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    [[File:Conformance.png|alt=A flag with four diagonal stripes. Starting in the top left corner they are black, dark grey, light grey, and white.|thumb|The conformant flag.]]
    [[File:Conformance.png|alt=A flag with four diagonal stripes. Starting in the top left corner they are black, dark grey, light grey, and white.|thumb|The conformant flag.]]
    '''Conformant''' describes a person who falls into the expected societal ideals, expectations, or roles for some form of identification. One can be conformant in terms of [[gender]], [[sex]], [[Gender Presentation|gender expression]], orientation, relationships, or other related forms of self-identification. The opposite of conformant is [[variant]]. People can be variant in some areas and conformant in other areas. To specify certain subcommunities, terms like gender conformant, attractional conformant, pronominal conformant, etc. can be used. Conformant on it's own can also be used to refer to someone who is fully conformant in all aspects.
    '''Conformant''' describes a person who falls into the expected societal ideals, expectations, or roles for some form of identification. One can be conformant in terms of [[gender]], [[sex]], [[Gender Presentation|gender expression]], orientation, relationships, or other related forms of self-identification. The opposite of conformant is [[variant]]. People can be variant in some areas and conformant in other areas. To specify certain subcommunities, terms like gender conformant, [[attraction]] conformant, [[Pronouns|pronoun]] conformant, etc. can be used. Conformant on it's own can also be used to refer to someone who is fully conformant in all aspects.


    ==Forms of Conformity==
    ==Forms of Conformity==
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    *[[Monoromantic]]/[[Monosexual|sexual]]: Being attracted to one gender.
    *[[Monoromantic]]/[[Monosexual|sexual]]: Being attracted to one gender.
    *[[Binian]]: Being only attracted to [[Binary Genders|binary]] people.
    *[[Binian]]: Being only attracted to [[Binary Genders|binary]] people.
    *[[Duaric]]/[[Julietian]]/[[Romeric]]: Being a man attracted to women (mlw) or a woman attracted to men (wlm).
    *[[Duaric]]: Being a man attracted to women (mlw) or a woman attracted to men (wlm).
    **[[Julietian]]: Being a woman attracted to men (wlm)
    **[[Romeric]]: Being a man attracted to women (mlw)
    *[[Straight|Straight/Hetero]]: Attracted only to people of the “opposite” gender (men exclusively attracted to women or women exclusively attracted to men).
    *[[Straight|Straight/Hetero]]: Attracted only to people of the “opposite” gender (men exclusively attracted to women or women exclusively attracted to men).


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    *Amorous: Desiring a close partnership.
    *Amorous: Desiring a close partnership.
    *[[Monogamous]]: Only wanting to have a relationship with one person at a time, no open relationships.
    *[[Monogamous]]/Monoamorous: Only wanting to have a relationship with one person at a time, no open relationships.


    === Gender Conformance ===
    === Gender Conformance ===
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    **[[Diastimian]]: A gender that is stable, not fluctuating in intensity.
    **[[Diastimian]]: A gender that is stable, not fluctuating in intensity.
    *[[Binary Genders|Binary]]: Identifying as a [[man]] or [[woman]].
    *[[Binary Genders|Binary]]: Identifying as a [[man]] or [[woman]].
    *[[Anthrogender]]:Not [[xenic]]; having a gender that is best described by its relation to masculinity, femininity, androgyny, neutrality, etc.
    *[[Anthrogender]]: Not [[xenic]]; having a gender that is best described by its relation to masculinity, femininity, androgyny, neutrality, etc.


    === Presentation Conformance ===
    === Presentation Conformance ===


    *Gender conforming: Presenting in a way typical of your gender (not [[Gender Non-Conforming|gender non-conforming]]).
    *Gender conforming: Presenting in a way typical of your gender (not [[Gender Non-Conforming|gender non-conforming]]).
    *[[Exipronouns|Exipronominal]]: Using pronouns that naturally exist in one's language (not [[neopronouns]]).
    *[[Exipronouns|Exipronominal]]: Using the standard pronouns that traditionally exist in one's language (not [[neopronouns]]).
    *[[Unipronominal]]: Having a single pronoun set.
    *[[Unipronominal]]: Having a single pronoun set.
    *Pronoun conformity: Having typical pronoun usage (not [[Pronoun Non-Conforming|pronoun non-conforming]]).
    *Pronoun conformity: Having typical pronoun usage (not [[Pronoun Non-Conforming|pronoun non-conforming]]).

    Revision as of 01:42, 20 July 2021

    A flag with four diagonal stripes. Starting in the top left corner they are black, dark grey, light grey, and white.
    The conformant flag.

    Conformant describes a person who falls into the expected societal ideals, expectations, or roles for some form of identification. One can be conformant in terms of gender, sex, gender expression, orientation, relationships, or other related forms of self-identification. The opposite of conformant is variant. People can be variant in some areas and conformant in other areas. To specify certain subcommunities, terms like gender conformant, attraction conformant, pronoun conformant, etc. can be used. Conformant on it's own can also be used to refer to someone who is fully conformant in all aspects.

    Forms of Conformity

    Attractional Conformance

    • Suptilic: An orientation that is strict, not changing or flexible.
      • Kymenic: An orientation that is static, not fluid.
      • Diastimic: An orientation that is stable, not fluctuating in intensity.
    • Perioriented: When ones sexual orientation and romantic orientation match.
    • Allosexual/romantic: Regularly feeling sexual and romantic attraction.
    • Monoromantic/sexual: Being attracted to one gender.
    • Binian: Being only attracted to binary people.
    • Duaric: Being a man attracted to women (mlw) or a woman attracted to men (wlm).
      • Julietian: Being a woman attracted to men (wlm)
      • Romeric: Being a man attracted to women (mlw)
    • Straight/Hetero: Attracted only to people of the “opposite” gender (men exclusively attracted to women or women exclusively attracted to men).

    Relationship Conformance

    • Amorous: Desiring a close partnership.
    • Monogamous/Monoamorous: Only wanting to have a relationship with one person at a time, no open relationships.

    Gender Conformance

    Presentation Conformance

    Sex Conformance

    • Perisex/Dyadic: Not intersex. Being born with sex characteristics classified as male or female.
    • Protosex: Not altersex. Having sex characteristics that are classified male or female, and desires those characteristics.
    • Cissex: Someone who has not medically altered their sex characteristics, and does not wish to do so.

    Flag

    The conformance flag was created by the Tumblr blog conformant-archive on February 4, 2019.[1]

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