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[[File:Salmacian.png|thumb|220x220px|The salmacian flag.]]
[[File:Alternate Salmacian Flag.png|alt=A pastel purple, blue, and green flag with an upwards-pointing white triangle in the center.|thumb|
[[File:Aphrodisian 2.png|thumb|The
'''Salmacian''', also known as '''Bigenital''' or '''Aphrodisian''' is an [[altersex]] identity for people who wish to have a mixed genital set (such as a penis and a vagina, or something in between). Salmacian people may desire any secondary sex characteristics. It can also be used to describe those with mixed genitals (in the case of fictional characters) that is not the result of any conditions of [[intersex]]. It does not correspond with certain gender(s). [[Bigender]] people are not necessarily salmacian and salmacian people are not necessarily bigender.▼
[[File:Salmacian symbol.png|thumb|The salmacian symbol.]]
▲'''Salmacian''', also known as '''Bigenital''' or '''Aphrodisian''' is an [[altersex]] identity for people who wish to have a mixed genital set (such as a penis and a vagina), or something in between
== History ==
Salmacian was originally coined on July 14, 1996 on Androgyny RAQ: Angel’s Dictionary<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19990225073157/http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml</ref>, however, the original definition was "male-to-intersex [or] female-to-intersex transsexuals". The definition was altered due to the misuse of the term intersex.<ref name=":0">https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/tagged/bigenital</ref> The name salmacian was derived from the name of the nymph Salamacis, whose body was merged with that of Hermaphroditus; the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, in the ancient Greek myth which also gave us the word “hermaphrodite”.
Tumblr user plurgai and princetbleach coined an alternate name, Aphrodisian, because of some people's discomfort about using the name taken from Salmacis, since the nymph canonically assaulted Hermaphroditus. It comes from Aphroditus.▼
▲Tumblr user plurgai coined an alternate name, Aphrodisian, because of some people's discomfort about using the name taken from Salmacis, since the nymph canonically assaulted Hermaphroditus. It comes from Aphroditus.
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The flag was designed on or before June 24, 2017 by an anonymous Tumblr user<ref name=":0" />. In the myth of Salamacis and Hermaphroditus the two were joined together in one body and lived in a fountain/spring from then on. The design of the flag is meant as an abstract picture of the spring. Top half is light blue for the sky, bottom half is greenish brown for the ground, and then a thick blueish-purple stripe in the middle for the spring.
▲[[File:Aphrodisian 2.png|thumb|The Aphrodisian flag (with the green stripe), by plurgai.]]
An alternate flag was created by ghast505 on November 3, 2020.<ref>https://ghast505.tumblr.com/post/633735789709295616/i-felt-the-salmacian-flag-really-needed-a</ref> It is based off the original colors as well as the altersex flag.
The aphrodisian flag was designed by plurgai on May 15th, 2020. The white represents a blend of genitals. Red and pink are supposed to correspond with [[AFAB]] sex characteristics, and the purple and blue for [[AMAB]] ones. The green represents being in between.
The salmacian symbol was proposed by Symbi through ask-pride-color-schemes on February 17, 2017.<ref>https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/157344407684/apologies-if-the-transparency-is-messing-up-on</ref> It is the astronomy symbol for conjunction, when two objects are in the same location. Which represents how salmacians wants to be two physical sexes.
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