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[[File:Altersex.png|thumb|220x220px|The altersex flag.]]
'''Altersex''' or '''Alteradic''' is a catch-all term to describe a state of having or desiring [[sex]]
[[Intersex]] individuals can also be altersex. Intersexness is not inherently altersex, as the variant sex characteristics are from birth, rather than being modified or changed later, or wanting variant sex characteristics that do not match their current sex characteristics.
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Altersex is intended to be used mostly (but not exclusively) for fictional characters, to describe body plans that are not found naturally in humans but are not considered intersex within the fiction.
In the case of real individuals using this as
Altersex does not imply any specific sex characteristics, just as intersex does not. This allows for privacy of the altersex individual and avoids reducing individuals to their genitalia. It is neutral descriptor for any characters and individuals who are not [[protosex]]. Some altersex individuals/characters may resemble the binary sexes to some degree, but are different. Altersex can describe both a physical body, an internal sex identity, or both.
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Examples of real life individuals who may identify as altersex include:
* Individuals who were born [[dyadic]] but have medically changed their sex characteristics (through [[Hormone Replacement Therapy|HRT]] or surgery). Making it so their combination of chromosomes, primary, and secondary sex characteristics no longer strictly fits the definition of dyadic. However, they cannot be called intersex because they were not born with these variations. Someone who has this experience might consider themself to be [[transsex]].
*Intersex individuals who have medically changed their sex characteristics (through [[Hormone Replacement Therapy|HRT]] or surgery). Though they were not [[infrasex]] as they were not dyadic, their sex characteristics do not match the characteristics they had or would have had from birth, making them altersex. A individual who has this experience can also consider themself to be [[transsex]].
* Individuals who desire to change their body such that one has ambiguous sex characteristics or a mix of sex characteristics. Terms relating to this experience are [[salmacian]], [[afabris]], [[amabris]], [[AMAB-V|AMAB-V,]] [[AFAB-P]], and [[sinealt]], among others.
*Individuals who desire or imagine their body as having little to no sex characteristics, or missing sex characteristics. Terms to describe this include [[angenital]] and [[angonadal]].
* Individuals who desire or imagine their body as having sex characteristics that are not naturally possible in humans or animals. Terms to describe this include [[xenogenital]], [[floragenital]], [[astrogenital]], [[cyberex]], [[machinex]], and [[morphisex]].
*Individuals who desire or imagine their body as having sex characteristics that are animalistic in nature. The specific term for this is [[faunagenital]].
*Individuals who desire gonads and/or reproductive traits that are different than what they were born with or currently have, and may or may not be biologically possible. A term to describe this is [[diffprodu]].
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* Characters who fit criteria stated in the "real individuals" section.
*Characters born with a combination or mix of sex characteristics that would be considered intersex in the real world but are not in the world of the fiction.
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* Characters of a fictional/impossible/alien sex that does not fit the male/female sex binary (that is considered normal for their species within the fiction).
* Characters who can change their sex through shape-shifting or other fictional means.
== History ==
The term altersex was coined by Farorenightclaw on or before July 23, 2015<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=https://www.google.com/amp/s/ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/184001186579/hey-im-just-clarifying-that-i-didnt-coin/amp}}</ref><ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Altersex-683411440
== Flag ==
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== Resources ==
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