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* 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 | ||
== History == | ==History== | ||
The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014 to | The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014, as a gender counterpart to quoiromantic and quoisexual.<ref>Epochryphal. Tumblr, 2014. https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/91335142632/wait-shit-the-obvious-word-coinage-quoigender</ref> | ||
== Related identities == | ==Related identities== | ||
* | *[[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 | *[[Exgender|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 | ||
== | ==Flags== | ||
There is no universally-accepted flag for the quoigender identity, but several have been proposed: one by Epochryphal, one by an unknown creator, and a variation based on the former. | |||
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File:Quoi_Epochryphal.png | |||
File:Quoigender.png | |||
File:QuoiTrianglePurple.png | |||
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==See also== | |||
*[[List of nonbinary identities]] | |||
==External Links== | |||
*Ephochryphal: [https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/106762907052/a-note-on-quoi A Note On Quoi-] | |||
==References== | |||
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[[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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| Related identities | greygender, novigender, exgender, |
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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, as a gender counterpart to quoiromantic and quoisexual.[1]
Related identities
- 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
Flags
There is no universally-accepted flag for the quoigender identity, but several have been proposed: one by Epochryphal, one by an unknown creator, and a variation based on the former.
See also
External Links
- Ephochryphal: A Note On Quoi-
References
- ↑ Epochryphal. Tumblr, 2014. https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/91335142632/wait-shit-the-obvious-word-coinage-quoigender