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[[X-gender]] (Xジェンダー ''x-jendā'', or エックスジェンダー ''ekkusu-jendā'') is a common [[transgender]] identity that isn't [[ | [[File:X-gender.png|thumb|A proposed X-gender pride flag, created in 2016 by a tumblr user under the pseudonym "xgen".<ref>https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/154655970879/image-white-background-with-a-large-x-over-it, 19 December 2016</ref> The design arranges the colors of the nonbinary flag into an X shape.]] | ||
'''X-gender''' (Xジェンダー ''x-jendā'', or エックスジェンダー ''ekkusu-jendā'') is a common [[transgender]] identity that isn't [[female]] or [[male]].<ref name="RoxieSelected">Marilyn Roxie. "Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan." March 28, 2013. [http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan]</ref> The word X-gender is used in Japan in the same way that [[genderqueer]] and [[nonbinary]] are used in English. How many people call themselves X-gender? In April and May of 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey. It collected a total of 348,000 valid responses from people aged 20 to 69. 2.5% of these respondents called themselves X-gender.<ref>"Most people in Japan know LGBT but understanding limited." ''Kyodo News.'' December 11, 2019. Accessed July 5, 2020. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html </ref> | |||
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X-gender is said as "X gender," as in the unknown X in mathematics, not "cross gender" as in an intersection. | X-gender is said as "X gender," as in the unknown X in mathematics, not "cross gender" as in an intersection. | ||
X-gender is also related to the use in some countries of | X-gender is also related to the use in some countries of “[[Gender markers|X gender]]” on paperwork for a gender other than man or woman. | ||
The term "X-gender" is also related to other jargon used throughout the transgender community. There is a widespread practice of [[Binary genders#Transgender women|trans women]] and people on the trans-feminine spectrum abbreviating their transition direction, "male-to-female", as "MtF". Meanwhile, [[Binary genders#Transgender men|trans men]] and people on the trans-masculine spectrum abbreviating "female-to-male" as "FtM". Following this, trans people who don't identify as male or female substitute an X for their transition direction. X-gender and other nonbinary people have described their transition direction as "male-to-X" as "MtX", and "female-to-X". The term "XtX" is also used by people who were born with an [[intersex]] condition and have a gender identity that is neither male nor female.<ref> http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm#n12</ref> | The term "X-gender" is also related to other jargon used throughout the transgender community. There is a widespread practice of [[Binary genders#Transgender women|trans women]] and people on the trans-feminine spectrum abbreviating their transition direction, "male-to-female", as "MtF". Meanwhile, [[Binary genders#Transgender men|trans men]] and people on the trans-masculine spectrum abbreviating "female-to-male" as "FtM". Following this, trans people who don't identify as male or female substitute an X for their transition direction. X-gender and other nonbinary people have described their transition direction as "male-to-X" as "MtX", and "female-to-X". The term "XtX" is also used by people who were born with an [[intersex]] condition and have a gender identity that is neither male nor female.<ref> http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm#n12</ref> | ||