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    '''Neurogender''' is an umbrella term to describe when someone's gender is somehow linked to their neurotype, mental illness, or neurological conditions. There are many different neurogenders related to most, if not all, neurodivergencies. Not everyone who is neurodivergent has a neurogender, but each neurogender is exclusive to certain neurotypes. Oftentimes there are similar terms available to neurotypicals who have similar experiences and don't wish to appropriate.
    '''Neurogender''' (coined by Tumblr user Baaphomett in 2014, in a submission to the [[MOGAI-archive blog]])<ref name="baaphomett masterpost">Baaphomett. "Masterpost of genders coined by Baaphomett." ''Mogai-Archive.'' Original post where these were coined, which is lost: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that post: https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95720973644/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that archive: https://archive.is/yULU0#selection-169.2-169.93</ref> means any self-identity in which a person feels that their gender identity is somehow linked to-- and best described in connection with-- their neurological type (neurotype), neurological conditions, neurodivergence, mental variation, or mental illness. One's neurotype affects many parts of one's life, including one's gender identity. Neurogenders are not defined in relationship to concepts of male and female, which puts it under the umbrellas of [[nonbinary]] gender and [[xenogender]]. There are many different neurogenders related to most, if not all, neurodivergencies. Not everyone who is neurodivergent sees themselves as having a neurogender. Some neurogenders are only for people with certain neurotypes.


    ==List of Neurogenders==
    "Neurodivergent" is a general category for people whose neurological development and state are atypical, and it includes people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or many other neurological conditions or mental illnesses. The word neurodivergent comes from the neurodiversity movement, which was started by autistic rights activists in the late 1990s. The neurodiversity movement seeks civil rights for neurodivergent people, and encourages seeing neurodivergence as a natural part of human diversity.<ref name="disabled world">"What Is: Neurodiversity, Neurodivergent, Neurotypical." ''Disabled World.'' Updated April 7, 2020.  https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/neurodiversity/ [unknown-error Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


    There are many kinds of neurogenders, some of which are only for people with certain neurotypes. This list is in alphabetical order.
    In her book ''The Gender Creative Child'', psychologist Diane Ehrensaft wrote:
    {{quote|...when a child shows up with a co-occurrence of [[gender nonconformity]] and neuro-atypicality, we are meeting with gender ''and'' something else rather than gender as a symptom of something else. It might even be that the gender and the neurodiversity are part and parcel of the same thing.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gender Creative Child|page=106|last=Ehrensaft|first=Diane|year=2016}}</ref>}}


    ===Affectugender===
    In order to keep the wiki accurate to the lived experiences of neurodiverse and nonbinary people, identities should only be listed here if they cite from at least two separate external sources, showing:
    [[File:affectugender.png|thumb|Affectugender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Affectugender-Pride-Flag-558150940</ref> The flag design was created to represent fluctuating moods (yellow (happy/manic) to blue (sad/depressed) and yellow to red (anger).]]
    '''Affectugender''' (coined by witchtao<ref>http://witchtree.tumblr.com/post/98848290913/affectugender</ref>) is defined as 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/manic episodes. This is under the [[neurogender]] and [[xenogender]] umbrella categories of gender.


    '''Keywords:''' Depression, mood disorders, bipolar, BPD
    1. origin (such as a source about how the term was coined, or at least history of the term's use), and


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    2. evidence that the identity has actually been used as someone's own identity. Acceptable evidence includes presence in at least one Gender Census result, a news article, or published nonfiction book describing an actual person using it.  
    ===Anxiegender===
    '''[[Anxiegender]]:''' A gender affected by anxiety. '''Keywords:''' Anxiety


    ===Autismgender===
    A design for a pride flag does not count toward origin or evidence of use. A personal blog written by the person who coined the term or claiming to use the term does not count toward evidence of use. A source citation of a web page counts if it is either a live link, or an archive of a dead link, but dead links by themselves are not acceptable.
    [[File:autigender.png|thumb|Autigender [[Flags|flag]] created by noitspronouncedgif.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride</ref>]]
    '''Autigender or Autismgender''' (coined by autismgender and esperancegirl) is defined as "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic;" when your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.


    Similar or related: [[Neurogender#Fascigender|fascigender]]
    ==Neurogenders associated with autism==


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    Autism ("Autism Spectrum Disorder" in the DSM-V<ref>American Psychiatric Association. (2022). ''Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders'' (5th ed., text rev.). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787</nowiki></ref>) is a spectrum of highly variable neurodevelopmental disorders. Psychologists have three main criteria for autism: impairments in social interaction, impairments in communication, and repetitive behavior.<ref name=DSM5>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition | chapter = Autism Spectrum Disorder, 299.00 (F84.0) | editor = American Psychiatric Association | year = 2013 | publisher = American Psychiatric Publishing | pagex = 50–59}}</ref><ref name="Filipek">{{cite journal | vauthors = Filipek PA, Accardo PJ, Baranek GT, Cook EH, Dawson G, Gordon B, Gravel JS, Johnson CP, Kallen RJ, Levy SE, Minshew NJ, Ozonoff S, Prizant BM, Rapin I, Rogers SJ, Stone WL, Teplin S, Tuchman RF, Volkmar FR | s2cid = 145113684 | title = The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders | journal = J Autism Dev Disord | volume = 29 | issue = 6 | pages = 439–484 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10638459 | doi = 10.1023/A:1021943802493 }} This paper represents a consensus of representatives from nine professional and four parent organizations in the US.</ref><ref name="Geschwind-2009">{{cite journal | last = Geschwind | first = Daniel H | title = Advances in autism | journal = Annu Rev Med | volume = 60 | pages = 367–380 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19630577 | pmc = 3645857 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.med.60.053107.121225}}</ref> Autistic people may be impaired in some respects, but average or better in others.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Pinel JP |title=Biopsychology |year=2011 |publisher=Pearson |location=Boston, Massachusetts |edition=8th |isbn=978-0-205-03099-6 |oclc=1085798897 |page=235 }}</ref> Autism lasts lifelong from birth; behavioral signs can be apparent as early as infancy,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rogers SJ | title = What are infant siblings teaching us about autism in infancy? | journal = Autism Res | volume = 2 | issue = 3 | pages = 125–137 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19582867 | pmc = 2791538 | doi = 10.1002/aur.81}}</ref> and many adults and seniors are autistic.<ref name=Ste106>{{cite journal | vauthors = Steinhausen HC, Mohr Jensen C, Lauritsen MB | title = A systematic review and meta-analysis of the long-term overall outcome of autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and adulthood | journal = Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | volume = 133 | issue = 6 | pages = 445–452 | date = June 2016 | pmid = 26763353 | doi = 10.1111/acps.12559 }}</ref><ref name="Rapin">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rapin I, Tuchman RF | title = Autism: definition, neurobiology, screening, diagnosis | journal = Pediatric Clinics of North America | volume = 55 | issue = 5 | pages = 1129–1146, viii | date = October 2008 | pmid = 18929056 | doi = 10.1016/j.pcl.2008.07.005 }}</ref> The specific causes of autism are unknown, though there is thought to be a substantial genetic contribution).<ref name="Fractionable">{{cite journal|vauthors=Happé F, Ronald A |s2cid=13928876 |title=The 'fractionable autism triad': a review of evidence from behavioural, genetic, cognitive and neural research |journal=Neuropsychol Rev |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=287–304 |year=2008 |pmid=18956240 |doi=10.1007/s11065-008-9076-8}}</ref><ref name="HappeTime">{{cite journal | vauthors = Happé F, Ronald A, Plomin R | title = Time to give up on a single explanation for autism | journal = Nature Neuroscience | volume = 9 | issue = 10 | pages = 1218–1220 | year = 2006 | pmid = 17001340 | doi = 10.1038/nn1770 | doi-access = free}}</ref> Therapeutic goals are not to "cure" autistic neurotypes but to teach functional skills, reduce harmful behaviors, and enhance well-being.<ref name="CCD2007">{{cite journal | vauthors = Myers SM, Johnson CP | title = Management of children with autism spectrum disorders | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 120 | issue = 5 | pages = 1162–1182 | date = November 2007 | pmid = 17967921 | doi = 10.1542/peds.2007-2362 | url = https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/120/5/1162 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The autistic culture and autism rights movement includes those who argue that autism should be accepted as a natural part of the diversity of kinds of people.<ref name=Sil2008>{{cite journal |journal=BioSocieties |year=2008 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=325–341 |title=Fieldwork on another planet: social science perspectives on the autism spectrum | vauthors = Silverman C |s2cid=145379758 |doi=10.1017/S1745855208006236}}</ref><ref name=Frith2014>{{cite news |last=Frith |first=Uta | name-list-format = vanc |title=Autism – are we any closer to explaining the enigma? |url=https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-27/edition-10/autism-are-we-any-closer-explaining-enigma |work=The Psychologist (magazine) |publisher=British Psychological Society |date=October 2014 |volume=27 |pages=744–745|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315141155/https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-27/edition-10/autism-are-we-any-closer-explaining-enigma |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In the 2000s, the number of autistic people was estimated at 1–2 per 1,000 people worldwide.<ref name=News2007>{{cite journal | vauthors = Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J, Giarelli E, Grether JK, Levy SE, Mandell DS, Miller LA, Pinto-Martin J, Reaven J, Reynolds AM, Rice CE, Schendel D, Windham GC | title = The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders | journal = Annual Review of Public Health | volume = 28 | pages = 235–258 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17367287 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007 }}</ref> Recent U.S. estimates suggest that approximately 1 in every 36 children is on the autism spectrum (Maenner et al., 2023)<ref>Maenner, M.J., Warren, Z., Williams, A.R., et al. (2023). Prevalence and Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2020. MMWR Surveill Summ; 72(No. SS-2):1–14. DOI: <nowiki>http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7202a1</nowiki></ref>, and roughly 1 in every 45 adults is on the autism spectrum (Dietz et al., 2020)<ref>Dietz, P. M., Rose, C. E., McArthur, D., & Maenner, M. (2020). National and State Estimates of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 50(12), 4258–4266. DOI: <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04494-4</nowiki></ref>.
    ===Bordergender===
    '''Bordergender or Borderfluid''' a gender identity experiences exclusively by people with Borderline Personality Disorder. Bordergender people, although they still experience gender, have trouble pinning it down to just one label or identity. Bordergender people tend to be constantly questioning because they keep second-guessing themselves, including their sense of gender.


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    ===Autigender===
    [[File:autigender.png|thumb|Autigender [[Flags|flag]] created by noitspronouncedgif.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride [https://web.archive.org/web/20230315141155/https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The black infinity symbol refers to the rainbow infinity symbol that means neurodiversity.]]


    ===Caedogender===
    * '''Name(s):''' autismgender, autigender, or autgender.<ref name="autismgender mogai-archive">The since-deleted post in the ''mogai-archive'' blog where this word was coined: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477063574/auti-s-gender Another blog's archive of that lost blog post: http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723823254/autisgender An archive of that archive: https://archive.is/BTFMN#selection-489.0-489.14</ref>
    [[File:Caedogender.png|thumb|Caedogender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Caedogender-Pride-Flag-558262796</ref> The flag design was created to look like the colors representing certain genders were being "cut out" by the gray bars.]]
    '''Caedogender, or Caedgender''' is defined as a gender which has been “cut away” by a traumatic event. A gender that was once felt but has been damaged or lost due to trauma.


    '''Keywords:''' PTSD, trauma
    * '''Origin:''' Coined on or before Aug 25, 2014 by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl by submissions to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="autismgender mogai-archive" />


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    * '''Meaning:'''  A gender identity with which some nonbinary autistic people choose to use to describe themselves. As originally defined by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl, autismgender means "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic." When your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.<ref name="autismgender mogai-archive" />  
    <gallery>
    File:Caedogirl.png|Caedogirl or Caedgirl
    File:Caedoboy.png|Caedoboy or Caedboy
    </gallery>


    ===Cavusgender===
    * '''Keywords:''' autism, gender connected with mind or brain conditions ([[neurogender]]), genders about things other than connection to female or male,
    [[File:cavusgender.png|thumb|Cavusgender [[Flags|flag]] created by Dawnrunner.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/126437206399/cavusgender-for-people-with-depression-you-feel</ref> ]]
    [[File:cavusgender-2.png|thumb|Alternate ]]
    '''Cavusgender''' is defined as a gender for people with depression. You feel one gender when not depressed and another when depressed. The gender felt whilst depressed can be attached as a suffix (eg cavusboy, cavusgirl, cavusnonbinary, cavusace.)


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    * '''Demographics:''' In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, one of the respondents called their gender identity "autistic," and another said "autisgender."<ref name=NBGQ2016>"NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." ''Gender Census.'' March 19, 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results [https://web.archive.org/web/20230525010811/https://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 66 of the respondents (0.59%) called their gender identity autigender, autgender, autistic, or autiqueer. Several of these included explanations from the survey respondents that they meant that autism was their gender, or had a significant effect on their understanding of gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR." ''Gender Census.'' March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr</ref> In the 2020 Gender Census, 82 people were autigender, five people were autgender, one person reported they were "autigender maybe", two reported "autism gender"/"autismgender", one person was "autiegender", and one person was "autigender male" (total of 92 people whose gender is affected by their autism).<ref name="GC2020">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7mwkZVtQYHxNlgS2J8onVCpVz-l1aJbBzG7msN5rxs/edit#gid=260963482 GC2020 Public Copy], 1 November 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603184501/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7mwkZVtQYHxNlgS2J8onVCpVz-l1aJbBzG7msN5rxs/edit Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
    ===Cloudgender===
    [[File:cloudgender.png|thumb|Flag]]
    [[File:cloudgender-2.png|thumb|Alternate]]
    '''Cloudgender''' is defined as a gender which cannot be fully realized or seen clearly due to depersonalization/derealization disorder. This is a kind of [[neurogender]].


    '''Keywords:''' depersonalization, derealization
    {{Pride flags|category=Autigender pride flags}}


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    ==Neurogenders associated with Borderline Personality Disorder==
    ===Commogender===
    '''Commogender''' (coined by transmomoi<ref>http://cupioromantic.tumblr.com/post/96861723417/commogender</ref>) is defined as a feeling that one is definitely not [[cisgender]], but is unable to define what their gender is due to mental exhaustion. May be used as commoboy/commogirl if the person identifies with a binary gender for convenience.


    Keywords: stress, exhaustion
    Borderline personality disorder (BPD)<ref name="NICEGuidelines2009">{{cite book|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55415/|title=Borderline personality disorder NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 78|date=2009|publisher=British Psychological Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629215157/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55415/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> is a mental illness characterized by a long-term pattern of unstable relationships, distorted sense of self, and strong emotional reactions.<ref name=NIH2016>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml|title=Borderline Personality Disorder|website=NIMH|access-date=16 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322130612/http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml|archive-date=22 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=DSM5 /> People with BPD tend to have trouble seeing their identity clearly. In particular, they tend to have difficulty knowing what they value, believe, prefer, and enjoy.<ref name=Manning_23>{{cite book|title=Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder|last=Manning|first=Shari| name-list-format = vanc |publisher=The Guilford Press|year=2011|isbn=978-1-59385-607-6|ref=harv}} Page 23.</ref> They may also tend to dissociate, which can be thought of as an intense form of "zoning out".<ref name=Manning_24>{{cite book|title=Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder|last=Manning|first=Shari| name-list-format = vanc |publisher=The Guilford Press|year=2011|isbn=978-1-59385-607-6|ref=harv}} Page 24.</ref> They are often unsure about their long-term goals for relationships and jobs. This can cause people with BPD to feel "empty" and "lost".<ref name=Manning_23/> Individuals often engage in self-harm, substance abuse, depression, eating disorders, and other dangerous behavior.<ref name=NIH2016/> Approximately 10% of people affected die by suicide.<ref name=NIH2016/><ref name=DSM5 /> The behavior typically begins by early adulthood and occurs across a variety of situations.<ref name=DSM5 /> BPD is typically treated with therapy, which may reduce the risk of suicide.<ref name=NIH2016/> Medications do not cure BPD, but can help with the symptoms.<ref name=NIH2016/> About 1.6% of people have BPD in a given year, with some estimates as high as 6%.<ref name=NIH2016/><ref name=DSM5/>


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    ===Bordergender===
    File:commogirl.png|Commogirl flag created by pride-flags-for-us.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/120941659654/commoboy-and-commogirl-when-you-know-you</ref>
    File:commoboy.png|Commoboy
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    ===Corugender===
    [[File:corugender.png|thumb|Corugender]]
    '''Corugender or Flashgender''' (coined by gmaora<ref>http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95725917124/corugender</ref>) is defined as a gender identity that changes during and around flashbacks.
     
    '''Keywords:''' PTSD, flashbacks
     
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    <gallery>
    File:corugirl.png|Corugirl
    File:Coruboy.png|Coruboy
    </gallery>
     
    ===Cyclogender===
    '''Cyclogender:''' Describes a bipolar person whose gender identity is tied to what type of episode (manic, hypomanic, depressive, mixed, etc.) they are experiencing at that moment. '''Keywords:''' Bipolar
     
    ===Divigender===
    '''Divigender:''' A feeling that one’s gender is split or divided due to a dissociative disorder. '''Keywords:''' DID, dissociation
     
    === Endospectrum ===
    '''Endospectrum:''' (coined by Dawning) A person whose experience of any or all areas of gender, orientation, any kind of attraction, or expression is in some way and to some degree formed or influenced by their being somewhere on the autism spectrum (Aspergers/Aspie, ASD, etc)
     
    ===Fascigender===
    [[File:fascigender.png|thumb|Fascigender [[Flags|flag]] created by noitspronouncedgif.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride</ref>]]
    '''Fascigender''' (coined by autisticjakeenglish<ref>http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95788149134/fascigender</ref>) is defined as a gender experience largely related to an autistic special interest.
     
    '''Keywords:''' autism, Asperger's syndrome
     
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    ===Foggender===
    [[File:foggender.png|thumb|Foggender [[Flags|flags]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=%2F&amp;q=foggender</ref> The flag design was created to resemble fog masking over the colors representing certain genders.]]
    '''Foggender''' (coined by autisticlynx<ref>http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95787573034/vaguegender-and-foggender</ref>) is defined as a gender which is close to a certain gender, but cannot be directly pinpointed due to brainfog (a lack of concentration or wakefulness associated with ADHD, fibromyalgia, depression, etc.) Foggender is a kind of [[neurogender]].
     
    '''Keywords:''' Brainfog, ADHD, depression, bipolar, fibromyalgia


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    * '''Name(s):''' bordergender or borderfluid<ref name="bordergender">{{cite web|title=Bordergender/Borderfluid|work=borderline blog|date=17 January 2015|url=http://imighthavebpd.tumblr.com/post/108384556779/bordergenderborderfluid|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921031543/http://imighthavebpd.tumblr.com/post/108384556779/bordergenderborderfluid}}</ref>
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    File:foggirl.png|Foggirl
    File:fogboy.png|Fogboy
    File:fogfluid.png|Fogfluid
    </gallery>


    ===Genderanxious===
    * '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user izayaorihahaha in 2014 in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog<ref name="bordergender" />
    '''Genderanxious:''' A gender that is undefined because the act of finding a label, or of having a gender, is a trigger for anxiety. '''Keywords:''' Anxiety


    ===Genderdisordered===
    * '''Meaning:''' As defined by its coiner, "A fluctuating gender experienced exclusively by people with BPD [Borderline Personality Disorder]. A gender identity lacking a firm grasp on ones identity, while still experiencing gender, to varying degrees, but having trouble pinning it down to just one label or identity. Having the sense of grasping at labels as much as possible to describe a gender we keep questioning because we keep second guessing our sense of selves and, consequentially, our sense of gender. [...] this isn’t 'borderline is my gender' this is 'borderline has an affect on my gender because mental illness can have an affect on all aspects of our lives including our sexualities, romantic orientations and genders.'"<ref name="bordergender" />
    '''Genderdisordered:''' A gender that is heavily influenced by, or unable to be defined because of disorganized thinking or a thought disorder.


    ===Genderfake===
    * '''Keywords:''' connected with mind or brain conditions ([[neurogender]]), genders about things other than connection to female or male, indescribable
    '''Genderfake:''' Feeling that your gender is part of your hallucinations or delusions. '''Keywords:''' Schizophrenia, delusion, hallucination,


    ===Gendermute===
    * '''Demographics:''' In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, eight people were bordergender and/or borderfluid.<ref name="GC2020" />
    '''Gendermute.''' A label for selectively mute people, which describes a gender that can only be expressed at certain times, in safe environments. '''Keywords:''' Selective mutism, autism,


    ===Genderwhat===
    '''Genderwhat.''' Being unable to understand the concept of gender or of having a gender due to neurodivergence.
    ===Illusogender===
    [[File:illusogender-2.png|thumb|Illusogender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka and funCatty.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=%2F&amp;q=illusogender</ref> The graphic on the flag was designed to look like the famous rabbit/duck illusion.]]
    '''Illusogender'''. Coined by anonymous. When you know you’re a certain gender, but there’s still the feeling of ‘fakeness’ there, either due to neurodivergency and/or due to outside pressure from parents, society, etc. These feelings and/or pressures can be part of the gender experience.


    ==Neurogenders associated with schizophrenia==
    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning.<ref name="mayo_Schi">{{Cite web |title=Schizophrenia |author= |work=Mayo Clinic |date=7 January 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 |url= https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizophrenia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354443|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619070419/https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizophrenia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354443 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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    [[File:Skhizeingender.png|thumb|Skhizeingender [[Flags|flag]] created by psychotic-corvidae.<ref>{{cite web|title=Decided to make a flag for Skhizeingender since it didn’t have one!|date=29 March 2020|url=https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/613970605817085952/decided-to-make-a-flag-for-skhizeingender-since-it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315141155/https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/613970605817085952/decided-to-make-a-flag-for-skhizeingender-since-it|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>]]
    File:illusogender.png|Alternative Illusogender
    ===Skhizeingender===
    File:illusogirl-2.png|Illusogirl
    File:illusogirl.png|Alternative Illusogirl
    File:illusoboy-2.png|Illusoboy
    File:illusoboy.png|Alternative Illusoboy
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    ===Imnigender===
    * '''Name(s):''' skhizeingender
    '''imnigender''' A gender defined by anxiety. Not “your gender makes you anxious” so much as “anxiety is your gender”. '''Keywords:''' Anxiety


    ===Kynigender===
    * '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 or earlier by tumblr user psychoticfrodo, via submission to the mogai-archive blog.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.is/gnhm6|date=28 November 2014|title=skhizeingender|url=https://geoffie.tumblr.com/post/103834997925/skhizeingender#notes|archive-date=11 April 2019}}</ref>
    '''kynigender:''' A gender which is not able to be pinpointed due to the stress of the questioning process, triggering anxiety. '''Keywords:''' Anxiety, stress


    ===Lipsigender===
    * '''Meaning:''' A gender strongly connected to someone's schizophrenia, or gender that is difficult to describe or communicate because of schizophrenia.<ref name="xeno-aligned-Skhizein">{{cite web|url=https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/183389604356/are-there-any-psychosisschizophrenia-specific|title=Anonymous asks: Are there any psychosis/schizophrenia specific genders/sexualities etc|date=12 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315141155/https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/183389604356/are-there-any-psychosisschizophrenia-specific|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
    '''lipsigender''' A gender which, when thought about, triggers bouts of depression. '''Keywords:''' Depression, bipolar


    ===Ludogender===
    * '''Keywords:''' schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis, psychoses
    [[File:Ludononbinary.png|thumb|Ludogender [[Flags|flag]] created by pridearchive.<ref>http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/92687597151/ludogirl-pride</ref> The stripe meanings are: '''Blue:''' Masculinity,
    '''Purple:''' Nonbinary,
    '''Pink:''' Femininity,
    '''White:''' Lack of gender ,
    The circle in the middle represents one’s “core” gender. The stripes are vertical and mirrored to represent the mirroring aspect of ludogender.]]
    '''Ludogender''' (coined by anonymous) is defined as a gender which has a core, but the individual mirrors (copies) the genders of other individuals. A neurodivergent only gender.


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    * '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="GC2020" />
    File:Ludogirl.png|Ludogirl
    File:Ludoboy.png|Ludoboy
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    ===Maestusgender===
    ==Neurogenders associated with no one specific neurotype==
    '''maestusgender:''' In which the individual’s brain chemical imbalance obscures, masks, or otherwise distorts their self perception and stunts their ability to determine gender identity.


    ===Narkissisgender===
    ===Gendervague===
    [[File:Narkissisgender.png|thumb|Narkissisgender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Narkissisgender-Pride-Flag-559977151</ref> The flag design was created to resemble a narcissus flower aka a daffodil.]]
    [[File:Gendervague.png|thumb|Gendervague [[flags]] created by Cryptomegha.<ref name="vague coin">{{cite web|author=Cryptomegha (Gcdzilla, StrangeGloved) |title=ok so the rly cool people at the neurodivergentkin network and myself are introducing a nonbinary gender that can only be used by neurodivergent people !|work=gcdzilla.tumblr.com|date=August 2014|archive-date=3 October 2014|url=http://gcdzilla.tumblr.com/post/91603686632/ok-so-the-rly-cool-people-at-the-neurodivergentkin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003224751/http://gcdzilla.tumblr.com/post/91603686632/ok-so-the-rly-cool-people-at-the-neurodivergentkin}}</ref>]]
    '''narkissisgender''' (coined by furryhell) is defined as an egotistical gender, viewing itself in a high position and wanting and/or needing praise. should only be used by those who have narcissistic personality disorder. "Gender" can be replaced with fluid, boy, girl, xirl, boi, nonbinary, enby, nb, etc. The synonym of this word that can be used by people who don't have narcissistic personality disorder is [[egoisgender]].


    '''Keywords:''' Narcissism, NPD
    [[File:Lydia_Brown_at_Colorado_Trust.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Lydia X. Z. Brown]] speaking at the [https://www.coloradotrust.org/ Colorado Trust] in 2017. Brown is gendervague.]]


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    * '''Name(s):''' gendervague<ref name="vague coin" />
    ===Nesciogender===
    [[File:nesciogender.png|thumb|Nesciogender or Nesciōgender [[Flags|flag]] created by crypticprinxe.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/93335174769/crypticprinxe-gonna-do-this-now-bc-ill-forget</ref> The flag design was created with mint green colors to represent neurodivergency and the circle in the center is meant to place other flags inside.]]
    '''nesciogender or nesciōgender''' (coined by princetzimisce<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/93335174769/crypticprinxe-gonna-do-this-now-bc-ill-forget</ref>) is defined as a gender one is not completely sure of due to one’s neurotype disallowing a clear understanding of the concept, but has a vague sense of what it could be; i.e. nescioboy, nescioagender, etc.


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    * '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by Cryptomegha (Tumblr usernames StrangeGloved and Gcdzilla), together with many participants of the neurodivergentkin network.<ref name="vague coin" />
    ===Nologender===
    '''nologender or nōlōgender:''' A term for neurodivergent people who have difficulty grasping the concept of gender. Distinct from nesciōgender in that the individual has no particular desire to investigate their gender, as doing so is overly difficult due to their inability to understand the concept of gender.


    ===OC-Gender===
    * '''Meaning:''' As originally described by its coiners, gendervague is "a nonbinary gender that can only be used by neurodivergent people [...] it means that your gender is not definable with words because of one’s status as neurodivergent. the black and gray flag represents brain fog, as well as vagueness."<ref name="vague coin" /> Later, in 2016, autistic activist [[Lydia X. Z. Brown]] (b. 1993) wrote, "I've started referring to myself as gendervague, a term coined within the autistic community to refer to a specifically neurodivergent experience of trans/gender identity. For many of us, gender mostly impacts our lives when projected onto us through other people's assumptions, but holds little intrinsic meaning. Someone who is gendervague cannot separate their gender identity from their neurodivergence – being autistic doesn't ''cause'' my gender identity, but it is inextricably related to how I understand and experience gender. [...] For many (but certainly not all) autistic people, we can’t make heads or tails of either the widespread assumption that everyone fits neatly into categories of men and women or the nonsensical characteristics expected or assumed of womanhood and manhood. Recent research has shown that autistic people are more likely to identify as transgender or [[genderqueer]] than non-autistic people. That’s not surprising to me, because I've met far more trans or genderqueer people in autistic spaces than I have anywhere else."<ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences |last=Brown |first=Lydia X. Z. |work=The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE) |date=22 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623035102/https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Another gendervague person, the author Max Sparrow, wrote that "gendervague helps to create a community where people understand that disability can affect gender presentation as much as or even more than inherent gender identity. Identity labels so often focus on sifting out one aspect of identity, holding it apart and separate from other aspects of our lives.  Gendervague is an inherently intersected identity, honoring two different facets of identity equally, simultaneously more exclusive and more inclusive."<ref name="transtistic">{{cite web|last=Sparrow|first=Max|title=What is gendervague?|work=Transtistic: At the Intersection of Transtistic and Autgender (blog)|date=June 17, 2017|access-date=April 11, 2019|url=https://transtistic.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/what-is-gendervague|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000915/https://transtistic.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/what-is-gendervague|archive-date=April 11, 2019}}</ref>
    '''OC-Gender, O-Gender, or C-Gender:''' A set of gender identities that are heavily influenced or defined by one’s OCD. The variations describe a feeling that one’s gender is influenced or defined by obsessions only, by compulsions only, or by both obsessions and compulsions. '''Keywords:''' OCD, OCPD


    ===Pendogender===
    * '''Keywords:''' attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, gender connected with mind or brain conditions ([[neurogender]]),  genders about things other than connection to female or male, indefinable, indescribable, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
    [[File:Pendogender.png|thumb|Pendogender [[Flags|flag]] created by pastelmemer.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123466666709/is-there-a-pendogender-flag</ref>]]
    '''pendogender''' is defined as never being satisfied with your gender no matter how well it fits due to self-doubt, causing one to compulsively search and seek out something that fits even better. Gender perfectionism. For neurodivergent folks only, coined with people with anxiety disorders, OCD, and OCPD in mind.


    '''Keywords:''' OCD, OCPD, anxiety
    * '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, 26 respondents (0.23%) called themselves gendervague. Three more respondents simply called their gender "vague." The latter may or may not have meant the same identity as gendervague.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


    * '''Notable people who call themselves gendervague:''' As mentioned above, activist [[Lydia X. Z. Brown]] and author Max Sparrow are gendervague. (Sparrow describes themself as "gendervague [[epicene]]".<ref name="Sparrow-about">{{Cite web |title=About |author=Sparrow, Max |work=Transtistic |date= |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://transtistic.wordpress.com/about/ |quote=Max Sparrow, Neuroqueer author and gendervague epicene |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322023125/https://transtistic.wordpress.com/about/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>)
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    ===Posigender===
    '''posigender or negagender:''' A feeling that one’s gender is defined by or influenced by positive (posigender) or negative (negagender) symptoms of their schizophrenia. '''Keywords:''' Schizophrenia
    ===Shkizeingender===
    '''skhizeingender''' A gender that is strongly connected to schizophrenia, or having a gender that is difficult to describe or communicate because of being schizophrenic.
    This term is exclusive to individuals with schizophrenia or schizophrenia related symptoms.
    Pronounced: sk-heez-ein-gender '''Keywords:''' Schizophrenia
    ===Systemgender===
    '''systemgender''' A gender which is defined as a sum of all the genders within a multiple or median system.
    A nonbinary gender experienced by members of a multiple and/or median system. Other systems can also come up with names. (i.e. headmates all have different nonbinary genders but are looking for something to describe the gender of the system as a whole.) '''Keywords:''' DID, multiples,
    ===Systemfluid===
    '''systemfluid''' Genders that change depending on who’s fronting.  '''Keywords:''' DID, multiples
    ===Traumatagender===
    '''traumatagender, traumatgender, trautgender, or trauatgender.''' (Coined by furryhell). A gender that varies; it can change a lot, it could be unknown, it could just be there, it could be nonexistent, etc. Whatever it is, it was based from intense trauma. Should only be used by those who have experienced or are going through what they consider intense trauma. '''Keywords:''' PTSD, trauma
    ===Vaguegender===
    [[File:vaguegender.png|thumb|Vaguegender [[Flags|flags]] created by neurodivergentkin and strangledlove.<ref>Queerascat. http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/91654136619/strangegloved-ok-so-the-rly-cool-people-at-the </ref>]]
    '''vaguegender, or gendervague''' (coined by neurodivergentkin and strangledlove<ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/91654136619/strangegloved-ok-so-the-rly-cool-people-at-the</ref>) is defined as a gender identity that is highly influenced by being neurodivergent, and feels undefinable or partly definable because of one’s neurodivergence.
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    File:vagueflux.png|Vagueflux: A gender which is in flux, but determining the intensity of one’s gender is difficult due to neurodivergency.
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    File:vaguegirl.png|Vaguegirl
    File:vagueboy.png|Vagueboy
    File:vagueboy.png|Vagueboy
    File:Gendervague by possum-butch.png|An alternate gendervague flag, by tumblr user possum-butch.
    File:Gendervague redesign.png|Another alternate gendervague flag.
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    ===Virgender===
    [[File:virgender.png|thumb|Virgender [[Flags|flag]] created by pridearchive.<ref>http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91781500576/virgender-pride</ref> The meaning of the flag colors are: '''Red:''' To symbolise the stress/difficulty in having a gender, '''White:''' An amalgamation of all genders '''Black:''' Genderlessness. The red stripes lighten as one goes down the flag to symbolise how one’s stress is causing their gender to get weaker and weaker until it goes to white and the individual is relieved of the stress of keeping up with one’s gender.  The white transitions to grey and then to black to symbolise the complete lack of gender.]]
    [[File:virgender-2.png|thumb|Alternate ]]
    '''Virgender''' (coined by stevenuniversequartz<ref>http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91781500576/virgender-pride</ref>) is defined as a gender identity that is practically and particularly genderless. This usually happens when it is too stressful or difficult to have a gender. A gender identity that feels weakened by stress, to the point where one is nearly genderless.


    The prefix comes from the constellation Virgo, the maiden.
    ===Pendogender===
    [[File:Pendogender.png|thumb|Pendogender [[Flags|flag]] created by pastelmemer.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123466666709/is-there-a-pendogender-flag {{dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20230315141156/https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123466666709/is-there-a-pendogender-flag Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148289378876/pendogender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230513051754/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148289378876/pendogender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>]]
     
    * '''Name(s):''' pendogender
     
    * '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user pastel-memer by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="pendogender coin">{{cite web|title=Pendogender|date=1 February 2015|url=https://andwouldntyou-lovetoloveher.tumblr.com/post/109790610803/pendogender|archive-url=https://archive.vn/1lVF2|archive-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>


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    * '''Meaning:''' As originally described by pastel-memer, it means "never being satisfied with your gender or feeling settled no matter how well it fits due to self-doubt, causing one to compulsively search and seek out something that fits even better. Gender perfectionism. The 'gender' part can be replaced by the closest fitting gender at any time, i.e. pendo[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#juxera|juxera]] or pendo-[[agender]]. For neurodivergent folks only, coined with people with anxiety disorders, OCD, and OCPD in mind."<ref name="pendogender coin" />
    ===Xumgender===
     
    [[File:Xumgender.png|thumb|Xumgender [[Flags|flag]] created by ademcshades.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/125365766679/is-there-a-xumgender-flag</ref>]]
    * '''Keywords:''' anxiety, gender connected with mind or brain conditions ([[neurogender]]),  genders about things other than connection to female or male, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), prefix, [[questioning]]
    [[File:Xumgender-2.png|thumb|Alternate xumgender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Xumgender-Pride-Flag-2-566624712</ref>]]
    '''Xumgender''' (coined by ademcshades<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/125365766679/is-there-a-xumgender-flag</ref>) is defined as never being satisfied with your gender due to constant self-doubt or identity issues, causing one to compulsively search and seek out something that fits as perfect as possible–to find “the gender” or “the one truth”–though one will never be found due to one’s neurotype, because words will never be able to describe it, and/or its own properties paradox itself. This frequent anxiety and doubt even causes this gender to feel imperfect to the individual.


    '''Keywords:''' Anxiety, OCD, OCPD
    * '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, one respondent.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


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    [[Category:Nonbinary identities]][[Category:Xenogender]][[Category:Neurogender]]
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    Neurogender
    Neurogender.png
    Meaning
    The colored bars are to represent the spectrum of different neurotypes and gender identities that neurodivergent individuals have. The infinity symbol is to represent neurodiversity.
    Under the umbrella term Nonbinary
    Frequency 0.2%

    Neurogender (coined by Tumblr user Baaphomett in 2014, in a submission to the MOGAI-archive blog)[1] means any self-identity in which a person feels that their gender identity is somehow linked to-- and best described in connection with-- their neurological type (neurotype), neurological conditions, neurodivergence, mental variation, or mental illness. One's neurotype affects many parts of one's life, including one's gender identity. Neurogenders are not defined in relationship to concepts of male and female, which puts it under the umbrellas of nonbinary gender and xenogender. There are many different neurogenders related to most, if not all, neurodivergencies. Not everyone who is neurodivergent sees themselves as having a neurogender. Some neurogenders are only for people with certain neurotypes.

    "Neurodivergent" is a general category for people whose neurological development and state are atypical, and it includes people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or many other neurological conditions or mental illnesses. The word neurodivergent comes from the neurodiversity movement, which was started by autistic rights activists in the late 1990s. The neurodiversity movement seeks civil rights for neurodivergent people, and encourages seeing neurodivergence as a natural part of human diversity.[2]

    In her book The Gender Creative Child, psychologist Diane Ehrensaft wrote:

    « ...when a child shows up with a co-occurrence of gender nonconformity and neuro-atypicality, we are meeting with gender and something else rather than gender as a symptom of something else. It might even be that the gender and the neurodiversity are part and parcel of the same thing.[3] »

    In order to keep the wiki accurate to the lived experiences of neurodiverse and nonbinary people, identities should only be listed here if they cite from at least two separate external sources, showing:

    1. origin (such as a source about how the term was coined, or at least history of the term's use), and

    2. evidence that the identity has actually been used as someone's own identity. Acceptable evidence includes presence in at least one Gender Census result, a news article, or published nonfiction book describing an actual person using it.

    A design for a pride flag does not count toward origin or evidence of use. A personal blog written by the person who coined the term or claiming to use the term does not count toward evidence of use. A source citation of a web page counts if it is either a live link, or an archive of a dead link, but dead links by themselves are not acceptable.

    Neurogenders associated with autism[edit | edit source]

    Autism ("Autism Spectrum Disorder" in the DSM-V[4]) is a spectrum of highly variable neurodevelopmental disorders. Psychologists have three main criteria for autism: impairments in social interaction, impairments in communication, and repetitive behavior.[5][6][7] Autistic people may be impaired in some respects, but average or better in others.[8] Autism lasts lifelong from birth; behavioral signs can be apparent as early as infancy,[9] and many adults and seniors are autistic.[10][11] The specific causes of autism are unknown, though there is thought to be a substantial genetic contribution).[12][13] Therapeutic goals are not to "cure" autistic neurotypes but to teach functional skills, reduce harmful behaviors, and enhance well-being.[14] The autistic culture and autism rights movement includes those who argue that autism should be accepted as a natural part of the diversity of kinds of people.[15][16] In the 2000s, the number of autistic people was estimated at 1–2 per 1,000 people worldwide.[17] Recent U.S. estimates suggest that approximately 1 in every 36 children is on the autism spectrum (Maenner et al., 2023)[18], and roughly 1 in every 45 adults is on the autism spectrum (Dietz et al., 2020)[19].

    Autigender[edit | edit source]

    Autigender flag created by noitspronouncedgif.[20] The black infinity symbol refers to the rainbow infinity symbol that means neurodiversity.
    • Name(s): autismgender, autigender, or autgender.[21]
    • Origin: Coined on or before Aug 25, 2014 by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl by submissions to the MOGAI-Archive blog.[21]
    • Meaning: A gender identity with which some nonbinary autistic people choose to use to describe themselves. As originally defined by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl, autismgender means "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic." When your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.[21]
    • Keywords: autism, gender connected with mind or brain conditions (neurogender), genders about things other than connection to female or male,
    • Demographics: In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, one of the respondents called their gender identity "autistic," and another said "autisgender."[22] In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 66 of the respondents (0.59%) called their gender identity autigender, autgender, autistic, or autiqueer. Several of these included explanations from the survey respondents that they meant that autism was their gender, or had a significant effect on their understanding of gender.[23] In the 2020 Gender Census, 82 people were autigender, five people were autgender, one person reported they were "autigender maybe", two reported "autism gender"/"autismgender", one person was "autiegender", and one person was "autigender male" (total of 92 people whose gender is affected by their autism).[24]
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    Neurogenders associated with Borderline Personality Disorder[edit | edit source]

    Borderline personality disorder (BPD)[25] is a mental illness characterized by a long-term pattern of unstable relationships, distorted sense of self, and strong emotional reactions.[26][5] People with BPD tend to have trouble seeing their identity clearly. In particular, they tend to have difficulty knowing what they value, believe, prefer, and enjoy.[27] They may also tend to dissociate, which can be thought of as an intense form of "zoning out".[28] They are often unsure about their long-term goals for relationships and jobs. This can cause people with BPD to feel "empty" and "lost".[27] Individuals often engage in self-harm, substance abuse, depression, eating disorders, and other dangerous behavior.[26] Approximately 10% of people affected die by suicide.[26][5] The behavior typically begins by early adulthood and occurs across a variety of situations.[5] BPD is typically treated with therapy, which may reduce the risk of suicide.[26] Medications do not cure BPD, but can help with the symptoms.[26] About 1.6% of people have BPD in a given year, with some estimates as high as 6%.[26][5]

    Bordergender[edit | edit source]

    • Name(s): bordergender or borderfluid[29]
    • Origin: Coined by Tumblr user izayaorihahaha in 2014 in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog[29]
    • Meaning: As defined by its coiner, "A fluctuating gender experienced exclusively by people with BPD [Borderline Personality Disorder]. A gender identity lacking a firm grasp on ones identity, while still experiencing gender, to varying degrees, but having trouble pinning it down to just one label or identity. Having the sense of grasping at labels as much as possible to describe a gender we keep questioning because we keep second guessing our sense of selves and, consequentially, our sense of gender. [...] this isn’t 'borderline is my gender' this is 'borderline has an affect on my gender because mental illness can have an affect on all aspects of our lives including our sexualities, romantic orientations and genders.'"[29]
    • Keywords: connected with mind or brain conditions (neurogender), genders about things other than connection to female or male, indescribable
    • Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent.[22] In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.[23] In the 2020 Gender Census, eight people were bordergender and/or borderfluid.[24]


    Neurogenders associated with schizophrenia[edit | edit source]

    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning.[30]

    Skhizeingender flag created by psychotic-corvidae.[31]

    Skhizeingender[edit | edit source]

    • Name(s): skhizeingender
    • Origin: Coined in 2014 or earlier by tumblr user psychoticfrodo, via submission to the mogai-archive blog.[32]
    • Meaning: A gender strongly connected to someone's schizophrenia, or gender that is difficult to describe or communicate because of schizophrenia.[33]
    • Keywords: schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis, psychoses
    • Demographics: In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.[24]

    Neurogenders associated with no one specific neurotype[edit | edit source]

    Gendervague[edit | edit source]

    Gendervague flags created by Cryptomegha.[34]
    Lydia X. Z. Brown speaking at the Colorado Trust in 2017. Brown is gendervague.
    • Name(s): gendervague[34]
    • Origin: Coined in 2014 by Cryptomegha (Tumblr usernames StrangeGloved and Gcdzilla), together with many participants of the neurodivergentkin network.[34]
    • Meaning: As originally described by its coiners, gendervague is "a nonbinary gender that can only be used by neurodivergent people [...] it means that your gender is not definable with words because of one’s status as neurodivergent. the black and gray flag represents brain fog, as well as vagueness."[34] Later, in 2016, autistic activist Lydia X. Z. Brown (b. 1993) wrote, "I've started referring to myself as gendervague, a term coined within the autistic community to refer to a specifically neurodivergent experience of trans/gender identity. For many of us, gender mostly impacts our lives when projected onto us through other people's assumptions, but holds little intrinsic meaning. Someone who is gendervague cannot separate their gender identity from their neurodivergence – being autistic doesn't cause my gender identity, but it is inextricably related to how I understand and experience gender. [...] For many (but certainly not all) autistic people, we can’t make heads or tails of either the widespread assumption that everyone fits neatly into categories of men and women or the nonsensical characteristics expected or assumed of womanhood and manhood. Recent research has shown that autistic people are more likely to identify as transgender or genderqueer than non-autistic people. That’s not surprising to me, because I've met far more trans or genderqueer people in autistic spaces than I have anywhere else."[35] Another gendervague person, the author Max Sparrow, wrote that "gendervague helps to create a community where people understand that disability can affect gender presentation as much as or even more than inherent gender identity. Identity labels so often focus on sifting out one aspect of identity, holding it apart and separate from other aspects of our lives. Gendervague is an inherently intersected identity, honoring two different facets of identity equally, simultaneously more exclusive and more inclusive."[36]
    • Keywords: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, gender connected with mind or brain conditions (neurogender), genders about things other than connection to female or male, indefinable, indescribable, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
    • Demographics: In the 2019 Gender Census, 26 respondents (0.23%) called themselves gendervague. Three more respondents simply called their gender "vague." The latter may or may not have meant the same identity as gendervague.[23]
    • Notable people who call themselves gendervague: As mentioned above, activist Lydia X. Z. Brown and author Max Sparrow are gendervague. (Sparrow describes themself as "gendervague epicene".[37])
    • Vagueflux: A gender which is in flux, but determining the intensity of one’s gender is difficult due to neurodivergency.

      Vagueflux: A gender which is in flux, but determining the intensity of one’s gender is difficult due to neurodivergency.

    • Vaguefluid: A gender which is fluid, but determining one’s current gender is difficult due to neurodivergency.

      Vaguefluid: A gender which is fluid, but determining one’s current gender is difficult due to neurodivergency.

    • Vaguegirl

      Vaguegirl

    • Vagueboy

      Vagueboy

    • An alternate gendervague flag, by tumblr user possum-butch.

      An alternate gendervague flag, by tumblr user possum-butch.

    • Another alternate gendervague flag.

      Another alternate gendervague flag.

    Pendogender[edit | edit source]

    Pendogender flag created by pastelmemer.[38][39]
    • Name(s): pendogender
    • Origin: Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user pastel-memer by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.[40]
    • Meaning: As originally described by pastel-memer, it means "never being satisfied with your gender or feeling settled no matter how well it fits due to self-doubt, causing one to compulsively search and seek out something that fits even better. Gender perfectionism. The 'gender' part can be replaced by the closest fitting gender at any time, i.e. pendojuxera or pendo-agender. For neurodivergent folks only, coined with people with anxiety disorders, OCD, and OCPD in mind."[40]
    • Keywords: anxiety, gender connected with mind or brain conditions (neurogender), genders about things other than connection to female or male, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), prefix, questioning
    • Demographics: In the 2019 Gender Census, one respondent.[23]

    See also[edit | edit source]

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. ↑ Baaphomett. "Masterpost of genders coined by Baaphomett." Mogai-Archive. Original post where these were coined, which is lost: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that post: https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95720973644/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that archive: https://archive.is/yULU0#selection-169.2-169.93
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    3. ↑ Ehrensaft, Diane (2016). The Gender Creative Child. p. 106.
    4. ↑ American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 American Psychiatric Association, ed. (2013). "Autism Spectrum Disorder, 299.00 (F84.0)". Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. American Psychiatric Publishing. Unknown parameter |pagex= ignored (help)
    6. ↑ Filipek PA, Accardo PJ, Baranek GT, Cook EH, Dawson G, Gordon B, Gravel JS, Johnson CP, Kallen RJ, Levy SE, Minshew NJ, Ozonoff S, Prizant BM, Rapin I, Rogers SJ, Stone WL, Teplin S, Tuchman RF, Volkmar FR (1999). "The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders". J Autism Dev Disord. 29 (6): 439–484. doi:10.1023/A:1021943802493. PMID 10638459. S2CID 145113684. This paper represents a consensus of representatives from nine professional and four parent organizations in the US.
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    17. ↑ Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J, Giarelli E, Grether JK, Levy SE, Mandell DS, Miller LA, Pinto-Martin J, Reaven J, Reynolds AM, Rice CE, Schendel D, Windham GC (2007). "The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders". Annual Review of Public Health. 28: 235–258. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007. PMID 17367287.
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    20. ↑ http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride Archived on 17 July 2023
    21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 The since-deleted post in the mogai-archive blog where this word was coined: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477063574/auti-s-gender Another blog's archive of that lost blog post: http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723823254/autisgender An archive of that archive: https://archive.is/BTFMN#selection-489.0-489.14
    22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." Gender Census. March 19, 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results Archived on 17 July 2023
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    25. ↑ Borderline personality disorder NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 78. British Psychological Society. 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
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    27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Manning, Shari (2011). Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. The Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-59385-607-6. Unknown parameter |name-list-format= ignored (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Page 23.
    28. ↑ Manning, Shari (2011). Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. The Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-59385-607-6. Unknown parameter |name-list-format= ignored (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Page 24.
    29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "Bordergender/Borderfluid". borderline blog. 17 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.
    30. ↑ "Schizophrenia". Mayo Clinic. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    31. ↑ "Decided to make a flag for Skhizeingender since it didn't have one!". 29 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
    32. ↑ "skhizeingender". 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019.
    33. ↑ "Anonymous asks: Are there any psychosis/schizophrenia specific genders/sexualities etc". 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
    34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 Cryptomegha (Gcdzilla, StrangeGloved) (August 2014). "ok so the rly cool people at the neurodivergentkin network and myself are introducing a nonbinary gender that can only be used by neurodivergent people !". gcdzilla.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014.
    35. ↑ Brown, Lydia X. Z. (22 June 2016). "Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences". The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
    36. ↑ Sparrow, Max (June 17, 2017). "What is gendervague?". Transtistic: At the Intersection of Transtistic and Autgender (blog). Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
    37. ↑ Sparrow, Max. "About". Transtistic. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2020. Max Sparrow, Neuroqueer author and gendervague epicene
    38. ↑ http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123466666709/is-there-a-pendogender-flag [Dead link] Archived on 17 July 2023
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    40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 "Pendogender". 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020.
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