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This page is about a gender identity that is not widely used among gender-variant people. This does not mean that the identity is not valid, but that very few people are known to use this term.
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Drone is an uncommon gender identity related to swarmgenders and hivegenders^[1]. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction.^[2]^[3]

In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.^[4]

Queer Understanding[edit | edit source]

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.^[5] For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.^[6] Star Trek's Borg drones are queer^[7], and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.^[8] 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.^[9]

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 (a total of 6 respondent) identified as such.^[4]

Dronification Fetish[edit | edit source]

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 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.^[9] A very prominent dronification influencer is HexCorp.^[10]

References[edit | edit source]

[1] ttps://mogai-and-me.tumblr.com/post/673177936648683520/apotheoseity-hi-heres-a-xenogender-for

[2] ttps://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-does-a-real-hive-mind-work-the-secret-life-of-bees-explained-20220407-p5aboo.html

[3] ttps://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds

[GC23-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Gender Census 2023: Worldwide Report". Gender Census. June 6, 2023.

[5] ttps://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm

[6] ttps://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/

[7] ttps://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer

[8] ttps://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/

[:4-9] 9.0 ^9.1 https://cashmeremag.com/dronification-kink-849537/

[10] ttps://www.hexcorp.net/

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-{{WIP|Swarmy}}
+{{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>
-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.
+In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}
-==Entomology and Computer Science==
+==Queer Understanding==
-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" />
+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" />
-==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==
+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 (a total of 6 respondent) identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}}
-==Stigma==
+===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==
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+[[Category:Identities]]