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[[File:Altersex.png|thumb|220x220px|The altersex flag.]]
'''Altersex''' is a catch-all term to describe a state of having
Examples of real life people who may identify as altersex include:
* People who were born dyadic but have medically changed their sex characteristics (through [[Hormone Replacement Therapy|HRT]] or surgery). Making it so their combination of chromosomes, primary, and secondary sex characteristics no longer strictly fits the definition of dyadic. However, they could not be called intersex because they were not born with these variations. ([[Transsex]])
* People who were born dyadic and desire to change their sex characteristics through HRT or surgery.
* People who were born dyadic and desire to change one’s body such that one has ambiguous sex characteristics or a mix or sex characteristics.
* Desires or imagines one’s body as having sex characteristics that are not naturally possible in humans. ([[Xenogenital]])
Altersex can also be used to describe fictional characters. Characters who may be described as altersex include:
* Characters who fit any of the criteria stated in the ‘real people’ bullet points.
The term was coined to address the usage of “intersex” when describing people and characters who are not actually intersex, but are not perisex either. The term altersex allows for a nonsexualized, nonslur term for these individuals that is neither transphobic or anti-intersex.▼
* Characters with a combination or mix of sex characteristics that would be considered intersex in the real world but is not in the world of the fiction.
* Character who have sex characteristics or a combination of sex characteristics that are not naturally possible in (real life) humans. (That is not considered a condition of intersex in the fiction.)
* Characters of a fictional/impossible/alien sex that does not fit the human male/female sex binary (but is considered normal for their species within the fiction).
* Characters who can change their sex through shape-shifting or other fictional means.
▲The term was coined to address the usage of “intersex” when describing people and characters who are not actually intersex, but are not strictly perisex either. The term altersex allows for a nonsexualized, nonslur term for these individuals that is neither transphobic or anti-intersex.
Altersex does not imply any specific sex characteristics, just as intersex does not. This allows for privacy of the altersex person and avoids reducing individuals to their genitalia. It is neutral descriptor for any characters and individuals who are not perisex or any variation of intersex. Some altersex individuals/characters may resemble the binary sexes to some degree, but are different. Altersex can describe both a physical body or an internal sex identity, or both.▼
▲Altersex does not imply any specific sex characteristics, just as intersex does not. This allows for privacy of the altersex person and avoids reducing individuals to their genitalia. It is neutral descriptor for any characters and individuals who are not perisex or any variation of intersex. Some altersex individuals/characters may resemble the binary sexes to some degree, but are different. Altersex can describe both a physical body
== Examples ==
Examples of altersex identities include:
* [[Angenital]]
* [[Salmacian]]
* [[Faunagenital]]
* [[Xenogenital]]
== Flag ==
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