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{{Unsourced}}[[File:Screenshot_20200228-221415_Chrome.jpg|thumb|Yinyang ren flag]]
[[File:Yinyang Ren (3).png|thumb|Another yinyang ren flag]]
[[File:Yinyang Ren (2).png|thumb|Simplified flag version]]
'''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]]".
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,
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>
In some contexts, this term is used to describe [[transgender]]/[[non-binary]] and [[bisexual]] Chinese individuals.
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