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[[File:Screenshot_20200228-221415_Chrome.jpg|thumb|Yinyang ren flag]]'''Yinyang ren''' is the traditional [[Third Gender|third gender]] of Chinese cultures. It's seen as a perfect balance between [[Man|male]] and [[Woman|female]], or "perfect [[Androgyne|androgyny]]". |
[[File:Screenshot_20200228-221415_Chrome.jpg|thumb|Yinyang ren flag]]'''Yinyang ren''' is the traditional [[Third Gender|third gender]] of Chinese cultures. It's seen as a perfect balance between [[Man|male]] and [[Woman|female]], or "perfect [[Androgyne|androgyny]]". |
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Yingyang ren is most commonly used to describe [[intersex]] individuals, |
Yingyang ren is most commonly used to describe [[intersex]] individuals, although an individual does not need to be intersex to identify as yinyang ren. At times Yinyang ren can be used as a slur in China, <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/oiichinese/Home/what-is-intersex What is a Yin-and-Yang Person / Intersex Person?]</ref><ref>[https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Yinyang_ren Yinyang Ren]</ref> 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]</ref> |
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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