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'''Demigender''' (from ''demi'' "half" + "gender") is an [[umbrella term]] for [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity|gender identities]] that have a partial connection to a certain gender. This includes the partly [[female]] identity '''demigirl,''' and the partly [[male]] identity '''demiboy'''. There are other partial genders using the "demi-" prefix for the same reasons. For example, '''deminonbinary''', '''demifluid''', '''demiflux''', and so on. Like nonbinary, '''demigender''' is also an identity within itself, for people who feel connection to the concept of gender rather than certain genders. Being a demigender "is not dependent on how much (as in percentage) someone identities as one gender; it solely depends on if a person identifies as partially. For some, they may identify with two or more genders while others may not."<ref name="Savage">{{Cite web |title=Demigender Definitions |author=Savage |work=A Safe Place for Demigenders |date=11 November 2014 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions}}</ref>

A demigirl is someone who only partially (not wholly) identifies as a girl or woman, whatever their assigned gender at birth.<ref>http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/55798-definitions-master-list/ AVEN: Definitions Master List</ref> They may or may not identify as another gender<ref name="Queeries">{{Cite web |title=Some Genderqueer Identities |author= |work=Gender Queeries |date= |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/identities}}</ref> in addition to feeling partially a girl or woman. May also use the terms demigal, demifemale or demiwoman.

 

Alternatively, demigirl can be used to describe someone [[Assigned_at_birth#Assigned_Gender_At_Birth|assigned female at birth]] who feels but the barest association with that identification, though not a significant enough dissociation to create real physical discomfort or dysphoria, or someone assigned male at birth who is trans feminine but not wholly binary-identified, so that they feel more strongly associated with “female” than “male,” socially or physically, but not strongly enough to justify an absolute self-identification as "woman".<ref>http://genderqueerid.com/gq-terms</ref>

A demiboy, also called demiguy, is someone whose gender identity is only ''partly'' male, regardless of their [[sex#Gender Assigned At Birth|assigned gender at birth]].<ref>http://asexualityorg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gender&amp;action=print&amp;thread=9 Definitions Master List</ref> They may or may not identify as another gender<ref name="Queeries" /> in addition to feeling partially a boy or man. They may also define their identity as both male and genderless ([[Agender|agender]]).

[[File:demiflux.png|thumb|<translate><!--T:19--> Demiflux flag</translate>]]

* Irish journalist [[Kay Cairns]] identifies as a [[genderqueer]]<ref name="mcguire">{{Cite web |title=Beyond the binary: what does it mean to be genderfluid? |last=McGuire |first=Peter |work=The Irish Times |date=9 November 2015 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/beyond-the-binary-what-does-it-mean-to-be-genderfluid-1.2418434 }}</ref> demiguy.<ref name="OCallaghan">{{Cite web |title=Gender fluidity: Break free from being identified as male or female |last=O'Callaghan |first=Helen |work=Irish Examiner |date=3 October 2015 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/gender-fluidity-break-free-from-being-identified-as-male-or-female-356787.html}}</ref>

* Dr. [[Sand Chang]] uses a number of varying gender terms for themself, including demiboy.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

* [[Sam de Leve]] is an American who plays non-binary characters for the Geek & Sundry [https://geekandsundry.com/tag/sam-de-leve/] and Saving Throw multimedia networks. They<ref>https://twitter.com/chaikovsky</ref> are also a dancer [https://vimeo.com/233586263] and writer [https://medium.com/@DeLeve]. They describe themself as a "half-boy" in their Twitter bio.

* Indian activist [[Dan Rebello]] is a demiboy.<ref name="Pundir">{{Cite web |title=What it’s Like Being Non-Binary in India, Where Everyone Uses Gendered Pronouns |last=Pundir |first=Pallavi |work=Vice |date=4 February 2020 |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3m3pm/what-its-like-being-non-binary-in-india-where-everyone-uses-gendered-pronouns}}</ref>

* In ''School Spirit: An Unlikely Webseries'', the character Charley Condomine is demigender.<ref name="lezw_Char">{{Cite web |title=Charley Condomine |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=16 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/}}</ref>

* In the dating sim game ''The Office Type'' (still in development), the character Cal is a demigirl and the character Syl is a demiboy.<ref>https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/</ref>

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