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| '''Neurogender''' is an umbrella term to describe when someone's gender is somehow linked to their neurotype, mental illness, or neurological conditions. There are many different neurogenders related to most, if not all, neurodivergencies. Not everyone who is neurodivergent has a neurogender, but each neurogender is exclusive to certain neurotypes. Oftentimes there are similar terms available to neurotypicals who have similar experiences and don't wish to appropriate. | | '''Neurogender''' (coined by Tumblr user Baaphomett in 2014, in a submission to the [[MOGAI-archive blog]])<ref name="baaphomett masterpost">Baaphomett. "Masterpost of genders coined by Baaphomett." ''Mogai-Archive.'' Original post where these were coined, which is lost: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that post: https://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95720973644/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett Archive of that archive: https://archive.is/yULU0#selection-169.2-169.93</ref> means any self-identity in which a person feels that their gender identity is somehow linked to-- and best described in connection with-- their neurological type (neurotype), neurological conditions, neurodivergence, mental variation, or mental illness. One's neurotype affects many parts of one's life, including one's gender identity. Neurogenders are not defined in relationship to concepts of male and female, which puts it under the umbrellas of [[nonbinary]] gender and [[xenogender]]. There are many different neurogenders related to most, if not all, neurodivergencies. Not everyone who is neurodivergent sees themselves as having a neurogender. Some neurogenders are only for people with certain neurotypes. |
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| | "Neurodivergent" is a general category for people whose neurological development and state are atypical, and it includes people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or many other neurological conditions or mental illnesses. The word neurodivergent comes from the neurodiversity movement, which was started by autistic rights activists in the late 1990s. The neurodiversity movement seeks civil rights for neurodivergent people, and encourages seeing neurodivergence as a natural part of human diversity.<ref name="disabled world">"What Is: Neurodiversity, Neurodivergent, Neurotypical." ''Disabled World.'' Updated April 7, 2020. https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/neurodiversity/</ref> |
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| ==List of Neurogenders==
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| There are many kinds of neurogenders, some of which are only for people with certain neurotypes. This list is in alphabetical order.
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| | 2. evidence that the identity has actually been used as someone's own identity. Acceptable evidence includes presence in at least one Gender Census result, a news article, or published nonfiction book describing an actual person using it. |
| [[File:affectugender.png|thumb|Affectugender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Affectugender-Pride-Flag-558150940</ref> The flag design was created to represent fluctuating moods (yellow (happy/manic) to blue (sad/depressed) and yellow to red (anger).]]
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| '''Affectugender''' (coined by witchtao<ref>http://witchtree.tumblr.com/post/98848290913/affectugender</ref>) is defined as a gender that is affected by one’s neurodivergency especially fluctuating moods, e.g. feeling like a boy during depressive episodes and feeling more like a demigirl during happy/manic episodes. This is under the [[neurogender]] and [[xenogender]] umbrella categories of gender.
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| '''Keywords:''' Depression, mood disorders, bipolar, BPD | | A design for a pride flag does not count toward origin or evidence of use. A personal blog written by the person who coined the term or claiming to use the term does not count toward evidence of use. A source citation of a web page counts if it is either a live link, or an archive of a dead link, but dead links by themselves are not acceptable. |
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| | Autism is a spectrum of highly variable neurodevelopmental disorders. Psychologists see autism as having three main symptoms: impairments in social interaction, impairments in communication, and repetitive behavior.<ref name=DSM5>{{vcite book | title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition | chapter = Autism Spectrum Disorder, 299.00 (F84.0) | editor = American Psychiatric Association | year = 2013 | publisher = American Psychiatric Publishing | pagex = 50–59}}</ref><ref name="Filipek">{{cite journal | vauthors = Filipek PA, Accardo PJ, Baranek GT, Cook EH, Dawson G, Gordon B, Gravel JS, Johnson CP, Kallen RJ, Levy SE, Minshew NJ, Ozonoff S, Prizant BM, Rapin I, Rogers SJ, Stone WL, Teplin S, Tuchman RF, Volkmar FR | s2cid = 145113684 | title = The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders | journal = J Autism Dev Disord | volume = 29 | issue = 6 | pages = 439–484 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10638459 | doi = 10.1023/A:1021943802493 }} This paper represents a consensus of representatives from nine professional and four parent organizations in the US.</ref><ref name="Geschwind-2009">{{cite journal | last = Geschwind | first = Daniel H | title = Advances in autism | journal = Annu Rev Med | volume = 60 | pages = 367–380 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19630577 | pmc = 3645857 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.med.60.053107.121225}}</ref> People with autism may be impaired in some respects, but average or better in others.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Pinel JP |title=Biopsychology |year=2011 |publisher=Pearson |location=Boston, Massachusetts |edition=8th |isbn=978-0-205-03099-6 |oclc=1085798897 |page=235 }}</ref> Autism lasts lifelong from birth: it is first evident in infancy,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rogers SJ | title = What are infant siblings teaching us about autism in infancy? | journal = Autism Res | volume = 2 | issue = 3 | pages = 125–137 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19582867 | pmc = 2791538 | doi = 10.1002/aur.81}}</ref> and many adults and seniors are autistic.<ref name=Ste106>{{cite journal | vauthors = Steinhausen HC, Mohr Jensen C, Lauritsen MB | title = A systematic review and meta-analysis of the long-term overall outcome of autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and adulthood | journal = Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | volume = 133 | issue = 6 | pages = 445–452 | date = June 2016 | pmid = 26763353 | doi = 10.1111/acps.12559 }}</ref><ref name="Rapin">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rapin I, Tuchman RF | title = Autism: definition, neurobiology, screening, diagnosis | journal = Pediatric Clinics of North America | volume = 55 | issue = 5 | pages = 1129–1146, viii | date = October 2008 | pmid = 18929056 | doi = 10.1016/j.pcl.2008.07.005 }}</ref> There is no specifically known cause (it is thought to be genetic),<ref name="Fractionable">{{cite journal|vauthors=Happé F, Ronald A |s2cid=13928876 |title=The 'fractionable autism triad': a review of evidence from behavioural, genetic, cognitive and neural research |journal=Neuropsychol Rev |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=287–304 |year=2008 |pmid=18956240 |doi=10.1007/s11065-008-9076-8}}</ref><ref name="HappeTime">{{cite journal | vauthors = Happé F, Ronald A, Plomin R | title = Time to give up on a single explanation for autism | journal = Nature Neuroscience | volume = 9 | issue = 10 | pages = 1218–1220 | year = 2006 | pmid = 17001340 | doi = 10.1038/nn1770 | doi-access = free}}</ref> prevention, or cure for autism.<ref name="CCD2007">{{cite journal | vauthors = Myers SM, Johnson CP | title = Management of children with autism spectrum disorders | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 120 | issue = 5 | pages = 1162–1182 | date = November 2007 | pmid = 17967921 | doi = 10.1542/peds.2007-2362 | url = https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/120/5/1162 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The autistic culture and autism rights movement includes those who argue that autism should be accepted as a natural part of the diversity of kinds of people.<ref name=Sil2008>{{cite journal |journal=BioSocieties |year=2008 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=325–341 |title=Fieldwork on another planet: social science perspectives on the autism spectrum | vauthors = Silverman C |s2cid=145379758 |doi=10.1017/S1745855208006236}}</ref><ref name=Frith2014>{{cite news |last=Frith |first=Uta | name-list-format = vanc |title=Autism – are we any closer to explaining the enigma? |url=https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-27/edition-10/autism-are-we-any-closer-explaining-enigma |work=The Psychologist (magazine) |publisher=British Psychological Society |date=October 2014 |volume=27 |pages=744–745}}</ref> In the 2000s, the number of autistic people was estimated at 1–2 per 1,000 people worldwide.<ref name=News2007>{{cite journal | vauthors = Newschaffer CJ, Croen LA, Daniels J, Giarelli E, Grether JK, Levy SE, Mandell DS, Miller LA, Pinto-Martin J, Reaven J, Reynolds AM, Rice CE, Schendel D, Windham GC | title = The epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders | journal = Annual Review of Public Health | volume = 28 | pages = 235–258 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17367287 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144007 }}</ref> |
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| '''Anxiegender:''' A gender affected by anxiety.<ref>https://pride-library.tumblr.com/post/146498187890/anxiegender</ref> '''Keywords:''' Anxiety
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| [[File:autigender.png|thumb|Autigender [[Flags|flag]] created by noitspronouncedgif.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride</ref> The black infinity symbol refers to the rainbow infinity symbol that means neurodiversity.]] | | [[File:autigender.png|thumb|Autigender [[Flags|flag]] created by noitspronouncedgif.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123783742554/fascigender-and-autigender-flags-from-the-pride</ref> The black infinity symbol refers to the rainbow infinity symbol that means neurodiversity.]] |
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| '''Autismgender''' or '''autigender'''. A gender identity with which some nonbinary people with autism choose to use to describe themselves. (Autism is a relatively rare neurological type that has distinctive challenges and advantages compared to more common neuro-types, especially in regard to social skills, sensory processing, and learning abilities. This makes it a disability, but it is also natural, healthy, and lifelong from birth. It is not something broken, and it cannot be cured. It is part of the diversity of kinds of people, like being left-handed or gay.) Coined on or before Aug 25, 2014 by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl. They defined it as "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic." When your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.<ref>The since-deleted post in the ''mogai-archive'' blog where this word was coined: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477063574/auti-s-gender Another blog's archive of that lost blog post: http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723823254/autisgender An archive of that archive: https://archive.is/BTFMN#selection-489.0-489.14</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 0.59% (66) of the responses called their gender identity autigender, autgender, autistic, or autiqueer. Several of these included explanations from the survey respondants that they meant that autism was their gender, or had a significant effect on their understanding of gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | | * '''Name(s):''' autismgender, autigender, or autgender.<ref name="autismgender mogai-archive">The since-deleted post in the ''mogai-archive'' blog where this word was coined: http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/93477063574/auti-s-gender Another blog's archive of that lost blog post: http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95723823254/autisgender An archive of that archive: https://archive.is/BTFMN#selection-489.0-489.14</ref> |
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| ===Bordergender===
| | * '''Meaning:''' A gender identity with which some nonbinary people with autism choose to use to describe themselves. As originally defined by Tumblr users autismgender and esperancegirl, autismgender means "autism as part or whole of gender identity; a gender that can only be understood in context of being autistic." When your gender experience is influenced by or linked to your autism, or your understanding of the concept of gender itself is fundamentally altered by your autism.<ref name="autismgender mogai-archive" /> |
| '''Bordergender or Borderfluid''' a gender identity experiences exclusively by people with Borderline Personality Disorder. Bordergender people, although they still experience gender, have trouble pinning it down to just one label or identity. Bordergender people tend to be constantly questioning because they keep second-guessing themselves, including their sense of gender. | |
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| ===Caedogender===
| | * '''Demographics:''' In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, one of the 3055 respondents called their gender identity "autistic," and another said "autisgender."<ref name=NBGQ2016>"NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results." ''Gender Census.'' March 19, 2016. http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 66 of the 11,242 respondents (0.59%) called their gender identity autigender, autgender, autistic, or autiqueer. Several of these included explanations from the survey respondants that they meant that autism was their gender, or had a significant effect on their understanding of gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR." ''Gender Census.'' March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr</ref> |
| [[File:Caedogender.png|thumb|Caedogender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Caedogender-Pride-Flag-558262796</ref> The flag design was created to look like the colors representing certain genders were being "cut out" by the gray bars.]]
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| '''Caedogender, or Caedgender''' is defined as a gender which has been “cut away” by a traumatic event. A gender that was once felt but has been damaged or lost due to trauma. | |
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| [[File:Catgender.jpg|thumb|Catgender flag created by Kai (hueningafton on twitter)]]
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| '''Catgender''' is defined as "An identity that is used for autistic individuals, as well as people who may experience delusions relating to being a cat/feline and/or experience [[otherkin|species regression]]" or "to describe a gender that feels feline".<ref>https://catgender.carrd.co/#about</ref> It is intended as an umbrella term, covering other cat-related genders such as meowgender, nyagender, kittengender, kittygender, etc.<ref name="catgender">{{Cite web |title=catgender |author=wormhaze |work=all about xenogenders/neogenders |date= |access-date=11 July 2020 |url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#catgender}}</ref> While the coiner has said that anyone may use catgender, she also said "it is STRONGLY preferred that neurodivergent individuals identify with it".<ref>[https://twitter.com/bunsolvd/status/1267957400046317570 Twitter thread by bunsolved], 2 June 2020</ref> | |
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| | * '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by Tumblr user pastel-memer by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog.<ref name="pendogender coin">http://archive.is/WzKNu#selection-385.1-389.96</ref> |
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| | * '''Meaning:''' As originally described by pastel-memer, it means "never being satisfied with your gender or feeling settled no matter how well it fits due to self-doubt, causing one to compulsively search and seek out something that fits even better. Gender perfectionism. The 'gender' part can be replaced by the closest fitting gender at any time, ie pendo[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#juxera|juxera]]/pendo-[[agender]]. For neurodivergent folks only, coined with people with anxiety disorders, OCD, and OCPD in mind."<ref name="pendogender coin" /> |
| [[File:cavusgender.png|thumb|Cavusgender [[Flags|flag]] created by Dawnrunner.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/126437206399/cavusgender-for-people-with-depression-you-feel</ref> ]]
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| '''Cavusgender''' is defined as a gender for people with depression. You feel one gender when not depressed and another when depressed. The gender felt whilst depressed can be attached as a suffix (eg cavusboy, cavusgirl, cavusnonbinary, cavusace.)
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| '''Cloudgender''' is defined as a gender which cannot be fully realized or seen clearly due to depersonalization/derealization disorder. This is a kind of [[neurogender]]. | |
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| '''Commogender''' (coined by transmomoi<ref>http://cupioromantic.tumblr.com/post/96861723417/commogender</ref>) is defined as a feeling that one is definitely not [[cisgender]], but is unable to define what their gender is due to mental exhaustion. May be used as commoboy/commogirl if the person identifies with a binary gender for convenience.
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| | | [[File:vaguegender.png|thumb|Vaguegender [[flags]] created by cryptomegha (under Tumblr usernames strangegloved and gcdzilla) together with the participants of the neurodivergentkin network.<ref name="vague coin">Cryptomegha (Gcdzilla, StrangeGloved). Untitled post. ''gcdzilla'' (blog). August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141003224751/http://gcdzilla.tumblr.com/post/91603686632/ok-so-the-rly-cool-people-at-the-neurodivergentkin</ref>]] |
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| '''Corugender or Flashgender''' (coined by gmaora<ref>http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95725917124/corugender</ref>) is defined as a gender identity that changes during and around flashbacks.
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| '''Cyclogender:''' Describes a bipolar person whose gender identity is tied to what type of episode (manic, hypomanic, depressive, mixed, etc.) they are experiencing at that moment. '''Keywords:''' Bipolar
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| '''Divigender:''' A feeling that one’s gender is split or divided due to a dissociative disorder. '''Keywords:''' DID, dissociation
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| '''Endospectrum:''' (coined by Dawning) A person whose experience of any or all areas of gender, orientation, any kind of attraction, or expression is in some way and to some degree formed or influenced by their being somewhere on the autism spectrum (Aspergers/Aspie, ASD, etc.)
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| '''Fascigender''' (coined by autisticjakeenglish<ref>http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95788149134/fascigender</ref>) is defined as a gender experience largely related to an autistic special interest.
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| '''Foggender''' (coined by autisticlynx<ref>http://purrloinsucks.tumblr.com/post/95787573034/vaguegender-and-foggender</ref>) is defined as a gender which is close to a certain gender, but cannot be directly pinpointed due to brainfog (a lack of concentration or wakefulness associated with ADHD, fibromyalgia, depression, etc.) Foggender is a kind of [[neurogender]].
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| '''Genderanxious:''' A gender that is undefined because the act of finding a label, or of having a gender, is a trigger for anxiety. '''Keywords:''' Anxiety
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| '''Genderdisordered:''' A gender that is heavily influenced by, or unable to be defined because of disorganized thinking or a thought disorder.
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| '''Genderfake:''' Feeling that your gender is part of your hallucinations or delusions. '''Keywords:''' Schizophrenia, delusion, hallucination,
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| '''Gendermute.''' A label for selectively mute people, which describes a gender that can only be expressed at certain times, in safe environments. '''Keywords:''' Selective mutism, autism,
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| '''Genderwhat.''' Being unable to understand the concept of gender or of having a gender due to neurodivergence.
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| '''Illusogender'''. Coined by anonymous. When you know you’re a certain gender, but there’s still the feeling of ‘fakeness’ there, either due to neurodivergency and/or due to outside pressure from parents, society, etc. These feelings and/or pressures can be part of the gender experience.
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| '''imnigender''' A gender defined by anxiety. Not “your gender makes you anxious” so much as “anxiety is your gender”. '''Keywords:''' Anxiety
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| '''kynigender:''' A gender which is not able to be pinpointed due to the stress of the [[questioning]] process, triggering anxiety. '''Keywords:''' Anxiety, stress
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| '''lipsigender''' A gender which, when thought about, triggers bouts of depression. '''Keywords:''' Depression, bipolar
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| '''Ludogender''' (coined by anonymous) is defined as a gender which has a core, but the individual mirrors (copies) the genders of other individuals. A neurodivergent only gender.
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| ===Maestusgender===
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| '''maestusgender:''' In which the individual’s brain chemical imbalance obscures, masks, or otherwise distorts their self perception and stunts their ability to determine gender identity.
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| ===Narkissisgender===
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| [[File:Narkissisgender.png|thumb|Narkissisgender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Narkissisgender-Pride-Flag-559977151</ref> The flag design was created to resemble a narcissus flower aka a daffodil.]]
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| '''Narkissisgender:''' (coined by furryhell) is defined as an egotistical gender, viewing itself in a high position and wanting and/or needing praise. should only be used by those who have narcissistic personality disorder. "Gender" can be replaced with fluid, boy, girl, xirl, boi, nonbinary, enby, nb, etc. The synonym of this word that can be used by people who don't have narcissistic personality disorder is [[egoisgender]].
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| '''Keywords:''' Narcissism, NPD
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| ===Nesciogender===
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| [[File:nesciogender.png|thumb|Nesciogender or Nesciōgender [[Flags|flag]] created by crypticprinxe.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/93335174769/crypticprinxe-gonna-do-this-now-bc-ill-forget</ref> The flag design was created with mint green colors to represent neurodivergency and the circle in the center is meant to place other flags inside.]]
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| '''Nesciogender or Nesciōgender:''' (coined by princetzimisce<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/93335174769/crypticprinxe-gonna-do-this-now-bc-ill-forget</ref>) is defined as a gender one is not completely sure of due to one’s neurotype disallowing a clear understanding of the concept, but has a vague sense of what it could be; i.e. nescioboy, nescioagender, etc.
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| ===Nologender===
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| '''Nologender or Nōlōgender:''' A term for neurodivergent people who have difficulty grasping the concept of gender. Distinct from nesciōgender in that the individual has no particular desire to investigate their gender, as doing so is overly difficult due to their inability to understand the concept of gender.
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| ===OC-Gender===
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| '''OC-Gender, O-Gender, or C-Gender:''' A set of gender identities that are heavily influenced or defined by one’s OCD. The variations describe a feeling that one’s gender is influenced or defined by obsessions only, by compulsions only, or by both obsessions and compulsions. '''Keywords:''' OCD, OCPD
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| ===Pendogender===
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| [[File:Pendogender.png|thumb|Pendogender [[Flags|flag]] created by pastelmemer.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/123466666709/is-there-a-pendogender-flag</ref>]]
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| '''Pendogender''' is defined as never being satisfied with your gender no matter how well it fits due to self-doubt, causing one to compulsively search and seek out something that fits even better. Gender perfectionism. For neurodivergent folks only, coined with people with anxiety disorders, OCD, and OCPD in mind.
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| '''Keywords:''' OCD, OCPD, anxiety
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| ===Posigender===
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| '''Posigender or Negagender:''' A feeling that one’s gender is defined by or influenced by positive (posigender) or negative (negagender) symptoms of their schizophrenia. '''Keywords:''' Schizophrenia
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| ===Robogender===
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| '''Robogender''': Has two definitions. A. Neurogender for neurodivergent people "who feel a bit robotic and take comfort in it".<ref name="robogender">{{Cite web |title=robogender |author= |work=all about xenogenders/neogenders |author=wormhaze |access-date=4 July 2020 |url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#robogender}}</ref> B. Not a neurogender: for "people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise"<ref>{{cite tweet|user=SL33PY_M4G3|author=Big Sis Faunus|number=1268312206044729350|title=robogender is a term used by people who feel like theyre deeply attached to robots gender-wise! they can feel feminine, masculine, or any other way and still be robogender! thats what the blue, pink, and white lines are for!!|date=3 June 2020}}</ref> | |
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| ===Shkizeingender===
| | * '''Origin:''' Coined in 2014 by Cryptomegha (Tumblr usernames StrangeGloved and Gcdzilla), together with many participants of the neurodivergentkin network.<ref name="vague coin" /> |
| '''Skhizeingender:''' A gender that is strongly connected to schizophrenia, or having a gender that is difficult to describe or communicate because of being schizophrenic. | |
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| Pronounced: sk-heez-ein-gender '''Keywords:''' Schizophrenia
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| | * '''Meaning:''' As originally described by its coiners, vaguegender is "a nonbinary gender that can only be used by neurodivergent people [...] it means that your gender is not definable with words because of one’s status as neurodivergent. the black and gray flag represents brain fog, as well as vagueness."<ref name="vague coin" /> Later, in 2016, autistic activist Lydia X. Z. Brown (b. 1993) wrote, "I’ve started referring to myself as gendervague, a term coined within the autistic community to refer to a specifically neurodivergent experience of trans/gender identity. For many of us, gender mostly impacts our lives when projected onto us through other people’s assumptions, but holds little intrinsic meaning. Someone who is gendervague cannot separate their gender identity from their neurodivergence – being autistic doesn’t ''cause'' my gender identity, but it is inextricably related to how I understand and experience gender. [...] For many (but certainly not all) autistic people, we can’t make heads or tails of either the widespread assumption that everyone fits neatly into categories of men and women or the nonsensical characteristics expected or assumed of womanhood and manhood. Recent research has shown that autistic people are more likely to identify as transgender or [[genderqueer]] than non-autistic people. That’s not surprising to me, because I’ve met far more trans or genderqueer people in autistic spaces than I have anywhere else."<ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences |last=Brown |first=Lydia X. Z. |work=The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE) |date=22 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/}}</ref> Another gendervague person, the author Max Sparrow, wrote that "gendervague helps to create a community where people understand that disability can affect gender presentation as much as or even more than inherent gender identity. Identity labels so often focus on sifting out one aspect of identity, holding it apart and separate from other aspects of our lives. Gendervague is an inherently intersected identity, honoring two different facets of identity equally, simultaneously more exclusive and more inclusive."<ref name="transtistic">Max Sparrow. "What is gendervague?" ''Transtistic: At the Intersection of Transtistic and Autgender'' (blog). June 17, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2019. https://transtistic.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/what-is-gendervaguear Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190411000915/https://transtistic.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/what-is-gendervague/</ref> |
| '''Systemgender:''' A gender which is defined as a sum of all the genders within a multiple or median system. | |
| A nonbinary gender experienced by members of a multiple and/or median system. Other systems can also come up with names. (i.e. headmates all have different nonbinary genders but are looking for something to describe the gender of the system as a whole.) '''Keywords:''' DID, multiples,
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| ===Systemfluid===
| | * '''Keywords:''' attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, gender connected with mind or brain conditions ([[neurogender]]), indefinable, indescribable, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) |
| '''Systemfluid:''' Genders that change depending on who’s fronting. '''Keywords:''' DID, multiples
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| ===Traumatagender===
| | * '''Demographics:''' In the 2019 Gender Census, 26 respondents (0.23%) called themselves gendervague. Three more respondents simply called their gender "vague."<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> |
| '''Traumatagender, Traumatgender, Trautgender, or Trauatgender:''' (Coined by furryhell) A gender that varies; it can change a lot, it could be unknown, it could just be there, it could be nonexistent, etc. Whatever it is, it was based from intense trauma. Should only be used by those who have experienced or are going through what they consider intense trauma. '''Keywords:''' PTSD, trauma | |
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| [[File:vaguegender.png|thumb|Vaguegender [[flags]] created by neurodivergentkin and strangegloved.<ref name="strangegloved">Queerascat. http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/91654136619/strangegloved-ok-so-the-rly-cool-people-at-the </ref>]]
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| '''Vaguegender, or Gendervague''' (coined by neurodivergentkin and strangegloved<ref name="strangegloved" />) is defined as a gender identity that is highly influenced by being neurodivergent, and feels undefinable or partly definable because of one’s neurodivergence.
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| ===Virgender===
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| [[File:virgender.png|thumb|Virgender [[Flags|flag]] created by pridearchive.<ref>http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91781500576/virgender-pride</ref> The meaning of the flag colors are: '''Red:''' To symbolise the stress/difficulty in having a gender, '''White:''' An amalgamation of all genders '''Black:''' Genderlessness. The red stripes lighten as one goes down the flag to symbolise how one’s stress is causing their gender to get weaker and weaker until it goes to white and the individual is relieved of the stress of keeping up with one’s gender. The white transitions to grey and then to black to symbolise the complete lack of gender.]]
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| '''Virgender''' (coined by stevenuniversequartz<ref>http://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/91781500576/virgender-pride</ref>) is defined as 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.
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| ===Xumgender===
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| [[File:Xumgender.png|thumb|Xumgender [[Flags|flag]] created by ademcshades.<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/125365766679/is-there-a-xumgender-flag</ref>]]
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| [[File:Xumgender-2.png|thumb|Alternate xumgender [[Flags|flag]] created by Kiloueka.<ref>http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/art/Xumgender-Pride-Flag-2-566624712</ref>]]
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| '''Xumgender''' (coined by ademcshades<ref>http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/125365766679/is-there-a-xumgender-flag</ref>) is defined as never being satisfied with your gender due to constant self-doubt or identity issues, causing one to compulsively search and seek out something that fits as perfect as possible–to find “the gender” or “the one truth”–though one will never be found due to one’s neurotype, because words will never be able to describe it, and/or its own properties paradox itself. This frequent anxiety and doubt even causes this gender to feel imperfect to the individual.
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