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[[File:Neutrois flag.png|thumb|Neutrois pride flag. White is for neutral, unidentified, or questioning gender. Dark chartreuse green (the inverse of lavender, the mix of pink and blue) is for nonbinary gender that isn't female or male. Black is for agender or genderless.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20160326082554/http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91217910141/neutrois-pride http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91217910141/neutrois-pride]</ref>]] | [[File:Neutrois flag.png|thumb|Neutrois pride flag. White is for neutral, unidentified, or questioning gender. Dark chartreuse green (the inverse of lavender, the mix of pink and blue) is for nonbinary gender that isn't female or male. Black is for agender or genderless.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20160326082554/http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91217910141/neutrois-pride http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91217910141/neutrois-pride]</ref>]] | ||
'''Neutrois''' is | '''Neutrois''' is a gender identity characterized by a null or neutral gender. Neutrois people may define their gender identity as "null-gender", "neutral-gender", "neither male nor female", "genderless", or "agender", among many others.<ref>http://neutrois.com/what-is-neutrois/</ref> | ||
Generally speaking, neutrois is a [[transsexual]] identity, meaning that it commonly involves [[gender dysphoria]] and a desire to make a physical [[transition]] to a [[gender neutral]] presentation. However, as a result of the diversity of people who identify as neutrois, some of them say they don't have one or more of those traits, and are no less neutrois for it. What is agreed upon is that neutrois is a non-binary gender identity, and that people of any [[Sex#Assigned Gender At Birth|gender assigned at birth]] can have this identity. Also, a person of any [[Ethnicity and culture|cultural or ethnic background]] can call [[Pronouns#They|themself]] neutrois.<ref>https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20150415035811/http://jilliancottle.com:80/hallelujah-its-raining-labels/</ref> | |||
In 2014, neutrois was one of 50 genders made available on the social networking site Facebook.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10637968/Facebook-sex-changes-which-one-of-50-genders-are-you.html</ref> | In 2014, neutrois was one of 50 genders made available on the social networking site Facebook.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10637968/Facebook-sex-changes-which-one-of-50-genders-are-you.html</ref> | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology and pronunciation == | ||
The word "neutrois" was created by a self-identified neutrois person named Holly A. Burnham in 1995.<ref name=":1">http://web.archive.org/web/20010307115554/http://www.neutrois.com/faq.htm</ref> The word "neutrois" is presumably made from two French words: ''neutre'', meaning "neutral" or "neuter," and ''trois'', "three," as in [[Third Gender|third gender]]. Because French has sounds that are difficult to Anglicize, some pronunciations of neutrois in use are as follows, with IPA and simple phonetic transcription. | The word "neutrois" was created by a self-identified neutrois person named Holly A. Burnham in 1995.<ref name=":1">http://web.archive.org/web/20010307115554/http://www.neutrois.com/faq.htm</ref> The word "neutrois" is presumably made from two French words: ''neutre'', meaning "neutral" or "neuter," and ''trois'', "three," as in [[Third Gender|third gender]]. Because French has sounds that are difficult to Anglicize, some pronunciations of neutrois in use are as follows, with IPA and simple phonetic transcription. | ||
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== Differences between androgyne | == Differences between similar genders == | ||
=== Neutrois and androgyne === | |||
Neutrois isn't another word for [[androgyne]]. According to ''Neutrois Outpost'', the difference between neutrois people and androgynes is gender dysphoria: "While Neutrois seek an androgynous appearance, androgynes aren't Neutrois because being Neutrois involves gender dysphoria. Androgynes don't necessarily have any difficulties with their gender identities."<ref name=":1" /> Neutrois Nonsense expands on this difference, saying, "Neutrois is not androgyne, it’s quite the opposite. Androgyny is a combination of female and male characteristics, while neutrois is an elimination of them."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010302160052/http://www.neutrois.com/defin.htm</ref> While these are only some definitions for androgyne, which itself has many meanings that are not agreed upon, this still highlights that people adopt the word "neutrois" for themselves because they feel the word "androgyne" has meanings that don't suit them. It should also be mentioned that androgynes are capable of experiencing [[gender dysphoria]], and some neutrois do not experience gender dysphoria or a desire to transition. | Neutrois isn't another word for [[androgyne]]. According to ''Neutrois Outpost'', the difference between neutrois people and androgynes is gender dysphoria: "While Neutrois seek an androgynous appearance, androgynes aren't Neutrois because being Neutrois involves gender dysphoria. Androgynes don't necessarily have any difficulties with their gender identities."<ref name=":1" /> Neutrois Nonsense expands on this difference, saying, "Neutrois is not androgyne, it’s quite the opposite. Androgyny is a combination of female and male characteristics, while neutrois is an elimination of them."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010302160052/http://www.neutrois.com/defin.htm</ref> While these are only some definitions for androgyne, which itself has many meanings that are not agreed upon, this still highlights that people adopt the word "neutrois" for themselves because they feel the word "androgyne" has meanings that don't suit them. It should also be mentioned that androgynes are capable of experiencing [[gender dysphoria]], and some neutrois do not experience gender dysphoria or a desire to transition. | ||
=== Neutrois and agender === | |||
There is no clear difference between neutrois and '''[[agender]]''', but many people define agender as "genderless", while defining neutrois as "gender-neutral". In other words, neutrois people do have a gender, but it is neutral. Other people define neutrois as genderless/agender plus [[gender dysphoria]]. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Agender]] | * [[Agender]] | ||
* [[Androgyne]] | * [[Androgyne]] | ||
* [[Epicene]] | |||
* [[Eunuch]] | * [[Eunuch]] | ||
* [[Genderless]] | * [[Genderless]] |