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'''[[Ambonec]]''' is a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] in which a person identifies as both [[female]], [[male]] and neither at the same time. Coined by transmalenaoto (nbshadow) in 2014,<ref name="ambonec coined">[https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95721021539/ambonec-an-for-short Reblog of mogai-archive post], 25 August 2014</ref><ref>https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/172710343306/term-of-the-day-ambonec</ref> from Latin ''ambo'' "both" + ''nec'' "neither". Described by the one who coined it as a nonbinary "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time. You can lean towards any sort of [[gender expression]] [...] if you wanted. You can use [any] [[pronouns]] if you wanted. You can identify this within bi/tri/qua/etc if you wanted. You can be [[demigender|demi]]-[ambonec], meaning there could be circumstances where it changes (mood, etc). You do not need [[gender dysphoria|dysphoria]] to identify as [ambonec]."<ref name="nbshadow">nbshadow. [http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short]</ref> Abbreviation: AN.<ref name="nbshadow" /><ref>"Terms." ''Queer Querys'' (blog). [http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms]</ref><ref name="ambonec coined" /> | '''[[Ambonec]]''' is a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] in which a person identifies as both [[female]], [[male]] and neither at the same time. Coined by transmalenaoto (nbshadow) in 2014,<ref name="ambonec coined">[https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95721021539/ambonec-an-for-short Reblog of mogai-archive post], 25 August 2014</ref><ref>https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/172710343306/term-of-the-day-ambonec</ref> from Latin ''ambo'' "both" + ''nec'' "neither". Described by the one who coined it as a nonbinary "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time. You can lean towards any sort of [[gender expression]] [...] if you wanted. You can use [any] [[pronouns]] if you wanted. You can identify this within bi/tri/qua/etc if you wanted. You can be [[demigender|demi]]-[ambonec], meaning there could be circumstances where it changes (mood, etc). You do not need [[gender dysphoria|dysphoria]] to identify as [ambonec]."<ref name="nbshadow">nbshadow. [http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short]</ref> Abbreviation: AN.<ref name="nbshadow" /><ref>"Terms." ''Queer Querys'' (blog). [http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms]</ref><ref name="ambonec coined" /> | ||
Similarly, | Similarly, "genderdox" means simultaneously having two genders and being genderless. The term was coined by Tumblr user htt in 2014 and is based on the word "paradox."<ref>"Genderdox." ''Mogai-Archive'' (blog). 2014. http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91735540374/genderdox {{dead link}}</ref> | ||
An anonymous submitter to the ''Mogai-Archive'' blog in 2014 also proposed a similar paradoxical gender: | An anonymous submitter to the ''Mogai-Archive'' blog in 2014 also proposed a similar paradoxical gender: Oppogender, meaning "when you feel/are two (or more) contradicting or generally ‘opposite’ genders at the same time, such as being simultaneously completely gender-null and another gender."<ref>"Oppogender." ''Mogai-Archive'' (blog). 2014. http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93888807159/oppogender {{dead link}}</ref> The post listed several alternative names as well: contrarigender, divergender, and discrepantgender. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In a 2004 issue of the feminist magazine ''Off Our Backs'', a transgender lesbian named Sam Bullington wrote | In a 2004 issue of the feminist magazine ''Off Our Backs'', a transgender lesbian named Sam Bullington wrote, "I understand myself to be simultaneously and serially both man and woman, as well as neither."<ref>Bullington, S. (2004). Transgendered Feminist Body Issues. ''Off Our Backs'', issue 34, p34–36.</ref> | ||
==Ambonec characters in fiction== | ==Ambonec characters in fiction== | ||
This is a list of characters that are described, either in canon or by their creators, as "ambonec," "female, male, and neither," or similar wording. For a more broad list of nonbinary characters, see [[Nonbinary gender in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction]]. | |||
* In episode two of the anime show ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', Gainax, 2007, episode 2</ref> | * In episode two of the anime show ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', Gainax, 2007, episode 2</ref> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Ambonec Ambonec on | *[http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Ambonec Ambonec on Gender Wiki] | ||
*[http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short | *[http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short Queerascat's blog post on Ambonec] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||