Gender symbols: Difference between revisions

| The transgender symbol. A mix of female (Venus), male (Mars), and androgyne (Venus and Mars mixed). This symbol was designed in the 1990s by [[Holly Boswell]], Wendy Parker, and Nancy R. Nangeroni. A specific version-- blue, with rounded line ends, on a lavender triangle-- belongs to Nangeroni, but otherwise the symbol belongs to none and can be used freely.<ref>Nancy R. Nangeroni. "Transgender symbol." July 1994. [http://www.gendertalk.com/tg-symbol/ http://www.gendertalk.com/tg-symbol/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230617223155/http://www.gendertalk.com/tg-symbol/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

|Symbol for a mix of female (Venus) and male (Mars). Can mean [[intersex]] or [[transgender]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Symbols|author=lucas|date=26 July 2006 |url=http://societies.dsu.ca/DalOUT/resources/symbolsdoc |archive-date=21 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821235501/http://societies.dsu.ca/DalOUT/resources/symbolsdoc}}</ref> Botanical symbol for [[hermaphrodite]]. This symbol is also used to represent bigender individuals whose two genders are female and male.<ref name="Cari" /><ref name="Silence">{{Cite web |title=Gender Symbols + Orientation Symbols |author=SilenceTheFox |work=DeviantArt |date=13 February 2019 |access-date=10 June 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/silencethefox/art/Gender-Symbols-Orientation-Symbols-785530334 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203173405/https://www.deviantart.com/silencethefox/art/Gender-Symbols-Orientation-Symbols-785530334 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Can also be interpreted as representing [[heterosexuality]].<ref>[https://emojipedia.org/male-and-female-sign/ ⚥ Male and Female Sign], Emojipedia, retrieved 15 November 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230522215301/https://emojipedia.org/male-and-female-sign/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

|An interlocked 'G' and 'Q' symbolizing the [[genderqueer]] identity. Dates back to at least 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gqsymbolproudava.png|title=File:Gqsymbolproudava.png|work=Wikimedia Commons|quote=Date: 3 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618214918/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gqsymbolproudava.png|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

|[[Neutrois]] symbol used by the ''Neutrois Outpost'' in 2000. The circles represent a null gender. Additionally, the lavender triangle is for pride in [[LGBT]] identity.<ref>Axey, Qwill, Rave, and Luscious Daniel, eds. “FAQ.” ''Neutrois Outpost''. Last updated 2000-11-23. Retrieved 2001-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20010307115554/http://www.neutrois.com/faq.htm</ref>

|A [[third gender]] symbol designed by a group of non-binary Brazilians in 2014.<ref name="Cari">{{Cite web |title=Gender Symbols |author=Cari-Rez-Lobo |work=DeviantArt |date=2 October 2014 |access-date=10 June 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/cari-rez-lobo/art/Gender-Symbols-486052086|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618204353/https://www.deviantart.com/cari-rez-lobo/art/Gender-Symbols-486052086 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> It is made of two shapes, a small triangle and a larger circle, connected by a horizontal line.

|Mercury symbol, meaning hybrid. Used for intersex people and [[Genderfluid|genderfluid/]][[Gender nonconformity|gender nonconforming]] individuals<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emojipedia.org/mercury/|title=☿️ Mercury Emoji|website=emojipedia.org|language=en|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522215518/https://emojipedia.org/mercury/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cakeworld.info/transsexualism/gender-symbols|title=Gender symbols - Cakeworld|website=www.cakeworld.info|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605223914/http://www.cakeworld.info/transsexualism/gender-symbols|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>. Originally used for hermaphroditism; before gender and sex were depicted as separate<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2020-11-04|title=Sex and gender distinction|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_and_gender_distinction&oldid=986967614|journal=Wikipedia|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719144340/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_and_gender_distinction&oldid=986967614|archive-date=2023-07-19|access-date=2020-11-12|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>, it also became symbol for androgyny. Depicts the staff of the Roman messenger god, based on the caduceus (below).

|In 1996, Raphael Carter proposed that this ambiguous geometric shape called the Necker Cube be a symbol for [[Androgyne|androgynes]], "because it is either concave or convex depending on how you look at it."<ref>Raphael Carter, "Angel's Dictionary." July 14, 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/19990427014012/http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml</ref><ref>Nat Titman, "The Necker Cube: Symbol for androgyny." June 25, 2011. ''Practical Androgyny.'' http://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/06/25/the-necker-cube-symbol-for-androgyny/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230131181750/https://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/06/25/the-necker-cube-symbol-for-androgyny/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

|In some kinds of [[family]] tree diagrams (genograms or pedigrees), a triangle is a symbol for a person whose gender is unknown. It's also for fetuses that were miscarried, or were not yet born when the genogram was drawn. This is as opposed to squares (male) and circles (female).