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Selfdxgender is a neurogender that is or has been affected by self-diagnosis of a mental disorder.
This term is exclusive to neurodivergent people who are, or have been, self-diagnosed in some form. It may be used in addition to identities associated with the neurodivergence one is self-diagnosed with.
This term only refers to the effect that the state of being self-diagnosed may have or have had on one's gender. One may feel that these effects are either temporary or permanent, or that one's gender can only be understood in the context of one's self-diagnosis.
Self-diagnosis may affect one's gender in many ways, including (but not limited to):
- Being unable to be diagnosed/access treatment for one's neurodivergence and feeling that this affects/has affected one's gender in some form.
- Being unable to talk to others about one's symptoms/one hiding one's symptoms and feeling that this affects/has affected one's gender in some form.
- Experiencing doubt/invalidation related to one's self-diagnosed neurodivergence and feeling that this affects/has affected one's gender in some form.
- Finding it difficult to define one's gender/parts of one's gender and feeling that this is related in some form to one being self diagnosed/unsure of the exact nature of one's neurodivergence/unsure whether one experiences a certain form of neurodivergence.
History
The term was coined and the flag was created by Tumblr user contievene on July 27, 2021, but it wasn't posted until August 8, 2021.[1]
Flag
The colors have the following significance:
- Indigo represents the sincerity and integrity of those who are self diagnosed. Blue represents independence, autonomy, and one's knowledge of oneself.
- Pink represents compassion and community for all neurodivergent people.
- White represents unity and the wide spectrum of neurodivergence.
- Black represents solidarity within neurodivergent communities.
- The lemniscate, also known as the infinity symbol, represents neurodiversity.