ADHDgender (also known as ADDgender for those having the inattentive presentation) is a neurogender which can only be understood in the context of having ADHD, or when one's ADHD greatly affects one's gender or how one experiences gender. ADHDgender is not ADHD as a gender, but rather is a gender so heavily influenced by ADHD that one's ADHD and one's experience of gender cannot be unlinked. There are many studies showing that ADHDers are more likely to be transgender.[1]
ADHDgender can be a stand alone gender or it can be used in combination with another gender to show that one's experience of that gender is heavily influenced by having ADHD. One's gender can be influenced by one's ADHD in many ways. For example, one's may feel like their gender is hidden behind brain fog. One knows it’s there, but one can’t get to it.
Not all ADHDers identify as ADHDgender, only those whose gender experience is influenced by them being ADHD. ADHDgender is an exclusive gender as, obviously, people without ADHD cannot have a gender influence by ADHD.
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