Gender-receptive (also known as smoothgender and easygendr) is a genderfluid individual who experiences a low level of gender friction. Someone who is gender-receptive may also be gender-frictive if they can also experience high levels of gender friction when switching genders. It describes how one's gender(s) behave, rather than what they are composed of.
A low level of gender friction indicates a smooth and often subtle transition between genders, and can involve the following experiences/feelings:
- the old gender willingly relinquishing control for the new gender.
- not noticing a gender switch until it has already occurred.
- the melding of two genders, feeling indistinct from one another during the change, instead of at odds.
- genders being parallel as they move past each other.
- a quiet/soft/slow gender switch.
Experiences gender-receptives may feel include:
- uncertain, occasional, and/or situational gender dysphoria.
- gender questioning, feeling uncertain over what gender they currently are.
- a very nuanced understanding of their gender and the subtleties of how it acts.
- a blurring of genders, an overlapping sensation.
History
The term was coined by FANDOM wiki user Nemosexual on August 16, 2021. It was coined through the Gender Friction page and has no outside sources.