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'''Aliagender''' (from Latin ''alius'' "other"<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alius#Latin</ref>) is a specific [[nonbinary]] identity.<ref name="ask a nonbinary glossary 2018">"Glossary (prod at me through the inbox if you think this list needs to be added to/ altered)." ''Ask a Non-Binary'' (blog). December 28, 2013. Last edited December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181223072932/http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/71388258891/glossary-prod-at-me-through-the-inbox-if-you</ref> As described by the person who coined it, Beck, aliagender is “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" /> | '''Aliagender''' (from Latin ''alius'' "other"<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alius#Latin</ref>) is a specific [[nonbinary]] identity.<ref name="ask a nonbinary glossary 2018">"Glossary (prod at me through the inbox if you think this list needs to be added to/ altered)." ''Ask a Non-Binary'' (blog). December 28, 2013. Last edited December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181223072932/http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/71388258891/glossary-prod-at-me-through-the-inbox-if-you</ref> As described by the person who coined it, Beck, aliagender is “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" /> | ||
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Aliagender (from Latin alius "other"[1]) is a specific nonbinary identity.[2] As described by the person who coined it, Beck, aliagender is “A gender experience which is 'other', or stands apart from existing gender constructs.”[2] 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."[3]
History
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 or before late January 2014.[3][4] Zoë or Leo later described this event: "i was there when aliagender was coined. actually, i was the reason it was coined. I sent messages to askanonbinary and beck came up with the word. 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."[3]
Soon after, some Tumblr users began to argue "that aliagender is racist in that it is basically just a whitewashed version of third gender," for no other reason than it was a nonbinary gender.[5] In response, another person coined "aporagender" as an alternative to aliagender, due to concerns that aliagender might be "racist or appropriative."[6] Aliagender was never meant to be a whitewashed version of third gender, and there is no reason to interpret that way. Zoë or Leo clarified that "they did not intend for aliagender to be harmful in any way, and was created to describe an 'othering' concept of gender."[6]
Vesper H., the blogger and vlogger behind Queer as Cat, has written against claims that terms such as aliagender, aporagender, and maverique (which they coined) are racist. According to Vesper, themself black, where third gender is "a prescriptive term forced onto others without their consent"[7] used to other cultural identities, terms such as aliagender were specific gender identities that were not used to contain and erase cultural identities.[7]
In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent called themself aliagender.[8] In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents called themselves aliagender.[9]
In 2019, aliagender was included in a listicle titled "54 Gender Identity Terms Every Ally Should Know" on the website Refinery29.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alius#Latin
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Glossary (prod at me through the inbox if you think this list needs to be added to/ altered)." Ask a Non-Binary (blog). December 28, 2013. Last edited December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181223072932/http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/71388258891/glossary-prod-at-me-through-the-inbox-if-you
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Zoë or Leo. Untitled post. ZoboTheHob0 (personal blog). July 14, 2014. https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/91716663005/epochryphal-throws-up-hands-im-getting-really Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212651/https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/91716663005/epochryphal-throws-up-hands-im-getting-really
- ↑ Mod Kellex. Untitled post. Aporagender. November 25, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150521035454/https://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender
- ↑ "Anonymous said: isn't aporagender just basically aliagender tho?". 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Zoë or Leo. "Aporagender vs. Aliagender." ZoboTheHob0 (personal blog). https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212831/https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/103601097145/aporagender-vs-aliagender
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/137554950446/re-maverique-aporagender-aliagender-and-third
- ↑ "NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." Gender Census. March 19, 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Brabaw, Kasandra (31 May 2019). "54 Gender Identity Terms Every Ally Should Know". refinery29.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.