Voltegender (also known as Curvagender) is a gender modality where you are in fact trans, but for some reason, do not ever associate with being trans and instead consider yourself cis, though one did originally identify as trans. This is not to be confused for labels like MTM where they have always felt they have been one gender despite their body's appearance/characteristics. Examples of people who fit under the voltegender label includes but is not limited to:
- Trans people who wish to be stealth and do not associate with being trans.
- Trans people who feel trans is just a modifier to their gender or is irrelevant to them and prefer not to use the label.
- Trans people who no longer feel dysphoria (though they still feel gender incongruence) and identify with being cis more than being trans.
- Trans people who have completed their transition and feel the trans label no longer applies to them.
- Trans people who do not like the label trans and/or are not proud to be trans and prefer to be seen as/considered cis.
An example of a voltegender experience is when a trans man feels disconnected from the trans label in someway and instead relates more to being a cis man/considered one, whether or not they have experienced any aspect of being a cis man.
This term is exclusive to those who's gender never aligns with the gender they were assigned at birth, for example an afab genderfluid person who sometimes feels female/fem-aligned or an amab nonbinary person who is male/masc-aligned.
It is important to note that this is not a transgender individual identifying as cisgender (as cisgender is identifying as ones gender at birth, and if you dont identify as your assigned gender, you can't fit the cisgender label) but rather feeling as though the term cisgender is closer to their gender experience than trans is. This term also cannot be used by detransitioners, as they are aligned with the gender they were assigned at birth.
History
Voltegender was coined by the wiki user CISBOY on March 14th, 2021.
Flag
The voltegender flag was created by wiki user CISBOY on March 14th, 2021. The flag is a muted version of the transgender flag, meaning the blue represents men/masc-aligned individuals, pink represents women/fem-aligned individuals, and the white represents nonbinary people, those who are transitioning, intersex people, etc. The muted colors represent the disconnect from the trans identity. The symbol on the flag is that for cisgender people and with it's more bold color, emphasizing the stronger connection to the cis label.
Etymology
The term voltegender came from the french word volte-face which means "an act of turning around so as to face in the opposite direction" while the term curvagender is based off of the latin word for curve, as in turning back to a cisgender identity.