List of uncommon nonbinary identities

This list of uncommon nonbinary identities contains gender identities that have less record of their use, according to community census results and historical information, or sometimes no record at all, beyond their coinage and inclusion in glossaries. This does not mean that the identity is not valid, but that not many people have decided to use it (More information...). See also the list of nonbinary identities for more common ones.

Aerogender

 * Name(s): aerogender.


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user tenderagender in a post to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: "Where an individual’s gender relies highly on their setting and/or atmosphere, which can be composed of a great number of things (ex. who they’re around, their level of comfort, the temperature, the weather, the time of day/year, etc.)"


 * Keywords: often changing (genderfluid)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent called themself aerogender.

Agenderflux

 * Name(s): agenderflux


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user perfectlybrokenbones in post to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: "Where you identify as agender [a.k.a. genderless] but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female."


 * Keywords: femininity, often changing (genderfluid), genderless, masculinity, not female, not male


 * Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, 6 respondents were agenderflux. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 28 respondents.

Alexigender

 * Name(s): alexigender


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user eaglestrike in a post to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: "A fluid gender experience, where you are aware that your gender is changing but cannot label each individual gender".


 * Keywords: often changing (genderfluid), indescribable, unnameable


 * Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, two respondents. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Aliagender

 * Name(s): aliagender. From Latin alius "other" + gender.


 * Origin: Beck, a moderator on the "askanonbinary" Tumblr blog, created the word "aliagender" in response to questions from Zoë or Leo (Tumblr user ZoboTheHob0, formerly ZoboTheHobo), in 2013.


 * Meaning: As described by Beck, “A gender experience which is 'other', or stands apart from existing gender constructs.” As Zoë or Leo later described it, "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." Zoë or Leo also clarified that "they did not intend for aliagender to be harmful in any way, and was created to describe an 'othering' concept of gender."


 * Keywords: neither female nor male, not female, not male, other gender


 * Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents.

Ambigender

 * Name(s): ambigender


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user Baaphomett in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: As defined by Baaphomett, "Experiencing two genders simultaneously and without fluidity or shifting."


 * Keywords: many genders (multigender), not changing often (not genderfluid), two genders (bigender)


 * Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 3 respondents.

Ambonec

 * Name(s): ambonec, from Latin ambo "both" + nec "neither."


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: A "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time."


 * Keywords: both female and male, female, male, neither female nor male, not female, not male


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 10 respondents.

Anonbinary

 * Name(s): anonbinary


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: A gender that isn't binary, but is even outside of nonbinaryness.


 * Keywords: neither female nor male, not female, not male


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Apagender

 * Name(s): apagender


 * Origin: Coined in 2014 by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.


 * Meaning: "Someone who is apathetic towards their gender identity and doesn't care enough to look further into it." Other identities that have similar descriptions to this: cassgender, graygender, and genderwhat.


 * Keywords: apathy, emotion, indescribable, indifferent


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Cassgender

 * Name(s): cassgender


 * Origin: Cassgender was coined by Tumblr user okaygender in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: Cassgender was defined as "Feeling utterly indifferent to gender, believing it isn’t important." Similar identities: apagender and graygender.


 * Keywords: apathy, emotion, indescribable, indifference


 * Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent was cassgender. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents were cassgender.

Cogitogender

 * Name(s): cogitogender


 * Origin: Coined by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: "A gender that only exists when you think about it, or is quiet until called to attention. alternatively, feeling genderless until a gender is consciously chosen."


 * Keywords: genderless, indescribable, often changing (genderfluid), partial gender (demigender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Demiflux

 * Name(s): demiflux


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user aflutteringlaney in a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: A gender identity for "someone whose gender is partially fluid with the other part(s) being static; this differs from 'demifluid' as '-flux' indicates that one of the genders is neutral; an example could be: one part of their gender is 'genderqueer' while the part that fluctuates is 'agender' and 'woman'." As defined by aflutteringlaney: "A term for polygender/bigender individuals to describe when one of their genders is “static” and the other ranges in intensity and presence."


 * Keywords: two genders (bigender), partial genders (demigender), often changing (genderfluid), often changing in intensity (genderflux), many genders (multigender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 12 respondents.

Epicene

 * Name(s): epicene. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, this very old word comes "from Latin epicoenus 'common,' from Greek epikoinos 'common to many, promiscuous,' from epi 'on' ... + koinos 'common' ..."


 * Origin: According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, epicene has been used in English for the genders of people since about 1600 to the 1630s CE.


 * Meaning: According to Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries, epicene has been used with several different meanings, as follows. 1. Gender-neutral or genderless. Having the characteristics of more than one gender, or having no gender characteristics. 2. An effeminate man.


 * Keywords: androgynous, centuries old, effeminate, genderless, gender neutral


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, six respondents.

Eunuch

 * Name(s): eunuch


 * Origin: According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, this very old word has been in English since the late 14th century. Ultimately, it comes from Greek, euno- "bed" + ekhein "to have, to hold," referring to eunuchs who were guards of nobles' bedchambers.


 * Meaning: A person who was assigned male at birth, and had some or all of their genitals removed. Historically, there have been many people who had this done to them without their consent. However, there have also been many people who voluntarily and intentionally sought out this procedure, specifically in order to relieve their discomfort with having those genitals, or to stop other physical characteristics that are the result of masculinization from having testicles, such as body hair or a low voice. Some transgender people think of themselves as eunuchs. Many eunuchs have considered themselves to be men. However, many other eunuchs have thought of their status as a eunuch as a gender identity outside of the binary. This has been the case with eunuchs historically, in many different cultures, and today. Some nonbinary people are or wish to become eunuchs, or label themselves as eunuchs.


 * Keywords: assigned male at birth (AMAB), centuries old, transition


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents called their gender identity "eunuch."

Faegender

 * Name(s): faegender


 * Origin: Coined in 2014 by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.


 * Meaning: As defined by that anonymous submission to MOGAI-Archive in 2014, "When an individual’s gender changes with the seasons, equinoxes, and moon phases."


 * Keywords: cycle, cyclic, lunar cycle, lunar phases, moon, nature, often changing (genderfluid), seasons, time


 * Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Fluidflux

 * Name(s): fluidflux


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: A gender identity that changes over time and also varies in intensity.


 * Keywords: genderless, often changing (genderfluid), often changing in intensity (genderflux)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, nine respondents were fluidflux, two were genderfluidflux, and one was mascfluidflux.

FTN

 * Name(s): FTN, which is short for female-to-neuter (or neutral, or neutrois) transsexual (or transgender).


 * Origin:


 * Meaning:


 * Keywords: assigned female at birth (AFAB), assigned gender, transition


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.

FTX

 * Name(s): FTX, which is short for female-to-X. This covers people who were assigned female at birth, and who identify as nonbinary or X-gender.


 * Origin:


 * Meaning:


 * Keywords: assigned female at birth (AFAB), assigned gender, transition


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.

Genderfae

 * Name(s): genderfae


 * Origin: Coined by an anonymous submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: As the coiner described it, "An experience of genderfluidity that never encompasses feeling masculine." The counterpart of this identity is genderfaun, which is fluid but never feminine.


 * Keywords: not masculine, often changing (genderfluid)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, twelve respondents.

Genderfaun

 * Name(s): genderfaun


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: A variation of genderfluidity in which one's gender changes exclusively between androgynous and masculine identities. The counterpart of this identity is genderfae, which is fluid but never masculine.


 * Keywords: androgynous, masculine, not feminine, often changing (genderfluid)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, eleven respondents.

Gender-free

 * Name(s): gender-free, or genderfree


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: Having no gender identity. A synonym for agender and genderless.


 * Keywords: genderless, neither female nor male, not female, not male


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, seven respondents said they were genderfree, gender-free, or gender free.

Genderwhat

 * Name(s): Genderwhat


 * Origin: Coined in 2014 by daedric-cisphobe by a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.


 * Meaning: As defined by daedric-cisphobe, "A gender characterized by both confusion and apathy with regards to either a fluid or stable gender identity." Other identities that have similar descriptions to this: apagender, cassgender, and graygender.


 * Keywords: apathy, confusion, emotion, indescribable, indifference


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent said they were genderwhat.

Ilyagender

 * Name(s): ilyagender. From the French grammatical construction il y a meaning “there exists” + gender, thus "there exists a gender." A short form of this identity's description in French: "il y a un genre, qui est tangible, et n’est pas homme ou femme ou neutre ou agenre en aucune façon, pas entre ces identités et pas une combinaison ou dérivation."


 * Origin: Coined on December 30, 2014 by Cor (Tumblr user epochryphal).


 * Meaning: As described by Cor, ilyagender means "having a tangible presence of gender, one which is not man, woman, neutral, or agender in any way, nor between or a combination or derivation. Related: aliagender, aporagender, maverique."


 * Keywords: neither female nor male, not female, not genderless, not male, not neutral, other gender


 * Demographics: In the Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey 2016, one respondent. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents.

Intergender

 * Name(s): intergender


 * Origin: During the 1990s, usenet newsgroups were informal public discussion groups on the Internet that were oriented around topics of interest, such as hobbies, fandoms, and LGBT issues. Starting sometime before 1998, the alt.support.intergendered newsgroup was created by an intergender and non-intersex person named Donna Lynn Matthews, together with other people who also called themselves intergender.


 * Meaning: As Matthews defined it in 1998 or earlier, people who call themselves intergender may consider themselves a mix of both man and woman, or neither man nor woman. Matthews said intergender people are not necessarily intersex. 16 years later, in 2014, one intersex intergender person named Aeshling (Tumblr usernames quietlyloud-intersex, indonintersex) began to post to the MOGAI-Archive blog, arguing that this word should be for the use of intersex people only. Otherwise Aeshling's definition of intergender stayed the same.


 * Keywords: both female and male, female, genderless, male, mixture, neither female nor male, not female, not male


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, ten respondents.

Isogender

 * Name(s): isogender


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: Neither cisgender nor transgender. (Isogender is not to be confused with ipsogender, which is also neither cis nor trans. Ipsogender was coined by the intersex sociologist Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello in 2014 to name a uniquely intersex identity, an identity which some-- but not all-- intersex people can experience: identifying with a coercively medically assigned gender. However, no respondents to the Gender Census have called themselves ipsogender, so it does not get an entry in this list.)


 * Keywords: not cisgender, not transgender


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Juxera

 * Name(s): juxera


 * Origin: Coined 2014 by Tumblr user ren.


 * Meaning: As ren described it, "a gender relative to female, but is something separate and entirely on its own." Intended for use as an adjective, not a noun.


 * Keywords: femme, nonbinary femme, not female


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents were juxera.

Libragender

 * Name(s): libragender


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user libragender by a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: "Gender that is mostly agender [genderless], but has a strong connection to a different gender; a scale, where one side is agender and one side is male/female. The agender outweighs the male/female, but male/female is still there"


 * Keywords: genderless, partial gender (demigender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, a total of 19 respondents said they were libragender, librafeminine, libramasculine, librafluid, and other variations.

Lunarian

 * Name(s): lunarian, so called because in many cultures, the Moon is associated with femininity.


 * Origin: Created in 2016 by Tumblr user vergess. In the 2019 Gender Census, around 0.2% of respondents identified with a galactian alignment.


 * Meaning: The lunarian identity expresses a similarity with feminine genders, alignments, or experiences. It's a replacement for "feminine-aligned", "fem-aligned," or "female-aligned." Lunarian is an identity from the galactian system, which is an alternative classification system for nonbinary people based on the alignment in relation to the binary genders. Instead of male-aligned and female-aligned, it uses concepts that are not related to the binarist system, such as the sun, the moon and the stars. It's worth noting that these words were not coined to describe genders, but a relation towards a binary gender - an alignment. For instance, an agender person may identify as lunarian because they have experiences in common with women, despite not being a woman themself.


 * Keywords: feminine, femme, nonbinary femme


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 18 respondents (0.16%) called themselves lunarian. Seven more (0.06%) called themselves by a word that was partly lunarian, such as stellunarian, sollunarian, solstelunarian. Together, this makes a total of 25 respondents (0.22%) who called their identity lunarian or partly lunarian.

Magigender

 * Name(s): magigender


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: "Related to demigender, magigender means to identify as mostly one gender and slightly as another gender(s)".


 * Keywords: often changing (genderfluid), partial gender (demigender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, no respondents, though one said they were magigenderfaun.

Metagender

 * Name(s): metagender


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr users keyblademastercecilpalmer, agenderchrismclean, and lordmoriarty by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: "To identify around or beyond a gender. Where your gender identity is almost that gender, but not quite, and also extends beyond that. Imagine that —- is you, and | is the gender identity (and identifying fully with a gender is —-|), then metagender is —- | —-" For example, meta-boy, meta-girl, meta-nonbinary, and so on.


 * Keywords: partial gender (demigender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Neuter

 * Name(s): neuter


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: According to Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries, this old word can have several meanings when used in reference to a person. 1. A gender neither masculine nor feminine. Genderless. Gender neutral. An androgynous person. 2. Without sexual organs, or with incomplete sexual organs. In biology and zoology, this can mean animals that were artificially spayed, castrated, or otherwise sterilized, as well as animals who were born in that condition, such as worker bees, as well as plants without pistils and stamens.


 * Keywords: centuries old, neutral


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, four respondents.

Null gender

 * Name(s): null gender


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: A person without a gender identity, or whose gender identity is not feminine and not masculine. A synonym for genderless.


 * Keywords: genderless


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.

Nyctogender

 * Name(s): nyctogender


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user wynter-caelum by a submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog in 2014.


 * Meaning: As defined in that submission to the MOGAI-Archive, "Where your gender is pure darkness."


 * Keywords: abstract, dark, genderless, light, spooky, symbols, not defined in relation to female or male (xenogender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, one respondent.

Other gender

 * Name(s): other gender


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: A gender other than male or female.


 * Keywords: not female, not male


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, nine respondents called their gender "other," "other gender," "othergender," or "othergendered."

Pangender

 * Name(s): pangender. From Greek πᾶν/pân "all, the whole."


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: A pangender person is a person who considers themselves as a member of all genders.


 * Keywords: mmany genders (multigender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 19 respondents.

Proxvir

 * Name(s): proxvir


 * Origin: Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user ren.


 * Meaning: "A gender relative to male, but is something separate and entirely on it’s own." Ren coined this because he no longer identified with "demiboy," because of that word's focus on "boy," and the implication of a split/mixed gender. Intended as an adjective.


 * Keywords: masculine, nonbinary, not male


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, nine respondents.

Quoigender

 * Name(s): quoigender. From French quoi "what" + gender.


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: Has various definitions including "someone who feels that gender identity and/or existing gender terms don't apply to them" and "someone whose relationship with gender is complicated".


 * Keywords: indescribable


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 17 (0.15%) respondents.

Salmacian

 * Name(s): salmacian


 * Origin: This term was proposed by the androgyne Raphael Carter in 1996 or earlier.


 * Meaning: As defined by Carter, "A term for male-to-intersex and female-to-intersex transsexuals." A reference to the myth of the deity Hermaphroditus and the nymph Salmacis. Synonyms: bigenital, aphrodisian. See also altersex.


 * Keywords: assigned female at birth (AFAB), assigned male at birth (AMAB), intersex, not intersex


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.

Sekhet
Why this is poorly attested: We need demographic information showing that any people identify as this today.

Stargender

 * Name(s): stargender


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: Has several meanings. A: "a person whose gender is otherworldly and beyond comprehension using earthly terms", B. "a person whose gender cannot be defined no matter how many other terms are created", C. "a person whose gender is that of a star".


 * Keywords: indescribable, nature, unnameable, not defined in relation to female or male (xenogender)


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, seven respondents called themselves stargender.

Trigender

 * Name(s): trigender


 * Origin: People called themselves trigender before 1999.


 * Meaning: Trigender people experience three genders, either at the same time, or moving between the three at different times.


 * Keywords: many genders, often changing (genderfluid), three genders


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 14 respondents called themselves trigender.

Ungender

 * Name(s): ungender


 * Origin: Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user Baaphomett by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.


 * Meaning: As defined by Baaphomett, "Not without but a negative; an unboy would be the negative of a boy and an ungirl would be the negative of a girl."


 * Keywords: opposite, prefix


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.

Virgender



 * Name(s): Virgender


 * Origin: Coined by Tumblr user stevenuniversequartz.


 * Meaning: A gender identity that is practically and particularly genderless. This usually happens when it is too stressful or difficult to have a gender. A gender identity that feels weakened by stress, to the point where one is nearly genderless. The prefix comes from the constellation Virgo, the maiden.


 * Keywords: emotions, genderless, stress

Demographics: In the 2019 Gender Census, two respondents were virgender.

Xirl

 * Name(s): xirl


 * Origin:


 * Meaning: "Someone who identifies in some way as a nonbinary girl or nonbinary girl-adjacent. Someone who identifies with some part of woman/girlhood but who wants a more nonbinary and neutral sounding word because they aren't entirely girls or don't want to be associated with the typical ideas brought up by the word 'girl.'"


 * Keywords: femme, nonbinary woman


 * Demographics: In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, two respondents.