Gender neutral

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Gender neutral aka neutral gender is an identity under the nonbinary and transgender umbrellas. Gender neutral individuals have a neutral gender identity or expression, or identify with the preference for gender neutral language and pronouns.

Gender neutral
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Meaning
This identity does not have a flag
Related identities agender, neutrois

This is similar to and often overlaps with the experience of being agender, genderless, or having no gender identity.

Neutrois identity is often described as being a neutral gender identity.

Notable neutral people

See main article: Notable nonbinary people

There are many more notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the words gender neutral, neutral gender, or neutral for themselves.

  • Notable nonbinary people#Claude Cahun (1894 - 1954) was a surrealist artist who was a resistance worker against the Nazi occupation of France in WWII. In Cahun's autobiography, Disavowals, they explained, “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.”[1]

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Neutral characters in fiction

See main article: Nonbinary gender in fiction

There are many more nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words gender neutral, neutral gender, or neutral, either in their canon, or by their creators.

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See also

External links

  1. Cahun, Claude (2008). Disavowals : or cancelled confessions. The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262533034. OCLC 922878515.