Editing Pangender

{{infobox identity
| flag = pangender.png
| meaning = Yellow: gender without reference to the binary; Light red: transition to genders related to female and male; Light violet/pink: combination of female and male; White: blend of all these genders; The colors are very light because white is the combination of all colors.
| related = [[Polygender]]
| umbrella = [[Multigender]]
| frequency = 0.4%
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Pangender
}}
'''Pangender,''' or '''omnigender''', is a [[gender identity]] in which a person either identifies as a countless number of separate identities that they are fluid between over time, or that they identify as one all encompassing identity. The genders that a pangender person has only includes genders within the person's own culture and life experience<ref name="genderwiki">{{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><ref>{{cite book|title=Navigating Trans and Complex Gender Identities|year=2019|at=page 140, Appendix E|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing}}</ref> (e.g. their genders would not include [[Fa'afafine]] unless they are Samoan; their genders would not include [[Neurogender#Bordergender|bordergender]] unless they have Borderline Personality Disorder).

A pangender person's identity may or may not include genders not currently recognized or known<ref name="genderwiki" /> and may or may not fluctuate in intensity or include differing intensities among the genders that the Pangender person encompasses. Thus a pangender person can also be [[genderfluid]] or [[genderflux]]. The combination of pangender and [[genderflux]] is called [[panflux]].

Just like any other gender identity, pangender people can use any set of [[pronouns]] they choose or vary between [[pronouns]] depending on how they identify at the time.

An alternative term with a similar meaning is ''maxigender''<ref>{{cite book|title=The ABC's of LGBT+|last=Mardell|first=Ashley|year=2016}}</ref>, since some people on Tumblr who don't identify as pangender argue that it is appropriative of [[Ethnicity and culture|culturally-specific]] and [[Neurogender|neurotype-specific]] genders. The reason for that, according to them, is that no one can identify as all genders, as this would include culturally-specific or neurotype-specific genders.<ref>[https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/161250119616/reminder-about-pangender Reminder about pangender], 30 May 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201109152234/https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/161250119616/reminder-about-pangender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>[https://kinda-girls.tumblr.com/post/159477370346/as-far-as-i-know-the-identity-that-means anonymous asked: As far as I know, the identity that means "identifying as all genders that are available to you" is maxigender], 11 April 2017</ref><ref>[https://jimjamjames.tumblr.com/post/163259277748 jimjamjames asked: Hi !I'm doing some research on the origins of the identity “Maxigender”], 21 July 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201008141604/https://jimjamjames.tumblr.com/post/163259277748 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

'''Omnigender''' is sometimes used as a synonym for pangender<ref name="pridenation">{{Cite web |title=Pangender/Omnigender Flag |author= |work=Pride Nation |date= |access-date=31 January 2021 |url= https://pridenation.lgbt/products/pangender-omnigender-flag|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212702/https://pridenation.lgbt/products/pangender-omnigender-flag|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= 
6 March 2020|title=Omnigender pastel stimboard for anon|url=https://uncommongenders.tumblr.com/post/611875301221351424/omnigender-pastel-stimboard-for-anon-omingender-a|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, but sometimes is defined as experiencing ''almost'' all genders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/170959528060/hello-anon-polygender-is-more-of-an-umbrella|date=16 February 2018|title=Hello Anon! Polygender is more of an umbrella term...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721034659/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/170959528060/hello-anon-polygender-is-more-of-an-umbrella|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=31 January 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
Omnigender is also sometimes used to mean "gender neutral"/"treating all genders equally".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases|last=Davis|first=Chloe|year=2021|page=228}}</ref> 

== History ==
Pangender is mentioned in the preface to ''The Flock'', a 1992 book by Lynn Wilson about dissociative identity disorder: "Some [[gender-nonconforming]] individuals call themselves [[androgyne]]s, pan-gender, or [[non-binary]]."<ref>{{cite book|title=The Flock|isbn=9780449907320|year=1992|last=Wilson|first=Lynn|page=xi|publisher=Fawcett Columbine}}</ref>

Pangender was mentioned as one of many valid nonbinary identities in the 2013 text ''Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide''.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=9781446293133|title=Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide|last1=Richards|first1=Christina|last2=Barker|first2=Meg|year=2013|publisher=SAGE Publications}}</ref>

In 2018, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents<ref name="Jackman">{{Cite web |title=Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move |last=Jackman |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, with the law stating that {{quote|"X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, [[agender]], [[amalgagender]], [[androgynous]], [[bigender]], [[demigender]], female-to-male, [[genderfluid]], [[genderqueer]], male-to-female, [[neutrois]], [[nonbinary]], [[pangender]], [[third gender|third sex]], [[transgender]], [[transsexual]], [[Two Spirit]], and unspecified.<ref name="washington">{{Cite web |title=WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate. |author= |work=Washington State Legislature |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325195929/https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>}}

Popular news site The Daily Dot published an article "What it means to be pangender" on June 16, 2020.<ref name="Burke">{{Cite web |title=What it means to be pangender |last=Burke |first=Collyn |work=The Daily Dot |date=16 June 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.dailydot.com/irl/pangender-definition-pronouns/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419210110/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/pangender-definition-pronouns/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

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== Notable pangender people ==

''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''

There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the words "pangender", "maxigender", or "omnigender" for themselves. 

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== Pangender characters in fiction ==

''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''

There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "pangender", "maxigender", or "omnigender," either in their canon, or by their creators.

* In the sci-fi thriller novel ''Zero-G: Book 1'' (by William Shatner and Jeff Rovin), Adsila Waters is described multiple times as "pan-gender" (used as both an adjective and a noun in the book). "He" and "she" pronouns are variously used for Adsila. Adsila is also able to shapeshift her [[sex|sex characteristics]] to accompany gender switches.

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== See also ==
* [[List of nonbinary identities]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]