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Nequent refers to genders, presentations, orientations, sexes, relationship categories, and other related identities which are neither variant nor conformant. They are not the "standard" for their category, but also are not strictly variant either.

The most common reason for a terms being nequent is that they fit into a category that is either too new or not well known enough to have a "standard" for it. For example, the idea of tertiary attraction has only recently begun to be more explored, so there's no societal "standard" for things like tertiary attractions (sensual, queerplatonic, etc.). There is no "standard" for the amount of tertiary attraction one feels, or the genders one feels it towards. Tertiary identities generally neither live up to nor break a standard, as there is no existing standard to conform to.

Other reasons an identity may fall into this category include, but are not limited to: being both conformant and variant simultaneously, such as ambiamorous or demicisgender, or the term may be a non-LGBTQ+ identity but may still be in the general vicinity of those categories such as cis-genderless, meliusgender, kaitasexual, alterhumans, and some xenogenders.

History

Nequent was coined by Reign of the breadsticcs on May 15, 2021 and was inspired by an idea from the now-controversial FANDOM user Ariathatsme (who was a syskeeper, transmed, exclusionist, and faked systemhood due to finding it interesting.) Reign of the breadsticcs designed the two flags the same day.

Etymology

Nequent comes from the Latin word for neither, "neque", describing how identities in this category are neither variant nor conformant.

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-[[File:Nequent flag.jpg|thumb|A flag for the nequent umbrella of terms by Reign of the breadsticcs]]
+{{Unsourced}}[[File:Nequent flag.jpg|thumb|The nequent flag.]]
+[[File:Alt nequent flag.jpg|thumb|An alternate nequent flag.]]
-'''Nequent''' refers to genders, gender identities, sexual/romantic/tertiary orientations, sexes, relationship categories, and other related things which are neither LGBTQ+ nor conformant. This means they are not LGBTQ+, but they are also not the "standard" for their category.
+'''Nequent''' refers to [[gender]]s, [[Gender Presentation|presentations]], [[orientation]]s, [[sex]]es, relationship categories, and other related identities which are neither [[variant]] nor [[conformant]]. They are not the "standard" for their category, but also are not strictly variant either.
+The most common reason for a terms being nequent is that they fit into a category that is either too new or not well known enough to have a "standard" for it. For example, the idea of [[Tertiary Attraction|tertiary attraction]] has only recently begun to be more explored, so there's no societal "standard" for things like tertiary attractions ([[Sensual Attraction|sensual]], [[Queerplatonic Attraction|queerplatonic]], etc.). There is no "standard" for the amount of tertiary attraction one feels, or the genders one feels it towards. Tertiary identities generally neither live up to nor break a standard, as there is no existing standard to conform to.
-There are many clear-cut standards for what gender, gender identity, sex, orientation, and relationships are "supposed" to be in society, and for many of those categories, not meeting that standard would make one LGBTQ+, but there is nuance to everything which means some identities are neither LGBTQ+ nor conformant.
+Other reasons an identity may fall into this category include, but are not limited to: being both conformant and variant simultaneously, such as [[ambiamorous]] or [[demicisgender]], or the term may be a non-LGBTQ+ identity but may still be in the general vicinity of those categories such as [[cis-genderless]], [[meliusgender]], [[kaitasexual]], [[alterhuman:Alterhuman|alterhumans]], and some [[Xenogender|xenogenders]].
-== Reasons ==
-The most common reason for terms falling into the nequent category/criteria is that they fit into a category that is either too new or not well known enough to have a "standard" for it. For example, the idea of tertiary attraction has only recently begun to be more explored among variant communities, so there's no societal "standard" for things like tertiary attractions (sensual, queeplatonic, etc.), meaning using those terms aren't conformant because there's no existing standard for those terms to conform to, but they're also not LGBTQ+ because they also technically don't break any standard- there's no standard for them, so they neither live up to nor break a standard, making them neither conformant (living up to a societal standard) nor LGBTQ+ (not living up to the societal standard).
+== History ==
-Other reasons an identity may fall into this category are that they may be both conformant and LGBTQ+ simultaneously, they may be a non-LGBTQ category but may still be in the general vicinity of those categories (like some xenogenders and otherkin), among other reasons.
+Nequent was coined by Reign of the breadsticcs on May 15, 2021 and was inspired by an idea from the now-controversial FANDOM user Ariathatsme (who was a syskeeper, transmed, exclusionist, and faked systemhood due to finding it interesting.) Reign of the breadsticcs designed the two flags the same day.
+== Etymology ==
+Nequent comes from the Latin word for neither, "neque", describing how identities in this category are neither variant nor conformant.
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