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[[File:The Absgender flag.png|thumb|The absgender flag]] |
[[File:The Absgender flag.png|thumb|The absgender flag]] |
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'''Absgender''' is a [[Gender Modality|gender modality]] that refers to when one is |
'''Absgender''' is a [[Gender Modality|gender modality]] that refers to when one is between, beyond or removed from [[cisgender]]/[[transgender]] dichotomy, and alternatively meaning a [[gender]] that is neither cisgender nor transgender.<ref>https://lgbta.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000237064</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20201231191637/https://gender-resource.tumblr.com/post/624951702581362688/absgender-a-genderedness-that-is-between-beyond</ref> |
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Examples of individuals who may identify as absgender include: |
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* Someone who is an [[agender]] or otherwise [[genderless]] individual. |
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* Someone who sometimes just stops feeling gender, switching to an agender or otherwise genderless individual. |
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* Someone whose gender [[Genderflux|fluctuates]] in intensity, as the gender loses intensity, the individual is agender or otherwise [[genderless]]. |
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If one sometimes experiences another gender(s), they could identify as absgender and transgender, or cisgender and absgender, or other combinations of gender modalities (as long as they fit the other term too), if they prefer it. |
If one sometimes experiences another gender(s), they could identify as absgender and transgender, or cisgender and absgender, or other combinations of gender modalities (as long as they fit the other term too), if they prefer it. |
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One may also relate to [[cisn't]] and/or [[transn't]]. |
One may also relate to [[cisn't]] and/or [[transn't]]. |
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== Absgender vs Isogender == |
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Absgender and [[isogender]] are similar terms in that they both describe not being cisgender or transgender, but they are not exactly the same. Absgender means not being cis or trans because one is agender or otherwise genderless individual. Isogender means being neither cis nor trans, for whatever reason. |
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Although these terms are not the same, some absgender individuals may also identify as isogender, and some isogender individuals may also identify as absgender. |
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== Absgender vs Centrgender == |
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Absgender and [[centrgender]] are similar terms in that they both describe not being cisgender or transgender, but they are not exactly the same. Absgender means not being cis or trans because one is agender or otherwise a genderless individual. Centrgender is for anyone who doesn't fit into the categories of trans or cis. Centrgender can be used as its own term or an umbrella term. As un umbrella term, centrgender would include isogender and absgender. |
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Although these terms are not the same, some absgender individuals may also identify as centrgender, and some centrgender individuals may also identify as absgender. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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This term was coined by Gent (Tumblr user Gender-Resource) in 2020 after Arco-Pluris requested an alternative term for isogender and [[metagender]]. |
This term was coined by Gent (Tumblr user Gender-Resource) in 2020 after Arco-Pluris requested an alternative term for [[isogender]] and [[metagender]]. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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Revision as of 17:03, 15 January 2022
Absgender is a gender modality that refers to when one is between, beyond or removed from cisgender/transgender dichotomy, and alternatively meaning a gender that is neither cisgender nor transgender.[1][2]
If one sometimes experiences another gender(s), they could identify as absgender and transgender, or cisgender and absgender, or other combinations of gender modalities (as long as they fit the other term too), if they prefer it.
“Abs-” can be used as a prefix in the same way that “cis-” or “trans-” can be used as prefixes to describe one's gender in relation to their assignment.
One may also relate to cisn't and/or transn't.
History
This term was coined by Gent (Tumblr user Gender-Resource) in 2020 after Arco-Pluris requested an alternative term for isogender and metagender.
Etymology
The name comes from the Latin word “abs-”, a prefix meaning “away (from)”, in this case referring to being conceptually ‘away’ from both explicit cisgenderness and transgenderness.