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[[File:Agender flag five stripes.png|alt=|thumb|220x220px|An alternate agender flag with five stripes.]]▼
[[File:Agender flag citrus four stripes.jpg|alt=Citrus agender flag variant by Mars (2021). The colors and meanings are: green (leaves - working for agender liberation), lime (limes - agender friendship, love, and community), yellow (lemons - agender joy and celebration), orange (oranges - agender artwork and creativity), and red (blood oranges - agender diversity and individual expression).|thumb|Four-stripe agender flag variant by Mars (2021). The colors and meanings are: turquoise - working for agender liberation, green- agender friendship, love, and community, yellow - agender joy and celebration, orange/red - agender diversity and individual expression.]]▼
[[File:Agender flag citrus variant.jpg|thumb|The citrus agender flag (five stripes).]]
While a complete lack of gender is the most common definition of agender, people may call themselves agender for other reason, such as: ▼
'''Agender''', also known as '''[[genderless]]''', is an identity to describe someone that entirely lacks a gender or with complete genderlessness.<ref name=":0">{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220124142648/https://agender.info/}}</ref> They may identify most strongly as just an individual, rather than as any given gender.
* Their gender is [[neutral]] or [[neutrois]]. ▼
* Their gender is [[Uingender|unknown or undefinable]].▼
* They are [[Apogender|removed from the concept of gender]].▼
* There are [[Uingender|no words to fit their gender experience]].▼
* They do not care about gender, either an internal identity, as an external label, or both.▼
Agender
==Other definitions==
==Agender vs Gender Neutral==▼
▲While a complete lack of gender is the most common definition of agender,
There is little agreement about the difference between terms such as agender, gender neutral, and [[neutrois]]. Some people use these terms interchangeably, but for others, there is a difference between these terms. It is often said that agender is the experience of having no gender at all, whereas gender neutral or neutrois is the experience of having a gender identity, but that gender identity is not masculine or feminine, but neutral.▼
==Agender vs Gendervoid==▼
*They are mostly agender but have a partial connection to another gender ([[libragender]]).
[[Gendervoid]], also called voidgender, is similar to agender, and the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. However, while they do overlap, they are not always the same. Agender is generally recognized as a broader term. While an agender person may feel as though they never had a gender in the first place, a gendervoid person may feel like there is an empty place where a gender would or should be.▼
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▲===Agender vs Gender Neutral===
▲There is little solid agreement about the exact difference between terms such as agender
▲===Agender vs Gendervoid===
▲[[Gendervoid]], also called voidgender, is similar to agender, and the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. However, while they do overlap, they are not always the same. Agender is generally recognized as a broader term. While an agender
==History==
The first recorded use of the word agender on the Internet appears to come from a post on the site UseNet, on July 28, 2000. It was used in a discussion thread titled "alt.messianic". The user Miriam Wolfe wrote "All I understand is that G-d is amorphous, agender, etc. so "image" can't be a physical or gender or sexual thing."<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220121154524/https://groups.google.com/
The first instance where the word was used about
In both these cases the word agender was not defined; presumably, the definition was already known at the time. The word ''agender'' probably existed before these posts, and possibly had a similar meaning to what it does now. However, earlier uses of the word are not recorded.
==Flags and Symbols==▼
[[File:Agender symbol 1.png|thumb|An agender planetary symbol. |alt=|119x119px]]▼
[[File:Agender symbol 2.png|thumb|Another common agender symbol. Unicode: U+2205 ∅|alt=|119x119px]]▼
[[File:Agender symbol 4.png|thumb|An alternate agender symbol. Unicode: U+26AA ⚪|alt=|119x119px]]▼
[[File:Agender symbol 3.png|thumb|180x180px|An alternate agender symbol.]]▼
The original agender flag was designed by the Tumblr user Transrants aka Salem in 2014.<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220123212722/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/147170289630/agender}}</ref> Black represents an absence of gender, grey represents those who have a partial gender, and green represents the non-binary nature of this gender because green is the inverse of lavender (a mixture of pink and blue, representing a mix of female and male). Variations on the agender flag usually include green and black.
An alternate agender flag was designed by Reddit user angerywaman on May 6, 2020<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220124015828/https://www.reddit.com/r/NonBinary/comments/geo2dx/i_redid_the_agender_flag_to_me_it_means_the_sun/}}</ref>, The colors are based on a sunset, representing the sun setting on gender. Purple represents androgynous presenting agender individuals. Pink represents feminine presenting agender individuals. Orange represents masculine presenting agender individuals. Yellow represents all agender individuals. The in between colors represent those who have a mix of presentations.
The "citrus agender" flag variants by Mars in 2021. Turquoise or dark green represents leaves and stands for working towards agender liberation. Green represents limes and stands for agender friendship, love, and community. Yellow represents lemons and stands for gender joy and celebration. Orange represents oranges and stands for gender artwork and creativity. Red represents blood oranges and stands for agender diversity and individual expression.
Several agender symbols exist. The most common is a circle (in reference to the [[Man|male]] and [[Woman|female]] symbols and many other gender symbols), with a line through it, either horizontally or diagonally (∅), likely representing gender being crossed out and absent. Another variant includes a line without prongs, similar to the [[neutrois]] symbol. Another, less common agender symbol is a plain circle (⚪), though this symbol is also sometimes used to represent [[Asexual|asexuality]].
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==Gallery==
▲Several agender symbols exist. The most common is a circle (in reference to the [[Man|male]] and [[Woman|female]] symbols and many other gender symbols), with a line through it, either horizontally or diagonally (∅), likely representing gender being crossed out and absent. Another variant includes a line without prongs, similar to the [[neutrois]] symbol. Another, less common agender symbol is a plain circle (⚪), though this symbol is also sometimes used to represent [[Asexual|asexuality]].
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Alternate Agender flag.png|An alternate agender flag by angerywaman.
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==Resources==
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[[Category:Gender]]▼
[[Category:Genderless]]
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