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Some anthropologists use cogender as a synonym for third gender, that is to say, as an umbrella term for gender variant and LGBT roles and identities in various cultures. Some examples of how anthropologists have used the word "co-gender:" | Some anthropologists use cogender as a synonym for third gender, that is to say, as an umbrella term for gender variant and LGBT roles and identities in various cultures. Some examples of how anthropologists have used the word "co-gender:" | ||
* When anthropologists write about shamanic traditions among the indigenous Mapuche (Araucana) people of Chile, they use co-gender to talk about roles that the ''machi'' (shamans) take on during their spiritual practice. Historically, as well as today, machi can have had any gender assigned at birth, and their practice involves ritual cross-dressing in order to communicate with certain aspects of their Creator as needed. At different times, they dress to take on a wife role for a male aspect of that deity, or to take on a husband aspect for a female aspect of that deity. The machi becomes part of a male-female pair with the Creator.<ref>Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, ''Shamans of the Foye Tree.'' University of Texas Press. 2007.</ref> As concerning "co-gendered identities"<ref>Bacigalupo, 2007. pp. 131-133</ref> of "''machi'' as co-gender specialists",<ref>http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exbacsha.html</ref>, the machi themselves have often been categorized as ''[[Two-Spirit]],'' meaning indigenous gender roles that don't correspond to Western ideas of the strictly cisgender, heterosexual [[gender binary]]. | * When anthropologists write about shamanic traditions among the indigenous Mapuche (Araucana) people of Chile, they use co-gender to talk about roles that the ''machi'' (shamans) take on during their spiritual practice. Historically, as well as today, machi can have had any gender assigned at birth, and their practice involves ritual cross-dressing in order to communicate with certain aspects of their Creator as needed. At different times, they dress to take on a wife role for a male aspect of that deity, or to take on a husband aspect for a female aspect of that deity. The machi becomes part of a male-female pair with the Creator.<ref>Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, ''Shamans of the Foye Tree.'' University of Texas Press. 2007.</ref> As concerning "co-gendered identities"<ref>Bacigalupo, 2007. pp. 131-133</ref> of "''machi'' as co-gender specialists",<ref>http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exbacsha.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230624060703/https://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exbacsha.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, the machi themselves have often been categorized as ''[[Two-Spirit]],'' meaning indigenous gender roles that don't correspond to Western ideas of the strictly cisgender, heterosexual [[gender binary]]. | ||
* Anthropologists writing about cosmologies in which everything is characterized as having female and male aspects have referred to this as a co-gendered cosmos. Based on the primordial male-female deity couple, "in highland Guatemala, husbands and wives are trained together as shamans by a shaman couple. [They are taught to] recognize both cosmic co-gendering and their own co-gendered nature [...] they learn how to properly balance the feminine and masculine dimensions both within their own bodies and the cosmos."<ref>Mariko Namba Walter and Eva Jane Neumann Fridman. ''Shamanism : an Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture.'' Santa Barbara, California. 2004. Page 134.</ref><ref>This summary is derived that on the Gender Wiki, retrieved March 23, 2019. http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Cogender_(Anthropology)</ref> | * Anthropologists writing about cosmologies in which everything is characterized as having female and male aspects have referred to this as a co-gendered cosmos. Based on the primordial male-female deity couple, "in highland Guatemala, husbands and wives are trained together as shamans by a shaman couple. [They are taught to] recognize both cosmic co-gendering and their own co-gendered nature [...] they learn how to properly balance the feminine and masculine dimensions both within their own bodies and the cosmos."<ref>Mariko Namba Walter and Eva Jane Neumann Fridman. ''Shamanism : an Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture.'' Santa Barbara, California. 2004. Page 134.</ref><ref>This summary is derived that on the Gender Wiki, retrieved March 23, 2019. http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Cogender_(Anthropology)</ref> | ||
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one format of expressing this identify is X coY where X and Y are genders. Example girl coboy. | one format of expressing this identify is X coY where X and Y are genders. Example girl coboy. | ||
note a cogender person may want parts they don’t have that are associated with their cogenders but don’t need them, this doesn’t mean the don’t experience dysphoria just that they ok with the parts included in their gender identity. Example an agender cogirl person assigned male at birth may feel dysphoria over their genitals (and the reactions there of) and want breasts but don’t need breasts.<ref>"Introducing Cogender." ''Ask A Cogender.'' August 25, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2019. https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149490281241/introducing-cogender</ref> | note a cogender person may want parts they don’t have that are associated with their cogenders but don’t need them, this doesn’t mean the don’t experience dysphoria just that they ok with the parts included in their gender identity. Example an agender cogirl person assigned male at birth may feel dysphoria over their genitals (and the reactions there of) and want breasts but don’t need breasts.<ref>"Introducing Cogender." ''Ask A Cogender.'' August 25, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2019. https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149490281241/introducing-cogender [https://web.archive.org/web/20220127034630/https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149490281241/introducing-cogender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
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===Cofluid=== | ===Cofluid=== | ||
[[File:Cogender-Cofluid flag concept.png|alt=Cogender/Cofluid flag concept with 5 stripes, from top to the bottom the colors are black, dark purple, white, dark pink, and tan. In that order they represent lack of gender, genders outside the binary, union of 2+ gender identities, genders outside the binary, and gender fluidity|thumb|Flag concept made by theamewoman on Tumblr to represent the Cogender/Cofluid identity. The black (#040404) represents lack of gender, The dark purple (#27183f) represents genders outside the binary, The white (#ffffff) represents the union of 2+ genders, The dark pink (#c4595f) represents genders inside the binary, The tan (#f89c69) represents gender fluidity ]] | [[File:Cogender-Cofluid flag concept.png|alt=Cogender/Cofluid flag concept with 5 stripes, from top to the bottom the colors are black, dark purple, white, dark pink, and tan. In that order they represent lack of gender, genders outside the binary, union of 2+ gender identities, genders outside the binary, and gender fluidity|thumb|Flag concept made by theamewoman on Tumblr to represent the Cogender/Cofluid identity. The black (#040404) represents lack of gender, The dark purple (#27183f) represents genders outside the binary, The white (#ffffff) represents the union of 2+ genders, The dark pink (#c4595f) represents genders inside the binary, The tan (#f89c69) represents gender fluidity ]] | ||
As coined on the same blog as the above definition of cogender, on August 26, 2016: "cofluid is when one part of the cogender identity is static but the other part(s) change (possibly to match the first part). Example a cofluidboy has a cogender identity that always includes male but the other identities vary."<ref>"Cofluid." ''Ask A Cogender.'' Aug 26th, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2019. https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149510927050/cofluid</ref> | As coined on the same blog as the above definition of cogender, on August 26, 2016: "cofluid is when one part of the cogender identity is static but the other part(s) change (possibly to match the first part). Example a cofluidboy has a cogender identity that always includes male but the other identities vary."<ref>"Cofluid." ''Ask A Cogender.'' Aug 26th, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2019. https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149510927050/cofluid [https://web.archive.org/web/20220127064656/https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149510927050/cofluid Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||