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{{infobox identity | {{infobox identity | ||
| | | name = Greygender / Graygender | ||
| | | flag = Graygender flag.png | ||
| related = [[ | | related = [[agender]] | ||
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''' | '''Graygender''' or '''greygender''' is defined as: | ||
{{quote|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 | {{quote|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 Tumblr post] by mogai-library, 12 August 2015</ref>}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The term was coined by invernom in March 2014.<ref>[https://invernom.tumblr.com/post/80158494356/identifying-as-graygendergreygender Identifying As “Graygender”/“Greygender”], invernom, 20 March 2014 | The term was coined by invernom in March 2014.<ref>[https://invernom.tumblr.com/post/80158494356/identifying-as-graygendergreygender Identifying As “Graygender”/“Greygender”], invernom, 20 March 2014</ref> | ||
YouTuber [[Ash Hardell]] featured their wife Grace, a graygender person, talking about their gender experience in the December 2016 video "What is Greygender?"<ref name="Hardell">{{Cite web |title=What is Greygender? |author=Hardell, Ash |work=YouTube |date=17 December 2016 |access-date=19 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Amt3YOkNes | YouTuber [[Ash Hardell]] featured their wife Grace, a graygender person, talking about their gender experience in the December 2016 video "What is Greygender?"<ref name="Hardell">{{Cite web |title=What is Greygender? |author=Hardell, Ash |work=YouTube |date=17 December 2016 |access-date=19 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Amt3YOkNes}}</ref> | ||
On 24 May 2019, the news site "The LGBT Sentinel" included graygender in their article "The Gender Identification Flags You Should Know About For Pride Season!"<ref name="Sentinel">{{Cite web |title=The Gender Identification Flags You Should Know About For Pride Season! |work=The LGBT Sentinel |date=24 May 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |url= http://www.thelgbtsentinel.com/gender-identification-flags-know-pride-season/ | On 24 May 2019, the news site "The LGBT Sentinel" included graygender in their article "The Gender Identification Flags You Should Know About For Pride Season!"<ref name="Sentinel">{{Cite web |title=The Gender Identification Flags You Should Know About For Pride Season! |work=The LGBT Sentinel |date=24 May 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |url= http://www.thelgbtsentinel.com/gender-identification-flags-know-pride-season/}}</ref> and described it thusly: | ||
{{quote|Graygender individuals are gender ambivalent. This means that a person's gender identity and expression is only partially important to them. Graygender individuals feel a weak desire or inclination to express their gender- they are fine not deeply expressing it! Oftentimes graygender people feel that their gender is indeterminate. Those who identify as Graygender don't feel gender most of the time and are not that invested in it. You can view Graygender as a longterm vacation away from gender!}} | {{quote|Graygender individuals are gender ambivalent. This means that a person's gender identity and expression is only partially important to them. Graygender individuals feel a weak desire or inclination to express their gender- they are fine not deeply expressing it! Oftentimes graygender people feel that their gender is indeterminate. Those who identify as Graygender don't feel gender most of the time and are not that invested in it. You can view Graygender as a longterm vacation away from gender!}} | ||
In December 2019, Healthline.com included graygender in the article "64 Terms That Describe Gender Identity and Expression".<ref name="Abrams">{{Cite web |title=64 Terms That Describe Gender Identity and Expression |author=Abrams, Mere |work=Healthline |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |url= https://www.healthline.com/health/different-genders | In December 2019, Healthline.com included graygender in the article "64 Terms That Describe Gender Identity and Expression".<ref name="Abrams">{{Cite web |title=64 Terms That Describe Gender Identity and Expression |author=Abrams, Mere |work=Healthline |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |url= https://www.healthline.com/health/different-genders}}</ref> | ||
{{quote|A gender term that describes someone who experiences ambivalence about gender identity or expression, and doesn’t fully identify with a binary gender that’s exclusively male or female.}} | {{quote|A gender term that describes someone who experiences ambivalence about gender identity or expression, and doesn’t fully identify with a binary gender that’s exclusively male or female.}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||