Neurogender

Neurogender is an umbrella term to describe when someone's gender is somehow linked to their neurotype, mental illness, or neurological conditions. There are many different neurogenders related to most, if not all, neurodivergencies. Not everyone who is neurodivergent has a neurogender, but each neurogender is exclusive to certain neurotypes. Oftentimes there are similar terms available to neurotypicals who have similar experiences and don't wish to appropriate.

Neurogender flag created by aflutteringlaney. The colored bars are to represent the spectrum of different neurotypes and gender identities that neurodivergent individuals have. The infinity symbol is to represent neurodiversity.^[1]

List of Neurogenders

There are many kinds of neurogenders, some of which are only for people with certain neurotypes. This list is in alphabetical order.

Affectugender

Affectugender flag created by Kiloueka.^[2] The flag design was created to represent fluctuating moods (yellow (happy/manic) to blue (sad/depressed) and yellow to red (anger).

Affectugender (coined by witchtao^[3]) is defined as a gender that is affected by one’s neurodivergency especially fluctuating moods, e.g. feeling like a boy during depressive episodes and feeling more like a demigirl during happy/manic episodes. This is under the neurogender and xenogender umbrella categories of gender.

Keywords: Depression, mood disorders, bipolar, BPD

Anxiegender

Anxiegender: A gender affected by anxiety. Keywords: Anxiety

Autismgender

Autigender flag created by noitspronouncedgif.^[4]

Autigender or Autismgender (coined by autismgender and esperancegirl) is defined as "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic;" when your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism.

Similar or related: fascigender

Bordergender

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Bordergender flag created by npdizaya.^[5]

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Alternate

Bordergender or Borderfluid (coined by izayaorihahaha^[6]) is defined as a fluctuating gender experienced exclusively by people with BPD. A gender identity lacking a firm grasp on ones identity, while still experiencing gender, to varying degrees, but having trouble pinning it down to just one label or identity. Having the sense of grasping at labels as much as possible to describe a gender we keep questioning because we keep second guessing our sense of selves and, consequentially, our sense of gender.

Caedogender

Caedogender flag created by Kiloueka.^[7] The flag design was created to look like the colors representing certain genders were being "cut out" by the gray bars.

Caedogender, or Caedgender is defined as a gender which has been “cut away” by a traumatic event. A gender that was once felt but has been damaged or lost due to trauma.

Keywords: PTSD, trauma

Caedogirl or Caedgirl
Caedoboy or Caedboy

Cavusgender

Cavusgender flag created by Dawnrunner.^[8]

Alternate

Cavusgender is defined as a gender for people with depression. You feel one gender when not depressed and another when depressed. The gender felt whilst depressed can be attached as a suffix (eg cavusboy, cavusgirl, cavusnonbinary, cavusace.)

Cloudgender

Flag

Alternate

Cloudgender is defined as a gender which cannot be fully realized or seen clearly due to depersonalization/derealization disorder. This is a kind of neurogender.

Keywords: depersonalization, derealization

Commogender

Commogender (coined by transmomoi^[9]) is defined as a feeling that one is definitely not cisgender, but is unable to define what their gender is due to mental exhaustion. May be used as commoboy/commogirl if the person identifies with a binary gender for convenience.

Keywords: stress, exhaustion

Commogirl flag created by pride-flags-for-us.^[10]
Commoboy

Corugender

Corugender or Flashgender (coined by gmaora^[11]) is defined as a gender identity that changes during and around flashbacks.

Keywords: PTSD, flashbacks

Corugirl
Coruboy

Cyclogender

Cyclogender: Describes a bipolar person whose gender identity is tied to what type of episode (manic, hypomanic, depressive, mixed, etc.) they are experiencing at that moment. Keywords: Bipolar

Divigender

Divigender: A feeling that one’s gender is split or divided due to a dissociative disorder. Keywords: DID, dissociation

Fascigender

Fascigender flag created by noitspronouncedgif.^[12]

Fascigender (coined by autisticjakeenglish^[13]) is defined as a gender experience largely related to an autistic special interest.

Keywords: autism, Asperger's syndrome

Foggender

Foggender flags created by Kiloueka.^[14] The flag design was created to resemble fog masking over the colors representing certain genders.

Foggender (coined by autisticlynx^[15]) is defined as a gender which is close to a certain gender, but cannot be directly pinpointed due to brainfog (a lack of concentration or wakefulness associated with ADHD, fibromyalgia, depression, etc.) Foggender is a kind of neurogender.

Keywords: Brainfog, ADHD, depression, bipolar, fibromyalgia

Foggirl
Fogboy
Fogfluid

Genderanxious

Genderanxious: A gender that is undefined because the act of finding a label, or of having a gender, is a trigger for anxiety. Keywords: Anxiety

Genderdisordered

Genderdisordered: A gender that is heavily influenced by, or unable to be defined because of disorganized thinking or a thought disorder.

Genderfake

Genderfake: Feeling that your gender is part of your hallucinations or delusions. Keywords: Schizophrenia, delusion, hallucination,

Gendermute

Gendermute. A label for selectively mute people, which describes a gender that can only be expressed at certain times, in safe environments. Keywords: Selective mutism, autism,

Genderwhat

Genderwhat. Being unable to understand the concept of gender or of having a gender due to neurodivergence.

Illusogender

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