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'''Multigender''' means having multiple gender identities, either at the same time or moving between different gender identities at different times. It's an umbrella term, but may also be used as a specific gender identity, and multigender identities all fall under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] umbrellas. The multigender umbrella includes [[bigender]], [[trigender]], [[polygender]], [[pangender]], [[genderfluid]], and possibly [[androgyne]]. They may or may not seek a physical [[transition]] to change their body.<ref> | '''Multigender''' means having multiple gender identities, either at the same time or moving between different gender identities at different times. It's an umbrella term, but may also be used as a specific gender identity, and multigender identities all fall under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] umbrellas. The multigender umbrella includes [[bigender]], [[trigender]], [[polygender]], [[pangender]], [[genderfluid]], and possibly [[androgyne]]. They may or may not seek a physical [[transition]] to change their body.<ref name="Nersesyan">{{Cite web |title=What It Means To Be MultiGender: The Questions Many Have, But Are Afraid To Ask |last=Nersesyan |first=Mihran |work=The Body Is Not An Apology |date=23 June 2018 |access-date=24 October 2020 |url= https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/what-it-means-to-be-multigender-the-questions-many-have-but-are-afraid-to-ask/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121645/https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/what-it-means-to-be-multigender-the-questions-many-have-but-are-afraid-to-ask/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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In a 2015 survey of non-[[cis]] people in the USA, 4% of respondents (about 1,108 people) were multigender.<ref name="2015USTS-44">{{Cite web |title=2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report |date= |access-date=23 October 2020 |url= https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf|page=44|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308214644/https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
== List of specific kinds of multigender identities == | == List of specific kinds of multigender identities == | ||
Transgender people have created many words for specific kinds of multigender identities. These are some of the most used multigender identities: | Transgender people have created many words for specific kinds of multigender identities. These are some of the most used multigender identities: | ||
* [[ambigender]] | *[[abigender]] is experiencing two distinct genders, either simultaneously or at different times, but only having a loose or vague connection to each gender while also not feeling like either gender is "neutral" or "neither". | ||
*[[ambigender]] is experiencing two genders simultaneously and without fluidity or shifting.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambigender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603150128/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambigender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This word has also been defined as like being ambidextrous, only with gender. It has also been defined as a synonym for bigender (see below). | |||
* [[bigender]] is an identity with two gender identities. This word can mean both genders at the same time, or moving between two genders. In the latter case, bigender is a specific kind of genderfluid identity. | * [[bigender]] is an identity with two gender identities. This word can mean both genders at the same time, or moving between two genders. In the latter case, bigender is a specific kind of genderfluid identity. | ||
* [[demiflux]] | * [[demiflux]] is used by polygender or bigender people to describe when one of their genders is static and the other change in intensity and presence.<ref>http://www.thecsph.org/id-a-day-a-demigender/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230207085758/http://www.thecsph.org/id-a-day-a-demigender/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
* [[genderfluid]] is a gender identity that changes from one time to the next. For example, a genderfluid person could be both a boy and a girl one day, and then [[genderless]] the next.<ref name="Marsh">{{Cite web |title=The gender-fluid generation: young people on being male, female or non-binary |last=Marsh |first=Sarah |work=the Guardian |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=24 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/23/gender-fluid-generation-young-people-male-female-trans}}</ref> | * [[genderfluid]] is a gender identity that changes from one time to the next. For example, a genderfluid person could be both a boy and a girl one day, and then [[genderless]] the next.<ref name="Marsh">{{Cite web |title=The gender-fluid generation: young people on being male, female or non-binary |last=Marsh |first=Sarah |work=the Guardian |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=24 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/23/gender-fluid-generation-young-people-male-female-trans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604191351/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/23/gender-fluid-generation-young-people-male-female-trans |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
* [[pangender]] is an identity with a wide multiplicity of genders that can tend to the infinite (only includes genders of one's culture. This applies to all other nonbinary genders, because one cannot identify with gender(s) outside their culture).<ref> | * [[pangender]] is an identity with a wide multiplicity of genders that can tend to the infinite (only includes genders of one's culture. This applies to all other nonbinary genders, because one cannot identify with gender(s) outside their culture).<ref name="pangender">{{Cite web |title=Pangender |author= |work=Gender Wiki |date=31 August 2018 |access-date=9 November 2020 |url= https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Pangender?oldid=33547 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226231320/https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Pangender?oldid=33547 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
* [[polygender]] is an identity with several gender identities, particularly four or more of them. This can mean at different times, or at the same time.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender</ref> | * [[polygender]] is an identity with several gender identities, particularly four or more of them. This can mean at different times, or at the same time.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230318224627/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
* [[trigender]] is an identity with three gender identities. This word can mean all three at once, or moving between three genders.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender</ref> | * [[trigender]] is an identity with three gender identities. This word can mean all three at once, or moving between three genders.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230613021013/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:18, 17 July 2023
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| Under the umbrella term | Nonbinary |
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| Frequency | 0.7% |
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Multigender means having multiple gender identities, either at the same time or moving between different gender identities at different times. It's an umbrella term, but may also be used as a specific gender identity, and multigender identities all fall under the nonbinary and transgender umbrellas. The multigender umbrella includes bigender, trigender, polygender, pangender, genderfluid, and possibly androgyne. They may or may not seek a physical transition to change their body.[1]
In a 2015 survey of non-cis people in the USA, 4% of respondents (about 1,108 people) were multigender.[2]
List of specific kinds of multigender identities[edit | edit source]
Transgender people have created many words for specific kinds of multigender identities. These are some of the most used multigender identities:
- abigender is experiencing two distinct genders, either simultaneously or at different times, but only having a loose or vague connection to each gender while also not feeling like either gender is "neutral" or "neither".
- ambigender is experiencing two genders simultaneously and without fluidity or shifting.[3] This word has also been defined as like being ambidextrous, only with gender. It has also been defined as a synonym for bigender (see below).
- bigender is an identity with two gender identities. This word can mean both genders at the same time, or moving between two genders. In the latter case, bigender is a specific kind of genderfluid identity.
- demiflux is used by polygender or bigender people to describe when one of their genders is static and the other change in intensity and presence.[4]
- genderfluid is a gender identity that changes from one time to the next. For example, a genderfluid person could be both a boy and a girl one day, and then genderless the next.[5]
- pangender is an identity with a wide multiplicity of genders that can tend to the infinite (only includes genders of one's culture. This applies to all other nonbinary genders, because one cannot identify with gender(s) outside their culture).[6]
- polygender is an identity with several gender identities, particularly four or more of them. This can mean at different times, or at the same time.[7]
- trigender is an identity with three gender identities. This word can mean all three at once, or moving between three genders.[8]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Nersesyan, Mihran (23 June 2018). "What It Means To Be MultiGender: The Questions Many Have, But Are Afraid To Ask". The Body Is Not An Apology. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ "2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report" (PDF). p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambigender Archived on 17 July 2023
- ↑ http://www.thecsph.org/id-a-day-a-demigender/ Archived on 17 July 2023
- ↑ Marsh, Sarah (23 March 2016). "The gender-fluid generation: young people on being male, female or non-binary". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ "Pangender". Gender Wiki. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polygender Archived on 17 July 2023
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trigender Archived on 17 July 2023