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=== Niveigender ===
=== Niveigender ===
<section begin="Niveigender" />
<section begin="Niveigender" />
[[File:Niveigender.png|thumb|Niveigender flag designed by the coiner of the term.]]
[[File:Niveigender.png|thumb|Niveigender flag designed by tumblr user the-gender-collector-emself.]]
*'''Name(s):''' Niveigender.
*'''Name(s):''' Niveigender.


*'''Origin:''' Coined in February 2020 by an anonymous user.<ref name="nivei">{{cite web |author=Stormy |date=17 February 2020 |title=Here's a flag for a new gender term! |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.is/dWtCs |url=https://the-gender-collector-emself.tumblr.com/post/190878097989/heres-a-flag-for-a-new-gender-term-niveigender}}</ref>
*'''Origin:''' Coined in February 2020 by tumblr user thereisnocorrectanswer<ref name="nivei">{{cite web |author=thereisnocorrectanswer |date=12 February 2020 |title=I just coined a gender! |url=https://www.tumblr.com/thereisnocorrectanswer/190794618968/niveigender}}</ref>, flag designed by tumblr user the-gender-collector-emself.<ref name="nivei2">{{cite web |author=Stormy |date=17 February 2020 |title=Here's a flag for a new gender term! |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.is/dWtCs |url=https://the-gender-collector-emself.tumblr.com/post/190878097989/heres-a-flag-for-a-new-gender-term-niveigender}}</ref>  


*'''Meaning:''' "a snowy, chill gender that's kinda soft. A light cover, also very soothing." The adjective for describing a person with this gender is "nivalis".<ref name="nivei" />
*'''Meaning:''' "a snowy, chill gender that's kinda soft. A light cover, also very soothing." The adjective for describing a person with this gender is "nivalis".<ref name="nivei" />  


*'''Keywords:''' snow, cold, winter, soft, soothing
*'''Keywords:''' snow, cold, winter, soft, soothing
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<section end="Niveigender" />


=== Pyrogender ===
=== Pyrogender===
<section begin="Pyrogender" />
<section begin="Pyrogender" />
[[File:Pyrogender.png|thumb|right|Pyrogender flag.]]
[[File:Pyrogender.png|thumb|right|Pyrogender flag.]]
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*'''Meaning:''' "A gender that feels like fire! Pyrogender holds a much stronger aesthetic connection with fire than firegender. Not just the movement of the fire (as  firegender), but also the heat of the fire (excitement/happiness about the gender) and consumption of fuel to keep it burning (eating up other genders to keep the main one going, in a way)."<ref name="ask-_Pyro" />
*'''Meaning:''' "A gender that feels like fire! Pyrogender holds a much stronger aesthetic connection with fire than firegender. Not just the movement of the fire (as  firegender), but also the heat of the fire (excitement/happiness about the gender) and consumption of fuel to keep it burning (eating up other genders to keep the main one going, in a way)."<ref name="ask-_Pyro" />


*'''Keywords:''' fire, flame, heat, burning
*'''Keywords:''' fire, flame, heat, burning  


*'''Demographics:''' In the 2021 Gender Census, one respondent was pyrogender.<ref name="GC2021" />
*'''Demographics:''' In the 2021 Gender Census, one respondent was pyrogender.<ref name="GC2021" />
<section end="Staticgender" />
<section end="Staticgender" />
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=== Robogender ===
===Robogender===


* '''Name(s):''' robogender
*'''Name(s):''' robogender


* '''Origin:'''
*'''Origin:'''


* '''Meaning:''' By one definition, a <nowiki>[[neurogender]]</nowiki> for neurodivergent people "who feel a bit robotic and take comfort in it".<ref name="robogender">{{cite web |title=robogender |work=all about xenogenders/neogenders |author=wormhaze |access-date=4 July 2020 |url=https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#robogender|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> By another definition, not a neurogender: for "people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise", regardless of [[masculinity]] or [[femininity]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=SL33PY_M4G3 |author=Big Sis Faunus |number=1268312206044729350 |title=robogender is a term used by people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise! they can feel feminine, masculine, or any other way and still be robogender! thats what the blue, pink, and white lines are for!! |date=3 June 2020}}</ref>
*'''Meaning:''' By one definition, a <nowiki>[[neurogender]]</nowiki> for neurodivergent people "who feel a bit robotic and take comfort in it".<ref name="robogender">{{cite web |title=robogender |work=all about xenogenders/neogenders |author=wormhaze |access-date=4 July 2020 |url=https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#robogender|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> By another definition, not a neurogender: for "people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise", regardless of [[masculinity]] or [[femininity]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=SL33PY_M4G3 |author=Big Sis Faunus |number=1268312206044729350 |title=robogender is a term used by people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise! they can feel feminine, masculine, or any other way and still be robogender! thats what the blue, pink, and white lines are for!! |date=3 June 2020}}</ref>


* '''Keywords:''' neurogender, noungender, robot, xenogender
*'''Keywords:''' neurogender, noungender, robot, xenogender


* '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, none of the 11,242 respondents said they were this, though six responses used the words robot or robo-.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />
*'''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, none of the 11,242 respondents said they were this, though six responses used the words robot or robo-.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />
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=== Staticgender ===
===Staticgender===
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<section begin="Staticgender" />
*'''Name(s):''' Staticgender.
*'''Name(s):''' Staticgender.
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=== '''Monkeygender''' ===
==='''Monkeygender''' ===
*'''Name(s):''' monkeygender
*'''Name(s):''' monkeygender


* '''Origin:''' Coined the 23rd of October 2020, but Twitter user Legotown. <ref>https://x.com/LEG0T0WN/status/1319661089848659968</ref>
*'''Origin:''' Coined the 23rd of October 2020, but Twitter user Legotown. <ref>https://x.com/LEG0T0WN/status/1319661089848659968</ref>


* '''Meaning:''' A gender describing the essence of a monkey - the freedom, the goofy nature, the constant shifting of one emotion to another - all of it makes one monkey.
* '''Meaning:''' A gender describing the essence of a monkey - the freedom, the goofy nature, the constant shifting of one emotion to another - all of it makes one monkey.


* '''Keywords:''' animal, monkey, human-like
*'''Keywords:''' animal, monkey, human-like


* '''Demographics:''' In 2020, the first recorded use was that on Twitter, however no official poll has yet to record an official instance of it being used. <ref>https://x.com/LEG0T0WN/status/1319661089848659968</ref>
*'''Demographics:''' In 2020, the first recorded use was that on Twitter, however no official poll has yet to record an official instance of it being used. <ref>https://x.com/LEG0T0WN/status/1319661089848659968</ref>
== See also ==
== See also==


*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://ruffledgryphon.itch.io/my-gender-is-not-human-zine My Gender is &#91;NOT&#93; Human], a [[zine]] focused on xenogender experiences from [[alterhuman]]s and nonhumans.
*[https://ruffledgryphon.itch.io/my-gender-is-not-human-zine My Gender is &#91;NOT&#93; Human], a [[zine]] focused on xenogender experiences from [[alterhuman]]s and nonhumans.


== References ==
==References==
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