419a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529102548/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/non-binary-pronouns-why-they-matter_b_5a03107be4b0230facb8419a |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> b. 1984) - [[genderqueer]], trans, femme, leather boy<ref>{{cite tweet|user= sassafraslowrey|number= 1182723625448685568|date=11 October 2019|title=and to have made a core aspect of my career around writing the queerest books and stories I can imagine. Happy #NationalComingOutDay Queerly yours a: #runaway, formerly #homeless, #genderqueer, #trans, #femme, #queer, #polyamorous, #asexual, #little, #leather boy}}</ref>

* Well-known e-sports player [[SonicFox|Dominique "SonicFox" McLean]] ([[they/them]],<ref>https://twitter.com/SonicFox/status/1172597487560994821 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507185711/https://twitter.com/SonicFox/status/1172597487560994821 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> b. 1998) - nonbinary man<ref name="Dalbey">{{Cite web |title=‘I will finally explore my true identity’: SonicFox comes out as nonbinary |last=Dalbey|first=Alex |work=The Daily Dot |date=4 September 2019 |access-date=2 April 2020 |url= https://www.dailydot.com/irl/sonicfox-nonbinary/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207033106/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/sonicfox-nonbinary/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Canadian actor-producer [[Elliot Page]] (he/they) - nonbinary transgender guy<ref name="Steinmetz">{{Cite web |title=Elliot Page Is Ready for This Moment |last=Steinmetz |first=Katy |work=Time |date=March 16, 2021 |access-date=March 19, 2021 |url= https://time.com/5947032/elliot-page/ |quote=During our interviews, Page will repeatedly refer to himself as a “transgender guy.” He also calls himself nonbinary and queer, but for him, transmasculinity is at the center of the conversation right now. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619190900/https://time.com/5947032/elliot-page/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Canadian singer-songwriter [[T. Thomason]] (he/him) - nonbinary man<ref name="Ratchford">{{Cite web |title=Getting To Know The Creator Of ‘Babes,’ The Web’s Cutest Queer Series |last=Ratchford, Sarah |work=Medium |date=6 January 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url=https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |quote=T. Thomason, a nonbinary trans man |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720055243/https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

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==See also==
*[[Transmasculine]]
*[[Gender binary]]
*[[Binary gender]]
*[[Boi]]
*[[Butch]]
*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]

==References==
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[[Category:Identities]]

Woman

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Anyone with a female [[gender identity]] is female: she is a [[woman]] or girl. Women are a very diverse group, and many assumptions about the definitive characteristics of womanhood are not held in common by all women. Having the ability or desire to give birth is not what makes someone a woman, because many women and girls can't or don't want to do that, due to health conditions, age, or personal choice. Looking like a woman in other people's judgment does not make someone a woman, because others can misjudge that, and there are women who look masculine, and other people who look feminine, whether by choice or by nature. Only identifying as a woman makes someone a woman. Any woman's womanhood is valid no matter what kind of body parts she has, or what gender she was [[assigned gender at birth|assigned at birth]]. Cisgender women, transgender women, and [[intersex]] women are equally women. Because gender isn't the same thing as [[sexual orientation]], women are still women whether they feel sexual attraction to men (heterosexual), or to women ([[lesbian]]), or to people of any gender ([[bisexual]] or [[pansexual]]), or none ([[asexual]]).

In [[gender binary]] systems, such as the Western one, "woman" is considered to be one of the only two genders that exist, one of the [[binary gender]]s. For all of written history, cultures all over the world have acknowledged people who were gender-variant or who transitioned to a different gender role than the one assigned to them at birth. Ancient cultures that thought of there being a specific number of genders did not always say there were just two. In ancient Egyptian writings, [[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Sekhet|woman was one of three genders]], and in classical Jewish literature, [[Gender-variant identities worldwide#The six genders in classical Judaism|woman was one of six genders]]. Gender is a construct, and therefore is not inherently binary. Therefore, "woman" is not inherently a binary gender. Rather, "woman" is one of many genders that people have. Throughout [[history of nonbinary gender|the history of the world]], there have been many people who do not identify with being only female or male, who are therefore [[nonbinary]]. There are also people who identify partly as a woman, and yet do not feel they completely fit into that category, so they call themselves nonbinary women. Although the gender binary system is coercive and limiting, "woman" is a valid identity. Womanhood can be better understood as an identity in its own right, rather than as an opposite pole in a binary system.<ref name="labelle">Sophie Labelle. ''Assigned Male'' (political comic). February 6, 2019. https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/post/182605182667</ref>

== Etymology and terminology ==
The spelling of "woman" in English has progressed over the past millennium from ''wīfmann''<ref>"wīfmann": Bosworth & Toller, ''Anglo-Saxon Dictionary'' (Oxford, 1898–1921) p. 1219. The spelling "wifman" also occurs: C.T. Onions, ''Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology'' (Oxford, 1966) p. 1011</ref> to ''wīmmann'' to ''wumman'', and finally, the modern spelling ''woman''.<ref>''Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition'', entry for "woman".</ref> In Old English, ''wīfmann'' meant "female human", whereas ''wēr'' meant "male human". ''Mann'' or ''monn'' had a gender-neutral meaning of "human", corresponding to Modern English "person" or "someone"; however, subsequent to the Norman Conquest, ''man'' began to be used more in reference to "male human", and by the late 13th century had begun to eclipse usage of the older term ''wēr''.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=man man] – definition Dictionary.reference.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20230429194843/http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=MAN Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The medial labial consonants f and m in ''wīfmann'' coalesced into the modern form "woman", while the initial element ''wīf'', which meant "female", underwent semantic narrowing to the sense of a married woman ("wife").

It is a popular misconception that the term "woman" is etymologically connected to "womb".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stanton|first1=Elizabeth Cady|title=The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective|date=2002|pages=21–22|publisher=Dover Publications|location=Mineola, New York|isbn=978-0486424910|url=https://books.google.com/?id=hiTpfBGwNR0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780486424910#v=onepage&q=womb-man&f=false|chapter=The Book of Genesis, Chapter II|quote=Next comes the naming of the mother of the race. "She shall be called Woman," in the ancient form of the word Womb-man. She was man and more than man because of her maternity.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308210511/https://books.google.com/?id=hiTpfBGwNR0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780486424910|archive-date=17 July 2023}} (Originally published in two volumes, 1895 and 1898, by The European Publishing Company.)</ref> "Womb" derives from the Old English word ''wamb'' meaning "belly, bowels, heart, uterus"<ref name=OED>{{cite web|title=womb (n.)|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/womb|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|accessdate=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525155450/https://www.etymonline.com/word/womb|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> (modern German retains the colloquial term "wamme" from Old High German ''wamba'' for "belly, paunch, lap").<ref name=Starostin>{{cite web|author=S. Starostin|url=http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/ie/germet&text_number=%20562|title=Germanic etymology|website=The Tower of Babel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409081415/https://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/ie/germet&text_number=%20562|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=Kluge>{{cite book|last1=Kluge|first1=Friedrich|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language|date=1891|page=384 |publisher=George Bell & Sons|location=London|url=https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict |archiveurl=https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict00kluguoft/page/384|archivedate=November 1, 2007|quote=Translated by John Francis Davis, D.Litl, M.A.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308090115/https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

The word ''girl'' originally meant "young person of either sex" in English;<ref>Used in Middle English from c. 1300, meaning 'a child of either sex, a young person'. Its derivation is uncertain, perhaps from an Old English word which has not survived: another theory is that it developed from Old English 'gyrela', meaning 'dress, apparel': or was a diminutive form of a borrowing from another West Germanic Language. (Middle Low German has Gör, Göre, meaning 'girl or small child'.) "girl, n.". OED Online. September 2013. Oxford University Press. 13 September 2013</ref> it was only around the beginning of the 16th century that it came to mean specifically a ''female'' child.<ref>By late 14th century a distinction was arising between female children, often called 'gay girls' – and male, or 'knave girls' -: a1375 William of Palerne (1867) l. 816 ' Whan þe gaye gerles were in-to þe gardin come, Faire floures þei founde.' ('When the gay girls came into the garden, Fair flowers they found.') By the 16th century, the unsupported word had begun to mean specifically a female: 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. D, 'The boy thy husbande, and thou the gyrle his wyfe.' The usage meaning 'child of either sex' survived much longer in Irish English. "girl, n.". OED Online. September 2013. Oxford University Press. 13 September 2013</ref> The term ''girl'' is sometimes used colloquially to refer to a young or unmarried woman; however, during the early 1970s, feminists challenged such use because the use of the word to refer to a fully grown woman may cause offence. In particular, previously common terms such as ''office girl'' are no longer widely used. Conversely, in certain cultures which link family honor with female virginity, the word ''girl'' (or its equivalent in other languages) is still used to refer to a never-married woman; in this sense it is used in a fashion roughly analogous to the more-or-less obsolete English ''maid'' or ''maiden''.

There are various words used to refer to the quality of being a woman. The term "womanhood" merely means the state of being a woman. "[[Femininity]]" is used to refer to a set of typical female qualities associated with a certain attitude to [[gender role]]s; "womanliness" is like "femininity", but is usually associated with a different view of gender roles. "Distaff" is an archaic adjective derived from women's conventional role as a spinner, now used only as a deliberate archaism.

== Symbol ==

[[File:Venus symbol.svg|thumb|200px|The Venus symbol or female [[gender symbols|gender symbol]].]]

The glyph (♀) for the planet and Roman goddess Venus, or Aphrodite in Greek, is the symbol used in biology, geneaology, and some [[Public restrooms|restroom signs]] for female.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Fadu|editor1-first=Jose A.|title=Encyclopedia of Theory & Practice in Psychotherapy & Counseling|date=2014|publisher=LuLu Press|page=337|isbn=978-1312078369}}</ref><ref name=Stearn1962>{{cite journal|author=Stearn, William T.|title=The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols of Biology|url=https://iapt-taxon.org/historic/Congress/IBC_1964/male_fem.pdf|journal=[[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]]|date=May 1962|volume=11|issue=4|pages=109–113|doi=10.2307/1217734|issn=0040-0262|accessdate=19 July 2019|jstor=1217734|author-link=William T. Stearn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527105139/https://iapt-taxon.org/historic/Congress/IBC_1964/male_fem.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=Schott2005>{{cite journal|last1=Schott|first1=GD|title=Sex symbols ancient and modern: their origins and iconography on the pedigree|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/331/7531/1509.full.pdf|journal=[[The BMJ]]|date=December 2005|volume=331|issue=7531|pages=1509–10|doi=10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1509|pmid=16373733|pmc=1322246|issn=0959-8138|accessdate=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619113602/https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/331/7531/1509.full.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> In ancient alchemy, the Venus symbol stood for copper, and was associated with femininity.<ref name=Schott2005 />

This comes from a set of symbols that were first used to denote the effective sex of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1751.<ref name= Stearn>{{cite journal|last=Stearn|first=William T.|s2cid=87030547|title=The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols of Biology|journal=Taxon|date=May 1962 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=109–113 |jstor=1217734 |doi=10.2307/1217734 |quote= The origin of these symbols has long been of interest to scholars. Probably none now accepts the interpretation of Scaliger that {{char|♂}} represents the shield and spear of Mars and {{char|♀}} Venus's looking glass.}}</ref> The male and female symbols are still used in scientific publications to indicate the sex of an individual, for example of a patient.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Zhigang |first=Zhigang |date=25 September 2009 |title=A HIV-1 heterosexual transmission chain in Guangzhou, China: a molecular epidemiological study |journal=Virology Journal |publisher=BioMed Central |volume=6 |issue=148 |pages=Figure 1 |doi=10.1186/1743-422X-6-148 |pmid=19778458 |pmc=2761389 |quote=(Mars male gender symbol) indicates male; (female Venus gender symbol) indicates female|display-authors=etal}}</ref> Joseph Justus Scaliger speculated that the male symbol is associated with the Mars, god of war because it resembles a shield and spear; and that the female symbol is associated with Venus, goddess of beauty because it resembles a bronze mirror with a handle.<ref>{{Citation|last=Taylor|first=Robert B.|chapter=Now and Future Tales|date=2016 |pages=293–310 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-319-29053-9 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-29055-3_12 |title=White Coat Tales}}</ref> Later scholars dismiss this as fanciful,<ref name=Stearn />The visual equivalent of a backronym, preferring "the conclusion of the French classical scholar Claude de Saumaise (Salmasius, 1588-1683) that these symbols [...] are derived from contractions in Greek script of the Greek names of the planets".<ref name=Stearn />''Thouros'' (Mars) was abbreviated as θρ, and ''Phosphoros'' (Venus) by Φ, in handwriting.<ref>H W Renkema, ''Oorsprong, beteekenis en toepassing van de in de botanie gebuikelijke teekens ter aanduiding van het geslacht en den levensduur'', in: Jeswiet J, ed., ''Gedenkboek J Valckenier Suringar. Wageningen: Nederlandsche Dendrologische Vereeniging'', 1942: 96-108.</ref><ref name=Stearn />

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== Cisgender women ==
Cisgender women are women who were assigned female at birth (or were born with certain [[intersex]] conditions), and who have a female gender identity. [[Cisgender]] (from Latin ''cis'' "same side of" + "gender", this word was "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs"<ref>Julia Serano, "Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege." 2009-05-14. [http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226032644/http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>) means "not transgender," as they don't [[transition]] to female from some other gender.

A few of the physical characteristics of a cisgender woman often include:
* A uterus, ovaries, and vagina, unless if she was born without one or another of them (agenesis), or had them taken out (hysterectomy, oophorectomy, or vaginectomy, respectively) to treat or prevent disease
* The ability to give birth, unless if sterile, or without some of the anatomy listed above, or past childbearing years
* Breasts (a secondary sexual characteristic), unless if they never developed, or they had them removed (mastectomy) to treat or prevent breast cancer
* Has a hormone balance with estrogen higher than testosterone, and the presence of progesterone
* Chromosomes that are XX (textbook example), XY (androgen insensitivity syndrome), XXX (triple X syndrome), XXXX, X (Turner syndrome), or others. People rarely take a test to find out what these are, unless they think it might explain another physical challenge.
It is possible for a cisgender woman to have a body with few of the above physical characteristics that are usually used to describe a typical cisgender female body. For example, cisgender women who have had hysterectomies and mastectomies to survive cancer are nonetheless still cisgender women, as much as they ever were. Furthermore, having the above characteristics does not make someone a cisgender woman. For example, some people who were assigned female at birth but identify as a different gender have these characteristics. Some people with intersex conditions have these physical characteristics, but don't consider themselves cisgender women. Some do.

The ability to give birth creates a physical vulnerability that is exploited by [[patriarchy]]. Patriarchy began as a system based around the control of the part of the population who generally can give birth, by the part that generally can't. Women and people who can give birth are not completely synonymous groups. (There are infertile women, fertile trans men, and so on.) Still, these two groups have the most overlap. Patriarchy means that, as a group, men control women. They exert this control in every part of society, through the systems that are built into that society. Some of the many forms of how patriarchy controls, oppresses, and abuses women include:
* Violence. Patriarchy tells women that they need a man close to them at all times, if for no other reason than to protect them from violence from other men. However, domestic violence is a very common cause of women's deaths.
* The idea of rape as normal (rape culture). Rape culture includes the idea that women are the ones who should take responsibility for preventing themselves from being raped (victim blaming), and defending rapists as not responsible for their actions, without educating men to not rape. Rape is specifically a significant part of the oppression of cisgender women due to the risk of unwanted pregnancy. Much of patriarchy is based around this.
* The idea of women as being less human (dehumanization). Dehumanization of women means that society assumes that women's minds are more like animals' minds (sometimes said in ways that seem positive, like "intuitive" or "closer to nature"), and are thought to be less able to do what men's can do, and therefore won't let women have educations, work most kinds of jobs, or drive. Without these things, it's difficult for women to free themselves from oppression.
* Ownership of women. Patriarchy often makes cisgender women have the legal status not of people, but of possessions (chattel) owned by men (their husbands or fathers). As chattel, women have no say in what happens to their bodies, can legally own no possessions, and can't vote.
All of these things oppress women. The system of patriarchy maintains itself by making it difficult for women to get the power to challenge or escape the oppression.

[[Feminism]] is [[activism]] against patriarchy, and it begins with activism to give women the legal status of people. The outward signs of that legal status are the right to choose what happens to their own bodies (legal access to birth control), the right to own property, the right to vote (suffrage), and the right to work. These can only be done by those who are legally recognized as persons. Feminism is a movement that can make equal rights for people of all genders by liberating them all from patriarchy, but feminism has its main focus on fulfilling the needs of cisgender women, because patriarchy has its main focus on oppressing them.

== Transgender women ==

Transgender women are women who were assigned male at birth (or had certain intersex conditions), and who have a female gender identity. Like any women, they usually use [[Pronouns#She|"she" pronouns]], and their sexual orientation can be lesbian, heterosexual, or otherwise. This is the male-to-female transgender spectrum. Older psychological and medical writings wrongly call trans women "male transsexuals" or "male transvestites", and call them by unwanted "he" pronouns. Trans women are women, not feminine men or [[sexual orientation|gay]] men.

Many transgender women [[transition]] to address [[gender dysphoria]], and some also consider themselves to be transsexual women. Any transgender person's transition path is very individual. Common features in a transgender woman's transition path include [[hormone therapy]] to create a balance with estrogen higher than testosterone, and a wide variety of kinds of [[surgery]] to choose from.

Patriarchy oppresses and devalues all forms of womanhood and femininity, not only of cisgender women, but also of trans women, called [[transmisogyny]]. Julia Serano coined this word for her trans-feminist book, ''Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity'' (2007). Patriarchy sees trans women as a threat that could undermine its power and rigidity. One feature of a trans-misogynistic culture is that by far, the most kinds of hate speech and slurs used against trans people are those used specifically against trans women. Violence against and murder of trans people also, by far, most commonly targets trans women, especially trans women of colour. The [[Transgender Day of Remembrance]] gives a memorial to the many trans people who are murdered each year around the world. These are nearly all trans women of colour.

In the transgender community, "[[gatekeeper]]" is slang for the system of health providers that decide whether to allow a transgender person to get gender-validating health care.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trans, Genderqueer, and Queer Terms Glossary |archive-date= 10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210021940/https://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf| url= http://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf}}</ref> Medical gatekeepers, as well as the serious risks of living in trans-misogynistic culture, both put pressure on trans women to conform to society's behavioral and physical ideals for feminine cisgender women. One form of this pressure is that gatekeepers told trans women not to interact with other trans women outside of gender centers, saying that this would invalidate their womanhood. Keeping trans women isolated from one another in this way made it so that trans women couldn't organize among themselves to do activism for their own rights.<ref name="MiseryPimps">{{Cite web |title=The Misery Pimps: The People Who Impede Trans Liberation |author=fakecisgirl |work=fake cis girl |date=7 October 2013 |access-date=31 May 2021 |url= https://fakecisgirl.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/the-misery-pimps-the-people-who-impede-trans-liberation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084017/https://fakecisgirl.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/the-misery-pimps-the-people-who-impede-trans-liberation/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Some cultures that recognize(d) male-to-female spectrum gender roles include the Ethiopian Maale people ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#ashtime|Ashtime]]), the Madagascaran Sakalava ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#sekrata|Sekrata]]), the Lakota ([[gender-variant identities worldwide##winkte|Winkte]]), the Navajo ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Nadleehi and Dilbaa|Nadleehi]]), the Zapotec ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Muxe|Muxe]]), many south Asian countries ([[Hijra]]), Oman ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Xanith|Xanith]]), Nepal ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Metis|Metis]]), Turkey ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Köçek|Köçek]]), Italy ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Femminello|Femminello]]) Myanmar ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Acault|Acault]]), Samoa ([[Fa'afafine]]), Maori ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Whakawahine and Wakatane|Whakawahine]]), much of ancient Europe ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Gallae|Gallae]]), and [[gender-variant identities worldwide|many others]]. Historically, these male-to-female spectrum roles have been made of some people who were analogous to modern, Western ideas of trans women, as well as some people who are not so analogous to that, such as feminine gay men, or nonbinary people who were AMAB.

== Nonbinary women ==
Some people identify as nonbinary and as a binary gender such as woman. They may see themselves as almost but not quite fitting into the category of womanhood, feel an association with being a woman or femininity, or not mind being seen as women. Depending on how the individual defines their identity, they may consider themself to be nonbinary women if they also consider themself to be partly female ([[demigirl]]), [[femme]], a gender nonconforming queer masculine woman ([[butch]]), someone who only wants to be in the active role of sex without being touched (stone), androgynous, having a gender identity that often changes ([[genderfluid]]), having more than one gender ([[bigender]]), having a form of womanhood that is itself queer ([[genderqueer]]), or other kinds of identities.

In the 2019 Gender Census, 1,416 of the respondents (12.6%) identified as a woman or girl, even as many of them also identified as nonbinary.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR." ''Gender Census.'' March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr</ref> The term ''enbygirl'' is sometimes used with the same meaning, although ith as a low adoption rate; in the 2024 Gender Census, only 2 participants identified with this term.{{Gender Census|2024}}

=== Notable nonbinary women ===

[[File:Rebecca Sugar Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|[[Rebecca Sugar]], a writer and animation artist who is a nonbinary woman, at the Peabody Awards in 2019.]]
[[File:Shakina_Nayfack.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Shakina Nayfack]], a [[gender nonconforming]] nonbinary trans woman.]]

Some notable people who identify as nonbinary who also use female, girl, or woman in the description of their gender identity include:

* Musician and performance artist [[Arca]] ([[she/her]] and [[it/its]],<ref name="Fallon">{{Cite web |title=Arca Is the Artist of the Decade |last=Fallon |first=Patric |work=Vice |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=30 June 2020 |url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj9k4/arca-is-the-artist-of-the-decade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329092248/http://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj9k4/arca-is-the-artist-of-the-decade |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> b. 1989) - nonbinary trans woman<ref name="Moen">{{Cite web |title=Arca: Embracing the Flux |last=Moen |first=Matt |work=PAPER |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=30 June 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/arca-transformation-2645630264.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216160852/https://www.papermag.com/arca-transformation-2645630264.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Romance author [[Chelsea M. Cameron]] ([[she/her]] and [[they/them]]<ref>https://twitter.com/chel_c_cam [https://web.archive.org/web/20230522012959/https://twitter.com/chel_c_cam Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.instagram.com/chelccam/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230329205043/https://www.instagram.com/chelccam/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>) - demigirl<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Chelsea M. Cameron|user=chel_c_cam|number=862141410627256320|title=I've been: bisexual, gay, queer, queer/bisexual. I'm also still not super sure about my gender, but for now demigirl is how I identify.|date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>

* Playwright and rap artist [[Despoina]] ([[they/them]] or [[she/her]]<ref name="whrb">{{Cite web |title=TBT on Fighting Cyberbullies and Taking Back Black Music |author= |work=WHRB 95.3FM |date=June 11, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |url= https://www.whrb.org/archive/tbt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204141545/https://www.whrb.org/archive/tbt |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>) - nonbinary trans woman<ref name="Gorelick">{{Cite web |title=WTBU Organizes Virtual Benefit Concert for Massachusetts Bail Fund |last=Gorelick |first=Rusty |work=Boston University |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |url=https://www-test.bu.edu/articles/2020/wtbu-organizes-virtual-benefit-concert-for-massachusetts-bail-fund/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721142812/https://www-test.bu.edu/articles/2020/wtbu-organizes-virtual-benefit-concert-for-massachusetts-bail-fund/ |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

* American comedian, writer, and nurse [[Kelli Dunham]] describes herself<ref name="story">{{Cite web |title=THE STORY |author= |work=kellidunham.com |date= |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= http://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314231523/https://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> as a [[genderqueer]] woman<ref name="Wood">{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Comedian Kelli Dunham on Storytelling as a Radical, Transformative Act |last=Wood |first=Erin |work=Ms. Magazine |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612184627/https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>/[[nonbinary]] [[transmasc]] [[butch]].<ref name="Guerrero">{{Cite web |title=Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery |last=Guerrero |first=Desirée |work=The Advocate |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103074504/https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Visual artist and musician [[Florian-Ayala Fauna]] ([[she/her]]<ref name="Fauna_About">{{Cite web |title=About |author=Florian-Ayala Fauna |work=florian-93.com |date= |access-date=14 November 2020 |url= https://www.florian-93.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322090336/https://www.florian-93.com/about |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>) - [[androgyne]], partially woman<ref name="Faunatweet">{{cite tweet|user=bloodfawn93|number=963276096430108672|last=Fauna|first=Florian-Ayala|title=Hey I'm Florian - I'm a visual artist, musician, writer, and occult practitioner of a Thelemic/Crowley based nature. #VisibleWomen (woman part is partially true tho, more androgyne and proud to be intersex :3 ) http://florian-93.com https://uncertain.bandcamp.com|date=February 12, 2018}}</ref>

* Singer-songwriter and comedian [[Left at London]] ([[she/her]],<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LeftAtLondon|number=1160275504760360960|date=August 10, 2019|title=IM NON-BINARY. BUT STILL REFER TO ME AS SHE/HER. (UNLESS U REFER TO EVERYBODY AS THEY/THEM. THEN IM FINE WITH THEY THEM PRONOUNS.) LOVE YOU GUYS}}</ref> b. 1996) - nonbinary trans woman<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LeftAtLondon|number=1160277010813349888|date=August 10, 2019|title=Nonbinary trans woman to be specific}}</ref>

* Actor and activist [[Shakina Nayfack]] ([[she/her]], b. 1980) - nonbinary and [[gender non-conforming]] trans woman<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CPVsM3qjzFr/ |title= Instagram post from @shakeenz|date=May 26, 2021|quote= I'm not "coming out" as non-binary, I'm choosing now to claim non-binary as part of my identity because, as a gender non-conforming trans woman, I feel responsible to include myself in the discourse which—unintentionally or not—has a tendency to assign meaning to my identity without my consent otherwise. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515054203/https://www.instagram.com/p/CPVsM3qjzFr/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* Cosmologist and science writer [[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein]] ([[she/her]],<ref>[http://www.cprescodweinstein.com/ Website bio], retrieved May 17, 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230308102557/http://www.cprescodweinstein.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> b. 1982) - [[agender]] woman<ref>[https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI/ Twitter bio], retrieved May 17, 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230716190349/https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* Musician [[King Princess]] ([[she/her]],<ref name="Menuez">{{Cite web |title=King Princess |last=Menuez |first=Bobbi |work=theingenuemagazine.com |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911191450/https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> b. 1998) - [[genderqueer]] person and [[gay]] woman<ref name="Menuez"/>

* Model, actor, and TV presenter [[Ruby Rose]] ([[she/her]],<ref name="Kellaway">{{Cite web |title=WATCH: Australian Model Ruby Rose Comes Out as Gender Fluid |last=Kellaway |first=Mitch |work=The Advocate |date=31 July 2014 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/07/31/watch-australian-model-ruby-rose-comes-out-gender-fluid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529090300/https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/07/31/watch-australian-model-ruby-rose-comes-out-gender-fluid |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> b. 1986) - [[genderfluid]] woman<ref name="Gomez">{{Cite web |title=Gender-fluid Ruby Rose opens up about the backlash she's received for identifying as a lesbian |trans-title= |last=Gomez |first=Patrick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=5 June 2019 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308224934/https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Science fiction author [[Rivers Solomon]] ([[they/them]]) - nonbinary/agender woman<ref>https://www.riverssolomon.com/hireme [https://web.archive.org/web/20211207101508/https://www.riverssolomon.com/hireme Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* Activist and actor [[Ianne Fields Stewart]] ([[she/her]], [[they/them]]) - [[transfeminine]] nonbinary woman<ref name="SwiftMar2020">{{Cite web |title=Meet Ianne Fields Stewart: The Activist and Actress Who Is Combatting Food Insecurity In The Black Transgender Community |author=Swift, Jaimee A. |work=Black Women Radicals |date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-ianne-fields-stewart-the-activist-and-actress-who-is-combating-food-insecurity-in-the-black-transgender-community|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128162056/https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-ianne-fields-stewart-the-activist-and-actress-who-is-combating-food-insecurity-in-the-black-transgender-community |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="MastersAug2020">{{Cite web |title=This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=The Advocate |date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/31/ianne-fields-stewart-okra-project-trans |quote=I am a Black, queer, nonbinary, lesbian woman. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529144011/https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/31/ianne-fields-stewart-okra-project-trans |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Writer and animation artist [[Rebecca Sugar]] ([[English neutral pronouns#She|she/her]] or [[singular they|they/them]],<ref>https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?lang=en [https://web.archive.org/web/20230505073105/https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?lang=en Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> b. 1987) - nonbinary woman<ref name="fink">{{Cite web |title=The Mind Behind America’s Most Empathetic Cartoon |last1=Fink |first1=Kathryn |first2=Paige |last2=Osburn |work=1A |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://the1a.org/segments/2018-07-09-the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022123837/https://the1a.org/segments/2018-07-09-the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="PulliamMoore">{{Cite web |title=Steven Universe's Rebecca Sugar on How She Expresses Her Identity Through the Non-binary Crystal Gems |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |work=io9 |date=16 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601170515/https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Actor and drag performer [[Kate Rose Wilburn]] ([[they/them]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/katerosewilburn/ Instagram bio], retrieved 18 June 2020</ref>) - nonbinary transgender woman<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CBFCyEIgPFJ/ Instagram post], 5 June 2020</ref>

* Musician and TV writer [[Our Lady J]] ([[she/her]]<ref name="INTO">{{Cite web |title=Our Lady J on Gender, Discrimination, & Hollywood Starting to "Get It Right" |author= |work=INTO |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=5 September 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/our-lady-j-on-gender-discrimination-hollywood-starting-to-get-it-right/d82839748e024a3c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318081251/https://intomore.com/culture/our-lady-j-on-gender-discrimination-hollywood-starting-to-get-it-right/d82839748e024a3c |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, b. 1978) - [[GNC]] [[genderfluid]] [[trans woman]]<ref name="INTO" />/ woman-aligned nonbinary person<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309001552if_/https://twitter.com/ourladyj/status/1236807149642297345|url=https://twitter.com/ourladyj/status/1236807149642297345|title=Twitter thread by @ourladyj|date=March 8, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Transfeminine]]
*[[Gender binary]]
*[[Binary gender]]
*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]

==References==
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Woman

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Anyone with a female [[gender identity]] is female: she is a [[woman]] or girl. Women are a very diverse group, and many assumptions about the definitive characteristics of womanhood are not held in common by all women. Having the ability or desire to give birth is not what makes someone a woman, because many women and girls can't or don't want to do that, due to health conditions, age, or personal choice. Looking like a woman in other people's judgment does not make someone a woman, because others can misjudge that, and there are women who look masculine, and other people who look feminine, whether by choice or by nature. Only identifying as a woman makes someone a woman. Any woman's womanhood is valid no matter what kind of body parts she has, or what gender she was [[assigned gender at birth|assigned at birth]]. Cisgender women, transgender women, and [[intersex]] women are equally women. Because gender isn't the same thing as [[sexual orientation]], women are still women whether they feel sexual attraction to men (heterosexual), or to women ([[lesbian]]), or to people of any gender ([[bisexual]] or [[pansexual]]), or none ([[asexual]]).

In the Western colonialist [[gender binary]] system, "woman" is considered to be one of the only two genders that exist, one of the [[binary gender]]s. For all of written history, cultures all over the world have acknowledged people who were gender-variant or who transitioned to a different gender role than the one assigned to them at birth. Ancient cultures that thought of there being a specific number of genders did not always say there were just two. In ancient Egyptian writings, [[Gender-variant identities worldwide#Sekhet|woman was one of three genders]], and in classical Jewish literature, [[Gender-variant identities worldwide#The six genders in classical Judaism|woman was one of six genders]]. The gender binary is an artificial and relatively new concept to humanity. Gender is not inherently binary. Therefore, "woman" is not inherently a binary gender. Rather, "woman" is one of many genders that people have. Throughout [[history of nonbinary gender|the history of the world]], there have been many people who do not identify with being only female or male, who are therefore [[nonbinary]]. There are also people who identify partly as a woman, and yet do not feel they completely fit into that category, so they call themselves nonbinary women. Although the gender binary system is coercive and limiting, "woman" is a valid identity. Womanhood can be better understood as an identity in its own right, rather than as an opposite pole in a binary system.<ref name="labelle">Sophie Labelle. ''Assigned Male'' (political comic). February 6, 2019. https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/post/182605182667</ref>

== Etymology and terminology ==
The spelling of "woman" in English has progressed over the past millennium from ''wīfmann''<ref>"wīfmann": Bosworth & Toller, ''Anglo-Saxon Dictionary'' (Oxford, 1898–1921) p. 1219. The spelling "wifman" also occurs: C.T. Onions, ''Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology'' (Oxford, 1966) p. 1011</ref> to ''wīmmann'' to ''wumman'', and finally, the modern spelling ''woman''.<ref>''Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition'', entry for "woman".</ref> In Old English, ''wīfmann'' meant "female human", whereas ''wēr'' meant "male human". ''Mann'' or ''monn'' had a gender-neutral meaning of "human", corresponding to Modern English "person" or "someone"; however, subsequent to the Norman Conquest, ''man'' began to be used more in reference to "male human", and by the late 13th century had begun to eclipse usage of the older term ''wēr''.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=man man] – definition Dictionary.reference.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20230429194843/http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=MAN Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The medial labial consonants f and m in ''wīfmann'' coalesced into the modern form "woman", while the initial element ''wīf'', which meant "female", underwent semantic narrowing to the sense of a married woman ("wife").

It is a popular misconception that the term "woman" is etymologically connected to "womb".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stanton|first1=Elizabeth Cady|title=The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective|date=2002|pages=21–22|publisher=Dover Publications|location=Mineola, New York|isbn=978-0486424910|url=https://books.google.com/?id=hiTpfBGwNR0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780486424910#v=onepage&q=womb-man&f=false|chapter=The Book of Genesis, Chapter II|quote=Next comes the naming of the mother of the race. "She shall be called Woman," in the ancient form of the word Womb-man. She was man and more than man because of her maternity.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308210511/https://books.google.com/?id=hiTpfBGwNR0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780486424910|archive-date=17 July 2023}} (Originally published in two volumes, 1895 and 1898, by The European Publishing Company.)</ref> "Womb" derives from the Old English word ''wamb'' meaning "belly, bowels, heart, uterus"<ref name=OED>{{cite web|title=womb (n.)|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/womb|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|accessdate=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525155450/https://www.etymonline.com/word/womb|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> (modern German retains the colloquial term "wamme" from Old High German ''wamba'' for "belly, paunch, lap").<ref name=Starostin>{{cite web|author=S. Starostin|url=http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/ie/germet&text_number=%20562|title=Germanic etymology|website=The Tower of Babel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409081415/https://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/ie/germet&text_number=%20562|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=Kluge>{{cite book|last1=Kluge|first1=Friedrich|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language|date=1891|page=384 |publisher=George Bell & Sons|location=London|url=https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict |archiveurl=https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict00kluguoft/page/384|archivedate=November 1, 2007|quote=Translated by John Francis Davis, D.Litl, M.A.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308090115/https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

The word ''girl'' originally meant "young person of either sex" in English;<ref>Used in Middle English from c. 1300, meaning 'a child of either sex, a young person'. Its derivation is uncertain, perhaps from an Old English word which has not survived: another theory is that it developed from Old English 'gyrela', meaning 'dress, apparel': or was a diminutive form of a borrowing from another West Germanic Language. (Middle Low German has Gör, Göre, meaning 'girl or small child'.) "girl, n.". OED Online. September 2013. Oxford University Press. 13 September 2013</ref> it was only around the beginning of the 16th century that it came to mean specifically a ''female'' child.<ref>By late 14th century a distinction was arising between female children, often called 'gay girls' – and male, or 'knave girls' -: a1375 William of Palerne (1867) l. 816 ' Whan þe gaye gerles were in-to þe gardin come, Faire floures þei founde.' ('When the gay girls came into the garden, Fair flowers they found.') By the 16th century, the unsupported word had begun to mean specifically a female: 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. D, 'The boy thy husbande, and thou the gyrle his wyfe.' The usage meaning 'child of either sex' survived much longer in Irish English. "girl, n.". OED Online. September 2013. Oxford University Press. 13 September 2013</ref> The term ''girl'' is sometimes used colloquially to refer to a young or unmarried woman; however, during the early 1970s, feminists challenged such use because the use of the word to refer to a fully grown woman may cause offence. In particular, previously common terms such as ''office girl'' are no longer widely used. Conversely, in certain cultures which link family honor with female virginity, the word ''girl'' (or its equivalent in other languages) is still used to refer to a never-married woman; in this sense it is used in a fashion roughly analogous to the more-or-less obsolete English ''maid'' or ''maiden''.

There are various words used to refer to the quality of being a woman. The term "womanhood" merely means the state of being a woman. "[[Femininity]]" is used to refer to a set of typical female qualities associated with a certain attitude to [[gender role]]s; "womanliness" is like "femininity", but is usually associated with a different view of gender roles. "Distaff" is an archaic adjective derived from women's conventional role as a spinner, now used only as a deliberate archaism.

== Symbol ==

[[File:Venus symbol.svg|thumb|200px|The Venus symbol or female [[gender symbols|gender symbol]].]]

The glyph (♀) for the planet and Roman goddess Venus, or Aphrodite in Greek, is the symbol used in biology, geneaology, and some [[Public restrooms|restroom signs]] for female.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Fadu|editor1-first=Jose A.|title=Encyclopedia of Theory & Practice in Psychotherapy & Counseling|date=2014|publisher=LuLu Press|page=337|isbn=978-1312078369}}</ref><ref name=Stearn1962>{{cite journal|author=Stearn, William T.|title=The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols of Biology|url=https://iapt-taxon.org/historic/Congress/IBC_1964/male_fem.pdf|journal=[[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]]|date=May 1962|volume=11|issue=4|pages=109–113|doi=10.2307/1217734|issn=0040-0262|accessdate=19 July 2019|jstor=1217734|author-link=William T. Stearn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527105139/https://iapt-taxon.org/historic/Congress/IBC_1964/male_fem.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=Schott2005>{{cite journal|last1=Schott|first1=GD|title=Sex symbols ancient and modern: their origins and iconography on the pedigree|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/331/7531/1509.full.pdf|journal=[[The BMJ]]|date=December 2005|volume=331|issue=7531|pages=1509–10|doi=10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1509|pmid=16373733|pmc=1322246|issn=0959-8138|accessdate=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619113602/https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/331/7531/1509.full.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> In ancient alchemy, the Venus symbol stood for copper, and was associated with femininity.<ref name=Schott2005 />

This comes from a set of symbols that were first used to denote the effective sex of plants (i.e. sex of individual in a given crossbreed, since most plants are hermaphroditic) by naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1751.<ref name= Stearn>{{cite journal|last=Stearn|first=William T.|s2cid=87030547|title=The Origin of the Male and Female Symbols of Biology|journal=Taxon|date=May 1962 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=109–113 |jstor=1217734 |doi=10.2307/1217734 |quote= The origin of these symbols has long been of interest to scholars. Probably none now accepts the interpretation of Scaliger that {{char|♂}} represents the shield and spear of Mars and {{char|♀}} Venus's looking glass.}}</ref> The male and female symbols are still used in scientific publications to indicate the sex of an individual, for example of a patient.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Zhigang |first=Zhigang |date=25 September 2009 |title=A HIV-1 heterosexual transmission chain in Guangzhou, China: a molecular epidemiological study |journal=Virology Journal |publisher=BioMed Central |volume=6 |issue=148 |pages=Figure 1 |doi=10.1186/1743-422X-6-148 |pmid=19778458 |pmc=2761389 |quote=(Mars male gender symbol) indicates male; (female Venus gender symbol) indicates female|display-authors=etal}}</ref> Joseph Justus Scaliger speculated that the male symbol is associated with the Mars, god of war because it resembles a shield and spear; and that the female symbol is associated with Venus, goddess of beauty because it resembles a bronze mirror with a handle.<ref>{{Citation|last=Taylor|first=Robert B.|chapter=Now and Future Tales|date=2016 |pages=293–310 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-319-29053-9 |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-29055-3_12 |title=White Coat Tales}}</ref> Later scholars dismiss this as fanciful,<ref name=Stearn />The visual equivalent of a backronym, preferring "the conclusion of the French classical scholar Claude de Saumaise (Salmasius, 1588-1683) that these symbols [...] are derived from contractions in Greek script of the Greek names of the planets".<ref name=Stearn />''Thouros'' (Mars) was abbreviated as θρ, and ''Phosphoros'' (Venus) by Φ, in handwriting.<ref>H W Renkema, ''Oorsprong, beteekenis en toepassing van de in de botanie gebuikelijke teekens ter aanduiding van het geslacht en den levensduur'', in: Jeswiet J, ed., ''Gedenkboek J Valckenier Suringar. Wageningen: Nederlandsche Dendrologische Vereeniging'', 1942: 96-108.</ref><ref name=Stearn />

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== Cisgender women ==
Cisgender women are women who were assigned female at birth (or were born with certain [[intersex]] conditions), and who have a female gender identity. [[Cisgender]] (from Latin ''cis'' "same side of" + "gender", this word was "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs"<ref>Julia Serano, "Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege." 2009-05-14. [http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226032644/http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>) means "not transgender," as they don't [[transition]] to female from some other gender.

A few of the physical characteristics of a cisgender woman often include:
* A uterus, ovaries, and vagina, unless if she was born without one or another of them (agenesis), or had them taken out (hysterectomy, oophorectomy, or vaginectomy, respectively) to treat or prevent disease
* The ability to give birth, unless if sterile, or without some of the anatomy listed above, or past childbearing years
* Breasts (a secondary sexual characteristic), unless if they never developed, or they had them removed (mastectomy) to treat or prevent breast cancer
* Has a hormone balance with estrogen higher than testosterone, and the presence of progesterone
* Chromosomes that are XX (textbook example), XY (androgen insensitivity syndrome), XXX (triple X syndrome), XXXX, X (Turner syndrome), or others. People rarely take a test to find out what these are, unless they think it might explain another physical challenge.
It is possible for a cisgender woman to have a body with few of the above physical characteristics that are usually used to describe a typical cisgender female body. For example, cisgender women who have had hysterectomies and mastectomies to survive cancer are nonetheless still cisgender women, as much as they ever were. Furthermore, having the above characteristics does not make someone a cisgender woman. For example, some people who were assigned female at birth but identify as a different gender have these characteristics. Some people with intersex conditions have these physical characteristics, but don't consider themselves cisgender women. Some do.

The ability to give birth creates a physical vulnerability that is exploited by [[patriarchy]]. Patriarchy began as a system based around the control of the part of the population who generally can give birth, by the part that generally can't. Women and people who can give birth are not completely synonymous groups. (There are infertile women, fertile trans men, and so on.) Still, these two groups have the most overlap. Patriarchy means that, as a group, men control women. They exert this control in every part of society, through the systems that are built into that society. Some of the many forms of how patriarchy controls, oppresses, and abuses women include:
* Violence. Patriarchy tells women that they need a man close to them at all times, if for no other reason than to protect them from violence from other men. However, domestic violence is a very common cause of women's deaths.
* The idea of rape as normal (rape culture). Rape culture includes the idea that women are the ones who should take responsibility for preventing themselves from being raped (victim blaming), and defending rapists as not responsible for their actions, without educating men to not rape. Rape is specifically a significant part of the oppression of cisgender women due to the risk of unwanted pregnancy. Much of patriarchy is based around this.
* The idea of women as being less human (dehumanization). Dehumanization of women means that society assumes that women's minds are more like animals' minds (sometimes said in ways that seem positive, like "intuitive" or "closer to nature"), and are thought to be less able to do what men's can do, and therefore won't let women have educations, work most kinds of jobs, or drive. Without these things, it's difficult for women to free themselves from oppression.
* Ownership of women. Patriarchy often makes cisgender women have the legal status not of people, but of possessions (chattel) owned by men (their husbands or fathers). As chattel, women have no say in what happens to their bodies, can legally own no possessions, and can't vote.
All of these things oppress women. The system of patriarchy maintains itself by making it difficult for women to get the power to challenge or escape the oppression.

[[Feminism]] is [[activism]] against patriarchy, and it begins with activism to give women the legal status of people. The outward signs of that legal status are the right to choose what happens to their own bodies (legal access to birth control), the right to own property, the right to vote (suffrage), and the right to work. These can only be done by those who are legally recognized as persons. Feminism is a movement that can make equal rights for people of all genders by liberating them all from patriarchy, but feminism has its main focus on fulfilling the needs of cisgender women, because patriarchy has its main focus on oppressing them.

== Transgender women ==

Transgender women are women who were assigned male at birth (or had certain intersex conditions), and who have a female gender identity. Like any women, they usually use [[Pronouns#She|"she" pronouns]], and their sexual orientation can be lesbian, heterosexual, or otherwise. This is the male-to-female transgender spectrum. Older psychological and medical writings wrongly call trans women "male transsexuals" or "male transvestites", and call them by unwanted "he" pronouns. Trans women are women, not feminine men or [[sexual orientation|gay]] men.

Many transgender women [[transition]] to address [[gender dysphoria]], and some also consider themselves to be transsexual women. Any transgender person's transition path is very individual. Common features in a transgender woman's transition path include [[hormone therapy]] to create a balance with estrogen higher than testosterone, and a wide variety of kinds of [[surgery]] to choose from.

Patriarchy oppresses and devalues all forms of womanhood and femininity, not only of cisgender women, but also of trans women, called [[transmisogyny]]. Julia Serano coined this word for her trans-feminist book, ''Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity'' (2007). Patriarchy sees trans women as a threat that could undermine its power and rigidity. One feature of a trans-misogynistic culture is that by far, the most kinds of hate speech and slurs used against trans people are those used specifically against trans women. Violence against and murder of trans people also, by far, most commonly targets trans women, especially trans women of colour. The [[Transgender Day of Remembrance]] gives a memorial to the many trans people who are murdered each year around the world. These are nearly all trans women of colour.

In the transgender community, "[[gatekeeper]]" is slang for the system of health providers that decide whether to allow a transgender person to get gender-validating health care.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trans, Genderqueer, and Queer Terms Glossary |archive-date= 10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210021940/https://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf| url= http://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf}}</ref> Medical gatekeepers, as well as the serious risks of living in trans-misogynistic culture, both put pressure on trans women to conform to society's behavioral and physical ideals for feminine cisgender women. One form of this pressure is that gatekeepers told trans women not to interact with other trans women outside of gender centers, saying that this would invalidate their womanhood. Keeping trans women isolated from one another in this way made it so that trans women couldn't organize among themselves to do activism for their own rights.<ref name="MiseryPimps">{{Cite web |title=The Misery Pimps: The People Who Impede Trans Liberation |author=fakecisgirl |work=fake cis girl |date=7 October 2013 |access-date=31 May 2021 |url= https://fakecisgirl.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/the-misery-pimps-the-people-who-impede-trans-liberation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084017/https://fakecisgirl.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/the-misery-pimps-the-people-who-impede-trans-liberation/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Some cultures that recognize(d) male-to-female spectrum gender roles include the Ethiopian Maale people ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#ashtime|Ashtime]]), the Madagascaran Sakalava ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#sekrata|Sekrata]]), the Lakota ([[gender-variant identities worldwide##winkte|Winkte]]), the Navajo ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Nadleehi and Dilbaa|Nadleehi]]), the Zapotec ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Muxe|Muxe]]), many south Asian countries ([[Hijra]]), Oman ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Xanith|Xanith]]), Nepal ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Metis|Metis]]), Turkey ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Köçek|Köçek]]), Italy ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Femminello|Femminello]]) Myanmar ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Acault|Acault]]), Samoa ([[Fa'afafine]]), Maori ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Whakawahine and Wakatane|Whakawahine]]), much of ancient Europe ([[gender-variant identities worldwide#Gallae|Gallae]]), and [[gender-variant identities worldwide|many others]]. Historically, these male-to-female spectrum roles have been made of some people who were analogous to modern, Western ideas of trans women, as well as some people who are not so analogous to that, such as feminine gay men, or nonbinary people who were AMAB.

== Nonbinary women ==
Some people identify as nonbinary and as a binary gender such as woman. They may see themselves as almost but not quite fitting into the category of womanhood, feel an association with being a woman or femininity, or not mind being seen as women. Depending on how the individual defines their identity, they may consider themself to be nonbinary women if they also consider themself to be partly female ([[demigirl]]), [[femme]], a gender nonconforming queer masculine woman ([[butch]]), someone who only wants to be in the active role of sex without being touched (stone), androgynous, having a gender identity that often changes ([[genderfluid]]), having more than one gender ([[bigender]]), having a form of womanhood that is itself queer ([[genderqueer]]), or other kinds of identities.

In the 2019 Gender Census, 1,416 of the respondents (12.6%) identified as a woman or girl, even as many of them also identified as nonbinary.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR." ''Gender Census.'' March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr</ref> The term ''enbygirl'' is sometimes used with the same meaning, although ith as a low adoption rate; in the 2024 Gender Census, only 2 participants identified with this term.{{Gender Census|2024}}

=== Notable nonbinary women ===

[[File:Rebecca Sugar Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|[[Rebecca Sugar]], a writer and animation artist who is a nonbinary woman, at the Peabody Awards in 2019.]]
[[File:Shakina_Nayfack.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Shakina Nayfack]], a [[gender nonconforming]] nonbinary trans woman.]]

Some notable people who identify as nonbinary who also use female, girl, or woman in the description of their gender identity include:

* Musician and performance artist [[Arca]] ([[she/her]] and [[it/its]],<ref name="Fallon">{{Cite web |title=Arca Is the Artist of the Decade |last=Fallon |first=Patric |work=Vice |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=30 June 2020 |url= https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj9k4/arca-is-the-artist-of-the-decade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329092248/http://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj9k4/arca-is-the-artist-of-the-decade |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> b. 1989) - nonbinary trans woman<ref name="Moen">{{Cite web |title=Arca: Embracing the Flux |last=Moen |first=Matt |work=PAPER |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=30 June 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/arca-transformation-2645630264.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216160852/https://www.papermag.com/arca-transformation-2645630264.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Romance author [[Chelsea M. Cameron]] ([[she/her]] and [[they/them]]<ref>https://twitter.com/chel_c_cam [https://web.archive.org/web/20230522012959/https://twitter.com/chel_c_cam Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.instagram.com/chelccam/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230329205043/https://www.instagram.com/chelccam/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>) - demigirl<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Chelsea M. Cameron|user=chel_c_cam|number=862141410627256320|title=I've been: bisexual, gay, queer, queer/bisexual. I'm also still not super sure about my gender, but for now demigirl is how I identify.|date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>

* Playwright and rap artist [[Despoina]] ([[they/them]] or [[she/her]]<ref name="whrb">{{Cite web |title=TBT on Fighting Cyberbullies and Taking Back Black Music |author= |work=WHRB 95.3FM |date=June 11, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |url= https://www.whrb.org/archive/tbt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204141545/https://www.whrb.org/archive/tbt |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>) - nonbinary trans woman<ref name="Gorelick">{{Cite web |title=WTBU Organizes Virtual Benefit Concert for Massachusetts Bail Fund |last=Gorelick |first=Rusty |work=Boston University |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |url=https://www-test.bu.edu/articles/2020/wtbu-organizes-virtual-benefit-concert-for-massachusetts-bail-fund/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721142812/https://www-test.bu.edu/articles/2020/wtbu-organizes-virtual-benefit-concert-for-massachusetts-bail-fund/ |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

* American comedian, writer, and nurse [[Kelli Dunham]] describes herself<ref name="story">{{Cite web |title=THE STORY |author= |work=kellidunham.com |date= |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= http://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314231523/https://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> as a [[genderqueer]] woman<ref name="Wood">{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Comedian Kelli Dunham on Storytelling as a Radical, Transformative Act |last=Wood |first=Erin |work=Ms. Magazine |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612184627/https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>/[[nonbinary]] [[transmasc]] [[butch]].<ref name="Guerrero">{{Cite web |title=Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery |last=Guerrero |first=Desirée |work=The Advocate |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103074504/https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Visual artist and musician [[Florian-Ayala Fauna]] ([[she/her]]<ref name="Fauna_About">{{Cite web |title=About |author=Florian-Ayala Fauna |work=florian-93.com |date= |access-date=14 November 2020 |url= https://www.florian-93.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322090336/https://www.florian-93.com/about |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>) - [[androgyne]], partially woman<ref name="Faunatweet">{{cite tweet|user=bloodfawn93|number=963276096430108672|last=Fauna|first=Florian-Ayala|title=Hey I'm Florian - I'm a visual artist, musician, writer, and occult practitioner of a Thelemic/Crowley based nature. #VisibleWomen (woman part is partially true tho, more androgyne and proud to be intersex :3 ) http://florian-93.com https://uncertain.bandcamp.com|date=February 12, 2018}}</ref>

* Singer-songwriter and comedian [[Left at London]] ([[she/her]],<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LeftAtLondon|number=1160275504760360960|date=August 10, 2019|title=IM NON-BINARY. BUT STILL REFER TO ME AS SHE/HER. (UNLESS U REFER TO EVERYBODY AS THEY/THEM. THEN IM FINE WITH THEY THEM PRONOUNS.) LOVE YOU GUYS}}</ref> b. 1996) - nonbinary trans woman<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LeftAtLondon|number=1160277010813349888|date=August 10, 2019|title=Nonbinary trans woman to be specific}}</ref>

* Actor and activist [[Shakina Nayfack]] ([[she/her]], b. 1980) - nonbinary and [[gender non-conforming]] trans woman<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CPVsM3qjzFr/ |title= Instagram post from @shakeenz|date=May 26, 2021|quote= I'm not "coming out" as non-binary, I'm choosing now to claim non-binary as part of my identity because, as a gender non-conforming trans woman, I feel responsible to include myself in the discourse which—unintentionally or not—has a tendency to assign meaning to my identity without my consent otherwise. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515054203/https://www.instagram.com/p/CPVsM3qjzFr/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* Cosmologist and science writer [[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein]] ([[she/her]],<ref>[http://www.cprescodweinstein.com/ Website bio], retrieved May 17, 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230308102557/http://www.cprescodweinstein.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> b. 1982) - [[agender]] woman<ref>[https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI/ Twitter bio], retrieved May 17, 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230716190349/https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* Musician [[King Princess]] ([[she/her]],<ref name="Menuez">{{Cite web |title=King Princess |last=Menuez |first=Bobbi |work=theingenuemagazine.com |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911191450/https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> b. 1998) - [[genderqueer]] person and [[gay]] woman<ref name="Menuez"/>

* Model, actor, and TV presenter [[Ruby Rose]] ([[she/her]],<ref name="Kellaway">{{Cite web |title=WATCH: Australian Model Ruby Rose Comes Out as Gender Fluid |last=Kellaway |first=Mitch |work=The Advocate |date=31 July 2014 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/07/31/watch-australian-model-ruby-rose-comes-out-gender-fluid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529090300/https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/07/31/watch-australian-model-ruby-rose-comes-out-gender-fluid |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> b. 1986) - [[genderfluid]] woman<ref name="Gomez">{{Cite web |title=Gender-fluid Ruby Rose opens up about the backlash she's received for identifying as a lesbian |trans-title= |last=Gomez |first=Patrick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=5 June 2019 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308224934/https://ew.com/celebrity/paul-lynde-life-legacy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Science fiction author [[Rivers Solomon]] ([[they/them]]) - nonbinary/agender woman<ref>https://www.riverssolomon.com/hireme [https://web.archive.org/web/20211207101508/https://www.riverssolomon.com/hireme Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* Activist and actor [[Ianne Fields Stewart]] ([[she/her]], [[they/them]]) - [[transfeminine]] nonbinary woman<ref name="SwiftMar2020">{{Cite web |title=Meet Ianne Fields Stewart: The Activist and Actress Who Is Combatting Food Insecurity In The Black Transgender Community |author=Swift, Jaimee A. |work=Black Women Radicals |date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-ianne-fields-stewart-the-activist-and-actress-who-is-combating-food-insecurity-in-the-black-transgender-community|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128162056/https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/meet-ianne-fields-stewart-the-activist-and-actress-who-is-combating-food-insecurity-in-the-black-transgender-community |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="MastersAug2020">{{Cite web |title=This Activist Ensures Black Trans People Don't Go Hungry |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=The Advocate |date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/31/ianne-fields-stewart-okra-project-trans |quote=I am a Black, queer, nonbinary, lesbian woman. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529144011/https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2020/7/31/ianne-fields-stewart-okra-project-trans |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Writer and animation artist [[Rebecca Sugar]] ([[English neutral pronouns#She|she/her]] or [[singular they|they/them]],<ref>https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?lang=en [https://web.archive.org/web/20230505073105/https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?lang=en Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> b. 1987) - nonbinary woman<ref name="fink">{{Cite web |title=The Mind Behind America’s Most Empathetic Cartoon |last1=Fink |first1=Kathryn |first2=Paige |last2=Osburn |work=1A |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://the1a.org/segments/2018-07-09-the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022123837/https://the1a.org/segments/2018-07-09-the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="PulliamMoore">{{Cite web |title=Steven Universe's Rebecca Sugar on How She Expresses Her Identity Through the Non-binary Crystal Gems |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |work=io9 |date=16 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601170515/https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* Actor and drag performer [[Kate Rose Wilburn]] ([[they/them]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/katerosewilburn/ Instagram bio], retrieved 18 June 2020</ref>) - nonbinary transgender woman<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CBFCyEIgPFJ/ Instagram post], 5 June 2020</ref>

* Musician and TV writer [[Our Lady J]] ([[she/her]]<ref name="INTO">{{Cite web |title=Our Lady J on Gender, Discrimination, & Hollywood Starting to "Get It Right" |author= |work=INTO |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=5 September 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/our-lady-j-on-gender-discrimination-hollywood-starting-to-get-it-right/d82839748e024a3c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318081251/https://intomore.com/culture/our-lady-j-on-gender-discrimination-hollywood-starting-to-get-it-right/d82839748e024a3c |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, b. 1978) - [[GNC]] [[genderfluid]] [[trans woman]]<ref name="INTO" />/ woman-aligned nonbinary person<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309001552if_/https://twitter.com/ourladyj/status/1236807149642297345|url=https://twitter.com/ourladyj/status/1236807149642297345|title=Twitter thread by @ourladyj|date=March 8, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Transfeminine]]
*[[Gender binary]]
*[[Binary gender]]
*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]

==References==
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'''Staticgender''' is a [[xenogender]] which is best described as TV static; fuzzy and incomprehensible. This gender may feel complicated or confusing. It may also feel [[Genderfluid|fluid]] and everchanging.

It is unknown who coined this term, but it was coined as late as July 31, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148309383964/staticgender|title=Staticgender|date=1 August 2016|website=Tumblr|publisher=Pride Color Schemes|access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>

In the 2024 Gender Census, 5 people (out of 48,645) identified as staticgender.{{Gender Census|2024}}

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Discrimination against nonbinary people

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[[File:TransGender Equality-Symbol black-and-white.svg|thumb|Transgender equality symbol.]]
'''Discrimination against nonbinary people''', also known as '''exorsexism'''<ref>https://vergess.tumblr.com/post/143919554200/xor-gender-chart [https://web.archive.org/web/20230521021817/https://vergess.tumblr.com/post/143919554200/xor-gender-chart Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, happens in all countries, and can take many forms. People who have a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] (that is, who don't think of themselves as simply [[female]] or [[male]]) face the sexism that affects all [[transgender]] people ([[cissexism#transphobia|transphobia]] and [[cissexism]]), along with some forms of discrimination that specifically affect nonbinary people, such as '''[[nonbinary erasure]]'''. Depending on their [[ethnicity and culture]], they may also face '''[[binarism]]'''.

==Discrimination==

A 2008 study in the ''National Transgender Discrimination Survey'' showed that genderqueer and other non-binary individuals were more likely to suffer physical assaults (32% vs. 25%), experience police brutality and harassment (31% vs. 21%), and opt out of medical treatment due to discrimination (36% vs. 27%), compared to transgender individuals who identified within the gender binary (i.e., [[transgender men]] and [[transgender women]]). This study also found that they were more likely to be people of color (30% vs. 23%) and younger (under 45) than [[binary genders|binary]] transgender people (89% vs. 68%).<ref>Jack Harrison, Jaime Grant, Jody L. Herman. "A Gender Not Listed Here: Genderqueers, Gender Rebels, and Otherwise in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey." Harvard Kennedy School. ''LGBTQ Policy Journal'' Vol. 2, p. 22. 2011–2012 http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/release_materials/agendernotlistedhere.pdf [https://web.archive.org/web/20230520000818/https://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/release_materials/agendernotlistedhere.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In 2015, a petition asked for the legal [[Recognition (UK)|recognition of nonbinary genders in the United Kingdom]]. The Ministry of Justice refused to grant this, saying:

<blockquote>"The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination if it arises from their being perceived as either male or female. We recognise that a very small number of people consider themselves to be of neither gender. We are not aware that that results in any specific detriment, and it is not Government policy to identify such people for the purpose of issuing non-gender-specific official documents".<ref>https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104639 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405153640/https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104639 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref></blockquote>

The Ministry of Justice chose not to recognize nonbinary genders because it believes they are too few, and it believes that they don't face any discrimination. It didn't give proof of either of these views. It said that nonbinary people are not protected under the Equality Act, which was created to protect other kinds of transgender people. In response, many nonbinary people in the UK voiced their objections to this. ''[[Beyond the Binary (magazine)|Beyond the Binary]]'', a magazine run by nonbinary people, collected responses from 80 nonbinary people about what kinds of discrimination they have faced for being nonbinary, and said of these,

<blockquote>"There was obvious upset at being written off as a small and unimportant group, especially when there are far more who identify as non-binary in the UK than people realise – though being a minority should not affect what protections marginalised groups are afforded in law. A strong general feeling was that if the government wasn’t aware of specific detriment to non-binary people, they should at least acknowledge the need to fund proper research and seek opinion on a diversity of experiences".<ref name="BeyondBinaryDetriment">"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230719111624/https://www.xilo.net/?utm_source=beyondthebinary.co.uk&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=holding/specificdetriment-what-you-told-ushttp:/beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref></blockquote>

The magazine's survey found the nonbinary respondants to be unsatisfied with how the Ministry of Justice wasn't taking them seriously, didn't know much about them, and didn't show interest in doing research to become better informed about the issue.

Some of the kinds of discrimination that nonbinary people face for being nonbinary:
* Trouble getting health care. Doctors refused to treat them. Some general practitioners say they can't refer nonbinary people to gender identity clinics. Some had no hope that a gender identity clinic would take them seriously as a nonbinary person. Some gender identity clinics made nonbinary people wait longer than binary trans people in order to get transgender related health care. They face problems with making their medical records accurate. Doctors and health professionals call them by the wrong gender (misgendering), even when asked in writing to do otherwise. Hospital wards divided by sex can leave nonbinary patients feel there is no place for them.<ref name="BeyondBinaryDetriment" />
* Feeling unsafe [[Employment|at work]]. Accepting being closeted and misgendered, out of fear that coming out as nonbinary at work might mean being mistreated there, or being fired. (Unlike binary trans people, there is no way to be "stealth" as a nonbinary person; you're only either closeted or out.) Self-employed nonbinary people are also concerned about how clients might react if they're openly nonbinary.<ref name="BeyondBinaryDetriment" />
* In some regions, anti-discrimination laws protect binary trans people, but not nonbinary people. People who were victims of harassment or violence for being nonbinary sometimes find that police and officials refuse to see it as a transphobic hate crime because they aren't what those officials think of as transgender.<ref name="BeyondBinaryDetriment" />
* Nonbinary people who have an [[androgynous]] [[gender expression]] get turned away from public places that are divided by gender, such as [[clothing]] departments, [[changing rooms]], and [[public toilets]]. This can mean facing harassment or violence from both women's and men's areas. Androgynous people very often suffer street harassment from people speculating about their sex, which can escalate to suffering violence or rape.<ref name="BeyondBinaryDetriment" />
* Organizations that require members to use identification-- such as libraries, schools, banks, businesses, and so on-- often make nonbinary people struggle with limited options for [[Gender neutral titles|titles]] and [[gender markers]], and how these may not match on all their identity documents, such as passports. Nonbinary people can't use any of these services without misgendering themselves, and sometimes the services refuse to take them in any case.<ref name="BeyondBinaryDetriment" />
* Many regions let binary trans people change their gender markers on their identity documents to M or F, but few allow other options. A nonbinary person who gets a physical transition may find themself stuck with identity documents that don't match their appearance or gender identity. Any situation where they need to use their identity documents means facing officials who treat them with suspicion, make them wait, or refuse to serve them.<ref name="BeyondBinaryDetriment" />
* Another form that attaches to feeling unsafe at work is at school as well. Some kids already have a hard time finding themselves, so when they do, it can be hard to accept it. Nonbinary kids have a harder time being accepted by their peers for being them. Some kids can feel left out or discriminated against by other kids who think that they are “pretending”.

==Nonbinary erasure==
''See main article: [[Nonbinary erasure]].''

Nonbinary erasure is the name for a form of discrimination against [[nonbinary]] gender people. Nonbinary erasure is the common but wrong idea that there are only two genders, female and male (the [[binary genders]]). This is a form of [[sexism]] that is harmful to people with non-binary gender identities, because it makes it more difficult for them to get [[recognition|recognized]] as nonbinary. Nonbinary erasure says that only two genders are real, so when non-binary people say they have other genders, other people think they are pretending, joking, or mistaken. Nonbinary erasure makes it difficult for them to imagine what genders other than female or male could be like at all. One specific kind of nonbinary erasure is called binarism, meaning white colonialist discrimination against nonbinary gender roles in minority cultures and ethnic groups.

===Problems===
In a [[gender binary]] culture that has nonbinary erasure, people grow up without hearing that there could be more than two genders. Because of this, nonbinary erasure makes it more difficult for non-binary people to come to the understanding that they are non-binary in the first place.

Nonbinary erasure can show itself as a refusal to acknowledge that someone is non-binary, when asked to do so. If a person refuses to call anyone by any [[pronouns]] other than "he" or "she," this is nonbinary erasure. If an organisation refuses to let paperwork show a non-binary person's preferred [[Gender neutral titles|gender neutral title]] or [[Legal gender|legal gender-neutral markers]], this is nonbinary erasure.

Some cultures are less inclined to nonbinary erasure, because they have [[gender-variant identities worldwide|other gender roles]], for more than two genders. This shows that nonbinary erasure is not a universal way of thought. It isn't the same all around the world. This also shows that it could be possible for people in a culture that has nonbinary erasure to make it less inclined to have nonbinary erasure.

===Solutions===

''See also: [[Activism]].''

There are many kinds of activism that people can take up against nonbinary erasure.

One way to help make nonbinary erasure less powerful is to take up [[Gender neutral language|gender-neutral language]]. That way of talk doesn't give the idea that a person is male or female, so it can also apply to people who identify as other genders, outside of the [[Gender binary|gender binary]]. Non-binary people may prefer to be talked about in ways that don't give the idea that they are male or female.

Another way is to seek [[Recognition|recognition]] for non-binary people in paperwork. Make sure that paperwork doesn't make people label themselves as either male or female. Use letter-writing campaigns and [[Petitions|petitions]] to ask organisations to let people choose [[Gender neutral titles|gender neutral titles]] in their paperwork.

More [[visibility]] of non-binary people can help more people question erasure. Visibility can include [[Nonbinary gender in the media|media coverage]] of real [[Nonbinary celebrities|celebrities]], as well as in [[Fictional depictions of nonbinary gender|fiction]]. Non-binary people can make more visibility on a local scale, starting by [[Coming out|coming out]], and talking to others about their identities. This shows [[binary genders|binary]] people that they live around non-binary people. It also helps other non-binary people feel safer about coming out.

==Binarism==
''See main article: [[Binarism]].''

Binarism is the common but wrong idea that there are only two [[gender]]s, and this idea is put into action in a way that is part of [[ethnicity and culture#Racism and cultural discrimination|racism]], colonialism, and Western imperialism, which are systems of oppression. Binarism is a kind of sexism that makes it unsafe or impossible for people to take up their [[gender-variant identities worldwide|ethnic nonbinary gender roles and identities]]. Binarism forces other cultures and people of color to fit into the white, Western gender binary system.

== Enbyphobia ==
'''Enbyphobia''' (or '''exorsexism''') is a specific form of [[transphobia]] that affects [[nonbinary]] people. It is an ignorant attitude toward nonbinary people that leads to prejudiced actions. <ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/167039576895/hi-i-just-saw-the-term-enbyphobia-but-i-cant [https://web.archive.org/web/20210317173916/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/167039576895/hi-i-just-saw-the-term-enbyphobia-but-i-cant Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>. The term comes from "enby" which is an abbreviation of the word "nonbinary (NB)," and is used as a specifically nonbinary equivalent to 'boy' or 'girl'.

Enbyphobia is prevalent in [[queer]] and [[transgender]] spaces as well. For example, nonbinary people are often told that they should just pick a binary gender or that they aren't part of the community. In addition, the [[gender expression]] of nonbinary people is often expected to be [[androgyny|androgynous]], and expressions of masculinity or femininity is seen as strange and invalid. <ref>https://badapplepie.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/enbyphobia-in-cistrans-spaces/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20210330135403/https://badapplepie.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/enbyphobia-in-cistrans-spaces/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Related forms of sexism==
[[Sexism]] that discriminates against nonbinary people has some relationship to these other kinds of sexism:
* Oppositional sexism, a way of thought in which female and male are thought of not only as the only two sexes/genders, but as opposites that can only have opposite characteristics, such as "strong" and "weak". An example of this is the fact that many associate the concepts of yin and yang with binary genders, even though their origins came from observations of hills, their shadows, and the relationships between the shadows and the direction of the sun from the observer's location.<ref>Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ~ http://www.iep.utm.edu/yinyang/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225124/https://iep.utm.edu/yinyang/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* [[Cissexism]], a way of thought in which only [[cisgender]] people are seen as normal or right. A more actively harmful form of cissexism is transphobia. Cissexism is harmful to all kinds of transgender people, including non-binary people.
* [[Intersex#Dyadism|Dyadism]], the common but wrong idea that there are only two physical sexes. Dyadism is harmful to people who were born with [[intersex]] conditions.
* [[Sexism#Biological essentialism|Biological essentialism]], the idea that your body is the main thing that makes you who you are. It is supposed to define you forever, no matter what you change about yourself, think about yourself, or anything. It says the [[Sex#Assigned Gender At Birth|gender you were assigned at birth]]-- which was decided by a look at your body, as seen through dyadism-- must be your only real gender. Biological essentialism is used to justify most forms of sexism. It is harmful to virtually everyone, of any sex or gender.

==See also==
*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]
*[[Ethnicity and culture]]
*[[Bigender]]

==External links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_against_non-binary_people Wikipedia: Discrimination against non-binary people]

==References==
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Sexism

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'''Sexism''' is discrimination against people based on their [[sexes|sex]], [[gender]], or perceived characteristics thereof. There are more kinds of sexism than misogyny. Several kinds of sexism are obstacles in the way of [[activism]] for [[nonbinary]] [[recognition]] in particular, and of [[transgender]] rights in general.

==Misogyny==
Misogyny is sexist discrimination against women. Misogyny takes the form of ''institutional oppression,'' meaning that it is part of all the workings of a society. It's built into the culture, and makes trouble for women every day. This happens because a patriarchal society is based on misogyny, by definition. This kind of institutional oppression takes the form of pay inequality, difficulty in legally obtaining certain human rights (such as the ability to vote, own property, or have legal personhood), and widespread belief that sexual assault is normal. Misogyny doesn't affect all women the same, because oppressions are ''intersectional.'' Black women experience a mix of misogyny as well as racism, which is called [[misogynoir]]. Trans women experience a mixture of [[transphobia]] and misogyny, known as [[transmisogyny]].

===Transmisogyny===
''See main article about [[Cissexism#Trans-misogyny|trans-misogyny]].''

Transmisogyny is a form of transphobia or cissexism that is specifically directed against transgender women.

===Misdirected misogyny===
Some misogyny harms people who aren't women, because others see them as being like women in some way. This is called misdirected misogyny. Transgender men are often subject to misdirected misogyny, as a combination of [[Misgendering|misgendering]] and misogyny, but nonbinary people and cisgender men can also be affected by misdirected misogyny.

==Biological essentialism==

Biological essentialism is the belief that all aspects of one's identity are tied to measurable biological traits, such as hormones, genitals, brain size, etc. This worldview has been used throughout history to "prove" bigoted beliefs such as sexism, racism, and queerphobia. In the context of transgender issues, biological essentialism says that the [[Sex#Assigned Gender At Birth|gender you were assigned at birth]] must be your only real gender. [[Feminism#Transgender-exclusionary feminism|transgender-exclusionary feminists]] use this to discriminate against transgender and nonbinary people.<ref name="Holleb-BioEss">{{cite book|title=The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze |last=Holleb |first=Morgan Leb Edward |year=2019 |page=45-47}}</ref>

==Cissexism and transphobia==

''See main article: [[Cissexism]].''

Cissexism and transphobia are discrimination against transgender people. It has several forms, including [[Binarism|binarism]], which affects nonbinary people. Transgender women are affected by a combination of misogyny and transphobia, called transmisogyny.

==Dyadism==
''See main article: [[Intersex#Dyadism|Dyadism]].''

Dyadism in the belief that humans are strictly dyadic, having two distinct sexes. This is used to discriminate against [[intersex]] people.

==Solutions==
''See also: [[Activism]] and [[Feminism]].''

[[Feminism]] is a movement that seeks to fight against sexism. Though different kinds of feminists disagree on how this should happen, feminists all look to fight against sexism.

==References==
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Cissexism

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'''Cissexism''', commonly called '''transphobia''' or '''cisnormativity''', is a form of [[sexism]]. It is the belief that only [[cisgender]] people are seen as normal or right, and that transgender people are unnatural or dangerous. In action, cissexism opposes the legal rights of transgender people to transition or exist in society. Cissexism results in medical malpractice against trans people, and violence against trans people. Cissexism is harmful to all kinds of [[transgender]] people, including [[nonbinary]] people.

==Casual cissexism==

One form of this prejudice is casual cissexism, which often takes the form of an apparent "honest mistake," forgetting that anybody other than cisgender people exist. For example, resources on sexual health often give the idea that all women only have one kind of private parts, and men another. The resource fails to talk about the exceptions to this rule: transgender and [[intersex]] people, and in cisgender people with medical conditions. The people who wrote the resources didn't mean to leave people out. They just didn't know any better, or they forgot. It was an honest mistake, with no ill intentions. However, it was a mistake nonetheless, which can make trouble and do harm. For trans people, that resource might be no good, or worse than nothing.

Casual cissexism is common in language, and one way to address it is by taking up [[gender neutral language]].

==Micro-aggressions==

Cissexist micro-aggressions are small offensive things done and said toward transgender people, with intention and ill will. Though they are small, and might only be words, they can be so frequent that they can become overwhelming to transgender people.

==Nonbinary erasure==

''See main article: [[Nonbinary erasure]].''

Another specific form of cissexism is [[nonbinary erasure]], the common but wrong idea that there are only two genders. This comes with the expectation that everyone should fit into only one of the two parts of the [[gender binary]]. This can result in discrimination against people with nonbinary gender identities. One way this problem can be addressed is by working for [[visibility]] and [[recognition]] of nonbinary people.

Nonbinary erasure is connected to [[Intersex#Dyadism|dyadism]], the belief that there are only two sexes, and [[biological essentialism]], the belief that one's body is what permanently makes somebody who they are.

==Binarism==

''See main article: [[Binarism]].''

[[Binarism]] is a form of [[Ethnicity and culture#Racism and cultural discrimination|racist]] discrimination based in nonbinary erasure. Western culture typically erases nonbinary and transgender identities. As a result, Western colonialism puts pressure on other cultures to conform to its own form of the [[gender binary]], based in white norms. This includes discrimination against [[gender-variant identities worldwide|gender roles unique to other ethnicities]].

==Transmisogyny==
'''Transmisogyny''' or '''trans-misogyny''' is transphobia directly specifically at trans women. It is a combination of prejudice against trans people, sexism, and/or misogyny. As such, understanding trans-misogyny is an intersectional approach to the oppression of trans women. Transmisogyny can also be experienced by nonbinary people who align with or are partially women, such as [[Demigirl|demigirls]] or [[bigender]] people who identify as women.

Julia Serano coined the word "transmisogyny" in her [[Feminism|trans-feminist]] book, ''Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of [[Femininity]]'' (2007). By far, trans women of color are targeted by more and worse transphobic hate crimes than any other transgender group. Transmisogyny is a big problem because a patriarchal society has contempt for womanhood, femininity, non-conformity, and [[gender variance]]. A patriarchal society sees a trans woman as a combination of all that that society tolerates the least. It is important for any activism for transgender rights to think of how their work could include trans women.

The term '''transmisogynoir''' ("noir" meaning "black" in French) refers more specifically to oppression and bigotry that affects Black transfeminine people. This is a combination of Serrano's word "transmisogyny" with the word "misogynoir", which was coined by Moya Bailey, a queer Black feminist.<ref name="Holleb-transmisogynoir">{{cite book|title=The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze |last=Holleb |first=Morgan Leb Edward |year=2019 |page=277-278}}</ref>

==Transgender-exclusionary feminists==
Transgender-exclusionary feminism, also called transgender-exclusionary radical feminism, or transgender-exterminatory radical feminism is the belief that transgender women are really men who are faking womanhood in order to be dangerous to cisgender women, and that transgender men are women trying to enforce the patriarchy by gaining male privilege. People who hold this belief call themselves feminists, but others call them transgender-exclusionaryradical feminists (TERFs).<ref><strong style="color:red;">WARNING</strong>: Contains unpleasant verbal content. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305180640/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This belief is a form of [[Sexism#Biological essentialism|biological essentialism]], the assumption that one's [[sexes|sex]] invariably defines who one is, forever. Whether this kind of belief should be called a form of feminism at all is debatable, because feminism is about fighting for women's rights, but TERFs fight against the rights of transgender women.

When TERFS say they are "gender critical", "gender free", or "gender abolitionist," these dogwhistle phrases mean that they don't believe in gender identity, and only believe in the sex that one is assigned at birth. This is a [[Sexism#Biological essentialism|biological essentialist]] belief that they use to deny the genders of trans and nonbinary people.<ref name="Holleb-TERFs">{{cite book|title=The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze |last=Holleb |first=Morgan Leb Edward |year=2019 |page=250-256}}</ref>

==Solutions==

''See main article: [[Activism]].''

Cissexism of all kinds can be addressed by means of activism. This activism can work to make [[Visibility|visibility]] of transgender people, fight for their legal rights and [[Recognition|recognition]], defend victims of transphobia, and so on.

==See also==

*[[Sexism]]
*[[Gender binary]]
*[[Cisgender]]

[[Category:Sexism]]

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'''Ceterogender''' is a nonbinary gender with specific feminine, masculine, or neutral feelings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/150568729120/ceterogender|title=Ceterogender|website=Tumblr|publisher=Pride Color Schemes|publication-date=18 September 2016|access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref> In the 2023 Gender Census, 2 people (out of 40,375) identified as ceterogender;{{Gender Census|2023}} In the 2024 Census, nobody identified as ceterogender.{{Gender Census|2024}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]