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'''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] related to '''swarmgenders''' and '''hivegenders'''<ref>https://mogai-and-me.tumblr.com/post/673177936648683520/apotheoseity-hi-heres-a-xenogender-for</ref>. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction.<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-does-a-real-hive-mind-work-the-secret-life-of-bees-explained-20220407-p5aboo.html</ref><ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref> | '''Drone''' is an uncommon [[gender identity]] related to '''swarmgenders''' and '''hivegenders'''<ref>https://mogai-and-me.tumblr.com/post/673177936648683520/apotheoseity-hi-heres-a-xenogender-for</ref>. Swarm-based gender systems are common in the insect world and in science fiction.<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-does-a-real-hive-mind-work-the-secret-life-of-bees-explained-20220407-p5aboo.html</ref><ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hive_minds</ref> | ||
In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}} | In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}} | ||
==Queer Understanding== | ==Queer Understanding== | ||
All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" / | All understandings of the hivemind and the drone are inherently nonbinary. The conception of gender held by an ant or a bee is not a man/woman dichotomy of male homeowner and female childbearer, bees have three genders.<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/10/3733766.htm</ref> For bees, female workers manage all the non-reproductive tasks of the hive and are sterile.<ref>https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/</ref> Star Trek's Borg drones are queer<ref>https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer</ref>, and the minions of the Zerg have no use for gender.<ref>https://www.starcraftforum.com/threads/zerg-protoss-genders.117/</ref> The drones of a simulated swarm, like virtually all computer programs, have no gender. Trans people choosing to give up gender in favour of dronification relive their transgender experiences in a safe environment.<ref name=":4" /> | ||
This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents (a total of 6 respondent) identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}} | This has lead to some people taking on nonbinary identities specifically as a drone. In the 2023 Gender Census, less than 0.1 % of 40,375 respondents (a total of 6 respondent) identified as such.{{Gender Census|2023}} | ||