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A 2000 post on Usenet described the Christian God as agender. In 2005, another Usenet user wrote that "cultures can have [[transgender]], agender, and [[hypergender]] individuals."<ref name="them2018">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Agender? |work=them. |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=13 June 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |quote=sj Miller |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603030020/https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | A 2000 post on Usenet described the Christian God as agender. In 2005, another Usenet user wrote that "cultures can have [[transgender]], agender, and [[hypergender]] individuals."<ref name="them2018">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Agender? |work=them. |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=13 June 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |quote=sj Miller |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603030020/https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
Linguistic research by Zimman and Hayworth suggests that "agender" was part of the discourse in gender-related [[Livejournal]] communities in the early-to-late 2000s. While the term appeared less often in discussions by members of "ftm" and "genderqueer" than the terms "genderqueer" or "genderfuck", it did become slightly more popular in both communities in the late '00s.<ref>Zimman, Lal, and Hayworth, Will. "How we got here: Short-scale change in identity labels for trans, cis, and non-binary people in the 2000s". 2020. Proc Ling Soc Amer 5(1). 499–513. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4728</nowiki></ref><ref>Zimman, Lal, and Hayworth, Will. "Lexical Change as Sociopolitical Change in Trans and Cis Identity Labels: New Methods for the Corpus Analysis of Internet Data". ''Selected Papers from New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 47)''. January 15 2020. <nowiki>https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/45253</nowiki></ref> | |||
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'''cancegender.''' coined by prideful-concerto. "An individual is agender as their “base” gender but experiences fluid/fluxing gender feelings in tandem with their emotions. These gender feelings may confuse or upset the individual and cause their emotional state to go haywire, which causes more gender changes."{{citation needed}} Synonym agenderfluid. | '''cancegender.''' coined by prideful-concerto. "An individual is agender as their “base” gender but experiences fluid/fluxing gender feelings in tandem with their emotions. These gender feelings may confuse or upset the individual and cause their emotional state to go haywire, which causes more gender changes."{{citation needed}} Synonym agenderfluid. | ||
<!--T:26--> | <!--T:26-->'''genderabyss.''' When the person tries to picture their gender all they see is a deep abyss of darkness. | ||
'''genderblank.''' As described by Damloz: Having no gender.{{citation needed}} Also, as described by anonymous: "a gender so indescribable that the only thought one gets when trying to describe it is a blank space"{{citation needed}} | '''genderblank.''' As described by Damloz: Having no gender.{{citation needed}} Also, as described by anonymous: "a gender so indescribable that the only thought one gets when trying to describe it is a blank space"{{citation needed}} | ||
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* [[Eris Young]] is a multi-genre writer known for their debut book ''They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities'', published in fall 2019.<ref name="ampersand">{{Cite web |title=On Writing and Growing: A Q&A with Eris Young |author= |work=The Ampersand Project |date= |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125232720/https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Inglis">{{Cite web |title=Eris Young on They/Them/Their: 'It's like a primer guide to being a non-binary person' |last=Inglis |first=Becca |work=The List |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119230314/https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are agender and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=I identify sometimes or partly as agender but also partly or sometimes as genderqueer!|user= Young_E_H|number =1226903204291600388|date=10 February 2020}}</ref> | * [[Eris Young]] is a multi-genre writer known for their debut book ''They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities'', published in fall 2019.<ref name="ampersand">{{Cite web |title=On Writing and Growing: A Q&A with Eris Young |author= |work=The Ampersand Project |date= |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125232720/https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Inglis">{{Cite web |title=Eris Young on They/Them/Their: 'It's like a primer guide to being a non-binary person' |last=Inglis |first=Becca |work=The List |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119230314/https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are agender and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=I identify sometimes or partly as agender but also partly or sometimes as genderqueer!|user= Young_E_H|number =1226903204291600388|date=10 February 2020}}</ref> | ||
* Jesse "Plumbella" McNamara, a youtuber and twitch streamer known as one of the main heads of the Sims community, came out as agender (along with being asexual and heteroromantic) in a livestream on March 29th, 2021 and in various tweets. {{citation needed}} | * Jesse "Plumbella" McNamara, a youtuber and twitch streamer known as one of the main heads of the Sims community, came out as agender (along with being asexual and heteroromantic) in a livestream on March 29th, 2021 and in various tweets. {{citation needed}} | ||
* Artist Dane Pop Frippery identifies as Agender as of 2022.<ref>https://danepopfrippery.com/</ref> She uses she/her for pronouns. | * Artist Dane Pop Frippery identifies as Agender as of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://danepopfrippery.com/ |title=Archive copy |access-date=2024-05-31 |archive-date=2024-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529145921/https://danepopfrippery.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She uses she/her for pronouns. | ||
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*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082646/http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)]. | *''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082646/http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)]. | ||
*The entire race of [https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Chronicoms Chronicoms] from Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' are vehemently agender, though they are a race of extraterrestrial androids. They use gendered pronouns based on their current form. | *The entire race of [https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Chronicoms Chronicoms] from Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' are vehemently agender, though they are a race of extraterrestrial androids. They use gendered pronouns based on their current form. | ||
*The vessels from Hollow Knight. The vessels are part void, and may thus be gendervoid. Their sibling Hornet is known as “the gendered child”. | |||
* In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". The player can make all other characters genderfree as well, which results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. | * In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". The player can make all other characters genderfree as well, which results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. | ||
* In the ''Roblox'' game ''Phighting!'', all characters are [https://x.com/Soda_Stuff/status/1695214286883168664 confirmed to be agender.] | * In the ''Roblox'' game ''Phighting!'', all characters are [https://x.com/Soda_Stuff/status/1695214286883168664 confirmed to be agender.] | ||
== | == Research == | ||
The informal Gender Census | The informal [[Gender Census]] survey, which asks respondents "How do you describe your gender?" (among other questions), has included a checkbox option for "agender" since its first year (2013).<ref>https://gendercensus.com/results/2013-worldwide/</ref> Of around 2,000 respondents in 2013, 22% selected the "agender" checkbox.<ref>https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2013-worldwide/</ref> In 2024, 11,254 respondents (23.1%) selected this checkbox.<ref>Gender Census 2024 Unprocessed Results.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJXhTOLDdgsv8hQcBc9gStKV-BrInUdF8ZtuObp9x38/edit?gid=779426998#gid=779426998</ref> | ||
A 2019 study investigated the types of microaggressions that agender and gender non-conforming people experience in romantic relationships, drawing upon responses from 200 self-identified gender non-conforming people and 190 agender people.<ref>Pulice-Farrow, L., McNary, S. B., & Galupo, M. P. (2019). ''“Bigender is just a Tumblr thing”: microaggressions in the romantic relationships of gender non-conforming and agender transgender individuals. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 1–20.'' doi:10.1080/14681994.2018.1533245</ref> The survey gave respondents only four options (transmasculine, transfeminine, gender non-conforming, agender) and the demographic information included alongside quotes reveals that participants often described themselves with different words when give a chance (including [[genderqueer]], [[Nonbinary|non-binary]], and [[maverique]]), making it difficult to tell how many people who selected the agender category described themselves as agender outside the constraints of the survey. Therefore, it may be more accurate to frame the study as about microaggressions experienced by people who identify with a range of non-binary identities, including some agender people. | |||
A chapter of the 2022 ''Routledge Handbook of Digital Consumption'' examined how agender people develop and express agender identity on the Internet, arguing Internet spaces enable greater self-expression than offline spaces.<ref>Ketola, M., Selander, S., & Ruvio, A. (2022). "Identity expressions of agender individuals in a digital world". In Llamas, R., & Belk, R. (Eds.),The Routledge Handbook of Digital Consumption (2nd ed.). Routledge. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003317524</nowiki></ref> | |||
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190831184352/http://jmcottle.com/by-the-end-of-this-post-gender-may-not-look-like-a-real-word-anymore/ A Fine Line: J.M. Cottle talks about Genderless identity] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190831184352/http://jmcottle.com/by-the-end-of-this-post-gender-may-not-look-like-a-real-word-anymore/ A Fine Line: J.M. Cottle talks about Genderless identity] | ||
*[http://chroanagram.zxq.net/blog/?p=218 Chroanagram: Gender neutral=Genderless?] | *[http://chroanagram.zxq.net/blog/?p=218 Chroanagram: Gender neutral=Genderless?] | ||
*[http://genderqueerid.com/gq-terms Genderqueer Identities: Genderqueer identities and terms list] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111014042115/http://genderqueerid.com/gq-terms Genderqueer Identities: Genderqueer identities and terms list] | ||
*[http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12685362184/when-activists-dont-represent-christie-elan-cane-and Nonbinary Tumblr: When activists don't represent, Christie Elan-Cane and Gender Identity] | *[http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12685362184/when-activists-dont-represent-christie-elan-cane-and Nonbinary Tumblr: When activists don't represent, Christie Elan-Cane and Gender Identity] | ||
*[http://hellyeahagender.tumblr.com/ Hell Yeah, Agender!] (blog) | *[http://hellyeahagender.tumblr.com/ Hell Yeah, Agender!] (blog) | ||