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Soon after, some Tumblr users began to argue "that aliagender is racist in that it is basically just a whitewashed version of [[third gender]]," for no other reason than it was a nonbinary gender.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anonymous said: isn't aporagender just basically aliagender tho?|url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88333981434/isnt-aporagender-just-basically-aliagender-tho|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511233418/http://aporagender.tumblr.com:80/post/88333981434/isnt-aporagender-just-basically-aliagender-tho|archive-date=11 May 2016|date=10 June 2014}}</ref> In response, another person coined "aporagender" as an alternative to aliagender, due to concerns that aliagender might be "racist or appropriative."<ref name="aporagender vs aliagender">Zoë or Leo. "Aporagender vs. Aliagender." ''ZoboTheHob0'' (personal blog). https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212831/https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/103601097145/aporagender-vs-aliagender</ref> Aliagender was never meant to be a whitewashed version of third gender, and there is no reason to interpret that way. Zoë or Leo clarified that "they did not intend for aliagender to be harmful in any way, and was created to describe an 'othering' concept of gender."<ref name="aporagender vs aliagender" /> | Soon after, some Tumblr users began to argue "that aliagender is racist in that it is basically just a whitewashed version of [[third gender]]," for no other reason than it was a nonbinary gender.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anonymous said: isn't aporagender just basically aliagender tho?|url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88333981434/isnt-aporagender-just-basically-aliagender-tho|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511233418/http://aporagender.tumblr.com:80/post/88333981434/isnt-aporagender-just-basically-aliagender-tho|archive-date=11 May 2016|date=10 June 2014}}</ref> In response, another person coined "aporagender" as an alternative to aliagender, due to concerns that aliagender might be "racist or appropriative."<ref name="aporagender vs aliagender">Zoë or Leo. "Aporagender vs. Aliagender." ''ZoboTheHob0'' (personal blog). https://web.archive.org/web/20200720212831/https://zobothehob0.tumblr.com/post/103601097145/aporagender-vs-aliagender</ref> Aliagender was never meant to be a whitewashed version of third gender, and there is no reason to interpret that way. Zoë or Leo clarified that "they did not intend for aliagender to be harmful in any way, and was created to describe an 'othering' concept of gender."<ref name="aporagender vs aliagender" /> | ||
Vesper H., the blogger and vlogger behind Queer as Cat, has written against claims that terms such as aliagender, [[aporagender]], and [[maverique]] (which they coined) are racist. According to Vesper, themself black, where third gender is "a prescriptive term forced onto others without their consent"<ref name=":0">https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/137554950446/re-maverique-aporagender-aliagender-and-third</ref> used to other cultural identities, terms such as aliagender were specific gender identities that were not used to contain and erase cultural identities.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent called themself aliagender.<ref name=NBGQ2016>"NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." ''Gender Census.'' March 19, 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents called themselves aliagender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - The Worldwide tl;dr." ''Gender Census'' (blog). March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2020. https://gendercensus.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</ref> | In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent called themself aliagender.<ref name=NBGQ2016>"NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." ''Gender Census.'' March 19, 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents called themselves aliagender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - The Worldwide tl;dr." ''Gender Census'' (blog). March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2020. https://gendercensus.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</ref> | ||