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The forum was a spinoff of the "TransWhatevers of AVEN" thread, hosted on the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network forum. User Teagan KGB created the thread for trans people who desired an alternative to previously existing threads for trans men and trans women.<ref>Teagan KGB. "TransWhatevers of AVEN". The Asexuality Visibility and Education Network. July 21 2010. <nowiki>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/</nowiki></ref> | The forum was a spinoff of the "TransWhatevers of AVEN" thread, hosted on the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network forum. User Teagan KGB created the thread for trans people who desired an alternative to previously existing threads for trans men and trans women.<ref>Teagan KGB. "TransWhatevers of AVEN". The Asexuality Visibility and Education Network. July 21 2010. <nowiki>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/</nowiki></ref> | ||
=== Origin of "Demiguy" === | === Origin of "Demiguy" and "Demigirl" === | ||
In this thread, user Bad Patient coined the term "[[Demigender|demiguy]]", modeled on "demiromantic". He wroteː<blockquote>I've been thinking. (It's a thing I do. Pretty much all I do, really.) Last night I was lying in bed and thinking about the kind of stuff everyone else thinks about before they fall asleep: my weird sexual and gender identity. At one point I remembered my fondness of the term "demiromantic" and, chuckling, I said to myself that I can any word relate to me if I just stick a "demi-" in front of it. And then I realised that it might actually help me find a word for my gender identity. I've felt for some time that I may have too much of the masculine element in me to call myself [[agender]] and feel good about it — so maybe it would be a nice idea to call myself a demiguy. Demidude. Demibloke. Just not demiman, tyvm, because I only accept being called a man when you're talking about my body and not mind, and even then I prefer adjectives like "masculine" or "male" to that dreaded noun. Now, I'm not being entirely serious here, as I'm not going to go around calling myself a demibloke and I don't think I'll ever find a term that fully describes me anyway — and if I do, my identity will probably change just to spite me — but I kind of like those words and feel that they may actually describe me quite well. I'm not sure. But then again, I'm never sure of anything related to myself. | In this thread, user Bad Patient coined the term "[[Demigender|demiguy]]", modeled on "demiromantic". He wroteː<blockquote>I've been thinking. (It's a thing I do. Pretty much all I do, really.) Last night I was lying in bed and thinking about the kind of stuff everyone else thinks about before they fall asleep: my weird sexual and gender identity. At one point I remembered my fondness of the term "demiromantic" and, chuckling, I said to myself that I can any word relate to me if I just stick a "demi-" in front of it. And then I realised that it might actually help me find a word for my gender identity. I've felt for some time that I may have too much of the masculine element in me to call myself [[agender]] and feel good about it — so maybe it would be a nice idea to call myself a demiguy. Demidude. Demibloke. Just not demiman, tyvm, because I only accept being called a man when you're talking about my body and not mind, and even then I prefer adjectives like "masculine" or "male" to that dreaded noun. Now, I'm not being entirely serious here, as I'm not going to go around calling myself a demibloke and I don't think I'll ever find a term that fully describes me anyway — and if I do, my identity will probably change just to spite me — but I kind of like those words and feel that they may actually describe me quite well. I'm not sure. But then again, I'm never sure of anything related to myself. | ||
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PS The elitist douche in me likes describing himself with terms that are likely used by no-one else.<ref>Bad Patient. "TransWhatevers of AVEN". August 12 2010. https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634</ref></blockquote> | PS The elitist douche in me likes describing himself with terms that are likely used by no-one else.<ref>Bad Patient. "TransWhatevers of AVEN". August 12 2010. https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634</ref></blockquote>In a 2010 post in the thread, user bristrek87 inquired about the definition of "demigirl", remarking they could only find a definition on the Yada Wiki.<ref>bristrek87. "TransWhatevers of AVEN". Asexual Visibility and Education Network. December 11, 2010.https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/#comment-1733093 </ref> User A Long Time Ago responded, suggesting its origin was with the yadasː<ref>A Long Time Ago. "TransWhatevers of AVEN". Asexuality Visibility and Education Network. December 11, 2010.https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/#comment-1733093</ref><blockquote>As far as I know, that and demiguy are terms made up by the yadas, so there is no additional information on it. Hopefully, they will get onto the Definitions Master List soon where the terms will get more visibility and then maybe it will spread out into more common usage. I personally identify as demigirl because I feel kind of like an female-agender blend by which I mean that I have no identification as male but have an identification as female that is not very strong.</blockquote> | ||
=== Origin of "Yada" === | === Origin of "Yada" === | ||