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Multigender means having multiple gender identities, either at the same time or moving between different gender identities at different times. It's an umbrella term, but may also be used as a specific gender identity, and multigender identities all fall under the nonbinary and transgender umbrellas. The multigender umbrella includes bigender, trigender, polygender, pangender, genderfluid, and possibly androgyne. They may or may not seek a physical transition to change their body.^[1]

In a 2015 survey of non-cis people in the USA, 4% of respondents (about 1,108 people) were multigender.^[2]

List of specific kinds of multigender identities[edit | edit source]

Transgender people have created many words for specific kinds of multigender identities. These are some of the most used multigender identities:

abigender is experiencing two distinct genders, either simultaneously or at different times, but only having a loose or vague connection to each gender while also not feeling like either gender is "neutral" or "neither".
ambigender is experiencing two genders simultaneously and without fluidity or shifting.^[3] This word has also been defined as like being ambidextrous, only with gender. It has also been defined as a synonym for bigender (see below).
bigender is an identity with two gender identities. This word can mean both genders at the same time, or moving between two genders. In the latter case, bigender is a specific kind of genderfluid identity.
demiflux is used by polygender or bigender people to describe when one of their genders is static and the other change in intensity and presence.^[4]
genderfluid is a gender identity that changes from one time to the next. For example, a genderfluid person could be both a boy and a girl one day, and then genderless the next.^[5]
pangender is an identity with a wide multiplicity of genders that can tend to the infinite (only includes genders of one's culture. This applies to all other nonbinary genders, because one cannot identify with gender(s) outside their culture).^[6]
polygender is an identity with several gender identities, particularly four or more of them. This can mean at different times, or at the same time.^[7]
trigender is an identity with three gender identities. This word can mean all three at once, or moving between three genders.^[8]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Nersesyan, Mihran (23 June 2018). "What It Means To Be MultiGender: The Questions Many Have, But Are Afraid To Ask". The Body Is Not An Apology. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
↑ "2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report" (PDF). p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambigender Archived on 17 July 2023
↑ http://www.thecsph.org/id-a-day-a-demigender/ Archived on 17 July 2023
↑ Marsh, Sarah (23 March 2016). "The gender-fluid generation: young people on being male, female or non-binary". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
↑ "Pangender". Gender Wiki. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender Archived on 17 July 2023
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender Archived on 17 July 2023

[Nersesyan-1] Nersesyan, Mihran (23 June 2018). "What It Means To Be MultiGender: The Questions Many Have, But Are Afraid To Ask". The Body Is Not An Apology. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[2015USTS-44-2] "2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report" (PDF). p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[3] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambigender Archived on 17 July 2023

[4] ttp://www.thecsph.org/id-a-day-a-demigender/ Archived on 17 July 2023

[Marsh-5] Marsh, Sarah (23 March 2016). "The gender-fluid generation: young people on being male, female or non-binary". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[pangender-6] "Pangender". Gender Wiki. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[7] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender Archived on 17 July 2023

[8] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender Archived on 17 July 2023

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-[[File:Multigender.png|thumb|Multigender flag, designed by Pride Flags on devianart.]]
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-'''Multigender''' is an umbrella term, but may also be used as a specific gender identity. Multigender identities all fall under the [[nonbinary]] and [[Transgender|transgender]] umbrellas. The multigender umbrella includes [[Bigender|bigender]], [[Trigender|trigender]], [[Polygender|polygender]], [[Pangender|pangender]], [[Genderfluid|genderfluid]], and possibly [[Androgyne|androgyne]]. These identities all fall under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] umbrellas. Multigender individuals have more than one gender identity, either at the same time, or moving between different gender identities at different times. A multigender identity doesn't require a particular kind of body, so a multigender person could be [[female]], [[male]], or [[intersex]]. [[Pronouns#They|They]] may or may not seek a physical [[transition]] to change their body.
+| meaning =
+| umbrella = [[Nonbinary]]
+| frequency = 0.7%
+| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Multigender
+}}
+'''Multigender''' means having multiple gender identities, either at the same time or moving between different gender identities at different times. It's an umbrella term, but may also be used as a specific gender identity, and multigender identities all fall under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] umbrellas. The multigender umbrella includes [[bigender]], [[trigender]], [[polygender]], [[pangender]], [[genderfluid]], and possibly [[androgyne]]. They may or may not seek a physical [[transition]] to change their body.<ref name="Nersesyan">{{Cite web |title=What It Means To Be MultiGender: The Questions Many Have, But Are Afraid To Ask |last=Nersesyan |first=Mihran |work=The Body Is Not An Apology |date=23 June 2018 |access-date=24 October 2020 |url= https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/what-it-means-to-be-multigender-the-questions-many-have-but-are-afraid-to-ask/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121645/https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/what-it-means-to-be-multigender-the-questions-many-have-but-are-afraid-to-ask/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
-==List of specific kinds of multigender identities==
+In a 2015 survey of non-[[cis]] people in the USA, 4% of respondents (about 1,108 people) were multigender.<ref name="2015USTS-44">{{Cite web |title=2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report |date= |access-date=23 October 2020 |url= https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf|page=44|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308214644/https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
-Transgender people have created many words for specific kinds of multigender identities. The following list is a specialized glossary of names for specific kinds of multigender identities, in alphabetical order.
+== List of specific kinds of multigender identities ==
+Transgender people have created many words for specific kinds of multigender identities. These are some of the most used multigender identities:
+*[[abigender]] is experiencing two distinct genders, either simultaneously or at different times, but only having a loose or vague connection to each gender while also not feeling like either gender is "neutral" or "neither".
+*[[ambigender]] is experiencing two genders simultaneously and without fluidity or shifting.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambigender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603150128/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambigender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This word has also been defined as like being ambidextrous, only with gender. It has also been defined as a synonym for bigender (see below).
+* [[bigender]] is an identity with two gender identities. This word can mean both genders at the same time, or moving between two genders. In the latter case, bigender is a specific kind of genderfluid identity.
+* [[demiflux]] is used by polygender or bigender people to describe when one of their genders is static and the other change in intensity and presence.<ref>http://www.thecsph.org/id-a-day-a-demigender/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230207085758/http://www.thecsph.org/id-a-day-a-demigender/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
+* [[genderfluid]] is a gender identity that changes from one time to the next. For example, a genderfluid person could be both a boy and a girl one day, and then [[genderless]] the next.<ref name="Marsh">{{Cite web |title=The gender-fluid generation: young people on being male, female or non-binary |last=Marsh |first=Sarah |work=the Guardian |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=24 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/23/gender-fluid-generation-young-people-male-female-trans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604191351/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/23/gender-fluid-generation-young-people-male-female-trans |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
+* [[pangender]] is an identity with a wide multiplicity of genders that can tend to the infinite (only includes genders of one's culture. This applies to all other nonbinary genders, because one cannot identify with gender(s) outside their culture).<ref name="pangender">{{Cite web |title=Pangender |author= |work=Gender Wiki |date=31 August 2018 |access-date=9 November 2020 |url= https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Pangender?oldid=33547 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226231320/https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Pangender?oldid=33547 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
+* [[polygender]] is an identity with several gender identities, particularly four or more of them. This can mean at different times, or at the same time.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230318224627/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
+* [[trigender]] is an identity with three gender identities. This word can mean all three at once, or moving between three genders.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230613021013/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
-'''ambigender.''' As defined by Baaphomett, "Experiencing two genders simultaneously and without fluidity or shifting."<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> This word has also been defined as like being ambidextrous, only with gender. It has also been defined as a synonym for bigender, which see.
+== See also ==
+* [[List of nonbinary identities]]
-'''[[Bigender|bigender]]''' is an identity with two gender identities. This word can mean both genders at the same time, or moving between two genders. In the latter case, bigender is a specific kind of [[Genderfluid|genderfluid]] identity.
+== References ==
+<references/>
-'''blurgender.''' ''See genderfuzz.''
-'''collgender.''' Coined by anonymous in 2014. Having "too many simultaneous genders to describe each one."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92980392639/collgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92980392639/collgender]</ref>
-'''conflictgender.''' Coined by anonymous. "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."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92507151014/conflictgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92507151014/conflictgender]</ref>
-'''cosmicgender.''' Coined by dragon-friker. "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 cannot begin to imagine."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92976290424/cosmicgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92976290424/cosmicgender]</ref> Keywords: size, change
-'''crystagender.''' Coined by anonymous. "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."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92085233584/crystagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92085233584/crystagender]</ref>
-'''deliciagender.''' From Latin ''delicia'' "favorite," coined by twerkingobserver. "To have multiple genders, but preferring how one fits over others. Could be used as deliciagender, or deliciaboy/girl/nonbinary."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92022879679/deliciagender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92022879679/deliciagender]</ref>
-'''duragender.''' From 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>
-'''demiflux.''' Coined by aflutteringlaney. "A term for polygender/bigender individuals to describe when one of their genders is 'static' and the other ranges in intensity and presence." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93548961719/demiflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93548961719/demiflux]</ref>
-'''domgender.''' Coined by: space-gem + agendertouka with special thanks to bigender-why-gender. "Domgender- when you are multiple genders (like polygender) but 1 of those genders is dominant." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91842217919/domgender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91842217919/domgender]</ref>.
-'''fissgender.''' Coined by curiosityismysin. "A gender experience that is in some way split, similar to bigender or demigenders."<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>.
-'''gemelgender.''' "Old French - related to “twin”, “two connected”, “one made to be two”. Having two genders which are equally primary or having a fluid gender which was once one but is currently two, split, separated, or twain." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93322746459/abimegender-old-french-related-to-abyss-from http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93322746459/abimegender-old-french-related-to-abyss-from]</ref>
-'''gendercluster.''' coined by: aetherkinbirb "a gender that is a cluster of multiple sub genders which may overlap sometimes" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93633964509/gendercluster http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93633964509/gendercluster]</ref>.
-'''[[Genderfluid|genderfluid]]''' is a gender identity that changes from one time to the next. For example, a genderfluid person could be both a boy and a girl one day, and then genderless the next.
-'''gendersea.''' Coined by anonymous. "like gendervoid, but related to the ocean. your gender is a vast sea of caverns and depths yet to be discovered. free for all to use but made with [[otherkin]] related to the ocean or sea creatures in mind." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93746653029/gendersea http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93746653029/gendersea]</ref>
-'''genderfuzz.''' coined by lolzmelmel. "having multiple genders that are fuzzy and blurred together, making it impossible to identify each one individually or separate one from the rest. alternative names: blurgender (not to be confused with genderblur)"<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93934693234/genderfuzz http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93934693234/genderfuzz]</ref>
-'''genderfractal.''' ''See genderspiral.''
-'''genderspiral.''' Coined by anonymous. "a gender that seems to spiral downward into more genders when you try to figure it out." Syn. genderswirl, genderfractal <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93633698059/genderspiral http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93633698059/genderspiral]</ref>
-'''genderswirl.''' ''See genderspiral.''
-'''gendervex.''' ''See gyaragender.''
-'''gyaragender'''. Coined by bigender-why-gender. "having multiple genders but not understanding any of them. Gyaragirl/Gyarafeminine - having multiple genders with feminine qualities that you don’t understand. Gyaraboy/Gyaramasculine - having multiple genders with masculine qualities that you don’t understand."<ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91778515799/gyaragender-gendervex http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91778515799/gyaragender-gendervex]</ref>
-'''libragender.''' Coined by libragender  "gender that is mostly agender, but has a strong connection to a different gender; a scale, where one side is agender and one side is male/female. The agender outweighs the male/female, but male/female is still there" <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735227414/libragender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735227414/libragender]</ref>
-'''ogligender.''' Coined by anonymous. You have three to five genders, inclusive. <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92973808014/ogligender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92973808014/ogligender]</ref> Note that if a person has three genders, they can also call themself tri-gender, which see.
-'''[[Pangender|pangender]]''' is an identity with a wide multiplicity of genders that can tend to the infinite (ONLY includes genders of one's culture. This applies to all other nonbinary genders, because one cannot identify with gender(s) outside their culture).
-'''[[Polygender|polygender]]''' is an identity with several gender identities, particularly four or more of them. This can mean at different times, or at the same time.
-'''[[Trigender|trigender]]''' is an identity with three gender identities. This word can mean all three at once, or moving between three genders. Note that if a person has three to five genders, inclusive, they can also call themself ogligender, which see.
-==See also==
-*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
-*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]
-==References==
-<references/>
 [[Category:Nonbinary identities]]
- {{imported from nonbinary.wiki| type = page|It is part of nonbinary.wiki's import of the original Nonbinary Wiki and is licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY 3.0].}}

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