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'''Cogender''' is a term with at least three known possible definitions. Both as an identity, and as a term in anthropology and in gender inclusion. ▼
==Gender Identity==▼
[[File:Cogender.png|thumb|220x220px|The cogender flag.]]
[[File:Cofluid.png|thumb|The cofluid flag.]]
▲'''Cogender''' is a term with at least three known possible definitions. Both as an identity, and as a term in anthropology and in gender inclusion.
Cogender is a gender which can best be described as the mathematical union of two genders, as opposed to [[venngender]]- the intersection of two genders. A cogender person is okay with being identified as either of the genders included in their identity, including a combination of the two. It's possible for someone to be cogender and not realize it at first, because one of their genders happens to be the gender they were assigned at birth. ▼
▲== Gender Identity ==
A format of expressing this identity is "X coY" where X and Y are genders. For example, girl coboy. In this example one would be comfortable being identified as a boy, as a girl, or as a combination of a boy and girl.▼
▲Cogender is a gender which can best be described as the mathematical union of two genders, as opposed to [[venngender]]
▲A format of expressing this identity is "X
A variation on this identity is cofluid, which is a [[genderfluid]] version of cogender. For a cofluid person, one part of their identity is static but the other part(s) change. For example, a cofluidboy has a cogender identity that always includes male, but the other identity(s) vary.▼
▲A variation on this identity is cofluid, which is a [[genderfluid]] version of cogender. For a cofluid
This term was coined on August 25th, 2016, on the Tumblr blog Cogender<ref>https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149490281241/introducing-cogender</ref>. The term comes from the Latin root ''co'' meaning “with" or "together".▼
== In Anthropology ==
Some anthropologists use cogender as a synonym for [[Third Gender|third gender]], that is to say, as an umbrella term for gender variant and [[LGBT+|LGBT]] roles and identities in various cultures.
When anthropologists write about shamanic traditions among the indigenous Mapuche (Araucanian) people of Chile, they use co-gender to talk about roles that the machi (shamans) take on during their spiritual practice. Historically, as well as today, machi can have had any gender assigned at birth, and their practice involves ritual cross-dressing in order to communicate with certain aspects of their Creator as needed. At different times, they dress to take on a wife role for a male aspect of that deity, or to take on a husband aspect for a female aspect of that deity. The machi becomes part of a male-female pair with the Creator.<ref>Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, ''Shamans of the Foye Tree.'' University of Texas Press. 2007.</ref>
Anthropologists writing about cosmologies in which everything is characterized as having female and male aspects have referred to this as a co-gendered cosmos. Based on the primordial male-female deity couple, "in highland Guatemala, husbands and wives are trained together as shamans by a shaman couple. [They are taught to] recognize both cosmic co-gendering and their own co-gendered nature [...] they learn how to properly balance the feminine and masculine dimensions both within their own bodies and the cosmos."<ref>Mariko Namba Walter and Eva Jane Neumann Fridman. ''Shamanism : an Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture.'' Santa Barbara, California. 2004. Page 134.</ref><ref>This summary is derived that on the Gender Wiki, retrieved March 23, 2019. http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Cogender_(Anthropology)</ref>
== Gender Inclusion ==
Cogender is sometimes used to show the inclusion of
== Etymology ==
For the gender identity, the term comes from the Latin root ''co'' meaning “with" or "together".
== History ==
▲This term as a gender identity was coined on August 25th, 2016, on the Tumblr blog Cogender<ref>https://cogender.tumblr.com/post/149490281241/introducing-cogender</ref>
== Flag ==
The flag for the gender identity cogender, and the cofluid
== Resources ==
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