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    | related = [[greygender]], [[novigender]], [[exgender]],
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    * someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them
    * someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them
    * someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them
    * someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them
    * can be used as an alternative to "[[questioning]]", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself
    *can be used as an alternative to "[[questioning]]", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself
    * someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender
    *someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender


    == History ==
    ==History==
    The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014 to go along with quoiromantic and quoisexual.
    The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014, as a gender counterpart to quoiromantic and quoisexual.<ref>Epochryphal. Tumblr, 2014. https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/91335142632/wait-shit-the-obvious-word-coinage-quoigender</ref>


    == Related identities ==
    ==Related identities==


    * Grey-/[[Graygender]] - someone who has a gender, but feels less invested in it or connected to it than other people seem to
    *[[Graygender]] - someone who has a gender, but feels less invested in it or connected to it than other people seem to
    * E(x)gender - similar to agender but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender
    *[[Exgender|E(x)gender]] - similar to agender but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender
    * Novigender - an experience with gender which is so complicated or difficult to understand that it cannot be pinned down to one word
    *[[Novigender]] - an experience with gender which is so complicated or difficult to understand that it cannot be pinned down to one word


    == See also ==
    ==Flags==


    * [[List of nonbinary identities]]
    There is no universally-accepted flag for the quoigender identity, but several have been proposed: one by Epochryphal, one by an unknown creator, and a variation based on the former.
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    File:Quoi_Epochryphal.png
    File:Quoigender.png
    File:QuoiTrianglePurple.png
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    ==See also==
    *[[List of nonbinary identities]]
    ==External Links==
    *Ephochryphal: [https://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/106762907052/a-note-on-quoi A Note On Quoi-]
    ==References==
    <references /><br />
    [[Category:Nonbinary identities]]
    [[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

    Revision as of 01:03, 9 July 2020

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    Quoigender
    File:Quoitrianglepurple.png
    Related identities greygender, novigender, exgender,

    Quoigender (from French quoi, quoi "what" + "gender") is a nonbinary gender identity with several definitions:

    • someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them
    • someone whose relationship with gender is complicated; someone who isn't sure whether they experience gender or what gender identity means for them
    • can be used as an alternative to "questioning", in order to communicate exhaustion or frustration with searching for a better gender identity term for oneself
    • someone who is done with gender and doesn't care much for it as a concept; frustration with gender

    History

    The Tumblr user epochryphal coined the word quoigender in 2014, as a gender counterpart to quoiromantic and quoisexual.[1]

    Related identities

    • Graygender - someone who has a gender, but feels less invested in it or connected to it than other people seem to
    • E(x)gender - similar to agender but more extreme--rejection of gender as a concept and a refusal to answer or acknowledge the question of gender
    • Novigender - an experience with gender which is so complicated or difficult to understand that it cannot be pinned down to one word

    Flags

    There is no universally-accepted flag for the quoigender identity, but several have been proposed: one by Epochryphal, one by an unknown creator, and a variation based on the former.

    See also

    External Links

    References