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'''Intergender''' is a [[gender identity]] under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] [[umbrella terms]]. Intergender people have a gender identity that is in the middle between the [[Binary gender|binary genders]] of female and male, and may be a mix of both. The word "intergender" has been independently coined by different people at different times, resulting in two main differences in meaning: | '''Intergender''' is a [[gender identity]] under the [[nonbinary]] and [[transgender]] [[umbrella terms]]. Intergender people have a gender identity that is in the middle between the [[Binary gender|binary genders]] of female and male, and may be a mix of both. The word "intergender" has been independently coined by different people at different times, resulting in two main differences in meaning: | ||
# Some of them have given it as an identity label that any person can use, even if they are not [[intersex]] (dyadic) themselves. This definition seems to have been coined earlier, at least in the 1990s.<ref name=":0">Donna Lynn Matthews, “What is intergendered?” 1998-10. [http://web.archive.org/web/20160326100452/http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/intergen.html http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/intergen.html]</ref> | |||
# Others have said that "intergender" can only by used by people who are intersex, and that intergender is an identity only for intersex people.<ref name=":1">Aeshling. "Intergender." ''Mogai-Archive.'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20160326100452/http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92026280519/intergender http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92026280519/intergender]</ref> Intersex people need words for gender identities that correlate only with intersex bodies. In that case, dyadic nonbinary people should respect intersex people by taking up a different label than intergender for themselves, such as [[androgyne]] or [[bigender]]. | |||
On the other hand, dyadic people who identified as intergender before this rule was created may be no less entitled to it. There is also the matter that some nonbinary people who were born dyadic describe their [[transition]] as one that will make their body more intersex, and call themselves female-to-intersex or male-to-intersex transsexuals.<ref name=":2">Raphael Carter, "Angel's Dictionary." 1996-07-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20050308185631/http:/www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml</ref> (However, some intersex people have said they were uncomfortable with this.) Either way, both definitions agree that "intergender" means a gender identity between female and male, which may be a mix of both. | On the other hand, dyadic people who identified as intergender before this rule was created may be no less entitled to it. There is also the matter that some nonbinary people who were born dyadic describe their [[transition]] as one that will make their body more intersex, and call themselves female-to-intersex or male-to-intersex transsexuals.<ref name=":2">Raphael Carter, "Angel's Dictionary." 1996-07-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20050308185631/http:/www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml</ref> (However, some intersex people have said they were uncomfortable with this.) Either way, both definitions agree that "intergender" means a gender identity between female and male, which may be a mix of both. | ||