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Isogender was coined by an anonymous ask to the Tumblr user Bigendering on June 9, 2017.<ref>https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/161610343001/this-isnt-a-question-just-me-being-a-nerd-but</ref> The term "iso" comes from the word isomer, as cis and trans are isomer types. |
Isogender was coined by an anonymous ask to the Tumblr user Bigendering on June 9, 2017.<ref>https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/161610343001/this-isnt-a-question-just-me-being-a-nerd-but</ref> The term "iso" comes from the word isomer, as cis and trans are isomer types. |
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From Latin, “Abs-”, a prefix meaning “away (from)”, in this case referring to being conceptually ‘away’ from explicit cisgenderness/cisness and transgenderness/transness. + “-gender”, an English neologistic suffix indicating genderedness/genderness. [https://gender-resource.tumblr.com/post/624951702581362688/absgender-a-genderedness-that-is-between-beyond Coined] by Gent ([http://gender-resource.tumblr.com/ Gender-Resource]) in 2020 after Arco-Pluris requested an alternative term for Isogender and Metagender.<ref>[https://gender-resource.tumblr.com/post/624951702581362688/absgender-a-genderedness-that-is-between-beyond Gender Resource — Absgender: A genderedness that is between, beyond... (tumblr.com)]</ref> |
From Latin, “Abs-”, a prefix meaning “away (from)”, in this case referring to being conceptually ‘away’ from explicit cisgenderness/cisness and transgenderness/transness. + “-gender”, an English neologistic suffix indicating genderedness/genderness. [https://gender-resource.tumblr.com/post/624951702581362688/absgender-a-genderedness-that-is-between-beyond Coined] by Gent ([http://gender-resource.tumblr.com/ Gender-Resource]) in 2020 after Arco-Pluris requested an alternative term for Isogender and [[Metagender]].<ref>[https://gender-resource.tumblr.com/post/624951702581362688/absgender-a-genderedness-that-is-between-beyond Gender Resource — Absgender: A genderedness that is between, beyond... (tumblr.com)]</ref> |
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“Abs-” can be used as a prefix in the same way that “Cis-” or “Trans-” can be used as prefixes to discuss one's gender in relation to their assignment. |
“Abs-” can be used as a prefix in the same way that “Cis-” or “Trans-” can be used as prefixes to discuss one's gender in relation to their assignment. |