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Yingyang ren is most commonly used to describe [[intersex]] individuals, and is at times used as a slur in China. However, like [[queer]], this term is reclaimed by some. |
Yingyang ren is most commonly used to describe [[intersex]] individuals, and is at times used as a slur in China. However, like [[queer]], this term is reclaimed by some. |
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This category of gender identity and gender role is used in Chinese society to describe some individuals whose personalities and behaviors appear to be intermediate between masculine and feminine cases.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051215224920/http://lianzai.china.com/books/html/232/849/7015.html The Fifth Chapter in the Search for Love (archive)]</ref> Other characteristics may include assertiveness, aesthetic sensitivity, as well as lack of strong discrimination on their sexual orientation on the basis of their identity.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinyang_ren Yinyang ren] |
This category of gender identity and gender role is used in Chinese society to describe some individuals whose personalities and behaviors appear to be intermediate between masculine and feminine cases.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051215224920/http://lianzai.china.com/books/html/232/849/7015.html The Fifth Chapter in the Search for Love (archive)]</ref> Other characteristics may include assertiveness, aesthetic sensitivity, as well as lack of strong discrimination on their sexual orientation on the basis of their identity.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinyang_ren Yinyang ren]</ref> |
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In some contexts, this term is used to describe [[transgender]]/[[non-binary]] Chinese individuals. |
In some contexts, this term is used to describe [[transgender]]/[[non-binary]] Chinese individuals. |