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'''Aporagender''' (from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender"<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora</ref>) is a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]]<ref name=":0">http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> for "a gender separate from [[male]], [[female]], and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an [[agender|absence of gender]]).<ref name=":0" /> | '''Aporagender''' (from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender"<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora</ref>) is a [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |archive-date= 22 November 2018 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190504202315/https://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender|url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender |title=aporagender}}</ref> for "a gender separate from [[male]], [[female]], and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an [[agender|absence of gender]]).<ref name=":0" /> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The original moderator of the Aporagender blog on tumblr coined the word aporagender in 2014.<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88328947879/aporagender-is-a-term-recently-coined-by-me</ref> The person who coined the word "aporagender" made it as an alternative to [[aliagender]], due to concerns that aliagender might be "[[ethnicity and culture#Racism and cultural discrimination|racist]] or appropriative."<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender</ref> | The original moderator of the Aporagender blog on tumblr coined the word aporagender in 2014.<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88328947879/aporagender-is-a-term-recently-coined-by-me</ref> The person who coined the word "aporagender" made it as an alternative to [[aliagender]], due to concerns that aliagender might be "[[ethnicity and culture#Racism and cultural discrimination|racist]] or appropriative."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender|title= aporagender vs. aliagender|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160310055217/https://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/103598129904/aporagender-vs-aliagender |date=25 November 2014 |archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Aporagender-2.png|alt=A variation of aporagender flag|thumb|An alternative | [[File:Aporagender-2.png|alt=A variation of aporagender flag|thumb|An alternative aporagender flag, proposed to due to discontent with the original flag.]] | ||
Hyaenahart designed the aporagender [[flags|pride flag]], which is shown at right.<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88699128869/aporagender-pride-buttons</ref> "Blue & Pink have been put on either end of the flag to show that you feel your gender is 'away' from these two colours, stereotyped as blue being masculine and pink being feminine. Purple to represent as feeling between male and female. Yellow to represent how the gender is nothing like being female, male or both, but is also placed close enough to blue, purple and pink to show that it’s still connected strongly to some sort of specific gender. Yellow also represents how it’s a non-binary identity."<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88675303724/pride-flags-for-us-a-flag-proposal-for</ref> | Hyaenahart designed the aporagender [[flags|pride flag]], which is shown at right.<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88699128869/aporagender-pride-buttons</ref> "Blue & Pink have been put on either end of the flag to show that you feel your gender is 'away' from these two colours, stereotyped as blue being masculine and pink being feminine. Purple to represent as feeling between male and female. Yellow to represent how the gender is nothing like being female, male or both, but is also placed close enough to blue, purple and pink to show that it’s still connected strongly to some sort of specific gender. Yellow also represents how it’s a non-binary identity."<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88675303724/pride-flags-for-us-a-flag-proposal-for</ref> | ||