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| {{uncommon identity}} | | {{Poorly-attested identity}} |
| {{infobox identity | | {{Infobox identity |
| | flag = quoigender.png | | | flag = quoigender.png |
| | related = [[Graygender]] and [[Exgender]] | | | meaning = |
| | umbrella = [[Nonbinary]]
| | | related = [[greygender]], [[novigender]], [[exgender]] |
| | frequency = 0.1% | | | percentage = 0.09 |
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| '''Quoigender''' (from French ''quoi'', ''quoi'' "what" + "gender") is a [[nonbinary]] gender identity with several definitions: | | |
| | '''Quoigender''' (from French ''quoi'', ''quoi'' "what" + "gender") is a nonbinary gender identity with several definitions: |
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| * someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them | | * someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them |
| * someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them | | * someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them |
| *can be used as an alternative to "[[questioning]]", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself | | * can be used as an alternative to "questioning", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself |
| *someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender | | * someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender |
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| ==History==
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| The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014, as a gender counterpart to quoiromantic and quoisexual.<ref>Epochryphal. Tumblr, 2014. https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/91335142632/wait-shit-the-obvious-word-coinage-quoigender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230522194716/https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/91335142632/wait-shit-the-obvious-word-coinage-quoigender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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| ==Similar identities==
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| *'''[[Greygender]]''', also called grey agender - someone who has a gender, but feels less invested in it or connected to it than other people seem to.<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><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><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><ref name="Hardell">{{Cite web |title=What is Greygender? |author=Hardell, Ash |authorlink=Ash Hardell|work=YouTube |date=17 December 2016 |access-date=19 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Amt3YOkNes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512095322/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Amt3YOkNes |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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| *'''Exgender''' - similar to [[agender]] but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender.<ref>Lamb777. Tumblr, 2014. https://mentemmortaliatangunt.tumblr.com/post/90380722342/baaphomett-ive-done-a-lot-of-thinking-about [https://web.archive.org/web/20230512095258/https://mentemmortaliatangunt.tumblr.com/post/90380722342/baaphomett-ive-done-a-lot-of-thinking-about Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Lamb777. Tumblr, 2014. https://lamb777.tumblr.com/post/89738557605/genders-post-cw-for-death-mentions [https://web.archive.org/web/20230602204733/https://lamb777.tumblr.com/post/89738557605/genders-post-cw-for-death-mentions Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name=":0">Pride-color-schemes. Tumblr, 2016. https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148175331029/exgender-egender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230512095520/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148175331029/exgender-egender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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| ==Flags==
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| There is no universally-accepted flag for the quoigender identity, but several have been proposed: one by Epochryphal, one by an unknown creator, a variation based on the former, and one by Hghrules.
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| <gallery>
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| File:Quoi Epochryphal.png
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| File:Quoigender.png
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| File:QuoiTrianglePurple.png
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| File:Quoigender (4).png
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| </gallery>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[List of nonbinary identities]]
| | == History == |
| | The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014 to go along with quoiromantic and quoisexual. |
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| ==External Links== | | == Related identities == |
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| *Ephochryphal: [https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/106762907052/a-note-on-quoi A Note On Quoi-] | | * Grey-/Graygender - someone who has a gender, but feels less invested in it or connected to it than other people seem to |
| *Hghrules: [https://hghrules.tumblr.com/day/2022/09/15 Quoigender Flag] | | * E(x)gender - similar to agender but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender |
| | * Novigender - an experience with gender which is so complicated or difficult to understand that it cannot be pinned down to one word |
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Nonbinary identities]] | | [[Category:Nonbinary identities]] |