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| flag = | | flag = agender.png | ||
| meaning = | | meaning = Black: absence of gender; grey: partial gender; green: gender that isn't related to male or female. | ||
| related = | | related = [[Agenderfluid]] and [[Agenderflux]] | ||
| | | umbrella = [[Nonbinary]] | ||
| frequency = 23.5% | |||
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Agender | |||
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'''Agender''' (also called '''genderblank''' | '''Agender''' (also called '''genderblank'''{{citation needed}}, '''genderfree''', '''genderless''', '''gendervoid'''{{citation needed}}, '''non-gendered,''' '''ungendered'''<ref name="Eyler">{{cite journal|last1=Eyler |first1=A.E.|last2=Wright |first2=K.|year=1997|url=https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|title=Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender-Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence.|journal=International Journal of Transgenderism|quote=An individual of any genetic sex may also regard him-herself as neither a woman nor a man, but a member of some other gender, as is common in non-Western cultures (and is becoming increasingly recognized in the West as well), or as an ungendered person, who does not or will not identify with any conventional gender.}}</ref>, or '''null gender'''{{citation needed}}) is an identity under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] [[umbrella terms]]. Agender individuals find that they have no [[gender identity]], although some define it more as having a gender identity that is neutral. (See [[gender neutral]] for a related identity.) | ||
Agender Pride day is celebrated on the 19th of May.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important LGBT Dates |author= |work=LGBTLifeWestchester.org |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agender Pride Day |last=Ohene |first=Benjamin |work=Believe Out Loud |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/}}</ref> | Agender Pride day is celebrated on the 19th of May.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important LGBT Dates |author= |work=LGBTLifeWestchester.org |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agender Pride Day |last=Ohene |first=Benjamin |work=Believe Out Loud |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/}}</ref> | ||
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Salem X (also known as "Ska" or as their Tumblr user name "transrants") created the agender flag in 2014, sharing the design on Feb 18th.<ref> | Salem X (also known as "Ska" or as their Tumblr user name "transrants") created the agender flag in 2014, sharing the design on Feb 18th.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://majesticmess.com/encyclopedia/agender-flag/ |title=Agender Flag – Majestic Mess Designs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612222135/https://majesticmess.com/encyclopedia/agender-flag/ |archive-date=12 June 2022 |date= |website=Majestic Mess |access-date=24 March 2023}} | ||
</ref> In reference to the colors chosen, they said "The black and white stripes represent an absence of gender, the gray represents semi-genderlessness, and the central green stripe represents nonbinary genders." In 2014, they also created the demiboy, demigirl and deminonbinary flags.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/16/interview-creator-of-the-agender-flag/ |title=Interview: Creator of the Agender Flag – Majestic Mess Designs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228183501/https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/16/interview-creator-of-the-agender-flag/ |archive-date=28 February 2022 |date= |website=Majestic Mess |access-date=24 March 2023}} | |||
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In 2014, agender was one of the 56 genders made [[Gender and social media sites|available on Facebook]].<ref>Eve | In 2014, agender was one of the 56 genders made [[Gender and social media sites|available on Facebook]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Shapira|first=Eve|title=Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age}}</ref> | ||
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In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "agender,"<ref> | In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "agender,"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ |title=New words added to Dictionary.com |date=May 6, 2015 |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=24 March 2023}} | ||
</ref> which it defined as "a person who does not have a specific gender identity or recognizable gender expression."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agender?s=t |title=Agender |date= |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=24 March 2023}} | |||
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'''anongender.''' "A gender that is unknown to you and others". | '''anongender.''' "A gender that is unknown to you and others".{{citation needed}} | ||
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'''agenderfluid.''' Coined by pleurocarpus. Basically agender, but also [[genderfluid]]. Synonym cancegender. | '''agenderfluid.''' Coined by pleurocarpus. Basically agender, but also [[genderfluid]]. Synonym cancegender.{{citation needed}} | ||
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'''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#agenderflux|agenderflux]].''' Coined by perfectlybrokenbones. "Where you identify as agender but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female. ". | '''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#agenderflux|agenderflux]].''' Coined by perfectlybrokenbones. "Where you identify as agender but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female. ".{{citation needed}} | ||
'''[[agenderfluix]].''' A cross between agenderfluid and agenderflux; "a gender identity that is predominantly agender, but is fluid in nature and fluctuates in intensity over time." May also be called gxnderfluix, agxnderfluix, afluidflux, or flxidflux.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Agenderfluix| work=Gender Wiki |title=Agenderfluix|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> | '''[[agenderfluix]].''' A cross between agenderfluid and agenderflux; "a gender identity that is predominantly agender, but is fluid in nature and fluctuates in intensity over time." May also be called gxnderfluix, agxnderfluix, afluidflux, or flxidflux.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://gender.wikia.org/wiki/Agenderfluix| work=Gender Wiki |title=Agenderfluix|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> | ||
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'''cancegender.''' coined by prideful-concerto. "An individual is agender as their “base” gender but experiences fluid/fluxing gender feelings in tandem with their emotions. These gender feelings may confuse or upset the individual and cause their emotional state to go haywire, which causes more gender changes." | '''cancegender.''' coined by prideful-concerto. "An individual is agender as their “base” gender but experiences fluid/fluxing gender feelings in tandem with their emotions. These gender feelings may confuse or upset the individual and cause their emotional state to go haywire, which causes more gender changes."{{citation needed}} Synonym agenderfluid. | ||
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'''genderblank.''' As described by Damloz: Having no gender. | '''genderblank.''' As described by Damloz: Having no gender.{{citation needed}} Also, as described by anonymous: "a gender so indescribable that the only thought one gets when trying to describe it is a blank space"{{citation needed}} | ||
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'''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#gender-free|genderfree]].''' As described by polyamaesthetic, "someone whose gender is not present; someone who feels their gender is insignificant or irrelevant; someone whose gender is kind of ambiguous, but definitely queer; someone whose gender feels blurry, cloudy, whimsical, and free"<ref>https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/183876471860/genderfree-flowers-genderfree-someone-whose</ref> Caution: sometimes used by [[Cissexism#Transgender-exclusionary_feminists|trangender-exclusionary feminists]] to identify themself as someone who rejects the concept of [[gender identity]].<ref name="medi_CanY">{{Cite web |title=Can You Actually Be #Genderfree? |last=Williams |first=Rachel Anne |work=Medium |date=25 April 2019 |access-date=4 April 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@transphilosophr/can-you-actually-be-genderfree-b38fe95a0cd7}}</ref><ref>https://terflies.tumblr.com/post/184414453101/heads-upgenderfree-is-the-new-gender-critical</ref> | '''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#gender-free|genderfree]].''' As described by polyamaesthetic, "someone whose gender is not present; someone who feels their gender is insignificant or irrelevant; someone whose gender is kind of ambiguous, but definitely queer; someone whose gender feels blurry, cloudy, whimsical, and free"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://polyamaesthetic.tumblr.com/post/183876471860/genderfree-flowers-genderfree-someone-whose|title=genderfree + flowers|website=Tumblr|date=1 April 2019}}</ref> Caution: sometimes used by [[Cissexism#Transgender-exclusionary_feminists|trangender-exclusionary feminists]] to identify themself as someone who rejects the concept of [[gender identity]].<ref name="medi_CanY">{{Cite web |title=Can You Actually Be #Genderfree? |last=Williams |first=Rachel Anne |work=Medium |date=25 April 2019 |access-date=4 April 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@transphilosophr/can-you-actually-be-genderfree-b38fe95a0cd7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://terflies.tumblr.com/post/184414453101/heads-upgenderfree-is-the-new-gender-critical|title=Queerios on Tumblr|website=Tumblr}}</ref> | ||
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'''gendernull.''' As described by Baaphomett, "A gender like gendervoid but without the void." | '''gendernull.''' As described by Baaphomett, "A gender like gendervoid but without the void."{{citation needed}} | ||
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'''librafluid.''' Coined by otterlyradical and pride-flags-for-us. "Mostly agender, but has a strong connection that fluctuates between masculinity, femininity and/or androgyny." | '''librafluid.''' Coined by otterlyradical and pride-flags-for-us. "Mostly agender, but has a strong connection that fluctuates between masculinity, femininity and/or androgyny."{{citation needed}} See also [[libragender]]. | ||
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'''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#null gender|null gender]].''' Coined by dieselwolfe. "Undefinable, intangible, the uncreation of gender. Its taking everything everyone throws at you, saying male, female, pick one, pick this, pick that, and taking it in, only to expel it, poisonous crystals erupting from your skin, armor against those who don’t listen. A 'I don’t want a label because labels don’t fit but they help shut people up sometimes, so here have a label' gender label. A fall-back plan, a red herring to give people who can’t conceptualize the absence, void, nullification of gender. It is, and is not. All and none. Nonexistant but present." | '''[[list of uncommon nonbinary identities#null gender|null gender]].''' Coined by dieselwolfe. "Undefinable, intangible, the uncreation of gender. Its taking everything everyone throws at you, saying male, female, pick one, pick this, pick that, and taking it in, only to expel it, poisonous crystals erupting from your skin, armor against those who don’t listen. A 'I don’t want a label because labels don’t fit but they help shut people up sometimes, so here have a label' gender label. A fall-back plan, a red herring to give people who can’t conceptualize the absence, void, nullification of gender. It is, and is not. All and none. Nonexistant but present."{{citation needed}} | ||
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'''oneirogender.''' Coined by anonymous. "Being agender, but having recurring fantasies or dreams of being a certain gender without the actual dysphoria or desire to actually be that gender day-to-day. e.g. oneiroboy, oneirogirl, oneirononbinary, etc." | '''oneirogender.''' Coined by anonymous. "Being agender, but having recurring fantasies or dreams of being a certain gender without the actual dysphoria or desire to actually be that gender day-to-day. e.g. oneiroboy, oneirogirl, oneirononbinary, etc."{{citation needed}} | ||
'''polyagender.''' Someone who experiences multiple types of agender-spectrum identities; for example they could be a combination of agender, null gender, and gendervoid.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/silencethefox/art/Polyagender-Stamp-736330258</ref><ref>https://nonbinaryresource.tumblr.com/post/154766502356/confused-agender-anon-from-a-while-ago-i-have</ref> | '''polyagender.''' Someone who experiences multiple types of agender-spectrum identities; for example they could be a combination of agender, null gender, and gendervoid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/silencethefox/art/Polyagender-Stamp-736330258|title=Polyagender stamp by SilenceTheFox|website=DeviantArt|date=20 March 2018|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nonbinaryresource.tumblr.com/post/154766502356/confused-agender-anon-from-a-while-ago-i-have|title=nonbinary resource|website=Tumblr|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> | ||
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* Actor [[Ellie Desautels]] describes themself as [[nonbinary]], [[transmasculine]]<ref name="Barasch">{{Cite web |title=Rise’s Ellie Desautels Talks Playing a Transgender Teen on Network TV |last=Barasch |first=Alex |work=Slate Magazine |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html}}</ref>, [[genderqueer]]<ref> | * Actor [[Ellie Desautels]] describes themself as [[nonbinary]], [[transmasculine]]<ref name="Barasch">{{Cite web |title=Rise’s Ellie Desautels Talks Playing a Transgender Teen on Network TV |last=Barasch |first=Alex |work=Slate Magazine |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html}}</ref>, [[genderqueer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ohyouknowellie/|title=Ellie Desautels profile|website=Instagram|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>, and [[agenderflux]].<ref name="dundore">{{Cite web |title=Ellie & Wren |author=Brent Dundore |work=They Them Project |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/}}</ref> | ||
* [[Christie Elan-Cane]] is a non-gendered activist based in the UK, "fighting for legal and social recognition outside the societal gender system".<ref name="LJprofile">http://elancane.livejournal.com/profile</ref> | * [[Christie Elan-Cane]] is a non-gendered activist based in the UK, "fighting for legal and social recognition outside the societal gender system".<ref name="LJprofile">{{cite web|url=http://elancane.livejournal.com/profile|title=elancane - Profile|website=LiveJournal|access-date=24 March 2022|quote= My core identity is neither male nor female }}</ref> | ||
* [[Tyler Ford]] (b. 1990) is an American writer and public speaker of mixed black and white Jewish ethnicity. Ford appeared as the first transgender contestant on ''The Glee Project'' in 2012. They are agender.<ref name="Childress">{{Cite web |title=“I Like to Exist as a Person”: What It Means to Live Beyond Gender |last=Childress |first=Sarah |work=FRONTLINE |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/}}</ref> | * [[Tyler Ford]] (b. 1990) is an American writer and public speaker of mixed black and white Jewish ethnicity. Ford appeared as the first transgender contestant on ''The Glee Project'' in 2012. They are agender.<ref name="Childress">{{Cite web |title=“I Like to Exist as a Person”: What It Means to Live Beyond Gender |last=Childress |first=Sarah |work=FRONTLINE |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/}}</ref> | ||
* [[Public Universal Friend]] (1752 - 1819), an evangelist who preached against slavery in the early United States. The Friend was genderless and asked to be called by [[English neutral pronouns#No pronouns|no pronouns at all]].<ref name="Lamphier-Welch-331">Peg A. | * [[Public Universal Friend]] (1752 - 1819), an evangelist who preached against slavery in the early United States. The Friend was genderless and asked to be called by [[English neutral pronouns#No pronouns|no pronouns at all]].<ref name="Lamphier-Welch-331">{{cite book |last1=Lamphier |first1=Peg A. |last2=Welch |first2=Rosanne |date=2017 |title=Women in American History |page=331}}</ref><ref name="Brekus-85">{{cite book |last1=Brekus |first1=Catherine A. |date=2000 |title=Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 |page=85}}</ref><ref name="Juster-MacFarlane-27-28 Brekus-85 etc">{{cite book |last1=Juster |first1=Susan |last2=MacFarlane |first2=Lisa |date=2018 |title=A Mighty Baptism |page=27-28}}</ref> | ||
* [[Angel Haze|Raeen Roes (Angel Haze)]] (b. 1991), a well known agender rapper. They have been nominated for awards with MTV, O Music Awards, BET Awards, and GLAAD Music Awards. They announced on Twitter that they were agender. | * [[Angel Haze|Raeen Roes (Angel Haze)]] (b. 1991), a well known agender rapper. They have been nominated for awards with MTV, O Music Awards, BET Awards, and GLAAD Music Awards. They announced on Twitter that they were agender.{{citation needed}} | ||
* [[Andre J.]] (b. 1979) is an American party promoter who is a presence in the New York City fashion scene. They have been featured in photo spreads in French Vogue and V magazine. They are genderless<ref name="alphakitty">{{Cite web |title=Andre J is glam, genderless &....an Alpha Kitty |author=AlphaKitty |work=YouTube |date=29 November 2007 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpSU9p8czg8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218202334/http://thebeautybean.com/site/real-beauty/andre-j-on-real-beauty/|archive-date=February 18, 2011|last=Wolfer|first=Alexis|title=Andre J. : On Real Beauty|url=http://thebeautybean.com/site/real-beauty/andre-j-on-real-beauty/}}</ref> and agender.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/andrejworldwide/ Instagram bio], retrieved 17 May 2020</ref> | * [[Andre J.]] (b. 1979) is an American party promoter who is a presence in the New York City fashion scene. They have been featured in photo spreads in French Vogue and V magazine. They are genderless<ref name="alphakitty">{{Cite web |title=Andre J is glam, genderless &....an Alpha Kitty |author=AlphaKitty |work=YouTube |date=29 November 2007 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpSU9p8czg8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218202334/http://thebeautybean.com/site/real-beauty/andre-j-on-real-beauty/|archive-date=February 18, 2011|last=Wolfer|first=Alexis|title=Andre J. : On Real Beauty|url=http://thebeautybean.com/site/real-beauty/andre-j-on-real-beauty/}}</ref> and agender.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/andrejworldwide/ Instagram bio], retrieved 17 May 2020</ref> | ||
* [[Amita Kuttner]], PhD., is an astrophysicist who is in the race for leader of Canada's Green Party.<ref name="Parsons">{{Cite web |title=This astrophysicist could become the first non-binary person to lead a major political party in Canada |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=18 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/10/amita-kuttner-green-party-non-binary-astrophysicist-leadership-race-canada/ }}</ref>. They call themself nonbinary, genderfluid, and agender.<ref name="Identity">{{Cite web |title=Identity in Politics|author=Kuttner, Amita |work=amitakuttner.ca |date=2019 |access-date=18 May 2020 |url= https://amitakuttner.ca/news/identity-in-politics/}}</ref> | * [[Amita Kuttner]], PhD., is an astrophysicist who is in the race for leader of Canada's Green Party.<ref name="Parsons">{{Cite web |title=This astrophysicist could become the first non-binary person to lead a major political party in Canada |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=18 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/10/amita-kuttner-green-party-non-binary-astrophysicist-leadership-race-canada/ }}</ref>. They call themself nonbinary, genderfluid, and agender.<ref name="Identity">{{Cite web |title=Identity in Politics|author=Kuttner, Amita |work=amitakuttner.ca |date=2019 |access-date=18 May 2020 |url= https://amitakuttner.ca/news/identity-in-politics/}}</ref> | ||
* [[Juno Mitchell]] is an American model. They walked alongside [[Miley Cyrus]] in the 2020 Marc Jacobs New York Fashion Week show.<ref name="Lankston">{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE: Genderless trans model who strutted the Marc Jacobs runway with Miley Cyrus opens up about their 'refreshing' heart-to-heart with the singer - while urging the industry to be more accepting of non-binary people |last=Lankston |first=Charlie |work=Daily Mail |date=2 March 2020 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8046939/Genderless-Marc-Jacobs-model-opens-doing-runway-Miley-Cyrus.html}}</ref> Their Instagram profile says they are agender.<ref name="igbio"> | * [[Juno Mitchell]] is an American model. They walked alongside [[Miley Cyrus]] in the 2020 Marc Jacobs New York Fashion Week show.<ref name="Lankston">{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE: Genderless trans model who strutted the Marc Jacobs runway with Miley Cyrus opens up about their 'refreshing' heart-to-heart with the singer - while urging the industry to be more accepting of non-binary people |last=Lankston |first=Charlie |work=Daily Mail |date=2 March 2020 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8046939/Genderless-Marc-Jacobs-model-opens-doing-runway-Miley-Cyrus.html}}</ref> Their Instagram profile says they are agender.<ref name="igbio">{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/juno_mitchell/|title=Juno Mitchell profile|website=Instagram|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> | ||
* [[Jinkx Monsoon]] (b. 1987) an American drag performer, actor, comedian and singer best known for winning the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In a Facebook post about transphobia and the drag scene, Monsoon said, "I, myself do not identify as cis-gendered. I am genderless."<ref name="jinkxmonsoon"> | * [[Jinkx Monsoon]] (b. 1987) an American drag performer, actor, comedian and singer best known for winning the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In a Facebook post about transphobia and the drag scene, Monsoon said, "I, myself do not identify as cis-gendered. I am genderless."<ref name="jinkxmonsoon">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/jinkx.monsoon/posts/818079764894630|title=Jinkx Monsoon on Facebook|website=Facebook|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> | ||
* [[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein]] (b. 1982) is a cosmologist and science writer based at the University of New Hampshire. She was a founding member of the American Astronomical Society's [https://aas.org/comms/sgma Committee for Sexual Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy]. In an interview, she described herself as a femme agender cis-sex woman.<ref name="McNeill">{{Cite web |title=Bonus: Talking Feminist Astrophysics with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein — Lady Science |author=McNeill, Leila |work=Lady Science |date=9 May 2019 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.ladyscience.com/podcast/talking-feminist-astrophysics-chanda-prescod-weinstein}}</ref> | * [[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein]] (b. 1982) is a cosmologist and science writer based at the University of New Hampshire. She was a founding member of the American Astronomical Society's [https://aas.org/comms/sgma Committee for Sexual Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy]. In an interview, she described herself as a femme agender cis-sex woman.<ref name="McNeill">{{Cite web |title=Bonus: Talking Feminist Astrophysics with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein — Lady Science |author=McNeill, Leila |work=Lady Science |date=9 May 2019 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.ladyscience.com/podcast/talking-feminist-astrophysics-chanda-prescod-weinstein}}</ref> | ||
* [[DeAnne Smith]] is an award-winning Canadian-American comedian, writer and columnist. Smith is agender and [[transmasculine]].<ref name="smith2017">{{Cite web |title=DeAnne Smith - Comedy Up Late 2017 (S5, E2) |author=TheMelbComedyFest |work=YouTube |date=14 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1iWAqNoSEw}}</ref> | * [[DeAnne Smith]] is an award-winning Canadian-American comedian, writer and columnist. Smith is agender and [[transmasculine]].<ref name="smith2017">{{Cite web |title=DeAnne Smith - Comedy Up Late 2017 (S5, E2) |author=TheMelbComedyFest |work=YouTube |date=14 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1iWAqNoSEw}}</ref> | ||
* [[Bogi Takács]] is a Jewish poet, writer, psycholinguist, editor, and translator who has written Torah-inspired work. They won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction. Their Twitter bio says they are agender.<ref name="BT-tweet"> | * [[Bogi Takács]] is a Jewish poet, writer, psycholinguist, editor, and translator who has written Torah-inspired work. They won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction. Their Twitter bio says they are agender.<ref name="BT-tweet">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bogiperson|title=@bogiperson profile|website=Twitter|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> | ||
* [[Eris Young]] is a multi-genre writer known for their debut book ''They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities'', published in fall 2019.<ref name="ampersand">{{Cite web |title=On Writing and Growing: A Q&A with Eris Young |author= |work=The Ampersand Project |date= |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/}}</ref><ref name="Inglis">{{Cite web |title=Eris Young on They/Them/Their: 'It's like a primer guide to being a non-binary person' |last=Inglis |first=Becca |work=The List |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/}}</ref> They are agender and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=I identify sometimes or partly as agender but also partly or sometimes as genderqueer!|user= Young_E_H|number =1226903204291600388|date=10 February 2020}}</ref> | * [[Eris Young]] is a multi-genre writer known for their debut book ''They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities'', published in fall 2019.<ref name="ampersand">{{Cite web |title=On Writing and Growing: A Q&A with Eris Young |author= |work=The Ampersand Project |date= |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://theampersandproject.com/qa-eris-young/}}</ref><ref name="Inglis">{{Cite web |title=Eris Young on They/Them/Their: 'It's like a primer guide to being a non-binary person' |last=Inglis |first=Becca |work=The List |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=26 June 2020 |url= https://www.list.co.uk/article/111416-eris-young-on-they-them-their-its-like-a-primer-guide-to-being-a-non-binary-person/}}</ref> They are agender and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=I identify sometimes or partly as agender but also partly or sometimes as genderqueer!|user= Young_E_H|number =1226903204291600388|date=10 February 2020}}</ref> | ||
* Jesse "Plumbella" McNamara, a youtuber and twitch streamer known as one of the main heads of the Sims community, came out as agender (along with being asexual and heteroromantic) in a livestream on March 29th, 2021 and in various tweets.{{citation needed}} | |||
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* “Ashiok” from the popular card game Magic: The Gathering is explicitly referred to as being nongendered. Though some depictions of the character include “he” as a pronoun, a lead designer from the company that makes the game has insisted on numerous occasions that the character is explicitly nongendered.<ref name=dougbeyertaggedashiok> | * “Ashiok” from the popular card game Magic: The Gathering is explicitly referred to as being nongendered. Though some depictions of the character include “he” as a pronoun, a lead designer from the company that makes the game has insisted on numerous occasions that the character is explicitly nongendered.<ref name=dougbeyertaggedashiok>{{cite web |url=http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/tagged/ashiok |title=A Voice for Vorthos – Posts tagged with “Ashiok” |website=Doug Beyer’s Blog – A Voice for Vorthos |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> Even going so far as to write stories which avoid referring to Ashiok using gendered pronouns at all.<ref name=dougbeyerashiokstories>{{cite web |url=http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/85018556969/ok-so-when-are-we-going-to-learn-more-about-the |title=A Voice for Vorthos – Ok so when are we going to learn more about the specifics about Ashiok? Ashiok is not in the first novel at all and nothing is depicted in the cards. |website=Doug Beyer’s Blog – A Voice for Vorthos |access-date=24 March 2023}} | ||
* Roswell, in the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', is an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird. Roswell is agender and uses they/them pronouns.<ref> | </ref> Ashiok's card can be found [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=373500 here.] | ||
* Roswell, in the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', is an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird. Roswell is agender and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|title=Roswell|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> | |||
*''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life]'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an agender person, their female partner, and their cats. | *''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life]'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an agender person, their female partner, and their cats. | ||
*''[http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses]'' by Kagome is a comic that features an agender protagonist. | *''[http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses]'' by Kagome is a comic that features an agender protagonist. | ||
* *''[http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg]''{{dead link}} by Ren is a comic that features an agender protagonist. | * *''[http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg]''{{dead link}} by Ren is a comic that features an agender protagonist. | ||
* Biaggio, in the movie "The Kings of Summer," asserts that they don't see themself as "having a gender." | * Biaggio, in the movie "The Kings of Summer," asserts that they don't see themself as "having a gender." | ||
* In the video game ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams]'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref>Mike | * In the video game ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams]'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref>{{cite web |last= Taylor |first= Mike |date= 5 December 2007 |title= Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS |website= Nintendo Life |url= http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights |access-date= 24 March 2023}}</ref> | ||
*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)]. | *''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)]. | ||
*The entire race of [https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Chronicoms Chronicoms] from Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' are vehemently agender, though they are a race of extraterrestrial androids. They use gendered pronouns based on their current form. | *The entire race of [https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Chronicoms Chronicoms] from Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' are vehemently agender, though they are a race of extraterrestrial androids. They use gendered pronouns based on their current form. |