Transnominal

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Transnominal Flag

Transnominal is a term when the gender of one’s name differs from one’s assigned gender at birth or the name assigned to them at birth. This term relates to ‘transcending’ one’s birth name or identifying with a name other than one’s assigned name

Related Terms

Label Relationship Description Difference
Crossnominal Similar Crossnominal is a form of name non-conformity in which an individual’s name doesn’t traditionally align with one’s gender.

History

The Transnominal flag was posted by Tumblr blog Beyond-Mogai-Pride-Flags on or before January 27th 2021, it is unknown if the blog coined the term or made the flag. It uses the purple and yellow from the multinominal flag and the colors of the transgender flag.[1]

Resources

  1. Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags. "Transnominal Pride Flag". Tumblr, 27 Jan. 2021, https://web.archive.org/web/20220127035240/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/641479611335802880/transnominal-pride-flag. Archived on 27 Jan. 2022.