Genderfaun
Genderfaun (or gendermars) is a term for a type of gender identity which is fluid between multiple genders, but never female or feminine genders.
History
The term Gendermars was coined in 2016 or possibly earlier, as the tumblr blog mogai-lexicon posted about it on 20 February of that year, but did not indicate whether it was a new coining at that time.[1] In May 2017, Genderfaun was coined by tumblr user shadowofthedude, who stated it would be a synonym of gendermars and a complementary term to genderfae.[2]
Demographics
In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, eleven respondents were genderfaun.[3] In the 2020 Gender Census, 50 respondents (0.203% of all respondents) reported they were genderfaun.[4]
Related identities
- Demifaun: A gender which is partially genderfaun and partially not.[5]
- Genderfaer: Fluid between multiple genders, which can include masculine genders but not ever binary male.[6]
- Genderfae: Fluid between multiple genders, but never male nor masculine genders.
- Genderfaunet: Fluid between multiple genders, which can include feminine genders but not ever binary female.[7]
- Genderflor or Gendervae: Fluid between multiple genders but never male nor female. Genderflor was coined by an anonymous submission to tumblr blog beyond-mogai-pride-flags in March 2018[8], whereas Gendervae was coined in January 2021 by Instagram user runawingism.[9]
- Gendersatyr: Fluid between masculine genders and xenic genders, never feminine genders. A subcategory of genderfaun.[10]
- Genderselkie: Fluid between feminine genders and xenic genders, never masculine genders. A subcategory of genderfae.[10]
References
- ↑ "gendermars". MOGAI Lexicon. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "shadowofthedude asked: Uh. I didn't mean to put my ask on anonymous. I'm the genderfaun coiner". 6 May 2017.
- ↑ "Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR". Gender Census. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ↑ GC2020 Public Copy, 1 November 2020
- ↑ "Genderfaun". LGBTA Wiki. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ "Genderfae". LGBTA Wiki. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ "exspiravitgender asked: Hello? I'm looking for a gender that I used to know but can't remember..." xeno-aligned. 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "Anonymous asked: Genderflor- a fluid gender that never encompasses male or female genders". 25 March 2018.
- ↑ Runa (19 January 2021). "Coining a new term!".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 sodabeach (11 November 2020). "Introducing Gendersatyr, Genderselkie, Genderspirit and Genderfruct!". r/lgballt. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
