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'''Yinyang ren''' (traditional Chinese 陰陽人, simplified Chinese 阴阳人, Pinyin ''yīnyáng rén'') is a slur frequently used against intersex people, and sometimes used against people who do not fit inside the gender norms, presenting being assumed as intersex a bad thing. Even if some activists in China think the term should be reclaimed through their research of traditional cultures and text, in modern and contemporary Chinese culture it still has a mostly negative connotation, so it is advised to not use this term to refer to | '''Yinyang ren''' (traditional Chinese 陰陽人, simplified Chinese 阴阳人, Pinyin ''yīnyáng rén'') is a slur frequently used against intersex people, and sometimes used against people who do not fit inside the gender norms, presenting being assumed as intersex a bad thing. Even if some activists in China think the term should be reclaimed through their research of traditional cultures and text, in modern and contemporary Chinese culture it still has a mostly negative connotation, so it is advised to not use this term to refer to non-binary people or even intersex people without asking for their permission. | ||
That said, an organization for intersex rights called Organization Intersex International Chinese (OII-Chinese) reclaims this slur, using yinyang ren as a word for intersex people, in their effort to eradicate the stigma on intersex people. Its site says, | That said, an organization for intersex rights called Organization Intersex International Chinese (OII-Chinese) reclaims this slur, using yinyang ren as a word for intersex people, in their effort to eradicate the stigma on intersex people. Its site says, | ||