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[[File:Genderfluid.png|thumb|Genderfluid flag. From top to bottom, the colors represent a sequence of genders: [[female]], [[agender|genderless]], both female and male, all other genders, and [[male]].<ref>Pride Archive [http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91321348001/genderfluid-pride http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91321348001/genderfluid-pride]</ref>]]
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[[Genderfluid]] aka '''Gender-fluid, Gender Fluid, or Fluid Gender''' is an identity under the [[multigender]], [[nonbinary]], and [[transgender]] umbrellas. Genderfluid individuals have different [[Gender identity|gender identities]] at different times. A genderfluid individual's gender identity could be multiple genders at once, and then switch to none at all, or move between single gender identities. For some genderfluid people, these changes happen as often as several times a day, and for others, monthly, or less often. Some genderfluid people regularly move between only a few specific genders, perhaps as few as two (which is one of the meanings of the label [[Bigender|bigender]]), whereas other genderfluid people never know what they'll feel like next.
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| related = [[Genderflux]], [[Fluidflux]], and [[Demifluid]]
| umbrella = [[Nonbinary]], [[Transgender]], [[Genderqueer]]
| frequency = 25.5%
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Genderfluid, genderflux and fluidflux
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'''Genderfluid''' aka '''Gender-fluid, Gender Fluid, or Fluid Gender,''' is an identity under the [[multigender]], [[nonbinary]], and [[transgender]] umbrellas. Genderfluid individuals have different [[Gender identity|gender identities]] at different times. A genderfluid individual's gender identity could be multiple genders at once and then switch to none at all, or move between single gender identities, or some other combination therein. For some genderfluid people, these changes happen as often as several times a day and for others, monthly, or less often. Some genderfluid people regularly move between only a few specific genders, perhaps as few as two (which could also fit under the label [[bigender]]), whereas other genderfluid people never know what they'll feel like next.


To be easy to read, this article uses the word "genderfluid" for all people who experience fluid gender. Some people who experience fluid gender don't use the word "genderfluid" for themselves. Some people with fluid genders call themselves by a word such as [[genderqueer]], [[bigender]], [[multigender]], [[polygender]], or other words. This can be because the people haven't seen the word "genderfluid," or it can be because they don't think it describes them well. It's important to understand that each person has the right to decide what to call their gender identity, and that they're the only one who can do that.
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To be easy to read, this article uses the word "genderfluid" for all people who experience fluid gender. Some people who experience fluid gender don't use the word "genderfluid" for themselves. Some people with fluid genders use other labels such as [[genderqueer]], [[bigender]], [[multigender]], [[genderfae]], [[polygender]], etc. It's important to understand that each person has the right to decide what to call their gender identity.


==History==
== History == <!--T:7-->
[[Kate Bornstein]] mentioned gender fluidity in 1994, in the book ''Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us'', "and then I found that gender can have fluidity, which is quite different from ambiguity. If ambiguity is a refusal to fall within a prescribed gender code, then fluidity is the refusal to remain one gender or another. Gender fluidity is the ability to freely and knowingly become one or many of a limitless number of genders, for any length of time, at any rate of change. Gender fluidity recognizes no borders or rules of gender."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-fluid|title=gender-fluid|website=Merriam Webster|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508024304/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-fluid|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s. In the 1990s and 2000s, it seems that it might have been more common for them to call themselves bigender or genderqueer. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves [[cross-dresser]]s.
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The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s, albeit with a somewhat different meaning. Transgender advocate Michael M. Hernandez wrote in 1996:


The earliest extant entry for "gender fluid" in the Urban Dictionary was added in 2007.<ref>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid</ref>
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{{quote|Gender-fluid means that their gender identity and/or expression encompass both [[masculine]] and [[feminine]]. Gender fluidity is becoming commonly known as transgenderism: the ability to transcend gender, whether biological, emotional, political, or otherwise; truly mixing male and female.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader|year=1996|last=Hernandez|first=Michael M.|chapter=Boundaries: Gender and Transgenderism}}</ref>}}


In 2010, the [http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com Gender-Fluid community] was created on LiveJournal.<ref>http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile</ref>
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In the 1990s and 2000s, it might have been more common for genderfluid people to call themselves [[bigender]] or [[genderqueer]]. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves [[cross-dresser]]s.


In 2014, "Gender Fluid" was one of the 56 genders made available on Facebook.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref>
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The earliest extant entry for "gender fluid" in the Urban Dictionary was added in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |title=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "gender-fluid,"<ref>"New words added to Dictionary.com." May 6, 2015. ''Dictionary.com.'' [http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/]</ref> which it defined as an adjective meaning "noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation." It listed as synonyms genderfluid, gender fluid, and gender-flexible.<ref>"Gender-fluid." ''Dictionary.com.'' [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid]</ref>
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In 2010, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/ Gender-Fluid community] was created on LiveJournal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |title=http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Influences on gender fluidity==
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In 2012, JJ Poole (tumblr user thoughtstoberemembered) created what would become the most widely-used genderfluid flag.<ref>https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/20/interview-creator-of-the-genderfluid-flag/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701042541/https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/20/interview-creator-of-the-genderfluid-flag/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701040349/https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


Usually, gender fluidity happens by itself, so that a person feels like, say, a girl at a certain time, rather than choosing to be a girl at a certain time.<ref>Kat. http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859</ref> Some genderfluid people find that no outside or inside things tend to influence their gender identity to change. They find that their gender fluidity is unpredictable and happens randomly. Other genderfluid people find that their gender changes depending on the situation, and is influenced by inside or outside sources. Each person who is genderfluid finds that different things can make their gender identity change. For some, their gender fluidity moves from one gender to the next by a regular cycle, resembling a lunar cycle, or synchronizing with their menstrual cycle. Yet other genderfluid people are sometimes able to use their willpower to guide their gender to change in way and/or at the time that they want it to.
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In 2014, "Gender Fluid" was one of the 56 genders made available on Facebook.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref>


For genderfluid people who think their changes in gender might have to do with their menstrual cycle, they think it might be caused by how the natural hormone levels rise and fall during that cycle. It’s possible that a person might think that they tend to feel male during their periods even if that’s only rarely the case for them, because the incongruence of that situation would feel noticeable and memorable. The only way to know for sure whether there’s any correlation between a fluid gender identity and a menstrual cycle is if a person keeps a daily journal of it. Here’s how to do science to this research question. For a few months, record your gender fluidity, and fill out a table that looks like this:
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In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "gender-fluid,"<ref>"New words added to Dictionary.com." May 6, 2015. ''Dictionary.com.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/]</ref> which it defined as an adjective meaning "noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation." It listed as synonyms genderfluid, gender fluid, and gender-flexible.<ref>"Gender-fluid." ''Dictionary.com.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid]</ref>


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! Date
In 2018, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents<ref name="Jackman">{{Cite web |title=Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move |last=Jackman |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, with the law stating that {{quote|"X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, [[agender]], [[amalgagender]], [[androgynous]], [[bigender]], [[demigender]], female-to-male, [[genderfluid]], [[genderqueer]], male-to-female, [[neutrois]], [[nonbinary]], [[pangender]], [[third gender|third sex]], [[transgender]], [[transsexual]], [[Two Spirit]], and unspecified.<ref name="washington">{{Cite web |title=WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate. |author= |work=Washington State Legislature |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325195929/https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>}}
! Gender identity on that day
 
! Day in menstrual cycle
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Usually, gender fluidity happens by itself, so that a person feels like, say, a girl at a certain time, rather than choosing to be a girl at a certain time.<ref name=":1">Kat. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859]</ref> Some genderfluid people find that no outside or inside things tend to influence their gender identity to change. They find that their gender fluidity is unpredictable and happens randomly. Other genderfluid people find that their gender changes depending on the situation and is influenced by inside or outside sources. Some move from one gender to the next on a regular cycle, resembling a lunar cycle, or synchronizing with their menstrual cycle.  Other genderfluid people are sometimes able to use their willpower to guide their gender to change in a way and/or at the time that they want it to.
 
==== Menstrual cycle and its effect on gender fluidity ==== <!--T:16-->
While it is still unclear, changes in gender that correlate with the menstrual cycle could be caused by how hormone levels naturally rise and fall during menstruation.  However, it's also possible to mistakenly believe that gender identity moves with the menstrual cycle, and the only way to be sure is to keep a daily journal.  Such a journal could look like this:</translate>
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!<translate><!--T:17--> Date</translate>
!<translate><!--T:18--> Gender identity on that day</translate>
!<translate><!--T:19--> Day in menstrual cycle</translate>
|-
|-
| 2013-03-09
|<translate><!--T:20--> 2013-03-09</translate>
| Male (all day)
|<translate><!--T:21--> Male (all day)</translate>
| 14
|14
|-
|-
| 2013-03-10
|<translate><!--T:22--> 2013-03-10</translate>
| Male, then female
|<translate><!--T:23--> Male, then female</translate>
| 15
|15
|}
|}
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After enough data is collected, any patterns that exist should become visible.  These patterns could include feeling like a certain gender during a certain day in the cycle or feeling like a certain gender at times when a certain hormone, such as estrogen, is highest/lowest.  Similar tables can be used to track if gender identity is connected to a different cycle.


That’s how you collect the data. After a few months, draw up another table to analyze the data. Make a column for each menstrual cycle, and a row for each day in the cycle. Then you’ll be able to see whether there are any patterns. Are there certain days of your cycle in which you tend to have a certain gender identity? Did you go through the same genders at the same time in each menstrual cycle?
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In 2012, Case and Ramachandran gave a report on the results of a survey of genderfluid people who call themselves [[bigender]] who experience involuntary alternation between [[female]] and [[male]] states. Case and Ramachandran gave this condition the name "Alternating gender incongruity (AGI)." Case and Ramachandran made the hypothesis that gender alternation may reflect an unusual degree (or depth) of hemispheric switching and the corresponding suppression of sex appropriate body maps in the parietal cortex. They "hypothesize[d] that tracking the nasal cycle, rate of binocular rivalry, and other markers of hemispheric switching will reveal a physiological basis for AGI individuals' subjective reports of gender switches... We base our hypotheses on ancient and modern associations between the left and right hemispheres and the male and female genders."<ref>Case, L. K.; Ramachandran, V. S. (2012). "Alternating gender incongruity: A new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex". ''Medical Hypotheses'' 78 (5): 626–631. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.041. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652 PMID 22364652]. </ref><ref>"Bigender - Boy Today, Girl Tomorrow?". ''Neuroskeptic''. April 8, 2012. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html]</ref><ref>Stix, Gary (2012-04-20). "'Alternating Gender Incongruity' Causes Rapid Shifts Of Gender, Scientist Claims". ''The Huffington Post''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html]</ref> Case and Ramachandran believe that when bigender people feel a change between their gender identities, it may have to do with a change in how they use parts of their brains. The gender change might also have to do with a natural body cycle, specifically, a valve in the nose that changes sides every two days (the nasal cycle). However, this idea is still only a hypothesis, and more study is needed to confirm it.


Compare those results with charts that show how hormones fluctuate during a menstrual cycle. Does a certain gender identity correlate with when a certain hormone is higher? Lower?
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Genderfluid people often feel a need to change their [[gender expression]] to match whatever their current gender has become. This may mean having groups of different kinds of [[clothing]] in their closet, so they can dress as a woman, man, or otherwise, depending on how they feel that day. It can also mean temporarily changing their body shape by using [[binding]], packing, breast prostheses, or tucking. However, in some situations, changing gender expression isn't possible. This could be because the changes happen more than once a day, because they don't look [[Androgyny|androgynous]], or because they don't feel safe in society if they were to present a certain way.
You can also create a table similar to the above to see if your gender fluidity consistently matches up with some other factor that you think might be related to it.
 
In 2012, Case and Ramachandran gave a report on the results of a survey of genderfluid people who call themselves [[bigender]] who experience involuntary alternation between [[female]] and [[male]] states. Case and Ramachandran gave this condition the name "Alternating gender incongruity (AGI)." Case and Ramachandran made the hypothesis that gender alternation may reflect an unusual degree (or depth) of hemispheric switching, and the corresponding suppression of sex appropriate body maps in the parietal cortex. They said that "we hypothesize that tracking the nasal cycle, rate of binocular rivalry, and other markers of hemispheric switching will reveal a physiological basis for AGI individuals' subjective reports of gender switches... We base our hypotheses on ancient and modern associations between the left and right hemispheres and the male and female genders."<ref>Case, L. K.; Ramachandran, V. S. (2012). "Alternating gender incongruity: A new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex". ''Medical Hypotheses'' 78 (5): 626–631. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.041. PMID 22364652. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652]</ref><ref>"Bigender - Boy Today, Girl Tomorrow?". ''Neuroskeptic''. April 8, 2012. [http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html]</ref><ref>Stix, Gary (2012-04-20). "'Alternating Gender Incongruity' Causes Rapid Shifts Of Gender, Scientist Claims". ''The Huffington Post''. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html]</ref> These doctors think that when bigender people feel a change between their gender identities, it might have to do with a change in how they use parts of their brains. The gender change might also have to do with one of the cycles that everyone has in their body, specifically, a valve in the nose that changes sides every two days (the nasal cycle). This is only a hypothesis, meaning that it is an interesting idea that doesn't have proof for now.
 
==Gender expression==
 
It's common for genderfluid people feel a need to change their [[gender expression]] to match whatever their current gender has become. This may mean having groups of different kinds of [[clothing]] in their closet, so they can dress as a woman, man, or otherwise, depending on how they feel that day. It can also mean temporarily changing their body shape by using [[binding]], [[packing]], [[breast prostheses]], or [[tucking]]. However, sometimes changing their gender expression isn't possible. This can be because the changes happen more than once a day for them, or because they don't look [[androgyny|androgynous]], or they don't feel safe in society if they were to present a certain way.


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Genderfluid people don't necessarily look androgynous. They don't necessarily have an ambiguous face, body, or way of dress.
Genderfluid people don't necessarily look androgynous. They don't necessarily have an ambiguous face, body, or way of dress.


Feeling painfully uncomfortable about how one's body and social role don't match one's gender ([[gender dysphoria]]) isn't a requirement in order to be genderfluid. It depends on the person, and each person is different, experiencing gender fluidity in their own way. Some genderfluid people experience [[gender dysphoria]] at times, or all the time. Some want to change their bodies, and some take a physical [[transition]] to do so, which may include [[hormone]]s or [[surgery]]. Others don't take a transition, because in their personal case, any change they make to their body would only feel right to them when they were in a certain gender, and would feel wrong in others. Yet others have a difficult time planning their transition path, because their feelings change about what they want.<ref>http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28</ref><ref>Kat. http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html </ref>
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[[Gender dysphoria]], or feeling painfully uncomfortable about how one's body and social role don't match one's gender, isn't a requirement in order to be genderfluid. Each person is different, experiencing gender fluidity in their own way. Some genderfluid people experience [[gender dysphoria]] at times or all the time. Some want to change their bodies and some take a physical [[transition]] to do so, which may include hormones or [[surgery]]. Others don't choose to transition because any change they make to their body would only feel right to them when they were in a certain gender and would feel wrong in others. Yet others have a difficult time planning their transition path, because their feelings change about what they want.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |title=http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2" />
Some genderfluid people ask to be called by a different [[names|name]]<ref>Kat. "Hi I'm new." ''Bigender'' (blog/forum). http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html</ref> and [[pronouns]] depending on what gender they feel at a certain time. For people who switch between only two genders, this can mean switching between two names. These may be feminine and masculine versions of the same name,<ref>Leo/Leann. http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551 </ref> but they could also be names that don't sound alike at all.<ref>DamianBella. http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811 </ref> They may also take a gender-neutral name that works for them at any time, either in addition to these names, or instead of them.
 
==Compared with multiple personalities==
 
Genderfluid people don't think of themselves as having multiple personalities. Some genderfluid people feel like the same person all the time, with the same likes and dislikes, just with a different gender. For them, it isn't like multiple personalities, and they don't have a concern about this. However, some genderfluid people switch between specific personas along with their genders, where each persona has their own likes and dislikes. Those people may notice similarities between this and multiple personalities, and may ask a therapist if they have that condition.<ref>Kat. http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html</ref>
 
The unhealthy form of multiple personalities is called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). In DID, a switch between personalities means that the other personality isn't aware of the amount of time or things that happen while they weren't the one who was active. When the other personality switches back, they don't remember what happened during that time. That's called a blackout or lost time, and it's the main thing that makes DID risky. The main difference between gender fluidity and DID is that genderfluid people don't have these blackouts.<ref>Kat. http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859 </ref> Another difference is that DID is usually thought to be caused by a traumatic experience, such as having been abused as a child. (However, this is debated. It isn't certain that all cases of DID have an origin in trauma.) Genderfluidity isn't caused by trauma.<ref>DamienBella. http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811 </ref> Another thing that makes trouble in DID is that the personalities can't communicate with one another.
 
A healthy form of multiple personalities isn't formally recognized by psychology, but there is a community of people who say they have healthy multiplicity or plurality. Personalities within a healthy plural system don't experience lost time, have worked out living agreements similar to house rules, can communicate with one another, and are on friendly terms with one another. A typical case of DID has none of these characteristics, and these characteristics make it possible for a healthy plural system to function well. This is a sign that multiplicity can be just another way that some people's minds work, in the wide spectrum of [[neurodiversity]].<ref>Cheshire Court productions, “What is multiplicity?” Version 1.1. 2002-05. http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/brochure_pluralv1.1.pdf </ref><ref>“What is multiplicity?” The Layman’s Guide to Multiplicity. http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/whatis.html </ref>
 
If someone is considering that their gender fluidity might be like DID or multiplicity, this characteristic is important: "Everybody has different sides to their personality. The difference is that multiplicity involves distinct persons with their own full range of thoughts and emotions, including their own various sides of themselves as well."<ref>Cheshire Court productions, “What is multiplicity?” Version 1.1. 2002-05. http://www.karitas.net/blackbirds/layman/brochure_pluralv1.1.pdf </ref> Even a genderfluid person who has different personas for each gender doesn't necessarily experience these personas as being whole different people, but just as different aspects of their one self. In that case, it isn't much like DID or multiplicity.
 
In some cases, there is little difference between a genderfluid person who has different personas for each gender, and healthy multiplicity. Genderfluid people of this kind could find that resources created for healthy multiple systems are helpful for themselves as well.
 
Some people who have thought that they might have DID or multiplicity might find that it works better to call themselves genderfluid.
 
==List of specific kinds of genderfluid identities and experiences==
 
The subjective and significant nuances of how genderfluid people experience and perceive their feelings about their genders can be difficult to describe when using common language. For this reason, some creation of jargon is necessary in order to do so. Transgender people have come up with many words for specific kinds of genderfluid identities, and kinds of experiences of individual genders that can happen within gender-fluid experience. A specialized glossary of genderfluid jargon, in alphabetical order:
 
 
'''aerogender.''' "Where an individual’s gender relies highly on their setting and/or atmosphere, which can be composed of a great number of things (ex. who they’re around, their level of comfort, the temperature, the weather, the time of day/year, etc.). ... Coined by tenderagender".<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92608429989/aerogender-where-an-individuals-gender-relies http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92608429989/aerogender-where-an-individuals-gender-relies]</ref>
 
'''affectugender.''' "From the latin affectus (to feel). a gender that is affected by one’s neurodivergency especially fluctuating moods, e.g. feeling like a boy during depressive episodes and feeling more like a demigirl during happy episodes. Note: for people with mood disorders and personality disorders only. Coined by: joysooyoungs"<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/98660025754/affectugender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/98660025754/affectugender]</ref>
 
'''agenderflux.''' "Where you identify as agender but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female. Coined by: perfectlybrokenbones".<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92999709954/agenderflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92999709954/agenderflux]</ref>
 
'''amaregender.''' "A gender that changes depending on who you’re in love with. ... coined by: transmomoi".<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91779879924/amare-and-amicagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91779879924/amare-and-amicagender]</ref>
 
'''amogender.''' ''See flirtgender.''
 
'''amorgender''' is defined as when your gender changes whilst in the presence of an individual to whom you have developed a deep connection for. This could be a romantic attraction, platonic connection, a spiritual affinity or anything similar. Can be combined with relevant genders to express what your gender changes to.<ref>http://mogai-lexicon.tumblr.com/post/122160825499/amorgender</ref>
 
'''amicagender'''. Coined by transmomoi<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91779879924/amare-and-amicagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91779879924/amare-and-amicagender]</ref> and transkuroko<ref>http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95720808759/amare-and-amicagender</ref>. "A gender that changes depending on which friend you’re with at the moment."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91779879924/amare-and-amicagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91779879924/amare-and-amicagender]</ref>
 
'''alexigender.''' "A fluid gender experience, where you are aware that your gender is changing but cannot label each individual gender. Coined by: eaglestrike".<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735771964/alexigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735771964/alexigender]</ref>
 
'''aquarigender''' "is a gender that is perpetually changing. It is never to a specific gender identity, but sometimes there are existing labels that are close to what the gender feels like at the time. Sometimes it changes to a completely inexplicable feeling. Aquarigender is a flowing gender that changes slowly and constantly. It is not a set amount of genders that it switches between. Aquarigender is infinite. (Aquarigender can alternatively be called genderflow.) coined by: 8-bit-angel".<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93321939324/aquarigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93321939324/aquarigender]</ref>
 
'''argogender, argogenderfluid.''' Coined by gyey. "A subset of genderfluid wherein the changes between one’s separate genders or the parts of one’s gender happen gradually. 'Argogender' can also mean a gender the user defines according to any kind of slowness. Prefix from the Greek word αργóς meaning slow."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463052994/argogender-argogenderfluid-a-subset-of http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463052994/argogender-argogenderfluid-a-subset-of]</ref>
 
<gallery>
File:Amaregender.png|Amaregender [[Flags|flag]] by Kiloueka at pride-flags.deviantart.com.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Amaregender-Pride-Flag-559207467</ref> Made to look similar to amorgender flags. The red/pink and hearts represent love.
File:Amicagender.png|Amicagender flag created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Amicagender-Pride-Flag-559755456</ref> Based on genderfluid flag colors. The hands forming a heart represent friendship.
File:Amicagender-2.png|Alternate simplified amicagender flag.
File:Amorneutral.png|Amorgender flag.
File:Amorneutral.png|Amorgender or Amorneutral
File:Amorgirl.png|Amorgirl
File:Amorboy.png|Amorboy
File:Amorneutral-2.png|Amorgender or Amorneutral
File:Amorgirl-2.png|Amorgirl
File:Amorboy-2.png|Amorboy
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'''batgender.''' ''See nocturnalgender.''
 
'''[[bigender]].''' Having two gender identities, either at the same time, or changing between them. These two genders might be female and male, or they might be a different pair of genders.
 
'''brevigender.''' Coined by curiosityismysin. "A gender experience that is brief or short."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91781455594/misc-genders-coined-by-curiosityismysin http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91781455594/misc-genders-coined-by-curiosityismysin]</ref>
 
'''butchfluid.''' ''See marfluid.''
 
'''cadensgender.''' "A gender that is easily influenced by music."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94229009324/cadensgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94229009324/cadensgender]</ref>
 
'''cadogender.''' L. ''cado'' "to fall." Coined by can-i-hide-in-you. "A subcategory of polygender identities (genderfluid, bigender, trigender, etc.) to have a gender to fall back on or one that you always go back to. ... Can be used with other terms like cadoboy, cadogirl, cadonb, cadoandrogyne, etc."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94301342194/cadogender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94301342194/cadogender]</ref>
 
'''cendgender.''' "From ascend/descend. when your gender changes between one gender and its antigender. the word gender can be replaced be the gender involved, for example cendgirl is when you flip between girl and antigirl. coined by: anonymous"<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/95553900974/cendgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/95553900974/cendgender]</ref>
 
'''cheiragender.''' Gk. χειραγώγηση. Coined by furryhell. "A fluid gender that’s manipulative towards the being whose gender aligns with it (to make it simple, i’m just gonna refer to them as the ‘owner’). while it is manipulative itself, it can be easily manipulated by it’s owner. typically the gender and owner don’t usually agree with each other, so it’s usually a gender tug-of-war (of course this isn’t necessary or always like this; they can agree on something and they can also just not care at the time, most of the time, etc). the intensity of the manipulation from both the gender and owner can change day to day. ... a fluid gender that you basically play gender tug-of-war with."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92029947359/genders-coined-by-furryhell http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92029947359/genders-coined-by-furryhell]</ref>
 
'''cocoongender.''' "A gender that has not come out yet, a gender that has yet to emerge in its full form. coined by: passengender"<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92023339524/cocoongender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92023339524/cocoongender]</ref>
 
'''cogitogender.''' Coined by anonymous. "A gender that only exists when you think about it, or is quiet until called to attention. alternatively, feeling genderless until a gender is consciously chosen."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93377336539/existigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93377336539/existigender]</ref>
 
'''condigender.''' "A gender that is only felt under specific circumstances. can apply to any existing gender such as girl, boy, non-binary, etc. for example, a condigirl may only feel like a girl during specific times or with specific people, a condiboy may only feel like a boy during specific times or with specific people, so on. coined by: robotxt"<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93377336539/existigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93377336539/existigender]</ref>
 
'''conflictgender.''' "a gender that involves the conflict between two or more genders that you can’t place a name to as the genders fluctuate constantly and you may not always feel a certain gender on some days but it’s definitely there. coined by: anonymous."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92507151014/conflictgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92507151014/conflictgender]</ref>
 
'''contigender.''' "1. a gender that flows through space and time and constantly changes, always moving 2. a gender of or related to space and time. this gender can be used by itself or along with another gender to describe its state of movement e.g. a conti agender or a contigender demigirl. coined by: hardcoreshounen."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735488164/contigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735488164/contigender]</ref>
 
'''corugender.''' "where your gender changes during (and around) flashbacks. based on the Latin for flash (coruscans). note: only for neurodivergent people. coined by: gmaora" Syn. flashgender.<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94292641034/corugender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94292641034/corugender]</ref>
 
'''cosmicgender.''' "A gender so vast and complex that you are only able to process a small bit of it at a time. like viewing the night sky through a telescope you cannot hope to see all of it at once however you may gain more knowledge about parts of it the longer you focus on one part. may contain any number of sub genders within it that may present themselves to you. it is infinite in its possibility. name from the vast reaches of space filled with things we canot begin to imagine. coined by: dragon-friker" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92976290424/cosmicgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92976290424/cosmicgender]</ref>
 
'''crystagender.''' "When your gender randomly changes, and you often feel broken or fractured between multiple different genders. For example, on one day, you might feel like you’re 110% agender, but on the next you’re broken into demigirl&amp;nan0boy, androgynous, etc. Whether you feel like you switch between these genders throughout the time period, or feel like all at once, is up to the person. coined by: anonymous" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92085233584/crystagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92085233584/crystagender]</ref>.
 
'''cyclogender.''' Coined by: flynneleh. "A gender identity that changes with one's menstrual cycle." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92080479779/2-genders http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92080479779/2-genders]</ref>.
 
'''deliciagender.''' Latin ''delicia'' "favorite," coined by twerkingobserver. "To have multiple genders, but prefering how one fits over others. Could be used as deliciagender, or deliciaboy/girl/nonbinary. From the latin word “delicia” meaning ‘favorite’." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92022879679/deliciagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92022879679/deliciagender]</ref>.
 
'''[[demigender#Demiflux|demiflux]]'''. A gender identity for "someone whose gender is partially fluid with the other part(s) being static; this differs from 'demifluid' as '-flux' indicates that one of the genders is neutral; an example could be: one part of their gender is 'genderqueer' while the part that fluctuates is 'agender' and 'woman'."<ref>Savage. "Demigender definitions." ''Demigender safe space.'' [http://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions http://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions]</ref> "A term for polygender/bigender individuals to describe when one of their genders is “static” and the other ranges in intensity and presence. coined by: aflutteringlaney" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93548961719/demiflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93548961719/demiflux]</ref>
 
'''duragender.''' Latin ''dura'' "long-lasting," coined by genderlost. "A subcategory of polygender (genderfluid, bigender, trigender, etc) with an identifiable, long lasting gender that is more prominent than the other genders experienced. ex: duragirl, duraboy, duranonbinary, etc." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94195909194/duragender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94195909194/duragender]</ref>.
 
'''eafluid.''' Coined by a-tiny-peach. "Genderfluid but mostly/only fluid with androgynous [non-binary] genders (based on earth symbol)". Syn. nobifluid, enbyfluid <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid]</ref>
 
'''elissogender.''' coined by: theradicalweirdo. "a gender which vaguely moves around with no direction. can be used as a modifier (eg I’m an elissogender demiboy) or a standalone term (“ze is elissogender”; “elissogenders feel that their gender identities meander”)" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91842119499/elissogender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91842119499/elissogender]</ref>
 
'''enbyfluid.''' ''See eafluid.''
 
'''endogender.''' Latin ''endo'' "within," coined by ness-kin. "A gender similar to genderflux, but limited specifically to one gendered feeling. For example, a endoboy has fluctuating masculine gender feelings, but never feelings that are not partially masculine." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92808724884/endogender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92808724884/endogender]</ref>.
 
'''entrogender.''' From "entropy." Coined by gyey. "A gender that is slowly but constantly wearing away. Can also be used like “demi,” e.g. an entrogirl might be someone who identifies as female while that femaleness is gradually deteriorating." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463259299/entrogender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463259299/entrogender]</ref>.
 
'''evaisgender, evainsgender.''' Greek ευαίσθητος. Coined by furryhell. "A fluid gender that’s easily influenced by things, thoughts and beings around it, thus it tends to change a lot within a single day." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92029947359/genders-coined-by-furryhell http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92029947359/genders-coined-by-furryhell]</ref>
 
'''explorogender.''' Coined by toudoo and anonymous. "A gender dedicated to feeling and exploring many other different genders at random times and its constantly changing (explorogender can change DAILY and you can change it daily, explorogender is just a name FOR that desire to constantly explore and change your gender, also can change the word gender to ANY gender/noun of what youre feeling). note: this does not extend the ability to explore genders people don’t have access to (neurodivergent and cultural ones, etc.)" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93934493234/explorogender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93934493234/explorogender]</ref>
 
'''faegender.''' Coined by anonymous. "When an individual’s gender changes with the seasons, equinoxes, and moon phases." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92386154479/faegender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92386154479/faegender]</ref>. Keywords: seasons, nature, moon, lunar phases, lunar cycle, cyclic
 
'''femmefluid.''' See venufluid. <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid]</ref>
 
'''fascigender.''' coined by: autisticjakeenglish "A gender experience largely related to a special interest. note: only for the use of autistic folk." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92012530419/fascigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92012530419/fascigender]</ref> Keywords: autism, neurodiversity, neurodivergent
 
'''firegender.''' coined by: deanwinchesterinmyheart. "a fluidish gender in a constant state of flux, that never truly extinguishes. Linked to passion, strength, and difference. Can be destructive, can be beautiful. Can burn if not handled properly. aesthetically linked to fire. You can be a firegender girl, a firegender boy, etc." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92478248674/firegender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92478248674/firegender]</ref>
 
'''flashgender.''' ''See corugender.''
 
'''flirtgender.''' coined by: fluiditylife. "a gender where your primary interaction with gender feelings is that of flirtiness - either with gender, or people/the outside world" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93886936999/flirtgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93886936999/flirtgender]</ref>. Syn. amogender.
 
'''flowergender.''' Coined by Baaphomett. A gender that is more strongly felt during the daytime than at night. <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92376115539/flowergender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92376115539/flowergender]</ref>. Counterpart: nocturnalgender.
 
'''fluidflux.''' coined by: genderabbit with credit to trigenby "a combination of genderfluid and genderflux, where gender moves between two or more genders and also fluctuates in intensity. this is a very dynamic identity, where both base gender and intensity vary moment by moment or day by day." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93603236829/fluidflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93603236829/fluidflux]</ref>
 
'''gemigender.''' coined by: genderarchive. "a gender derived from the zodiac sign gemini. feeling that you identify with multiple genders that are opposite to each other but yet work in flux with each other." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91745394684/gemigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91745394684/gemigender]</ref>
 
'''genderblur.''' coined by: sleepylehane "where your gender changes constantly but fades away into something else rather than making a hard or abrupt transition. (ex. feeling like a boy, then slowly feeling more stargender than boy, then feeling only stargender, etc.)." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93625250944/genderblur http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93625250944/genderblur]</ref> Syn. genderfade.
 
'''genderdormant.''' coined by: someheckingnerd. "a gender which is inaccessible for stretches of time, then rises to the surface with varying levels of intensity." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94118438799/genderdormant http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/94118438799/genderdormant]</ref>
 
'''genderfade.''' ''See genderblur.''
 
'''genderfae.''' Coined by anonymous in 2014. "An experience of genderfluidity that never encompasses feeling masculine." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93603850939/genderfae http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93603850939/genderfae]</ref> Similar: femmefluid, antigender.
 
'''genderflora.''' coined by: softsaionji. "a gender that blooms and evolves based on weather and atmosphere; similar to genderfluid but more plant-like" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93322611864/genderflora http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93322611864/genderflora]</ref>
 
'''genderflow.''' ''See aquarigender.''
 
'''[[genderflux]].''' coined by: deergoths. "Genderflux means that your internal sense of how gendered you are varies over time. One day, you might feel really gendered, and the next day, you might have a very weak feeling of gender, or not feel like any gender at all. Whereas genderfluidity is a shift between different genders, genderflux is more like varying intensity." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux]</ref>


'''genderglitch.''' coined by: queercodedkid "genderglitch is similar to genderfluidity, however while genderfluidity is normally described as your genders changing smoothly, genderglitch is more sudden and confusing. note: created by a techkin [technology otherkin] with kin [otherkin] in mind, but available to use by nonkin [people who don't identify as otherkin]." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93175312184/genderglitch http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93175312184/genderglitch]</ref> Keywords: [[otherkin]], technology.
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Some genderfluid people ask to be called by a different [[Names|name]]<ref name=":2">Kat. "Hi I'm new." ''Bigender'' (blog/forum). [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html]</ref> and [[pronouns]] depending on what gender they feel at a certain time. For people who switch between only two genders, this can mean switching between two names. These may be feminine and masculine versions of the same name<ref>Leo/Leann. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551]</ref> or names that don't sound similar at all.<ref name=":3">DamianBella. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811]</ref> They may also take a gender-neutral name that works for them at any time, either in addition to these names, or instead of them.


'''genderplasma.''' "like genderfluid but hotter" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92283881709/genderfluid http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92283881709/genderfluid]</ref>
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Genderfluid people usually don't think of themselves as having alters. Most genderfluid people feel like the same person all the time, with the same likes and dislikes but a different gender.  However, some genderfluid people switch between specific personas as they change genders, and each persona has their own likes and dislikes. This is different from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which is a disorder characterized by dissociation and the existence of alters. DID is frequently caused by traumatic abuse that happens early in childhood and almost always exists alongside PTSD or cPTSD. Gender fluidity is not caused by abuse and is not more common in people with PTSD or cPTSD.


'''gender shuffler.''' coined by: muddiewaters. "mixing and matching two or more genders. Can also change the number of genders at one time." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91929455789/gender-shuffler http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91929455789/gender-shuffler]</ref>
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Multiple/plural systems where some alters have different genders from the others are not automatically genderfluid. However, an individual alter can be genderfluid.


'''horogender''' coined by: officialkneesocks "your feelings of gender changing over time, but your core feelings remaining. for example, you feel masculine, but at different points at different times. can be used like horomasculine, horofeminine, horoboy, horogirl etc" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92027064539/horogender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92027064539/horogender]</ref>
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''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''


'''hypergender.''' coined by: caffeinated-librarian "experiencing a gender with more intensity than is common for your identity, e.g. hyperboy, hypergirl, hyper(gender) etc" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92030368264/hypergender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92030368264/hypergender]</ref>
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There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the words genderfluid or fluid gender for themselves.  


'''imperigender.''' coined by: schrodingers-zombie "a gender that you can sort of control- a fluid gender that you can ‘push’ into a certain gender by 'wanting' it very much or just thinking about that gender a lot." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/95499466294/imperigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/95499466294/imperigender]</ref>
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* [[Courtney Act]] (b. 1982) is an Australian [[drag]] queen, pop singer, entertainer and reality television personality. Act first came to prominence competing on the first season of Australian Idol in 2003. She identifies as genderfluid<ref>{{cite tweet |title=I am a gender fluid person & in the public eye. I’m passionate about gender & sexuality & do my best to understand the greater conversation by reading & educating myself but I’m still always scared to tweet the wrong thing & offend someone and be vilified by others #genderquake |number=994040351668166656 |user=courtneyact |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=8 May 2018}}</ref>, [[genderqueer]], [[pansexual]], and polyamorous.<ref name="cour_Abou">{{Cite web |title=About |author=Courtney Act |work= |date= |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://courtneyact.tumblr.com/about|quote=She’s a Prius driving, vegan, pansexual, polyamorous, genderqueer, hippy child|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608004736/https://courtneyact.tumblr.com/about|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


'''impesgender.''' coined by: siirusblack "a gender that flips quickly and impulsively, often too quickly to be traced" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/genders http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/genders]</ref>
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* [[Bimini Bon Boulash]] (b. 1993) is a British drag artist known for appearing in ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. In 2021 they tweeted that they are "fluid when it comes to gender."<ref>{{cite tweet|user=biminibabes|number=1352355865886662657|title=My idea was originally to paint my body in the colours of the trans* flag because I wanted to celebrate the beauty of being Trans and non-binary. As a person that identifies as fluid when it comes to gender.|date=21 January 2021}}</ref>


'''imprigender.''' coined by anonymous. "a fluid gender that is easily and quickly imprinted upon or influenced by its environment. it is often hard to pin down as one particular gender. can sometimes be voluntarily controlled." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92449124364/imprigender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92449124364/imprigender]</ref>
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* [[Sand Chang|Sand C. Chang, PhD]] is a Chinese-American clinical psychologist and educator.<ref name="tran_Sand">{{Cite web |title=Sand Chang |author= |work=Trans Bodies, Trans Selves |date= |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= http://transbodies.com/people/sand-chang-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206021236/http://transbodies.com/people/sand-chang-2/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Dr. Chang is nonbinary, [[genderqueer]], genderfluid, [[demiboy]]<ref name="yout_Ep69">{{Cite web |title=Ep 69 Dr. Sand Chang Licensed Psychologist Interview |last=Kramer |first=Kaiya |work=The Queer Life Radio |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419140750/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and [[femme]].<ref name="Harrison">{{Cite web |title=Food Psych #150: Disordered Eating & Gender Identity with Sand Chang |first=Christy|last= Harrison |date=2 April 2018 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/5/eating-disorder-recovery-gender-identity-with-sand-chang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224193138/https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/5/eating-disorder-recovery-gender-identity-with-sand-chang |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are one of the authors of ''A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients''.


'''jellygender''' coined by: cisphobicterezi "when your gender rocks back and fourth throughout the day/week/month/whatever. Sometimes youre rly feelin your gender and youre like yeah!! Sometimes youre not feelin your gender and youre like ehhh" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91746702279/jellygender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91746702279/jellygender]</ref>
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* [[Jonathan Rachel Clynch]] (b. 1971) is a well-known journalist in Ireland. As reported in the ''Daily Beast'': "One of Irish broadcaster RTE’s best-known journalists just [in 2015] came out as 'gender fluid,' and the response so far seems wholly positive. ... The 44-year-old, who has yet to make a public statement, told his bosses that he wishes to now be known as Jonathan Rachel and would sometimes dress as a female. ... Clynch has worked with RTE for 16 years, often filling in on Radio One’s flagship 'News at One.' ... 'He has been open about it for a while now and his friends and family were all aware of his situation. He is going through a process at the moment and will speak about it in his own time and he hopes everyone will be respectful of that.'"<ref>Tom Sykes, "A ‘Gender Fluid’ Journalist Comes Out To Irish Cheers." 2015-09-18. ''Daily Beast.'' http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/18/a-gender-fluid-journalist-comes-out-to-irish-cheers.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/18/a-gender-fluid-journalist-comes-out-to-irish-cheers.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


'''kinegender.''' "A gender experience that constantly moves or is in motion, similar to genderfluid or genderflux." Coined by curiosityismysin <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91781455594/misc-genders-coined-by-curiosityismysin http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91781455594/misc-genders-coined-by-curiosityismysin]</ref>.
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* [[Asia Kate Dillon]] (b. 1984) is an American actor known for playing Brandy Epps in ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013) and Taylor Mason in ''Billions'' (2016). Dillon is nonbinary and genderfluid.<ref name="masters">{{Cite web |title=Asia Kate Dillon Talks Discovering The Word Non-Binary: 'I Cried' |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=HuffPost |date=13 April 2017 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-kate-dillon-talks-discovering-the-word-non-binary_b_58ef1685e4b0156697224c7a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412055127/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-kate-dillon-talks-discovering-the-word-non-binary_b_58ef1685e4b0156697224c7a |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


'''kronosgender''' coined by anonymous "(after the Greek god of time) where you are a different gender at certain times of the day." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93652307429/kronosgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93652307429/kronosgender]</ref>
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* [[Dorian Electra]] (b. 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, video and performance artist. Electra said, "Styling is so important to me as a genderfluid person, to be able to say “I’m a very flaming flammable guy”... it’s just very satisfying, ’cause that’s how I see myself, but I know it’s not necessarily how other people see me – they still call me ‘ma’am’ and stuff like that."<ref>https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/44167/1/dorian-electra-new-song-video-flamboyant-interview [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121908/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/44167/1/dorian-electra-new-song-video-flamboyant-interview Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


'''locugender.''' Coined by: flynneleh. "A gender identity that changes depending where you are or what situation you are in." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92080479779/2-genders http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92080479779/2-genders]</ref>.
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* American singer-songwriter [[Evan Greer]] describes herself/themself<ref name="Grey">{{Cite web |title=interview: Evan Greer |author= |work=The Grey Estates |date=April 5, 2019 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |url= https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/interview-evan-greer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205114116/https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/interview-evan-greer |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> as [[genderqueer]]<ref name="EvanGreer">{{Cite web |title=Evan Greer - Bio |author= |work=evangreer.org |date= |access-date=12 May 2020 |url= https://evangreer.org/bio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528052154/https://evangreer.org/bio|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, genderfluid<ref name="Greer2017">{{Cite web |title=Trump is bullying transgender kids because he thinks he can get away with it |last=Greer |first=Evan |work=the Guardian |date=23 February 2017 |access-date=12 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/23/donald-trump-transgender-legislation-kids-lgbt-community|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411022550/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/23/donald-trump-transgender-legislation-kids-lgbt-community |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=I love my life and I love myself. I love being gender fluid and I am happy with my body. I feel incredibly lucky to feel that way.|date=Oct 11, 2017|user=evan_greer|number=918153389858525185}}</ref>, trans femme<ref>{{cite tweet|title=THREAD: as a gender nonconforming trans femme, every day is #NationalComingOutDay for me. Even in queer spaces, I must assert that I exist.|date=Oct 11, 2017|user=evan_greer|number=918151132593184769}}</ref>


'''librafluid.''' coined by: otterlyradical and pride-flags-for-us "mostly agender, but has a strong connection that fluctuates between masculinity and femininity." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91929667279/librafluid http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91929667279/librafluid]</ref>
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* [[Nikki Hiltz]] is an American mid-distance runner who came out in 2021, saying "The best way I can explain my gender is as fluid. Sometimes I wake up feeling like a powerful queen and other days I wake up feeling as if I'm just a guy being a dude, and other times I identify outside of the gender binary entirely."<ref name="onhe_Inco">{{Cite web |title=In coming out as trans, Nikki Hiltz is visible, vulnerable, and making track more inclusive |author=Hiltz, Nikki |work=On Her Turf |date=June 20, 2021 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |url= https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/20/nikki-hiltz-coming-out-transgender-non-binary-track/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502122646/https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/20/nikki-hiltz-coming-out-transgender-non-binary-track/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


'''[[lunagender]]''' coined by: missjacksoninthemorning. "A gender that one experiences in a sort of cycle, or in regular phases; a gender that can be best described as dictated by the cycles of the moon. can be modified, like lunagirl or lunaboy."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91986641359/lunagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91986641359/lunagender]</ref>. Keywords: lunar, cyclic.
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* [[Jana Hunter]] is an American songwriter and musician who is trans and genderfluid.<ref name="Hunter2015">{{Cite web |title=What It's Like to Be a Female Musician When You Don't Identify as a Woman |last=Hunter |first=Jana |work=Cosmopolitan |date=10 April 2015 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a38918/jana-hunter-lower-dens-essay/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624231830/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a38918/jana-hunter-lower-dens-essay/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


'''marfluid.''' Coined by a-tiny-peach. "Genderfluid but mostly/only fluid with masculine genders (based on mars symbol)." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid]</ref> Synonyms butchfluid, mascufluid. Antonyms femmefluid, genderfae, venufluid.
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* [[Siufung Law]] is a Hong Kong bodybuilder and activist, whose homepage bio says they identify as genderfluid.<ref>[https://www.sfunglaw.com/ Homepage bio], accessed 7 June 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230623232621/https://www.sfunglaw.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>  


'''mascufluid.''' ''See marfluid.''
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* [[Bethany C. Meyers]] launched the fitness app for be.come, specializing in body-positive workouts. They also gave a TED talk on empowerment and body neutrality. Meyers is also [[bisexual]], and wrote, "When I get comments about not being 'gay enough' it hurts. Aside from the way my marriage may look to others, I'm pretty gay. I'm attracted to women, I date women, I sleep with women, my friends are queer, I feel/think queer, I identity as gender fluid / non-binary, my partner the same."<ref name="pink_Beth">{{Cite web |title=Bethany Meyers has penned a powerful message to her bisexual fans |last=Braidwood |first=Ella |work=PinkNews |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=1 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/23/bethany-meyers-bisexual-proud-instagram/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406144928/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/23/bethany-meyers-bisexual-proud-instagram/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


[[File:Mirrorgender.png|thumb|Mirrorgender flag by Kiloueka and funCatty.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Mirrorgender-Pride-Flag-558111759</ref> Made to look like the [[ludogender]] flag since the definitions are similar, but rotated, with a mirror in the center.]]
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'''mirrorgender.''' coined by: branacle "a gender that changes to fit the people you're around" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92339349859/mirrorgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92339349859/mirrorgender]</ref>. Also see pivotgender.
* [[Ruby Rose]] (b. 1986) is an Australian actor who has won the ASTRA Awards, GQ Australia, GLAAD Media Awards, and the Australian LGBTI Awards. "On 22 July 2014, Rose came out as genderfluid, saying, "I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral.". This announcement came approximately a week after she released a short film called "Break Free," in which she visually transitions from a very feminine woman to a heavily tattooed man."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Rose]


'''modogender''' coined by: princetzimisce "a gender identity that is constantly changing; can be understood as somewhat of an intersection of genderfluid and genderflux identities in that the changes may encompass both identity and perceived “strength” of one’s gender (i.e., one moment I might be Very Much a girl, the next i might be somewhat agender, etc.). from latin modo (modo…modo = at one time…at another)." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92509739774/modoromantic-sexual-an-orientation-that-is http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92509739774/modoromantic-sexual-an-orientation-that-is]</ref>
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* [[Ciarán Strange]] (b. 1989)<ref name="lezwatch">{{Cite web |title=Ciarán Strange: Actor Bio |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=22 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciaran-strange/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205075833/https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciaran-strange/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> is an English and Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.<ref name=watchtheswitch>''[http://watchtheswitch.tumblr.com/post/89081083304/our-music-video-is-out-the-cast-of-the-switch "Tear Down The Wall" music video released]'', watchtheswitch.tumblr.com, June 17, 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220106090400/https://watchtheswitch.tumblr.com/post/89081083304/our-music-video-is-out-the-cast-of-the-switch Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Strange composed the theme song for TV's first-ever transgender-focused sitcom, ''The Switch''.<ref name="siebert">{{Cite web |title=Kieran Strange gets vocal for nerd life and LGBT rights |last=Siebert |first=Amanda |work=The Georgia Straight |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.straight.com/music/517091/kieran-strange-gets-vocal-nerd-life-and-lgbt-rights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519080447/https://www.straight.com/music/517091/kieran-strange-gets-vocal-nerd-life-and-lgbt-rights |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


'''[[monagender]]'''. Coined by drkiriko/publicmiddleschool. Gender fluidity that happens according to a consistent, orderly cycle, like a lunar cycle.<ref>drkiriko. Untitled post. July (?) 2014. Post archived at [http://frameacloud.tumblr.com/post/96642393745/drkiriko-so-i-was-chilling-and-thinking-about http://frameacloud.tumblr.com/post/96642393745/drkiriko-so-i-was-chilling-and-thinking-about]</ref>
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* [[SaSa Testa]] is the author of the autobiography ''Soy Sabrina, Soy Santiago: Género fluido y nuevas identidades'' (''I am Sabrina, I am Santiago: Genderfluid and new identities''). Testa is genderfluid.<ref name="Hadad">{{Cite web |title="Me dicen SaSa porque no me siento ni Sabrina ni Santiago: no soy ni hombre ni mujer" |trans-title="Call me SaSa because I don't feel like Sabrina or Santiago: I'm neither man nor woman" |last=Hadad |first=Camila |work=Infobae |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=2 June 2020 |language=es|url= https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2018/10/24/me-dicen-sasa-porque-no-me-siento-ni-sabrina-ni-santiago-no-soy-ni-hombre-ni-mujer/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223230125/https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2018/10/24/me-dicen-sasa-porque-no-me-siento-ni-sabrina-ni-santiago-no-soy-ni-hombre-ni-mujer/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


'''[[monegender]]'''. ''See monagender.''
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* [[Nico Tortorella]] (b. 1988) is an American actor and model, who is known for roles in films including Scream 4, the Fox crime drama series The Following, and the TV Land comedy-drama series Younger. They<ref name="NT-instagram">https://www.instagram.com/nicotortorella/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230605024427/https://www.instagram.com/nicotortorella/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> identify as [[nonbinary]]<ref name="NT-instagram" />, [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="just_Nico">{{Cite web |title=Nico Tortorella Opens Up About Sexuality & Gender Identity |author= |work=Just Jared |date=13 July 2019 |access-date=1 April 2020 |url= http://www.justjared.com/2019/07/13/nico-tortorella-opens-up-about-sexuality-gender-identity/}}</ref>, and genderfluid.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/106408/american-actor-nico-tortorella-comes-out-as-gender-fluid/ |title=American actor Nico Tortorella comes out as gender fluid |date=2018-05-17 |work=Gay Times|access-date=2018-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018114916/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/106408/american-actor-nico-tortorella-comes-out-as-gender-fluid/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


'''moongender.''' ''See lunagender, monagender, or nocturnalgender.''
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* [[Alok Vaid-Menon]] (b. 1991) is an Indian-American writer, performance artist, and media personality who performs under the moniker ALOK. They identify as genderfluid,<ref name="Alok-insta">[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram bio] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230613171530/https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and are internationally renowned for their creative work which they have presented in over 40 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/8/28/alok-vaid-menon-will-not-tone-it-down|title=Alok Vaid-Menon Will Not 'Tone it Down'|date=2019-08-28|website=www.advocate.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601000422/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/8/28/alok-vaid-menon-will-not-tone-it-down|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> They were featured in the [https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pride-50-stonewall NBC Pride 50 alongside James Baldwin and Audre Lorde], and the [https://www.out.com/print/2019/11/25/out100-contributors-year OUT Magazine 100].


'''[[multigender]].''' Having more than one gender identity, either at the same time, or moving between different gender identities at different times.
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* [[Hida Viloria]] (b. 1968) is a Latinx American writer and [[intersex]] and nonbinary rights activist, of Colombian and Venezuelan descent. Viloria is Founding Director of the Intersex Campaign for Equality, and author of the memoir ''Born Both: An Intersex Life''. Viloria identifies as intersex and genderfluid.<ref name="Viloria2017">{{Cite web |title=If You Claim To Be Sex Positive, Then You Need To Be Intersex Positive |last=Viloria |first=Hida |work=HuffPost |date=7 April 2017 |access-date=25 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_b_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd |quote=As I write about in my memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life, I’m intersex and gender-fluid (meaning my gender identity and expression changes) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318211101/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_b_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


'''musegender.''' coined by: anonymous "a gender named with artists/writers/roleplayers/actors etc in mind. a fluid gender influenced by the gender(s) of the characters you are drawing/writing/roleplaying/etc." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/98729746839/musegender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/98729746839/musegender]</ref>
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'''mutogender.''' coined by: thedonutsaurusrex "a gender that changes depending on situation or people you’re with etc., so like a subset of genderfluid" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735685184/mutogender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735685184/mutogender]</ref>
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''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''


'''necrogender.''' "A gender that used to exist but is now dead." Coined by Baaphomett <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett]</ref>. See also: postgender.
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There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "genderfluid" or "fluid gender", either in their canon, or by their creators. At the very least, characters in this section should be known to present different gender expressions at different times, if the word "genderfluid" isn't used.


'''nocturnalgender.''' Coined by passengender in 2014. Any gender that feels more intense during the night, "but weak/nonexistent when it is light out." Syn. batgender, owlgender, moongender. Counterpart: flowergender.
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* Brendan Chase. At the end of the novel, ''Freakboy'', the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as genderfluid. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.


'''owlgender.''' ''See nocturnalgender.''
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* Alex Fierro, in Rick Riordan's ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', is a genderfluid character who first appears in the second book and uses both he/him and she/her pronouns.


'''[[pangender]]'''. Having potentially any gender identity, either at the same time, or changing between them.
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* Tedd. ''[http://www.egscomics.com/ El Goonish Shive]'' includes a main character who identifies as genderfluid several years into the comic. Author Dan Shive has said that Tedd, like the author, has always been genderfluid but did not realise there was a word for it or even a concept of being nonbinary until much later in life. The comic also includes various other LGBT characters as well as shapeshifting technology.


'''pre- and postgender.''' "Before and after a gender; preboy would be moving to identify as a boy but has yet to fully embrace the term and pregirl would be moving to identify as a girl but has yet to fully embrace the term; postboy would have moved on from identifying as a boy but still has gendered ties to identifying as a boy and postgirl would have moved on from identifying as a girl but still has gendered ties to identifying as a girl." Coined by Baaphomett <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett]</ref>.
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* Kami / Porcelain. The 'New 52' version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Six_(comics)#New_52 Secret Six] introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.


'''pivotgender.''' coined by: jasperthyst (previously damloz). "Someone whose gender changes depending on who they are around note: not to be confused with mutogender, which goes for people and situations". Can also be called swivelgender. Also see mirrorgender.
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*''[https://tapastic.com/episode/212183 Tattoo'd]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' by Antonia Bea features an [[intersex]], genderfluid protagonist.


'''[[selenogender]]'''. ''See monagender.''
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* TOMCAT. In the video game ''Read Only Memories'' the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is gender fluid"<ref>Jesse Tannous, "Read Only Memories Director discusses LGBTQ themes in gaming." June 20, 2015. ''The Examiner.'' https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215026/http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming</ref>.The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.


'''sychnogender, sychnogenderfluid.''' Gk. συχνός  "frequent." Coined by gyey. "Like [argrogender] but regarding frequency. The gender of someone who is sychnogender might change many times throughout the course of a day." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463052994/argogender-argogenderfluid-a-subset-of http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463052994/argogender-argogenderfluid-a-subset-of]</ref>
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* ''Symptoms of Being Human'' stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted genderfluid teenager. Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, and suicidal thoughts.<ref name="supe_Symp">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms Of Being Human Summary |author= |work=SuperSummary |date= |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425035630/https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


'''tachigender, tachigenderfluid.''' Gk. ταχύτητα "speed." Coined by gyey. "Like [argrogender] but regarding rapidity, a gender that changes quickly or that otherwise has to do with high speed." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463052994/argogender-argogenderfluid-a-subset-of http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92463052994/argogender-argogenderfluid-a-subset-of]</ref>
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* In ''The Tiger's Watch'' by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is genderfluid and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. The author notes that "Being [[Misgendering|misgendered]] and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|title=Shade asked: This sounds like an awesome story! I'm confused by the use of 'their' instead of 'her' or 'him' though.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009132437/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


'''[[trigender]].''' Having three gender identities, either at the same time, or changing between them. These three genders might be female, male, and a nonbinary gender, or they might be a different pair of genders.
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* Sal in ''Mask of Shadows'' and ''Ruin of Stars'', by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.


'''venufluid.''' Coined by a-tiny-peach. "Genderfluid but mostly/only fluid with feminine genders (based on venus symbol)." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477794689/venufluid-marfluid-eafluid]</ref> Syn. femmefluid.
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* Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show ''Gargoyles'' was confirmed to be genderfluid and [[polysexual]] by a 2014 interview with the creative team.<ref name="insider-database">{{Cite web |title=We created the first-ever searchable database of 259 LGBTQ characters in cartoons that bust the myth that kids can't handle inclusion |author= |work=insider.com |date=June 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url= https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database}}</ref>


==See also==
== Research ==
*[[Genderqueer]]
The informal [[Gender Census]] survey, which asks respondents "How do you describe your gender?" (among other questions), included a checkbox option for "fluid gender" in its first year (2013), finding that 31% of around 2000 respondents identified with the term. In 2024, 12,011 (24.07%) respondents selected "genderfluid/fluid gender". <ref>2024 Results Spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJXhTOLDdgsv8hQcBc9gStKV-BrInUdF8ZtuObp9x38/edit?gid=779426998#gid=779426998</ref>
*[[Gender questioning]]
*[[Gender nonconformity]]


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* [[Genderqueer]]
* [[nonbinary]]


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Genderfluid
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Meaning
Pink: femininity; White: all genders; Purple: combination of masculinity and femininity; Black: lack of gender; Blue: masculinity
Related identities Genderflux, Fluidflux, and Demifluid
Under the umbrella term Nonbinary, Transgender, Genderqueer
Frequency 25.5%
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« I've come to find that I'm either a woman or something close to being a man, but not quite there. Where I am on that scale varies. »
— Alex, 25 (Genderfluid)[1]

Genderfluid aka Gender-fluid, Gender Fluid, or Fluid Gender, is an identity under the multigender, nonbinary, and transgender umbrellas. Genderfluid individuals have different gender identities at different times. A genderfluid individual's gender identity could be multiple genders at once and then switch to none at all, or move between single gender identities, or some other combination therein. For some genderfluid people, these changes happen as often as several times a day and for others, monthly, or less often. Some genderfluid people regularly move between only a few specific genders, perhaps as few as two (which could also fit under the label bigender), whereas other genderfluid people never know what they'll feel like next.

To be easy to read, this article uses the word "genderfluid" for all people who experience fluid gender. Some people who experience fluid gender don't use the word "genderfluid" for themselves. Some people with fluid genders use other labels such as genderqueer, bigender, multigender, genderfae, polygender, etc. It's important to understand that each person has the right to decide what to call their gender identity.

History[edit | edit source]

Kate Bornstein mentioned gender fluidity in 1994, in the book Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us, "and then I found that gender can have fluidity, which is quite different from ambiguity. If ambiguity is a refusal to fall within a prescribed gender code, then fluidity is the refusal to remain one gender or another. Gender fluidity is the ability to freely and knowingly become one or many of a limitless number of genders, for any length of time, at any rate of change. Gender fluidity recognizes no borders or rules of gender."[2]

The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s, albeit with a somewhat different meaning. Transgender advocate Michael M. Hernandez wrote in 1996:

« Gender-fluid means that their gender identity and/or expression encompass both masculine and feminine. Gender fluidity is becoming commonly known as transgenderism: the ability to transcend gender, whether biological, emotional, political, or otherwise; truly mixing male and female.[3] »

In the 1990s and 2000s, it might have been more common for genderfluid people to call themselves bigender or genderqueer. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves cross-dressers.

The earliest extant entry for "gender fluid" in the Urban Dictionary was added in 2007.[4]

In 2010, the Gender-Fluid community was created on LiveJournal.[5]

In 2012, JJ Poole (tumblr user thoughtstoberemembered) created what would become the most widely-used genderfluid flag.[6][7]

In 2014, "Gender Fluid" was one of the 56 genders made available on Facebook.[8]

In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "gender-fluid,"[9] which it defined as an adjective meaning "noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation." It listed as synonyms genderfluid, gender fluid, and gender-flexible.[10]

In 2018, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents[11], with the law stating that

« "X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, agender, amalgagender, androgynous, bigender, demigender, female-to-male, genderfluid, genderqueer, male-to-female, neutrois, nonbinary, pangender, third sex, transgender, transsexual, Two Spirit, and unspecified.[12] »

Influences on gender fluidity[edit | edit source]

« Sometimes, when I'm feeling a certain way, like if I'm currently masculine, I wonder to myself, "What if I don't change from this? What if I'm not genderfluid and just a transboy?" But I always change again, and it's cool and weird. I guess I just have mixed feelings about it. Is it a good or bad thing? I don't know. »
— Starling (Genderfluid)[1]

Usually, gender fluidity happens by itself, so that a person feels like, say, a girl at a certain time, rather than choosing to be a girl at a certain time.[13] Some genderfluid people find that no outside or inside things tend to influence their gender identity to change. They find that their gender fluidity is unpredictable and happens randomly. Other genderfluid people find that their gender changes depending on the situation and is influenced by inside or outside sources. Some move from one gender to the next on a regular cycle, resembling a lunar cycle, or synchronizing with their menstrual cycle. Other genderfluid people are sometimes able to use their willpower to guide their gender to change in a way and/or at the time that they want it to.

Menstrual cycle and its effect on gender fluidity[edit | edit source]

While it is still unclear, changes in gender that correlate with the menstrual cycle could be caused by how hormone levels naturally rise and fall during menstruation. However, it's also possible to mistakenly believe that gender identity moves with the menstrual cycle, and the only way to be sure is to keep a daily journal. Such a journal could look like this:

Date Gender identity on that day Day in menstrual cycle
2013-03-09 Male (all day) 14
2013-03-10 Male, then female 15

After enough data is collected, any patterns that exist should become visible. These patterns could include feeling like a certain gender during a certain day in the cycle or feeling like a certain gender at times when a certain hormone, such as estrogen, is highest/lowest. Similar tables can be used to track if gender identity is connected to a different cycle.

In 2012, Case and Ramachandran gave a report on the results of a survey of genderfluid people who call themselves bigender who experience involuntary alternation between female and male states. Case and Ramachandran gave this condition the name "Alternating gender incongruity (AGI)." Case and Ramachandran made the hypothesis that gender alternation may reflect an unusual degree (or depth) of hemispheric switching and the corresponding suppression of sex appropriate body maps in the parietal cortex. They "hypothesize[d] that tracking the nasal cycle, rate of binocular rivalry, and other markers of hemispheric switching will reveal a physiological basis for AGI individuals' subjective reports of gender switches... We base our hypotheses on ancient and modern associations between the left and right hemispheres and the male and female genders."[14][15][16] Case and Ramachandran believe that when bigender people feel a change between their gender identities, it may have to do with a change in how they use parts of their brains. The gender change might also have to do with a natural body cycle, specifically, a valve in the nose that changes sides every two days (the nasal cycle). However, this idea is still only a hypothesis, and more study is needed to confirm it.

Gender expression[edit | edit source]

Genderfluid people often feel a need to change their gender expression to match whatever their current gender has become. This may mean having groups of different kinds of clothing in their closet, so they can dress as a woman, man, or otherwise, depending on how they feel that day. It can also mean temporarily changing their body shape by using binding, packing, breast prostheses, or tucking. However, in some situations, changing gender expression isn't possible. This could be because the changes happen more than once a day, because they don't look androgynous, or because they don't feel safe in society if they were to present a certain way.

Genderfluid people don't necessarily look androgynous. They don't necessarily have an ambiguous face, body, or way of dress.

Gender dysphoria, or feeling painfully uncomfortable about how one's body and social role don't match one's gender, isn't a requirement in order to be genderfluid. Each person is different, experiencing gender fluidity in their own way. Some genderfluid people experience gender dysphoria at times or all the time. Some want to change their bodies and some take a physical transition to do so, which may include hormones or surgery. Others don't choose to transition because any change they make to their body would only feel right to them when they were in a certain gender and would feel wrong in others. Yet others have a difficult time planning their transition path, because their feelings change about what they want.[17][18]

Some genderfluid people ask to be called by a different name[18] and pronouns depending on what gender they feel at a certain time. For people who switch between only two genders, this can mean switching between two names. These may be feminine and masculine versions of the same name[19] or names that don't sound similar at all.[20] They may also take a gender-neutral name that works for them at any time, either in addition to these names, or instead of them.

Gender fluidity and dissociative identity disorder[edit | edit source]

Genderfluid people usually don't think of themselves as having alters. Most genderfluid people feel like the same person all the time, with the same likes and dislikes but a different gender. However, some genderfluid people switch between specific personas as they change genders, and each persona has their own likes and dislikes. This is different from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which is a disorder characterized by dissociation and the existence of alters. DID is frequently caused by traumatic abuse that happens early in childhood and almost always exists alongside PTSD or cPTSD. Gender fluidity is not caused by abuse and is not more common in people with PTSD or cPTSD.

Multiple/plural systems where some alters have different genders from the others are not automatically genderfluid. However, an individual alter can be genderfluid.

Notable genderfluid people[edit | edit source]

Dorian Electra performing in 2018.
Ruby Rose
Alok Vaid-Menon in 2017.
Sand Chang at the 2017 National Transgender Health Summit

See main article: Notable nonbinary people

There are many more notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the words genderfluid or fluid gender for themselves.

  • Courtney Act (b. 1982) is an Australian drag queen, pop singer, entertainer and reality television personality. Act first came to prominence competing on the first season of Australian Idol in 2003. She identifies as genderfluid[21], genderqueer, pansexual, and polyamorous.[22]
  • Bimini Bon Boulash (b. 1993) is a British drag artist known for appearing in RuPaul's Drag Race UK. In 2021 they tweeted that they are "fluid when it comes to gender."[23]
  • Sand C. Chang, PhD is a Chinese-American clinical psychologist and educator.[24] Dr. Chang is nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, demiboy[25] and femme.[26] They are one of the authors of A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients.
  • Jonathan Rachel Clynch (b. 1971) is a well-known journalist in Ireland. As reported in the Daily Beast: "One of Irish broadcaster RTE’s best-known journalists just [in 2015] came out as 'gender fluid,' and the response so far seems wholly positive. ... The 44-year-old, who has yet to make a public statement, told his bosses that he wishes to now be known as Jonathan Rachel and would sometimes dress as a female. ... Clynch has worked with RTE for 16 years, often filling in on Radio One’s flagship 'News at One.' ... 'He has been open about it for a while now and his friends and family were all aware of his situation. He is going through a process at the moment and will speak about it in his own time and he hopes everyone will be respectful of that.'"[27]
  • Asia Kate Dillon (b. 1984) is an American actor known for playing Brandy Epps in Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Taylor Mason in Billions (2016). Dillon is nonbinary and genderfluid.[28]
  • Dorian Electra (b. 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, video and performance artist. Electra said, "Styling is so important to me as a genderfluid person, to be able to say “I’m a very flaming flammable guy”... it’s just very satisfying, ’cause that’s how I see myself, but I know it’s not necessarily how other people see me – they still call me ‘ma’am’ and stuff like that."[29]
  • Nikki Hiltz is an American mid-distance runner who came out in 2021, saying "The best way I can explain my gender is as fluid. Sometimes I wake up feeling like a powerful queen and other days I wake up feeling as if I'm just a guy being a dude, and other times I identify outside of the gender binary entirely."[35]
  • Jana Hunter is an American songwriter and musician who is trans and genderfluid.[36]
  • Siufung Law is a Hong Kong bodybuilder and activist, whose homepage bio says they identify as genderfluid.[37]
  • Bethany C. Meyers launched the fitness app for be.come, specializing in body-positive workouts. They also gave a TED talk on empowerment and body neutrality. Meyers is also bisexual, and wrote, "When I get comments about not being 'gay enough' it hurts. Aside from the way my marriage may look to others, I'm pretty gay. I'm attracted to women, I date women, I sleep with women, my friends are queer, I feel/think queer, I identity as gender fluid / non-binary, my partner the same."[38]
  • Ruby Rose (b. 1986) is an Australian actor who has won the ASTRA Awards, GQ Australia, GLAAD Media Awards, and the Australian LGBTI Awards. "On 22 July 2014, Rose came out as genderfluid, saying, "I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral.". This announcement came approximately a week after she released a short film called "Break Free," in which she visually transitions from a very feminine woman to a heavily tattooed man."[1]
  • Ciarán Strange (b. 1989)[39] is an English and Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.[40] Strange composed the theme song for TV's first-ever transgender-focused sitcom, The Switch.[41]
  • SaSa Testa is the author of the autobiography Soy Sabrina, Soy Santiago: Género fluido y nuevas identidades (I am Sabrina, I am Santiago: Genderfluid and new identities). Testa is genderfluid.[42]
  • Hida Viloria (b. 1968) is a Latinx American writer and intersex and nonbinary rights activist, of Colombian and Venezuelan descent. Viloria is Founding Director of the Intersex Campaign for Equality, and author of the memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life. Viloria identifies as intersex and genderfluid.[48]

Genderfluid characters in fiction[edit | edit source]

A screenshot of pronoun selection in Read Only Memories. Selecting 'more options' allows you to choose from 'ze/zir/, 'xe/xir', or your own custom pronouns.

See main article: Nonbinary gender in fiction

There are many more nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "genderfluid" or "fluid gender", either in their canon, or by their creators. At the very least, characters in this section should be known to present different gender expressions at different times, if the word "genderfluid" isn't used.

  • Brendan Chase. At the end of the novel, Freakboy, the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as genderfluid. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.
  • Alex Fierro, in Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, is a genderfluid character who first appears in the second book and uses both he/him and she/her pronouns.
  • Tedd. El Goonish Shive includes a main character who identifies as genderfluid several years into the comic. Author Dan Shive has said that Tedd, like the author, has always been genderfluid but did not realise there was a word for it or even a concept of being nonbinary until much later in life. The comic also includes various other LGBT characters as well as shapeshifting technology.
  • Kami / Porcelain. The 'New 52' version of Secret Six introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.
  • Tattoo'd[Dead link] by Antonia Bea features an intersex, genderfluid protagonist.
  • TOMCAT. In the video game Read Only Memories the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is gender fluid"[49].The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.
  • Symptoms of Being Human stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted genderfluid teenager. Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, and suicidal thoughts.[50]
  • In The Tiger's Watch by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is genderfluid and uses singular they pronouns. The author notes that "Being misgendered and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."[51]
  • Sal in Mask of Shadows and Ruin of Stars, by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.
  • Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show Gargoyles was confirmed to be genderfluid and polysexual by a 2014 interview with the creative team.[52]

Research[edit | edit source]

The informal Gender Census survey, which asks respondents "How do you describe your gender?" (among other questions), included a checkbox option for "fluid gender" in its first year (2013), finding that 31% of around 2000 respondents identified with the term. In 2024, 12,011 (24.07%) respondents selected "genderfluid/fluid gender". [53]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 This quote is a snippet from an answer to the survey conducted in the year 2018. Note for editors: the text of the quote, as well as the name, age and gender identity of its author shouldn't be changed.
  2. ↑ "gender-fluid". Merriam Webster. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Hernandez, Michael M. (1996). "Boundaries: Gender and Transgenderism". The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader.
  4. ↑ "http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid". Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-13. External link in |title= (help)
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  8. ↑ Eve Shapiro, Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age. Unpaged.
  9. ↑ "New words added to Dictionary.com." May 6, 2015. Dictionary.com. http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/
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  11. ↑ Jackman, Josh (5 January 2018). "Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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  14. ↑ Case, L. K.; Ramachandran, V. S. (2012). "Alternating gender incongruity: A new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex". Medical Hypotheses 78 (5): 626–631. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.041. PMID 22364652. 
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  21. ↑ @courtneyact (8 May 2018). "I am a gender fluid person & in the public eye. I'm passionate about gender & sexuality & do my best to understand the greater conversation by reading & educating myself but I'm still always scared to tweet the wrong thing & offend someone and be vilified by others #genderquake". Retrieved 3 April 2020 – via Twitter.
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  34. ↑ @evan_greer (Oct 11, 2017). "THREAD: as a gender nonconforming trans femme, every day is #NationalComingOutDay for me. Even in queer spaces, I must assert that I exist" – via Twitter.
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  36. ↑ Hunter, Jana (10 April 2015). "What It's Like to Be a Female Musician When You Don't Identify as a Woman". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  37. ↑ Homepage bio, accessed 7 June 2020 Archived on 17 July 2023
  38. ↑ Braidwood, Ella (23 August 2018). "Bethany Meyers has penned a powerful message to her bisexual fans". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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  40. ↑ "Tear Down The Wall" music video released, watchtheswitch.tumblr.com, June 17, 2014 Archived on 17 July 2023
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  42. ↑ Hadad, Camila (24 October 2018). ""Me dicen SaSa porque no me siento ni Sabrina ni Santiago: no soy ni hombre ni mujer"" ["Call me SaSa because I don't feel like Sabrina or Santiago: I'm neither man nor woman"]. Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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