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-'''X-Gender''' ('''Xジェンダー''' ('''''x-jendā'''''), or '''エックスジェンダー''' ('''''ekkusu-jendā''''')), is a Japanese term for a [[Non-Binary|non-binary]]/[[genderqueer]] gender that is most commonly attributed to the [[transgender]] community of Japan, and later China, used to describe someone who is neither [[Man|male]] or [[Woman|female]].<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan</ref> In April and May of 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey, in which 2.5% of these respondents called themselves X-gender<ref>https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html</ref>. It is used in terms such as FTX and MTX, which refer to a divergent or unknown destination from the transitional paths of FTM and MTF. One could also say they are XTX, which could be used for someone who is [[intersex]] or someone who does not want to acknowledge their [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender]]. The term likely originated due to the option to put "X" as one's gender on forms instead of "F" or "M".
+'''X-Gender''' ('''Xジェンダー''' ('''''x-jendā'''''), or '''エックスジェンダー''' ('''''ekkusu-jendā''''')), is a Japanese term for a [[Non-Binary|non-binary]]/[[genderqueer]] gender that is most commonly attributed to the [[transgender]] community of Japan, and later China, used to describe someone who is neither [[Man|male]] nor [[Woman|female]].<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan</ref> In April and May of 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey, in which 2.5% of these respondents called themselves X-gender<ref>https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html</ref>. It is used in terms such as FTX and MTX, which refer to a divergent or unknown destination from the transitional paths of FTM and MTF. One could also say they are XTX, which could be used for someone who is [[intersex]] or someone who does not want to acknowledge their [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender]]. The term likely originated due to the option to put "X" as one's gender on forms instead of "F" or "M".
 X-gender is used as a identity and as an [[Umbrella Term|umbrella term]]. There are several categories of gender that fall under X-gender. Generally, there are thought to be four: neutral (中性), which is between male and female; [[bigender]] (両性), which is both male and female; [[genderfluid]] (不定性), which changes between genders in different situations; and [[agender]] (無性), which has no gender.<ref>Gender identity as unspecified - Qualitative classification of MTX and FTX - Journal of the GID (Gender Equality Disorder) Society, 3 (1), pp. 44 - 45. (佐々木掌子 (2010). 規定されないものとしてのジェンダー・アイデンティティ－MTXとFTXの質的分類－ GID（性同一性障害）学会雑誌, 3(1), pp.44-45.)</ref> Though, there is no need for one to be bound by these four categories. There are also neutral or bigender identities in which male is dominant, which may be called male X-gender. When female is dominant, it is referred to as female X-gender.