Metagender: Difference between revisions
found another definition on Tumblr in 2014... as the concept of "gender modality" no less
imported>GutenMorganism m (→Metagender's relationship with Transgender: clarity/style; also fixed a reference's quote) |
imported>GutenMorganism (found another definition on Tumblr in 2014... as the concept of "gender modality" no less) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Metagender''' is a term that has been coined multiple times with varying definitions, including multiple [[nonbinary]] [[Gender identity|gender identities]], spiritual and [[Gender-variant identities worldwide|cultural]] identities, a combined gender identity and [[Orientation|romantic and sexual orientation]], a [[Gender Modality|gender modality]], a description for [[Gender nonconformity|gender-nonconforming behavior]], and a super-set for all gender possibilities. Different definitions have been used for [[LGBT]] self-identifiers, in [[Feminism|feminist]]/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory queer theory] and [[activism]], and in academic settings. | '''Metagender''' is a term that has been coined multiple times with varying definitions, including multiple [[nonbinary]] [[Gender identity|gender identities]], spiritual and [[Gender-variant identities worldwide|cultural]] identities, a combined gender identity and [[Orientation|romantic and sexual orientation]], a [[Gender Modality|gender modality]], a synonym for gender modality, a description for [[Gender nonconformity|gender-nonconforming behavior]], and a super-set for all gender possibilities. Different definitions have been used for [[LGBT]] self-identifiers, in [[Feminism|feminist]]/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory queer theory] and [[activism]], and in academic settings. | ||
==Usage through history== | ==Usage through history== | ||
| Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
In 2012, metagender was defined in HaifischGeweint's Gender 101 as "a gender identity describing a person whose subjective experience of gender is not adequately described by any existing terminology (i.e., I never “met a” gender like you before)."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haifischgeweint.wordpress.com/gender-101/|title=#Gender101|date=2012-04-22|website=HaifischGeweint|language=en|access-date=2020-12-28}}</ref> | In 2012, metagender was defined in HaifischGeweint's Gender 101 as "a gender identity describing a person whose subjective experience of gender is not adequately described by any existing terminology (i.e., I never “met a” gender like you before)."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haifischgeweint.wordpress.com/gender-101/|title=#Gender101|date=2012-04-22|website=HaifischGeweint|language=en|access-date=2020-12-28}}</ref> | ||
In 2014, Metagender was proposed for | In 2014, Metagender was proposed for four different meanings on Tumblr. | ||
#In June, | #In February, "meta-gender" was suggested by Tumblr user unquietpirate as the label for one's relationship to one's assigned gender at birth, similar to [[Gender Modality|gender modality]], to contrast with "experiential gender." Unquietpirate listed cisgender, transgender, and genderqueer as examples of meta-gender, last also being an "experiential gender."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/76889334992/yeah-but-can-you-explain-the-cis-gender-thing|title=Yeah, but can you explain the cis gender thing?|last=queeranarchism|first=|date=|website=Queer Anarchism|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref> | ||
#In August, | #In June, metagender was suggested by Tumblr user collectivetey as an alternative word for [[pangender]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pangender Without the 'Pan'|date=23 June 2014|url=https://collectivetey.tumblr.com/post/89664280616/pangender-without-the-pan}}</ref> | ||
#In November, | #In August, metagender was coined by Tumblr users keyblademastercecilpalmer, agenderchrismclean, and lordmoriarty by submission to the MOGAI-Archive blog. The definition was: "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.<ref name="metagender2014">http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91734862699/metagender {{dead link}}</ref><ref>http://www.mogaipedia.org/wiki:metagender#toc0</ref> | ||
#In November, metagender was coined by Tumblr user arquus-malvaceae as "a tangential or tenuous connection to the concept of gender. Existing in that sort of floaty space where there is no gender, but still connecting with another label. Identifying with as opposed to identifying as. Can be narrowed down and specified as one sees fit. Eg, Metawoman, Metaman, Metaqueer, etc."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arquus-malvaceae.tumblr.com/post/103240804765/metagender-a-tangential-or-tenuous-connection-to|title=Metagender: A tangential or tenuous connection to...|last=arquus-malvaceae|first=|date=2014-11-21|website=Cupcakes – tumblr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228210047/https://arquus-malvaceae.tumblr.com/post/103240804765/metagender-a-tangential-or-tenuous-connection-to|archive-date=2020-12-28|dead-url=|access-date=2020-12-28}}</ref> | |||
At Pantheacon 2015, a [[Pagan|neopagan]] convention, at least two persons spoke about their metagender identity at a roundtable discussion on gender diversity<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=http://divinespiralingrainbowtribe.blogspot.com/2015/03/|title=Divine Spiraling Rainbow Tribe: Exploring and Honoring Sacred Mxgender Mysteries|website=divinespiralingrainbowtribe.blogspot.com|language=en|access-date=2021-01-01|date=2015-03-15|last=Bee|first=Jaina|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> as derived from the spiritual definition by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus.<ref name=":3" /> After the convention, Priestx Jaina Bee wrote: | At Pantheacon 2015, a [[Pagan|neopagan]] convention, at least two persons spoke about their metagender identity at a roundtable discussion on gender diversity<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=http://divinespiralingrainbowtribe.blogspot.com/2015/03/|title=Divine Spiraling Rainbow Tribe: Exploring and Honoring Sacred Mxgender Mysteries|website=divinespiralingrainbowtribe.blogspot.com|language=en|access-date=2021-01-01|date=2015-03-15|last=Bee|first=Jaina|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> as derived from the spiritual definition by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus.<ref name=":3" /> After the convention, Priestx Jaina Bee wrote: | ||