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[[File:Boyprox.png|thumb|220x220px|The boyprox flag.|alt=Image: Flag with 4 stripes: Dark blue, purple-blue, very light gray, black. It’s bordered on the left and right sides by periwinkle stripes.]]
'''Boyprox''' or '''Boy-Proximal''' ( also known as '''Man-Proximal''' or '''Mprox''') is a term with many possible means but in general is a term for anyone who experiences are connection to boyhood or manhood, (regardless of their actual gender). This includes:
#[[Binary Genders|Binary]] men (both [[Cisgender|cis]] and [[Transgender|trans]] men). This group experiences boyness because they are men. They will usually also experience "boyhood".
#Individuals who are not necessarily 100% men. For example: [[Demiboy|demiboys]]; [[genderfluid]] individuals who are sometimes, but not always men; [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] individuals who identify with [[Masculine|masculinity]] but do identify as "men" necessarily; or [[Bxy|bxys]] who are in some way connected to being both a [[Man|boy]] and [[agender]]/[[greygender]]. This group experiences a connection to boyhood, but not completely to boyness, because they are not
"Boyhood" is a large concept that is hard to define, but it is typically an experience that comes from being seen as male by society. Some examples of boyhood include, but are not limited to:
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Boyprox was created as the male equivalent of [[girlprox]]. The [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] equivalent is [[enbyprox]]. The [[bigender]] equivalent is [[bigenderprox]].
==History==
Boyprox was first officially defined by Tumblr user pride-color-schemes, 31st May, 2017, as a counterpart to girlprox (a term coined by Tumblr user ymirjotunn in 2014); pride-color-schemes's definition of boyprox is an altered version of ymirjotunn's definition of girlprox, and ymirjotunnis is credited by pride-color-schemes as the coiner of the term.<ref>[https://archive.md/VjhyW Pride-color-schemes's definition of boyprox.]</ref>
==Flag==
The boyprox flag was created by Heiressjane and Honorary Mod Loki, from the Tumblr account pride-color-schemes, 31st May, 2017.
==Resources==
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