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'''Quoigender''' (from French ''quoi'', ''quoi'' "what" + "gender") is a nonbinary gender identity with several definitions: | '''Quoigender''' (from French ''quoi'', ''quoi'' "what" + "gender") is a [[nonbinary]] gender identity with several definitions: | ||
* someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them | * someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them | ||
* someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them | * someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them | ||
* can be used as an alternative to "questioning", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself | * can be used as an alternative to "[[questioning]]", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself | ||
* someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender | * someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender | ||
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* E(x)gender - similar to agender but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender | * E(x)gender - similar to agender but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender | ||
* Novigender - an experience with gender which is so complicated or difficult to understand that it cannot be pinned down to one word | * Novigender - an experience with gender which is so complicated or difficult to understand that it cannot be pinned down to one word | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[List of nonbinary identities]] | |||
[[Category:Nonbinary identities]] | [[Category:Nonbinary identities]] | ||
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This page is about a gender identity that is not widely used among gender-variant people. This does not mean that the identity is not valid, but that very few people are known to use this term. More information on uncommon identities... |
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Quoigender (from French quoi, quoi "what" + "gender") is a nonbinary gender identity with several definitions:
- someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them
- someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them
- can be used as an alternative to "questioning", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself
- someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender
History
The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014 to go along with quoiromantic and quoisexual.
Related identities
- Grey-/Graygender - someone who has a gender, but feels less invested in it or connected to it than other people seem to
- E(x)gender - similar to agender but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender
- Novigender - an experience with gender which is so complicated or difficult to understand that it cannot be pinned down to one word