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.
History
Salmacian was originally coined on July 14, 1996 on Androgyny RAQ: Angel’s Dictionary[1], 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.[2]
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 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.
Flag
The flag was designed on or before June 24, 2017 by an anonymous Tumblr user[2]. 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.
