Xenogender
Xenogenders aren't valid, they're mocking the trans and especially the nonbinary community.
List of xenogenders
Aesthetgender
- Name(s): Aesthetgender, Aesthetigender, Aestheticgender, or Videgender.[1]
- Origin: Coined by curiosityismysin.[1]
- Meaning: "A gender experience that is derived from, or the embodiment of, an aesthetic." There are many kinds of aesthetigenders,[1] and as such, aesthetigender can be considered an umbrella term within xenogender.
- Keywords: abstract concepts, aesthetic, symbols, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, three respondents said they were this.[2] In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent was aestheticgender and one was aesthetigender.[3] In the 2021 Gender Census, six respondents were aesthetigender, two respondents were videgender, one was aestheticgender, and one was "aesthetic gender".[4]
Aliengender
- Name(s): Aliengender.
- Origin: Coined by genderghoul.[5]
- Meaning: "A gender that is an interpretation of a gender or genders, from a nonhuman perspective. may or may not like to fit into a gender and adopt a gender, but in a sort of ‘alien trying out foreign species’s gender’ way. Can be combined with relevant genders."[5]
- Keywords: alien, species, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent said they were this.[2] In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent was aliengender, one was "alien-gender", one was "gender alien", and 13 respondents wrote in "alien" as an identity.[3]
Astralgender
- Name(s): Astralgender.
- Origin: Astralgender's original coining post can no longer be found. However, the term appears on a list of definitions published on Sep 6, 2015.[7] Therefore, the term was created on or before that date.
- Meaning: A gender that feels connected to space.[6]
- Keywords: nature, space, place, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent said they were this.[2] In the 2020 Gender Census, no respondents.[3]
Astrumgender
- Name(s): Astrumgender.
- Origin: Coined by Tumblr user angelknivesmogai on June 21st, 2020.[8]
- Meaning: "A gender that feels deeply connected to stars and constellations, like lights in a void, or like there is a light bursting within you!!"
- Keywords: stars, space, celestial, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2021 Worldwide Gender Census, three respondents said they were astrumgender.[4]
Boggender
- Origin: Coined by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-archive blog on Tumblr in 2014.[9]
- Meaning: A gender that feels like, or can be compared to a bog, swamp, marsh or similar.[9]
- Keywords: nature, water, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, no respondents said they were this, although one did say "my gender is fluid like a bog," and another one said their gender was "bog monster."[2]
Caelgender
- Name(s): Caelgender.
- Origin: Coined by Tumblr user transmomoi in a post to the MOGAI-archive blog in 2014.[10]
- Meaning: A gender which shares qualities with outer space or has the aesthetic of space, stars, nebulae, etc.[10]
- Keywords: sky, nature, space, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent said they were this.[2]
Catgender
- Name(s): Catgender, Felinegender, Kittygender, Kittengender, Meowgender, Mewgender.
- Meaning: "A xenogender used by individuals who identify as/strongly connect with cats and felines."[13]
- Keywords: cats, kittens, felines
- Demographics: In the 2019 Gender Census, one respondent was catgender.[2] In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.[3] In the 2021 Gender Census, 80 people entered catgender as part of their identity words.[4]
For more flags, see Category:Catgender pride flags.
Contigender
- Name(s): Contigender.
- Origin: Coined by Tumblr user hardcoreshounen in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.[14]
- Meaning: "1. a gender that flows through space and time and constantly changes, always moving 2. a gender of or related to space and time. this gender can be used by itself or along with another gender to describe its state of movement e.g. a conti agender or a contigender demigirl."[14]
- Keywords: space, time, movement, change, genderfluid, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent said they were this.[2]
Cosmicgender
- Name(s): Cosmicgender.
- Origin: Coined by Tumblr user dragon-friker in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.[16]
- Meaning: "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."[16]
- Keywords: size, change, space,cosmic, stars, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents said they were this.[2] In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent.[3]
Cryptogender
- Name(s): cryptogender, or gendercryptic.[17]
- Origin: Coined by Tumblr user puurpel in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.[17]
- Meaning: "A gender one can’t discern, describe or define in human words. a gender one is puzzled by and can’t put a finger on, as it feels like it is and it isn’t there without following any particular pattern, sometimes even at the same time. the impenetrability, ambiguity and uncertainty that surround this gender are vaguely reminiscing of cryptids, ghouls and the paranormal."[17]
- Keywords: indefinable, spooky, supernatural, questioning, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, no respondents said they were cryptogender or gendercryptic, but one said they were cryptofem, which may be related.[2]
Dryagender
- Name(s): Dryadgender.
- Origin: Coined by maromoroney.[18]
- Meaning: A form of agender but with more of a connection to an empty forest. (In reference to the Greek nymphs).[18]
- Keywords: genderless, nature, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent said they were this.[2]
Egogender
- Name(s): Egogender or Charagender.
- Origin: Coined by Tumblr users queerspike and flynneleh in 2014.[19]
- Meaning: "latin/greek prefix ego, meaning self, i (first person); a gender that is solely based on yourself, and no words seem to define it other than me gender, [name] gender, i’m just who i am and my gender is mine."[19] "One may also use (name)gender with their name inserted for a synonymous term."[20]
- Keywords: namegender, personal, unique, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, three respondents said they were egogender.[2]
Energender
- Name(s): Energender.
- Origin: Coined by anoddlittleplace.[21]
- Meaning: A gender that seems to be like a ball of energy, shifting and moving rapidly and not being able to be quite pinned down, though its basic components are somewhat known, such as being partially female, partially male, partially anything really, but there being more core genders that are harder to pin down. Can be used in ways like Energender girl, Energender boy, Energender nb, etc.[21]
- Keywords: genderfluid, indescribable, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2020 Gender Census, two respondents were energender.[3]
Ethegender
- Name(s): Ethegender, Delicagender, Daingender, Ethereagender, or Elegender.[22]
- Origin: Coined by Tumblr user robotxt.[22]
- Meaning: A gender up to interpretation by individuals, but in essence is an ethereal gender that is unable to be understood by either the individual or others; a gender that cannot be explained; a dainty, elegant, or delicate gender. [22]
- Keywords: indescribable, unique, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one response was ethegender, and one was elegender.[2]
Gendervoid
- Name(s): Gendervoid.
- Origin: Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user Baaphomett in a submission to the MOGAI-archive blog.[23]
- Meaning: "A gender consisting of the void (also/originally used to mean the same thing as genderless)."[23]
- Keywords: abstract, genderless, size, shape, space, texture, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 91 of the respondents (0.81%) called their gender "void," "voidgender," "gendervoid," or other variations.[2]
Niveigender
- Name(s): Niveigender.
- Origin: Coined in February 2020 by an anonymous user.[24]
- Meaning: "a snowy, chill gender that's kinda soft. A light cover, also very soothing." The adjective for describing a person with this gender is "nivalis".[24]
- Keywords: snow, cold, winter, soft, soothing
- Demographics: In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent was niveigender.[3]
Pyrogender
- Name(s): Pyrogender.
- Origin: Coined in 2017 by an anonymous submitter to ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com.[25]
- Meaning: "A gender that feels like fire! Pyrogender holds a much stronger aesthetic connection with fire than firegender. Not just the movement of the fire (as with firegender), but also the heat of the fire (excitement/happiness about the gender) and consumption of fuel to keep it burning (eating up other genders to keep the main one going, in a way)."[25]
- Keywords: fire, flame, heat, burning
- Demographics: In the 2021 Gender Census, one respondent was pyrogender.[4]
Robogender
- Name(s): robogender
- Origin:
- Meaning: By one definition, a neurogender for neurodivergent people "who feel a bit robotic and take comfort in it".[26] By another definition, not a neurogender: for "people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise", regardless of masculinity or femininity.[27]
- Keywords: neurogender, noungender, robot, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, none of the 11,242 respondents said they were this, though six responses used the words robot or robo-.[2]
Staticgender
- Name(s): Staticgender.
- Origin:
- Meaning: "A gender which can best be described as TV static; fuzzy and incomprehensible."[28]
- Keywords: unknown, unknowable, television static, xenogender
- Demographics: In the 2020 Gender Census, one respondent was staticgender.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Misc genders coined by curiosityismysin." Mogai-Archive. Original post, lost: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91781455594/misc-genders-coined-by-curiosityismysin Archive of that post: https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95719388744/misc-genders-coined-by-curiosityismysin Archive of that archive: http://archive.is/EdXy8#selection-93.3-93.79
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 "Gender Census 2019 - The Worldwide tl;dr." Gender Census (blog). March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2020. https://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 GC2020 Public Copy, 1 November 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "aliengender". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Astralgender flag by Helkie-three on DeviantArt". www.deviantart.com. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ "Gender Master List". Genderfluid Support (blog). Archived from the original on 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "Astrumgender". hi! my name is knives!. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "purrloin is SHIT". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "caelgender". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ "Gender path of self-discovery: says jokingly, "My gender is Cat". Wonders, "was I really kidding?" Cannot adequately find reason why gender is not Cat. #The Genders #catgender". 7 July 2014.
- ↑ "Yesterday i met a sweet person". 26 April 2017.
- ↑ "What is Catgender?".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "contigender". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Cosmicgender-Pride-Flag-558309051
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "cosmicgender". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "purrloin is SHIT". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "dryagender". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "genders coined by queerspike". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ Im confused abt my gender tbh, with gender im just like "ehhh imma do my own thing"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "purrloin is SHIT". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 "elegender". purrloin is SHIT. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Stormy (17 February 2020). "Here's a flag for a new gender term!". Archived from the original on 25 February 2020.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Pyrogender". Ask Pride Color Schemes. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ↑ wormhaze. "robogender". all about xenogenders/neogenders. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ↑ Big Sis Faunus [@SL33PY_M4G3] (3 June 2020). "robogender is a term used by people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise! they can feel feminine, masculine, or any other way and still be robogender! thats what the blue, pink, and white lines are for!!" – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Anonymous asked: I dunno if you're able to make a flag for this, but I created a new term called "Incogender."". ask-pride-color-schemes (blog). 25 September 2017. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
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