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* '''Meaning:''' Has several meanings. A: "a person whose gender is otherworldly and beyond comprehension using earthly terms", B. "a person whose gender cannot be defined no matter how many other terms are created", C. "a person whose gender is that of a star".<ref name="QHCOTD">{{Cite web |title=Orientation and Gender Glossary |author=queerheadcanonoftheday |work=Tumblr |date= |access-date=11 July 2020 |url= https://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517214704/http://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://sickly-cute-anti.tumblr.com/post/185710697172/stargender-an-otherworldly-gender-that-is [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211626/https://sickly-cute-anti.tumblr.com/post/185710697172/stargender-an-otherworldly-gender-that-is Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | * '''Meaning:''' Has several meanings. A: "a person whose gender is otherworldly and beyond comprehension using earthly terms", B. "a person whose gender cannot be defined no matter how many other terms are created", C. "a person whose gender is that of a star".<ref name="QHCOTD">{{Cite web |title=Orientation and Gender Glossary |author=queerheadcanonoftheday |work=Tumblr |date= |access-date=11 July 2020 |url= https://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517214704/http://queerheadcanonoftheday.tumblr.com/definitions |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://sickly-cute-anti.tumblr.com/post/185710697172/stargender-an-otherworldly-gender-that-is [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205211626/https://sickly-cute-anti.tumblr.com/post/185710697172/stargender-an-otherworldly-gender-that-is Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
* '''Keywords:''' indescribable, nature, unnameable, not defined in relation to female or male (xenogender) | * '''Keywords:''' indescribable, nature, unnameable, not defined in relation to female or male (xenogender), space | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, seven respondents called themselves stargender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 14 respondents were stargender and one was starfluid.<ref name="GC2020" /> | *'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, seven respondents called themselves stargender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 14 respondents were stargender and one was starfluid.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2025 Gender Census, 28 respondents were stargender and one was questioning stargender.<ref name="GC2025">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14aonfTvfrYWdN9s3v7dUK2z3SMriMnmONPE2yMl2V6A/edit?gid=956369555#gid=956369555 GC2025 Public Copy], 31 August 2025 [https://web.archive.org/web/20251125145556/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14aonfTvfrYWdN9s3v7dUK2z3SMriMnmONPE2yMl2V6A/edit?gid=956369555#gid=956369555 Archived] on 25 November 2025</ref> | ||
===Staticgender=== | ===Staticgender=== | ||
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===Systemfluid=== | ===Systemfluid=== | ||
* '''Name(s):''' systemfluid, system fluid, system-fluid | *'''Name(s):''' systemfluid, system fluid, system-fluid | ||
* '''Origin:''' | *'''Origin:''' | ||
* '''Meaning:''' "When your system's collective gender changes depending on who's fronting, for systems and plural folk."<ref name="systemfluid">{{Cite web |title=Systemfluid Flag Redesign! |author=Woods, Jeffery |work= |date=15 April 2020|access-date=2 August 2021 |url= https://mogaiphobic.tumblr.com/post/615478197822373888/systemfluid-flag-redesign-systemfluid-when-your|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202030336/https://mogaiphobic.tumblr.com/post/615478197822373888/systemfluid-flag-redesign-systemfluid-when-your|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | *'''Meaning:''' "When your system's collective gender changes depending on who's fronting, for systems and plural folk."<ref name="systemfluid">{{Cite web |title=Systemfluid Flag Redesign! |author=Woods, Jeffery |work= |date=15 April 2020|access-date=2 August 2021 |url= https://mogaiphobic.tumblr.com/post/615478197822373888/systemfluid-flag-redesign-systemfluid-when-your|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202030336/https://mogaiphobic.tumblr.com/post/615478197822373888/systemfluid-flag-redesign-systemfluid-when-your|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
* '''Keywords:''' multiplicity, multiple systems, headmates, alters, DID | *'''Keywords:''' multiplicity, multiple systems, headmates, alters, DID | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, six respondents were systemfluid.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2021 Gender Census, 25 respondents were systemfluid/system fluid.<ref name="GC2021" /> | *'''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, six respondents were systemfluid.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2021 Gender Census, 25 respondents were systemfluid/system fluid.<ref name="GC2021" /> | ||
Various flags for systemfluid can be seen in [[:Category: Systemgender and Systemfluid pride flags]]. | Various flags for systemfluid can be seen in [[:Category: Systemgender and Systemfluid pride flags]]. | ||
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===Systemgender=== | ===Systemgender=== | ||
[[File:Systemgender.png|thumb|A systemgender flag designed by almighty-hail and Tikva.]] | [[File:Systemgender.png|thumb|A systemgender flag designed by almighty-hail and Tikva.]] | ||
* '''Name(s):''' systemgender, system gender, system-gender | *'''Name(s):''' systemgender, system gender, system-gender | ||
* '''Origin:''' | *'''Origin:''' | ||
* '''Meaning:''' "A gender which is defined as a sum of all the genders within a multiple or median system."<ref name="devi_Syst">{{Cite web |title=Systemgender |work=DeviantArt |date=20 January 2018 |access-date=9 November 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Systemgender-726551000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213083037/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Systemgender-726551000 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | *'''Meaning:''' "A gender which is defined as a sum of all the genders within a multiple or median system."<ref name="devi_Syst">{{Cite web |title=Systemgender |work=DeviantArt |date=20 January 2018 |access-date=9 November 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Systemgender-726551000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213083037/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Systemgender-726551000 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
* '''Keywords:''' multiplicity, multiple systems, headmates, alters, DID | *'''Keywords:''' multiplicity, multiple systems, headmates, alters, DID | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, four respondents were systemgender.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2021 Gender Census, 16 respondents were systemgender/system gender/system-gender.<ref name="GC2021" /> | * '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, four respondents were systemgender.<ref name="GC2020" /> In the 2021 Gender Census, 16 respondents were systemgender/system gender/system-gender.<ref name="GC2021" /> | ||
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===Trigender=== | ===Trigender=== | ||
* '''Name(s):''' [[trigender]] | *'''Name(s):''' [[trigender]] | ||
* '''Origin:''' People called themselves trigender before 1999.<ref name="feinberg trans lib">Leslie Feinberg, ''Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink Or Blue'', page 53-4, Beacon Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8070-7951-0, ISBN 978-0-8070-7951-5.</ref><ref name="Elejalde-Ruiz">Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, "[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers For the young, gender is fluid]", ''Chicago Tribune'', November 18, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517225626/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | *'''Origin:''' People called themselves trigender before 1999.<ref name="feinberg trans lib">Leslie Feinberg, ''Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink Or Blue'', page 53-4, Beacon Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8070-7951-0, ISBN 978-0-8070-7951-5.</ref><ref name="Elejalde-Ruiz">Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, "[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers For the young, gender is fluid]", ''Chicago Tribune'', November 18, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517225626/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
* '''Meaning:''' Trigender people experience three genders, either at the same time, or moving between the three at different times.<ref name="feinberg trans lib" /><ref name="Elejalde-Ruiz" /><ref>Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, Pat Griffin, ''Teaching for diversity and social justice'', page 224, CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 0-415-95200-X, 9780415952002.</ref> | *'''Meaning:''' Trigender people experience three genders, either at the same time, or moving between the three at different times.<ref name="feinberg trans lib" /><ref name="Elejalde-Ruiz" /><ref>Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, Pat Griffin, ''Teaching for diversity and social justice'', page 224, CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 0-415-95200-X, 9780415952002.</ref> | ||
* '''Keywords:''' many genders, often changing (genderfluid), three genders | *'''Keywords:''' many genders, often changing (genderfluid), three genders | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 14 respondents called themselves trigender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 24 respondents were trigender, one was trigenderfluid, and one said they were "maybe" trigender.<ref name="GC2020" /> | *'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 14 respondents called themselves trigender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 24 respondents were trigender, one was trigenderfluid, and one said they were "maybe" trigender.<ref name="GC2020" /> | ||
==U== | ==U== | ||
===Unisex=== | ===Unisex=== | ||
* '''Name(s):''' unisex | *'''Name(s):''' unisex | ||
* '''Origin:''' The word dates back to 1968.<ref name="etym_unisex">{{Cite web |title=unisex (adj.) |author= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary |date= |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://www.etymonline.com/word/unisex#etymonline_v_25020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328074347/https://www.etymonline.com/word/unisex|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | *'''Origin:''' The word dates back to 1968.<ref name="etym_unisex">{{Cite web |title=unisex (adj.) |author= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary |date= |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://www.etymonline.com/word/unisex#etymonline_v_25020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328074347/https://www.etymonline.com/word/unisex|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
* '''Meaning:''' "sexually indistinguishable or neutral"<ref name="etym_unisex" /> | *'''Meaning:''' "sexually indistinguishable or neutral"<ref name="etym_unisex" /> | ||
* '''Keywords:''' gender neutral | *'''Keywords:''' gender neutral | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, two respondents called themselves unisex.<ref name="GC2020" /> | *'''Demographics:''' In the 2020 Gender Census, two respondents called themselves unisex.<ref name="GC2020" /> | ||
== V == | ==V== | ||
===Virgender=== | ===Virgender=== | ||
[[File:virgender.png|thumb|Virgender [[Flags|flag]] created by pridearchive.<ref name="virgender">http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91781500576/virgender-pride</ref> The meaning of the flag colors are: '''Red:''' To symbolise the stress/difficulty in having a gender, '''White:''' An amalgamation of all genders '''Black:''' Genderlessness. The red stripes lighten as one goes down the flag to symbolise how one’s stress is causing their gender to get weaker and weaker until it goes to white and the individual is relieved of the stress of keeping up with one’s gender. The white transitions to grey and then to black to symbolise the complete lack of gender.]] | [[File:virgender.png|thumb|Virgender [[Flags|flag]] created by pridearchive.<ref name="virgender">http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91781500576/virgender-pride</ref> The meaning of the flag colors are: '''Red:''' To symbolise the stress/difficulty in having a gender, '''White:''' An amalgamation of all genders '''Black:''' Genderlessness. The red stripes lighten as one goes down the flag to symbolise how one’s stress is causing their gender to get weaker and weaker until it goes to white and the individual is relieved of the stress of keeping up with one’s gender. The white transitions to grey and then to black to symbolise the complete lack of gender.]] | ||
* '''Name(s):''' Virgender | *'''Name(s):''' Virgender | ||
* '''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user stevenuniversequartz.<ref name="virgender" /> | *'''Origin:''' Coined by Tumblr user stevenuniversequartz.<ref name="virgender" /> | ||
* '''Meaning:''' A gender identity that is practically and particularly genderless. This usually happens when it is too stressful or difficult to have a gender. A gender identity that feels weakened by stress, to the point where one is nearly genderless. The prefix comes from the constellation Virgo, the maiden.{{Citation needed}} | *'''Meaning:''' A gender identity that is practically and particularly genderless. This usually happens when it is too stressful or difficult to have a gender. A gender identity that feels weakened by stress, to the point where one is nearly genderless. The prefix comes from the constellation Virgo, the maiden.{{Citation needed}} | ||
* '''Keywords:''' emotions, genderless, stress | *'''Keywords:''' emotions, genderless, stress | ||
'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, two respondents were virgender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, two respondents were virgender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
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{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
== X == | ==X== | ||
=== Xenogender === | ===Xenogender=== | ||
* '''Name(s):''' [[xenogender]] | *'''Name(s):''' [[xenogender]] | ||
* '''Origin:''' From ''xeno'' alien + "gender." Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user Baaphomett, in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="baaphomett masterpost"/> | *'''Origin:''' From ''xeno'' alien + "gender." Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user Baaphomett, in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" /> | ||
* '''Meaning:''' "A gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things."<ref name="baaphomett masterpost"/> An umbrella term for many nonbinary gender identities defined in reference to very different ideas than female or male. | *'''Meaning:''' "A gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things."<ref name="baaphomett masterpost" /> An umbrella term for many nonbinary gender identities defined in reference to very different ideas than female or male. | ||
* '''Keywords:''' external, alien | *'''Keywords:''' external, alien | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 40 of the respondents (0.35%) called themselves "xenogender." Far more called themselves by specific genders that could be seen as under the xenogender umbrella, though that is hard to quantify or differentiate.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | *'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 40 of the respondents (0.35%) called themselves "xenogender." Far more called themselves by specific genders that could be seen as under the xenogender umbrella, though that is hard to quantify or differentiate.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
===Xirl=== | ===Xirl=== | ||
* '''Name(s):''' xirl | *'''Name(s):''' xirl | ||
* '''Origin:''' | *'''Origin:''' | ||
* '''Meaning:''' "Someone who identifies in some way as a [[Woman#Nonbinary_women|nonbinary girl]] or nonbinary girl-adjacent. Someone who identifies with some part of woman/girlhood but who wants a more nonbinary and neutral sounding word because they aren't entirely girls or don't want to be associated with the typical ideas brought up by the word 'girl.'"<ref>https://nandbaremyfavouriteletters.tumblr.com/post/132010965767/xirl-someone-who-identifies-in-some-way-as-a [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205210326/https://nandbaremyfavouriteletters.tumblr.com/post/132010965767/xirl-someone-who-identifies-in-some-way-as-a Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | *'''Meaning:''' "Someone who identifies in some way as a [[Woman#Nonbinary_women|nonbinary girl]] or nonbinary girl-adjacent. Someone who identifies with some part of woman/girlhood but who wants a more nonbinary and neutral sounding word because they aren't entirely girls or don't want to be associated with the typical ideas brought up by the word 'girl.'"<ref>https://nandbaremyfavouriteletters.tumblr.com/post/132010965767/xirl-someone-who-identifies-in-some-way-as-a [https://web.archive.org/web/20201205210326/https://nandbaremyfavouriteletters.tumblr.com/post/132010965767/xirl-someone-who-identifies-in-some-way-as-a Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
* '''Keywords:''' femme, nonbinary woman | * '''Keywords:''' femme, nonbinary woman | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | *'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
===Xoy=== | ===Xoy=== | ||
* '''Name(s):''' Xoy | *'''Name(s):''' Xoy | ||
* '''Origin:''' | *'''Origin:''' | ||
* '''Meaning:''' "Someone who identifies in some way as a [[Man#Nonbinary_men|nonbinary boy]] or nonbinary boy-adjacent. Someone who identifies with some part of manhood/boyhood but who wants a more nonbinary and neutral sounding word because they aren't entirely boys or don't want to be associated with the typical ideas brought up by the word 'boy.'"<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148378934126/xirl-and-xoy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230106052540/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148378934126/xirl-and-xoy Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | *'''Meaning:''' "Someone who identifies in some way as a [[Man#Nonbinary_men|nonbinary boy]] or nonbinary boy-adjacent. Someone who identifies with some part of manhood/boyhood but who wants a more nonbinary and neutral sounding word because they aren't entirely boys or don't want to be associated with the typical ideas brought up by the word 'boy.'"<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148378934126/xirl-and-xoy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230106052540/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148378934126/xirl-and-xoy Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
* '''Keywords:''' nonbinary man, nonbinary boy | *'''Keywords:''' nonbinary man, nonbinary boy | ||
* '''Demographics:''' In the 2018 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents included "xoy" in their identity words.<ref name="Gender Census 2018" /> | *'''Demographics:''' In the 2018 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents included "xoy" in their identity words.<ref name="Gender Census 2018" /> | ||
== See also == | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of nonbinary identities]] | *[[List of nonbinary identities]] | ||
* [[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]] | *[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]] | ||
== References == | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category: Uncommon identities|*]] | [[Category:Uncommon identities|*]] | ||
[[Category:nonbinary identities]] | [[Category:nonbinary identities]] | ||