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'''Aliagender''' describres a third gender, separate from man or woman, that is not [[androgynous]], or [[gender neutral|neutral]], but instead a strong, specific gendered feeling other than man or woman. This term is used by people who identify as a [[third gender]] who don't want to appropriate a culture-specific gender identity.
'''Aliagender''' (from Latin ''alius,'' "other"<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alius#Latin</ref>) is “A gender experience which is 'other', or stands apart from existing gender constructs.”<ref>http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/71388258891/glossary-prod-at-me-through-the-inbox-if-you</ref> It is a specific [[nonbinary]] identity which is not a mixture of male and female, nor an absence of gender, but instead a strong, specific gender identity other than man or woman. This term is used by people who would identify as "[[third gender]]," but who don't want to appropriate any culture-specific gender identity implied by the term "third gender."
 
== History ==
 
A moderator on the askanonbinary Tumblr blog created the word "aliagender" in response to Tumblr user Zobothehobo. Zobothehobo later described this event: "i was there when aliagender was coined. actually, i was the reason it was coined. I sent messages to askanonbinary and beck came up with the word. we defined it then as a gender experience other from the traditional spectrum. I always meant for this to be a term for a specific positive gender that was not associated with the man/woman spectrum, but was a gender that existed and NOT genderless."<ref>http://zobothehobo.com/post/91716663005/epochryphal-throws-up-hands-im-getting-really</ref>
 
Soon after, there was a conflict about whether the word was politically problematic. Some people of color reportedly said "that aliagender is racist in that it is basically just a whitewashed version of third gender."<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88333981434/isnt-aporagender-just-basically-aliagender-tho</ref> In response, another person coined "aporagender" as an alternative to aliagender, due to concerns that aliagender might be "racist or appropriative."<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender</ref> Zobothehobo said "they did not intend for aliagender to be harmful in anyway, and was created to describe an 'othering' concept of gender."<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Third gender]]
* [[List of nonbinary identities]]
* [[Aporagender]]
* [[List of uncommon nonbinary identities]]
* [[Neutrois]]
* [[Neutrois]]
* [[Agender]]
* [[Other gender]]
== External links ==
* [http://epochryphal.tumblr.com/post/157076055057/hi-im-one-of-the-mods-at-ask-pride-color] An article comparing aliagender with some similar nonbinary identities.
==References==
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