Gender Sparks

Gender spark is a term to describe an unexpected and/or intense change in one's gender. This term was not created to invalidate or alter one's current label, and may be used by any cisn't person to explain ones experience of gender.

This experience may not affect everyone or anyone in particular. The term was coined for individuals who feel they want or need to describe an experience with the term.

Some examples of experiences that may be described as a gender spark include:


 * Feeling like one particular gender for a longer period of time, or more intensely than usual, if genderfluid.
 * Identifying as a monogender, then having a sudden experience of a multigender or vice-versa.
 * Having a masculine identity, but temporarily (and unexpectedly) feeling as though it is feminine or vice-versa.

This is not an identity by itself, thus making it different from spikegender, genderspike, or otherwise fluid identities. How one might use gender sparks to explain their experience of gender could be as follows:


 * "I am genderflux, currently going through a libra spark."
 * "I am genderfluid, currently in a male spark."
 * "I identify as gender-neutral but sometimes have sparks related to feminine genders."
 * "I am a woman-leaning bigender person, but recently I have had a masculine gender spark."