Demigender
From LGBTQIA
Demigender is a gender identity for individuals that partially identify as one gender, the prefix demi- meaning half or partly.[1][2] One may experience said gender identity minimally or intensely, but not fully. The other undefined portion of one's gender identity may be any other gender(s), or the individual may identify as partly genderless.[3][4][5]
History
It is unclear who coined the term demigender, but it has been used since 2010.[6] Demigirl was initially defined in an AVEN master list by Nalle Neversure as the following (with demiboy being described as the reversed experience):
1. someone assigned female at birth who feels but the barest association with that identification, though not a significant enough dissociation to create real physical discomfort or dysphoria; 2. someone assigned male at birth who is transfeminine but not wholly binary-identified, so that they feel more strongly associated with "female" than "male," socially or physically, but not strongly enough to justify an absolute self-identification as "woman".[7]
Related Terms
| Label | Relationship | Description | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypergender | Opposite | Identifiying as one full gender and more. | Demigender individuals only partially identify as one gender. |
Subgenders
| Label | Prefix / Suffix | Flag | Description | Creator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demiagender[8] | -agender |  [8] [9]
|
Identifying as partially agender. | enbygsrd, Goatsjourney |
| Demiboy[10][6][11] | -boy |  [11]
|
Identifying as partially a boy or man, or feeling the barest association with being a boy or man. | Bad Patient, transrants |
| Demigirl[10][6][12] | -girl |  [12]
|
Identifying as partially a girl or woman, or feeling the barest association with being a girl or woman. | Bad Patient, transrants |
| Demineutral[13] | -neutral |  [13]
|
Identifying as partially gender neutral. | imoga-pride (demineutral) |
| Demineutrois[14] | -neutrois |  [14]
|
Identifying as partially neutrois. | Unknown (demineutrois), Mod Hermy (demineutrois) |
| Deminonbinary[15] | -nonbinary |  [15]
|
Identifying as partially non-binary. | alexander--the-great |
| Demixenogender[16] | -xenogender |  [17]
|
Identifying as partially xenogender. | the-gender-collector-emself |
Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Prefix/Suffix | Flag | Description | Creator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demifluid /
Demigenderfluid[18] |
-fluid |  [18] [18]
|
One's gender changes between differing demigenders (such as changing from demigirl to demiboy). | pride-flags-for-us |
| Demiflux / | -flux |  [19]
|
One's gender is partially fluid, whilst the other part is static. | Unknown, Vampiirekid |
Flags and Symbols
The demigenderfluid alternate flag was created by Tumblr blog pride-color-schemes and published on the 28th of July, 2016.[21]
Demigenderfluid (pride-color-schemes)
Resources
- ↑ "demi". Wiktionary, 2 Jun, 2024, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demi#English.
- ↑ "demi-". Cambridge Dictionary, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/demi. Accessed on 13 Jun, 2024.
- ↑ demigenders. "DEMIGENDER DEFINITIONS". Tumblr, 11 Nov, 2014, https://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions.
- ↑ Varina, Rachel. "Demigender". Cosmopolitan, 30 Sep, 2021, https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sexopedia/a37763252/demigender/.
- ↑ "What does it mean to be demigender?". LGBTQNATION, 26 Jul, 2022, https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/what-does-it-mean-to-be-demigender/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "TransWhatevers of AVEN". The AVEN, https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/?tab=comments#comment-1733127. Accessed on 13 Jun, 2024.
- ↑ Nalle Neversure. "Definitions Master List". The AVEN, 26 Oct, 2010, https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/55798-definitions-master-list/?tab=comments#comment-1688213.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 enbygsrd. "Demiagender Pride Flag (proposal)". DeviantArt, 20 Sep, 2016, https://web.archive.org/web/20230120010228/https://www.deviantart.com/enbygsrd/art/Demiagender-Pride-Flag-proposal-635380976. Archived on 20 Jan, 2023.
- ↑ Goatsjourney. "Demiagender". LGBTQIA+ Wiki, 13 Jul, 2021, https://lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Demiagender.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bad Patient. "I've been thinking.". The AVEN, 13 Aug, 2010, https://web.archive.org/web/20230622011030/https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Pride-Flags. "Demiboy (1)". DeviantArt, 4 Jul, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20220124015950/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-1-543925413?q=sort%3Atime%20((demigender)%20AND%20(by%3APride-Flags))&qo=52. Archived on 24 Jan, 2022.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Pride-Flags. "Demigirl (1)". DeviantArt, 4 Jul, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20220127042747/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demigirl-1-543925418?q=sort%3Atime%20((demigender)%20AND%20(by%3APride-Flags))&qo=51. Archived on 27 Jan, 2022.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 imoga-pride. "Demineutral Flag". Tumblr, 18 Jan, 2019, https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/182126270396/demineutral-flag.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Pride-Flags. "Demineutrois (2)". DeviantArt, 11 Jan, 2018, https://web.archive.org/web/20230325212621/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demineutrois-2-724827277. Archived on 25 Mar, 2023.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 SavvyRed. "Pride Flags Colors explained!". DeviantArt, 21 Jun, 2013, https://www.deviantart.com/savvyred/journal/Pride-Flags-Colors-explained-379547414.
- ↑ idvault. "Demixenogender". Tumblr, 16 Nov, 2020, https://archive.md/jw2X5. Archived on 5 Oct, 2021.
- ↑ the-gender-collector-emself. "Demi-xenogender flag.". Tumblr, 7 Feb, 2020, https://archive.md/6G41K.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 pride-flags-for-us. "demigenderfluid or demifluid". Tumblr, 18 Feb, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20150520162452/http://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/111369359919/demigenderfluid-or-demifluid-gender-changes. Archived on 20 May, 2015.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 pride-color-schemes. "Demiflux, Demigenderflux". Tumblr, 28 Jul, 2016, https://web.archive.org/web/20201117020841/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148105865076/demiflux-demigenderflux. Archived on 17 Nov, 2020.
- ↑ Vampiirekid. "Explaining demigenderflux's". Reddit, 29 Jun, 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/demigirl_irl/comments/o9sgtk/explaining_demigenderfluxs/.
- ↑ pride-color-schemes. "Demifluid, Demigenderfluid". Tumblr, 28 Jul, 2016, https://web.archive.org/web/20220124020149/https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148101123336/demifluid-demigenderfluid. Archived on 24 Jan, 2022.
