Gender symbols: Difference between revisions

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| Mercury symbol, used for intersex people. Botanical symbol for hermaphrodite. Depicts the staff of the Roman messenger god, based on the caduceus (below).
| Mercury symbol, meaning hybrid. Used for intersex people and [[Genderfluid|genderfluid/]][[Gender nonconformity|gender nonconforming]] individuals<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emojipedia.org/mercury/|title=☿️ Mercury Emoji|website=emojipedia.org|language=en|access-date=2020-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cakeworld.info/transsexualism/gender-symbols|title=Gender symbols - Cakeworld|website=www.cakeworld.info|access-date=2020-11-12}}</ref>. Originally used for hermaphroditism; when gender and sex were depicted as seperate<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2020-11-04|title=Sex and gender distinction|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sex_and_gender_distinction&oldid=986967614|journal=Wikipedia|language=en}}</ref>, it also became symbol for androgyny. Depicts the staff of the Roman messenger god, based on the caduceus (below).
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