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Otherkin

2023-12-04T05:13:12Z

Swarmy: Otherkin can be real animals + source

{{infobox identity
| flag = Otherkin.jpg
| meaning = The sunrise/sunset colors are an embodiment of the new beginnings, ends, and ones deepest sense of self. The variety of colors represents otherkin diversity, and the seven-pointed star is the classic Otherkin seven-pointed star that's been used for decades. Designed by soporine on Tumblr!
| name = Otherkin
}}'''Otherkin''' are a subculture of real people who identify as not entirely human. Each individual comes up with their own reasoning for how and why they are otherkin, and what kind of being they are.<ref name="scribner simple">Orion Scribner. "A simple introduction to otherkin." ''Orion Scribner'' (personal site). Created September 16, 2013. Updated May 19, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2020. https://frameacloud.com/nonfiction/introduction-otherkin/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524162020/http://frameacloud.com/nonfiction/introduction-otherkin/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Most otherkin believe they are nonhuman in a spiritual way, or otherwise somehow non-physical, such as from reincarnation, psychology, trans-species dysphoria, or metaphor.<ref name="fieldguide" /> All otherkin know that they are physically human, in that they look like humans, were born like humans, and live in the way that most humans do. However, some otherkin believe their own bodies are different from most human bodies, such as having genes from supernatural ancestors.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work |year=2004 |publisher=Weiser Books |isbn=1-57863-321-4 |author=Michelle Belanger |author2=Father Sebastiaan}}</ref>

Joseph P. Laycock, assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University, considers the belief to be religious,<ref name="laycock">Joseph P. Laycock. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2012.15.3.65 “We Are Spirits of Another Sort”: Ontological Rebellion and Religious Dimensions of the Otherkin Community]. ''Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions''. Vol. 15, No. 3 (February 2012), pp. 65–90. University of California Press [https://web.archive.org/web/20230610011308/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2012.15.3.65 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> but most otherkin firmly disagree with being classified as a religion. This is because otherkin are not a formal organization with leaders or members, they do not agree on any cosmological or spiritual beliefs (some otherkin do not believe in spirituality at all), and otherkin independently come to the conclusion that they are other than human, sometimes without even knowing anybody else felt that way. By definition, otherkin is not a religion, and is not similar to a religion.<ref name="scribner simple" />

==Description==

Otherkin may identify as real or mythical creatures,<ref>https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/why-be-human-when-you-can-be-otherkin</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices |year=2007 |publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide |isbn=0-7387-1220-5 |author=Michelle Belanger |page=25}}</ref> with others identifying as creatures from fantasy or popular culture. Examples include: angels, demons, dragons, elves, fairies, aliens,<ref name=reale>{{cite book |title=Real Energy: Systems, Spirits, And Substances to Heal, Change, And Grow |year=2007 |publisher=Career Press |isbn=1-56414-904-8 |author=Isaac Bonewits |author2=Phaedra Bonewits |pages=196–197}}</ref><ref name=villagevoice>{{cite news| title=Elven Like Me: Otherkin Come Out of the Closet |first=Nick |last=Mamatas |newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York |date=February 20, 2001 |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2001-02-13/news/elven-like-me/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522190012/https://www.villagevoice.com/2001-02-13/news/elven-like-me/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="ascensionmagic">{{cite book |first=Christopher |last=Penczak |title=Ascension Magick: Ritual, Myth & Healing for the New Aeon | publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide |pages=416–417; 441 |year=2007 |isbn=0-7387-1047-4}}</ref> and cartoon characters.<ref name=kirby>{{cite book |title=Exploring Religion And The Sacred in A Media Age |year=2009 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn=0-7546-6527-5 |author=Kirby, Danielle |editor=Christopher Deacy; Elisabeth Arweck |chapter=From Pulp Fiction to Revealed Text: A Study of the Role of the Text in the Otherkin Community |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/exploringreligio0000unse_q7d1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307225941/https://archive.org/details/exploringreligio0000unse_q7d1 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Many otherkin believe in the existence of a multitude of parallel universes, and their belief in the existence of supernatural or sapient non-human beings is grounded in that idea.<ref name=questing />

With regard to their online communities, otherkin largely function without formal authority structures, and mostly focus on support and information gathering, often dividing into more specific groups based on kintype.<ref name=questing>{{cite book |title=Through a Glass Darkly: Collected Research |year=2006 |publisher=Sydney University Press |url=http://ojs-prod.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/SSR/article/view/259/238 |author=Kirby, Danielle |editor=Frances Di Lauro |chapter=Alternative Worlds: Metaphysical questing and virtual community amongst the Otherkin |isbn=1920898549|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622023520/http://ojs-prod.library.usyd.edu.au:80/index.php/SSR/article/view/259/238 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> There are occasional offline gatherings, but the otherkin network is mostly an online phenomenon.<ref name=questing />

Some otherkin claim to be especially empathic and attuned to nature.<ref name=villagevoice /> Some claim to be able to shapeshift mentally or on the astral plane, meaning that they experience the sense of being in their particular form, while not changing physically.<ref name=fieldguide /><ref>{{cite book |title=Shadow Magick Compendium: Exploring Darker Aspects of Magickal Spirituality |year=2008 |publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide |isbn=0-7387-1318-X |author=Raven Digitalis |page=178}}</ref>

The therianthrope and vampire subcultures are related to the otherkin community, and are considered part of it by most otherkin, but are culturally and historically distinct movements of their own, despite some overlap in membership.<ref name=fieldguide />

==Etymology==
"Otherkin" as an adjective was defined in the ''Middle English Dictionary'' (1981) as "a different or an additional kind of, other kinds of".<ref>{{cite book |title=Middle English Dictionary: O.3, Volume 0 |year=1981 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-01153-7 |author=Sherman M. Kuhn |page=344}}</ref> The earliest recorded use of the term ''otherkin'', in the context of a subculture or people who identify as other than human, appeared in July 1990. The variant ''otherkind'' was recorded as early as April 1990.<ref name="fieldguide" /> The word "otherkind" was initially coined from the word "elfinkind", to refer to non-elf others who joined the communities.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web |url=https://frameacloud.com/nonfiction/otherkin-timeline-abridged/ |title=Otherkin Timeline: The Recent History of Elfin, Fae, and Animal People, Abridged Edition |last=Scribner |first=Orion |website=Orion Scribner |date=2013-02-27 |access-date=2020-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606093321/http://frameacloud.com/nonfiction/otherkin-timeline-abridged/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==History==
The otherkin community has origins that go back to the 1960s, in Pagan spirituality groups of those who called themselves elves.<ref name="timeline"/> The word "otherkin" was created in 1990 by a group of people who identified as elves, to include people who identify as beings other than elves.<ref name="timeline"/> The otherkin subculture grew out of the elven online communities of the early-to-mid-1990s.<ref name="veilsedge">{{cite book |first=Willow |last=Polson |title= The Veil's Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic |publisher=Citadel Press |page=95 |year=2003 |isbn=0-8065-2352-2}}</ref> The oldest Internet resource for otherkin is the ''Elfinkind Digest'', a mailing list started in 1990 by a student at the University of Kentucky for "elves and interested observers". Also in the early 1990s, newsgroups such as [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.horror.werewolves alt.horror.werewolves]<ref name="cursewere">{{cite book |title= The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within |author= Chantal Bourgault Du Coudray |publisher= I.B. Tauris |year= 2006 |isbn= 1-84511-158-3}}</ref> and [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.fan.dragons alt.fan.dragons] on Usenet, which were initially created for fans of these creatures in the context of fantasy and horror literature and films, also came to have participants who identified as mythological beings.<ref name="fieldguide" /><ref name="Cohen">{{cite book |last=Cohen |first=D. |year=1996 |title=Werewolves |location=New York |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-525-65207-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/werewolves00cohe_0/page/104 104] |url=https://archive.org/details/werewolves00cohe_0/page/104 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307234549/https://archive.org/details/werewolves00cohe_0/page/104 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Otherkin, transgender, and nonbinary identity==

Otherkin is an identity, but not a [[gender identity]]. Much of the otherkin community is made up of folks who are [[transgender]], [[genderqueer]], or nonbinary. This has always been so, ever since the 1960s.<ref name="timeline"/> For this reason, the otherkin community has a tendency to be accepting of anyone who is transgender, genderqueer, or nonbinary.

That said, some otherkin do think of their gender identity as part of, influenced, or best described with their otherkin identity. For example, a [[nonbinary]] person who has decided that the best way to describe their gender identity is to say, "My gender is elf." (There are also people outside of the otherkin community who use similarly non-gender-related concepts and archetypes to describe their nonbinary genders; see [[xenogender]].) The word "men" can mean people who are male, or it can mean humans, so some otherkin-- especially the earliest of them, the Silver Elves-- have enjoyed playing with denying that they are either of those things. An anecdote told before 2000 by the Silver Elves, who are an otherkin group which formed in the 1960s, and includes many transgender and gender nonconforming people, goes like this:

<blockquote>
"We were early at the party [...] when a beautiful woman arrived who was quite accustomed therefore of getting her way with men. She sat near them very quietly at first then suddenly she sighed and said, 'It sure would be nice if some man built us a fire.' [...] Then Zardoa, looking to Feral said, 'Do you see any men about?' And Feral Faun peering around said, 'Not a one.' The woman gaped astonished while we faerie folke chuckled quietly among ours'elves [sic]."<ref name="silver elves true tale">"True Tales of the Elves." Retrieved May 29, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000529201548/http://www.jps.net/elve/trutal.html</ref>
</blockquote>

The equivocation and denial of both "human" and "male" in this anecdote is more than wordplay. Zardoa had also written that he had spent much of his youth "trying very hard to be a 'man' even though he knew in his heart that he was not a 'man', could never be a 'real man' [...] and succeed in the world of men but never felt accepted there," until a spiritual experience in meditation made him realize that "elf" was a better description of who he was at heart than either meaning of "man."<ref>The Silver Elves. "A brief history of the silver elves in this lifetime thus far..." Retrieved August 18, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000818010501/http://www.jps.net/elve/history.html</ref> The Silver Elves were one of the earliest otherkin groups, dating back to the 1960s. Many of them were transgender as well as considering themselves as elves or other mythological beings, so much so that when they released a music album, they described it as trans-elven rock.

Some otherkin who are transgender describe themselves as "trans species," saying that their gender and the otherkin aspects of their identity feel connected and similar.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yvwknv/what-does-it-mean-to-be-trans-species “What It Means to Be Trans Species“ by Eliza Graves-Browne, VICE Apr 17 2016] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210106154222/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yvwknv/what-does-it-mean-to-be-trans-species Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===Kingender===

[[File:Kingender.png|thumb|Kingender pride [[flags|flag]], for individuals whose gender identity is closely related to their otherkin type. Term and flag created by Tumblr user aroacehawkeye. The stripe color meanings follow the conventions of other pride flags: yellow for [[genderless]]ness, blue for [[male]], purple for mixed female/male nonbinary gender identities ([[androgyne]], etc), and pink for [[female]].<ref>"Kingender pride." ''Pride Archive'' (blog). [http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91215568026/kingender-pride http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91215568026/kingender-pride]</ref> The seven-pointed star has been a symbol for otherkin since the 1990s, and for elf people since the 1960s.<ref name="fieldguide">{{cite book |author=Lupa | title=A Field Guide to Otherkin | publisher=Immanion Press | pages=25–26, 50, 52 | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-905713-07-3 }}</ref>]]

* '''Name(s):''' Kingender (from otherkin + gender)

* '''Origin:''' Kingender was coined by Tumblr user SadVaporWaveBabe (who also posted under SSailorSenshi, and who deleted their blogs later that year), in a submission on or before July 25, 2014 to the [[MOGAI-Archive blog]] (which was also deleted later that year by one of its moderators).<ref name="SadVaporWaveBabe">Untitled post. ''bye (SadVaporWaveBabe)'' (blog). Retrieved August, 12, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812075603/http://sadvaporwavebabe.tumblr.com/</ref><ref name="kingender coin">Archive of a reblogged version of the since-deleted post to the ''MOGAI-Archive'' blog post where this term was coined. Retrieved April 2, 2019. http://archive.is/uEbAK#selection-373.0-373.16</ref> The Pride Archive blog instead says that Tumblr user AroAceHawkEye coined the term kingender.<ref name="kingender pride archive">"Kingender Pride." ''Pride Archive'' (blog). https://web.archive.org/web/20180902205218/https://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91215568026/kingender-pride</ref>

* '''Meaning:''' Kingender was defined by SadVaporWaveBabe as simply "the only thing defining your gender is your kintype (this gender is otherkin specific)."<ref name="kingender coin" /> SadVaporWaveBabe (or possibly someone else who took over their blog) later posted a note admitting that they had submitted this and other content to the MOGAI-Archive blog to make fun of trans, neurodivergent, and otherkin communities, which they later regretted, and apologized for doing.<ref name="SadVaporWaveBabe"/> The other person claiming to have coined it, AroAceHawkEye, defined kingender as "a catch-all term for individuals whose gender is closely related to their kintype."<ref name="kingender pride archive" />

* '''Keywords:''' genders about things other than connection to female or male, nonbinary, otherkin, [[xenogender]]

* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents called themselves kingender.<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>

{{Clear}}
==See also==
*[[Xenogender]]
*[[Gender variance in spirituality]]
*[[Nonbinary gender outside of the transgender community]]
*[[Mx]]

==External links==
*[http://anotherwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page AnOtherWiki], a free encyclopedia written by, for, and about the Otherkin community.
*[https://otherkin.wiki Otherkin Wiki], a "site about otherkin" which "also covers a diversity of other related alterhuman communities."

==References==
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[[Category:Identities]]

Drone

2023-12-04T05:08:58Z

Swarmy: Added evidence of otherkin identifying as drones

{{uncommon identity}}
'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] related to '''swarmgenders''' and '''hivegenders'''<ref>https://mogai-and-me.tumblr.com/post/673177936648683520/apotheoseity-hi-heres-a-xenogender-for</ref>. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction.<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-does-a-real-hive-mind-work-the-secret-life-of-bees-explained-20220407-p5aboo.html</ref><ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref>, but they can also be found rarely in humans and otherkin.<ref>https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/interview-with-a-drone-bc5c226d63a0</ref> In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in a large number of cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

===Dronification Fetish ===
Drones are also the subject of a fetish popular with trans people. The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feelings of personhood and free will from the submissive. Dronification fetish is similar to [[wikipedia:Feminization_(activity)|force feminisation]] fetish, but instead of turning men into women, it turns people into drones. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself.<ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Identities]]

Drone

2023-11-23T11:47:38Z

Swarmy: all > a large number of

{{uncommon identity}}
'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] related to '''swarmgenders''' and '''hivegenders'''<ref>https://mogai-and-me.tumblr.com/post/673177936648683520/apotheoseity-hi-heres-a-xenogender-for</ref>. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-does-a-real-hive-mind-work-the-secret-life-of-bees-explained-20220407-p5aboo.html</ref><ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref>, but they can also be found rarely in humans and otherkin{{citation needed}}. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in a large number of cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

===Dronification Fetish ===
Drones are also the subject of a fetish popular with trans people. The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feelings of personhood and free will from the submissive. Dronification fetish is similar to [[wikipedia:Feminization_(activity)|force feminisation]] fetish, but instead of turning men into women, it turns people into drones. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself.<ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Identities]]

Drone

2023-11-23T11:46:33Z

Swarmy: hivegender term use reference

{{uncommon identity}}
'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] related to '''swarmgenders''' and '''hivegenders'''<ref>https://mogai-and-me.tumblr.com/post/673177936648683520/apotheoseity-hi-heres-a-xenogender-for</ref>. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-does-a-real-hive-mind-work-the-secret-life-of-bees-explained-20220407-p5aboo.html</ref><ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref>, but they can also be found rarely in humans and otherkin{{citation needed}}. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

===Dronification Fetish ===
Drones are also the subject of a fetish popular with trans people. The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feelings of personhood and free will from the submissive. Dronification fetish is similar to [[wikipedia:Feminization_(activity)|force feminisation]] fetish, but instead of turning men into women, it turns people into drones. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself.<ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Identities]]

Drone

2023-11-23T11:42:34Z

Swarmy: Common in the insect world and science fiction

{{uncommon identity}}
'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] related to '''swarmgenders''' and '''hivegenders'''. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-does-a-real-hive-mind-work-the-secret-life-of-bees-explained-20220407-p5aboo.html</ref><ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref>, but they can also be found rarely in humans and otherkin{{citation needed}}. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

===Dronification Fetish ===
Drones are also the subject of a fetish popular with trans people. The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feelings of personhood and free will from the submissive. Dronification fetish is similar to [[wikipedia:Feminization_(activity)|force feminisation]] fetish, but instead of turning men into women, it turns people into drones. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself.<ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Identities]]

Topic:Xtx07nnvt0g0qjwa

2023-11-23T09:13:39Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) commented on "No mention of alternative gender terms" (Why did you remove the line *Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction, but they can also be found...)

Topic:Xtwzy3mo9zghb9ru

2023-11-23T09:06:12Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) marked the topic ""based on the queer fetish of the same name"" as resolved (marked as resolved)

Topic:Xtwzy3mo9zghb9ru

2023-11-23T09:06:09Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) commented on ""based on the queer fetish of the same name"" (I'll clarify so you know for next time. Dronification is to drones, as force-feminisation is to women. Lots of cis men enjoy force-femini...)

Topic:Xtwzy3mo9zghb9ru

2023-11-23T09:03:03Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) restored the topic ""based on the queer fetish of the same name"" (reopened)

Drone

2023-11-23T09:02:47Z

Swarmy: Mentioned swarmgenders, hivegenders, rewrote first sentence of intro and dronification section, clarified relevance of dronification (it is like force-feminisation)

{{uncommon identity}}
'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] related to '''swarmgenders''' and '''hivegenders'''. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction, but they can also be found rarely in humans and otherkin<ref name=":0">https://twitter.com/SixCubit/status/1699995807817093312</ref>. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}<ref name=":0" />

===Dronification Fetish ===
Drones are also the subject of a fetish popular with trans people. The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feelings of personhood and free will from the submissive. Dronification fetish is similar to [[wikipedia:Feminization_(activity)|force feminisation]] fetish, but instead of turning men into women, it turns people into drones. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself.<ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Identities]]

Topic:Xtx07nnvt0g0qjwa

2023-11-21T10:43:09Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) commented on "No mention of alternative gender terms" (There's no mention of swarmgenders or hivegenders in this article, even though they're closely related)

Drone

2023-11-21T10:42:14Z

Swarmy: Removed line about gender identity being based on a fetish

{{uncommon identity}}
'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] based on the idea that members of swarms found in nature (such as animals like bees) don't have a binary understanding of gender. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

===Dronification Fetish ===
The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feeling of personhood from the submissive. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself.<ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Identities]]

Topic:Xtwzy3mo9zghb9ru

2023-11-21T10:41:39Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) commented on ""based on the queer fetish of the same name"" (This could actually seriously harm the image of dronegender people if someone who isn't educated stumbles across the enry. I'm going to r...)

Topic:Xtx01b3y3s8isqii

2023-11-21T10:39:59Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) commented on "Lack of context" (Inclusion of the Borg and the Zerg as examples of the gender with no explanation is strange. Shouldn't there be context to their involvem...)

Topic:Xtwzy3mo9zghb9ru

2023-11-21T10:38:23Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) commented on ""based on the queer fetish of the same name"" (This claim has no sources, and seems offensive. Reducing a gender identity to a fetish is something that ought to come with plenty of evi...)

Drone

2023-11-21T10:36:45Z

Swarmy: Citation needed on claim that gender is based on a fetish

{{uncommon identity}}
'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] based on the queer fetish of the same name{{citation needed}}, as well as the idea that members of swarms found in nature (such as animals like bees) don't have a binary understanding of gender. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

===Dronification Fetish ===
The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feeling of personhood from the submissive. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself.<ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref>

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Identities]]

Topic:Xtwzqm6dcia2ykoq

2023-11-21T10:34:39Z

Swarmy (talk | contribs) commented on "Article is a stub" (Article is very short and doesn't explain much of the history of the term. Can we get some more detail?)

Drone

2023-11-20T01:39:28Z

Swarmy: The ABC says bees have three genders

{{uncommon identity}}
A '''Drone''', in the field of queer fetishism, is an individual body that exists as part of a hivemind. The idea of hiveminds originates in entomology, but has also become a staple of science fiction, occultism, robotics, and queer fetishism. Drones within an insect or science fiction context are often depicted as having no gender, or a gender relating to the hive itself. This has lead to fetishism treating the process of becoming a drone as a transgender experience.<ref name=":4" />{{citation needed}} Some people also identify as dronegender, or alternatively swarmgender/hivegender.

==Entomology and Computer Science==
The behaviour of swarming insects such as bees, wasps, ants, and locust have been described as a "hive mind", which is the origin of the term.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/hive-mind-from-beekeeping-to-economics-1450810487</ref> Insect colonies are capable of performing more complex tasks than any one individual could accomplish. The "hive mind" of an ant colony does not exist as a physical brain structure, but instead as the consequence of the actions of many individuals programmed to work together.<ref>https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Ant_Colony_Optimization/_aefcpY8GiEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover</ref> The description of this intelligence as a "mind" is therefore controversial, as there is no kind of "telepathy" occuring, yet nonetheless there is a problem solving mechanism processing information at a mass scale. This theory has been adopted by simulation and robotics researchers as a model for creating drone agents that together possess a hivemind.<ref name=":0">https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Recent-approaches-to-global-optimization-problems-Parsopoulos-Vrahatis/a426e8b5a5133f5d87e710db2215df26f0959c82</ref> In computer science it is more common to refer to these systems as "swarms" than as "hives".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">https://direct.mit.edu/isal/proceedings/ecal2015/27/658/99316</ref><ref name=":2">https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=it_fac</ref> The idea of producing swarm intelligences that use humans as drones has also been explored.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Science Fiction and Occultism==
The pop culture image of the drone and the hivemind have been introduced and developed largely by science fiction, beginning with H G Wells in 1901.<ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref> Popular modern examples include Star Trek's Borg, and StarCraft's Zerg, both of which use the term "drone" to describe members of the hivemind.<ref>https://screenrant.com/star-trek-borg-origin-explained/</ref><ref>https://classic.battle.net/scc/zerg/units/drone.shtml</ref> Rick and Morty breaks the established mold by portraying Unity as a kind and caring person with a "human" identity, capable of personal relationships, morals, and growth.<ref>https://www.inverse.com/article/59172-rick-and-morty-unity-episode-rick-suicide-auto-erotic-assimilation</ref> Science fiction hiveminds are a common reference point for people trying to understand drones in the real world.<ref>https://lemm.ee/comment/6009982</ref>

Occultism describes the concept of the "egregore", a being created from the collective thought of a group of people. Various groups across different traditions have cultivated egregores according to these groups, such as the Knights Templar,<ref>https://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/artjun02/TEMPTRAD.htm</ref> and the Roman Empire.<ref>https://occultist.net/on-ressurecting-egregores/</ref>

==Dronification Fetish==
Drones saw increased attention within the queer community with the introduction of the dronification fetish, the most prominent example being Hexcorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref><ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feeling of personhood from the submissive. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself. To become a drone is to relinquish gender, and substitute it with obedience.<ref name=":4" />{{citation needed}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childrearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/fact-checking-bee-movie/</ref><ref>https://www.beepods.com/114099-2/</ref><ref>https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/lessons-bees-can-teach-us-about-feminism/</ref><ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Stigma==
Popular depictions of hiveminds in science fiction are often villainous or evil.<ref>https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HiveMind</ref> Occult groups practicing group identity are also often vilified in media and popular opinion.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/KingOfTheHill/comments/cvw3uq/king_of_the_hill_6x17_fun_with_jane_and_jane/</ref><ref>https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/</ref> Sentiment against dronegender people has also broken out in some online communities, primarily concerning accusations of trolling or delusion.<ref>https://hexbear.net/post/536902</ref>

==References==

<references />

Drone

2023-11-20T01:31:42Z

Swarmy: Added a non-bee-movie source on bee gender

{{uncommon identity}}
A '''Drone''', in the field of queer fetishism, is an individual body that exists as part of a hivemind. The idea of hiveminds originates in entomology, but has also become a staple of science fiction, occultism, robotics, and queer fetishism. Drones within an insect or science fiction context are often depicted as having no gender, or a gender relating to the hive itself. This has lead to fetishism treating the process of becoming a drone as a transgender experience.<ref name=":4" />{{citation needed}} Some people also identify as dronegender, or alternatively swarmgender/hivegender.

==Entomology and Computer Science==
The behaviour of swarming insects such as bees, wasps, ants, and locust have been described as a "hive mind", which is the origin of the term.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/hive-mind-from-beekeeping-to-economics-1450810487</ref> Insect colonies are capable of performing more complex tasks than any one individual could accomplish. The "hive mind" of an ant colony does not exist as a physical brain structure, but instead as the consequence of the actions of many individuals programmed to work together.<ref>https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Ant_Colony_Optimization/_aefcpY8GiEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover</ref> The description of this intelligence as a "mind" is therefore controversial, as there is no kind of "telepathy" occuring, yet nonetheless there is a problem solving mechanism processing information at a mass scale. This theory has been adopted by simulation and robotics researchers as a model for creating drone agents that together possess a hivemind.<ref name=":0">https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Recent-approaches-to-global-optimization-problems-Parsopoulos-Vrahatis/a426e8b5a5133f5d87e710db2215df26f0959c82</ref> In computer science it is more common to refer to these systems as "swarms" than as "hives".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">https://direct.mit.edu/isal/proceedings/ecal2015/27/658/99316</ref><ref name=":2">https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=it_fac</ref> The idea of producing swarm intelligences that use humans as drones has also been explored.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Science Fiction and Occultism==
The pop culture image of the drone and the hivemind have been introduced and developed largely by science fiction, beginning with H G Wells in 1901.<ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref> Popular modern examples include Star Trek's Borg, and StarCraft's Zerg, both of which use the term "drone" to describe members of the hivemind.<ref>https://screenrant.com/star-trek-borg-origin-explained/</ref><ref>https://classic.battle.net/scc/zerg/units/drone.shtml</ref> Rick and Morty breaks the established mold by portraying Unity as a kind and caring person with a "human" identity, capable of personal relationships, morals, and growth.<ref>https://www.inverse.com/article/59172-rick-and-morty-unity-episode-rick-suicide-auto-erotic-assimilation</ref> Science fiction hiveminds are a common reference point for people trying to understand drones in the real world.<ref>https://lemm.ee/comment/6009982</ref>

Occultism describes the concept of the "egregore", a being created from the collective thought of a group of people. Various groups across different traditions have cultivated egregores according to these groups, such as the Knights Templar,<ref>https://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/artjun02/TEMPTRAD.htm</ref> and the Roman Empire.<ref>https://occultist.net/on-ressurecting-egregores/</ref>

==Dronification Fetish==
Drones saw increased attention within the queer community with the introduction of the dronification fetish, the most prominent example being Hexcorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref><ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feeling of personhood from the submissive. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself. To become a drone is to relinquish gender, and substitute it with obedience.<ref name=":4" />{{citation needed}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childrearer.<ref>https://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/fact-checking-bee-movie/</ref><ref>https://www.beepods.com/114099-2/</ref><ref>https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/lessons-bees-can-teach-us-about-feminism/</ref>{{citation needed}} For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Stigma==
Popular depictions of hiveminds in science fiction are often villainous or evil.<ref>https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HiveMind</ref> Occult groups practicing group identity are also often vilified in media and popular opinion.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/KingOfTheHill/comments/cvw3uq/king_of_the_hill_6x17_fun_with_jane_and_jane/</ref><ref>https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/</ref> Sentiment against dronegender people has also broken out in some online communities, primarily concerning accusations of trolling or delusion.<ref>https://hexbear.net/post/536902</ref>

==References==

<references />

Drone

2023-11-20T01:24:36Z

Swarmy: Cited Hexcorp interview in intro paragraph and Bee Movie fact-checks concerning bee gender

{{uncommon identity}}
A '''Drone''', in the field of queer fetishism, is an individual body that exists as part of a hivemind. The idea of hiveminds originates in entomology, but has also become a staple of science fiction, occultism, robotics, and queer fetishism. Drones within an insect or science fiction context are often depicted as having no gender, or a gender relating to the hive itself. This has lead to fetishism treating the process of becoming a drone as a transgender experience.<ref name=":4" />{{citation needed}} Some people also identify as dronegender, or alternatively swarmgender/hivegender.

==Entomology and Computer Science==
The behaviour of swarming insects such as bees, wasps, ants, and locust have been described as a "hive mind", which is the origin of the term.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/hive-mind-from-beekeeping-to-economics-1450810487</ref> Insect colonies are capable of performing more complex tasks than any one individual could accomplish. The "hive mind" of an ant colony does not exist as a physical brain structure, but instead as the consequence of the actions of many individuals programmed to work together.<ref>https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Ant_Colony_Optimization/_aefcpY8GiEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover</ref> The description of this intelligence as a "mind" is therefore controversial, as there is no kind of "telepathy" occuring, yet nonetheless there is a problem solving mechanism processing information at a mass scale. This theory has been adopted by simulation and robotics researchers as a model for creating drone agents that together possess a hivemind.<ref name=":0">https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Recent-approaches-to-global-optimization-problems-Parsopoulos-Vrahatis/a426e8b5a5133f5d87e710db2215df26f0959c82</ref> In computer science it is more common to refer to these systems as "swarms" than as "hives".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">https://direct.mit.edu/isal/proceedings/ecal2015/27/658/99316</ref><ref name=":2">https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=it_fac</ref> The idea of producing swarm intelligences that use humans as drones has also been explored.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Science Fiction and Occultism==
The pop culture image of the drone and the hivemind have been introduced and developed largely by science fiction, beginning with H G Wells in 1901.<ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref> Popular modern examples include Star Trek's Borg, and StarCraft's Zerg, both of which use the term "drone" to describe members of the hivemind.<ref>https://screenrant.com/star-trek-borg-origin-explained/</ref><ref>https://classic.battle.net/scc/zerg/units/drone.shtml</ref> Rick and Morty breaks the established mold by portraying Unity as a kind and caring person with a "human" identity, capable of personal relationships, morals, and growth.<ref>https://www.inverse.com/article/59172-rick-and-morty-unity-episode-rick-suicide-auto-erotic-assimilation</ref> Science fiction hiveminds are a common reference point for people trying to understand drones in the real world.<ref>https://lemm.ee/comment/6009982</ref>

Occultism describes the concept of the "egregore", a being created from the collective thought of a group of people. Various groups across different traditions have cultivated egregores according to these groups, such as the Knights Templar,<ref>https://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/artjun02/TEMPTRAD.htm</ref> and the Roman Empire.<ref>https://occultist.net/on-ressurecting-egregores/</ref>

==Dronification Fetish==
Drones saw increased attention within the queer community with the introduction of the dronification fetish, the most prominent example being Hexcorp.<ref>https://www.hexcorp.net/</ref><ref name=":4">https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/</ref> The goal of the dronification fetish is to remove the feeling of personhood from the submissive. The creator of Hexcorp is transgender, and dronification is said to appeal to trans people due to freedom from societal constraints regarding name, body, disability, and personhood itself. To become a drone is to relinquish gender, and substitute it with obedience.<ref name=":4" />{{citation needed}}

==Queer Understanding==
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childrearer.<ref>https://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/fact-checking-bee-movie/</ref><ref>https://www.beepods.com/114099-2/</ref>{{citation needed}} For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> The nature of the drone is, in all explored cases, queer.{{citation needed}}

This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}

==Stigma==
Popular depictions of hiveminds in science fiction are often villainous or evil.<ref>https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HiveMind</ref> Occult groups practicing group identity are also often vilified in media and popular opinion.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/KingOfTheHill/comments/cvw3uq/king_of_the_hill_6x17_fun_with_jane_and_jane/</ref><ref>https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/</ref> Sentiment against dronegender people has also broken out in some online communities, primarily concerning accusations of trolling or delusion.<ref>https://hexbear.net/post/536902</ref>

==References==

<references />

Drone

2023-11-18T10:28:55Z

Swarmy: Partway through creating article

{{WIP|Swarmy}}

A '''Drone''' is an individual body that exists as part of a hivemind. The idea of hiveminds originates in entomology, but has also become a staple of science fiction, occultism, robotics, and queer fetishism. Drones within an insect or science fiction context are often depicted as having no gender, or a gender relating to the hive itself. This has lead to fetishism treating the process of becoming a drone as a transgender experience. Some people also identify as dronegender, or alternatively swarmgender/hivegender.

==Entomology and Computer Science==
The behaviour of swarming insects such as bees, wasps, ants, and locust have been described as a "hive mind", which is the origin of the term<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/hive-mind-from-beekeeping-to-economics-1450810487</ref>. Insect colonies are capable of performing more complex tasks than any one individual could accomplish. The "hive mind" of an ant colony does not exist as a physical brain structure, but instead as the consequence of the actions of many individuals programmed to work together.<ref>https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Ant_Colony_Optimization/_aefcpY8GiEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover</ref> The description of this intelligence as a "mind" is therefore controversial, as there is no kind of "telepathy" occuring, yet nonetheless there is a problem solving mechanism processing information at a mass scale. This theory has been adopted by simulation and robotics researchers as a model for creating drone agents that together possess a hivemind.<ref name=":0">https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Recent-approaches-to-global-optimization-problems-Parsopoulos-Vrahatis/a426e8b5a5133f5d87e710db2215df26f0959c82</ref> In computer science it is more common to refer to these systems as "swarms" than as "hives".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">https://direct.mit.edu/isal/proceedings/ecal2015/27/658/99316</ref><ref name=":2">https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=it_fac</ref> The idea of producing swarm intelligences that use humans as drones has also been explored.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Science Fiction==
The pop culture image of the drone and the hivemind have been introduced and developed largely by science fiction, beginning with H G Wells in 1901.<ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref> Popular modern examples include Star Trek's Borg, and StarCraft's Zerg, both of which use the term "drone" to describe members of the hivemind.<ref>https://screenrant.com/star-trek-borg-origin-explained/</ref><ref>https://classic.battle.net/scc/zerg/units/drone.shtml</ref>

==Egregores in Occultism==

==Dronification Fetish==

==Queer Understanding==

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