Genderfluid
| Prefix: | -Fluid |
|---|---|
| GxG Format: | ~? |
Not to be confused with Genderflux, or Genderfluix
Genderfluid is a term which refers to someone whose gender identity or expression changes over time.[1]
A genderfluid individual may identify as any gender identity or combination of gender identities at any given time. Their gender identity can change at random or may vary in response to different circumstances.
One's gender identity may change at different rates, possibly over the course of hours, days, weeks, months, or years. For some individuals their gender identity changes on a somewhat consistent "schedule." For others their gender identity changes inconsistently.
Some genderfluid individuals may be fluid between all gender identities, or a large number of gender identities. Others may be fluid between as few as two gender identities.
Genderfluid may be a gender identity on its own or it can be used as an umbrella term to describe anyone whose gender identity changes. For example, a bigender individual who feels more strongly agender sometimes and more strongly xenic other times may identify as genderfluid.
Due to the nature of genderfluid, some individuals may also identify as multigender, non-binary and/or transgender.
History
In the 1990s and 2000s, it might have been more common for genderfluid individuals to call themselves bigender or genderqueer. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves cross-dressers. The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s, although with a different meaning. Transgender advocate Michael M. Hernandez wrote in 1996:
"Gender-fluid means that their gender identity and/or expression encompass both masculine and feminine. Gender fluidity is becoming commonly known as transgenderness: the ability to transcend gender, whether biological, emotional, political, or otherwise; truly mixing male and female."[2] (Hernandez, Michael M.)
The earliest recorded use online of genderfluid, with a definition closer to the modern definition is in the Urban Dictionary "Gender Fluid" entry, which was added in 2007.[3]
Related Terms
| Label | Relationship | Description | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genderfae | Similar | Genderfluidity that never encompasses male or masculine genders. | Genderfluid can include any genders. |
| Genderfaun | Similar | Genderfluidity that never encompasses female or feminine genders. | Genderfluid can include any genders. |
| Genderflor | Similar | Genderfluidity that never encompasses male, masculine, female, or feminine genders. | Genderfluid can include any genders. |
| Genderflux | Similar | An individual whose gender identity or presentations fluctuate in intensity. | Genderfluid indicates a shifting between different genders, whereas genderflux indicates a fluctuation in the intensity of one's gender. |
| Genderfluix | Similar | An individual whose gender identity or presentations changes and fluctuates in intensity over time. | Genderfluix includes both genderfluid and genderflux. |
Prefixes and Suffixes
| Label | Prefix / Suffix | Flag | Description | Creator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigenderfluid | Bi- |  [4]  [5]
|
Two distinctly separate and fluid genders. | Pride-Flags |
| Demifluid / Demigenderfluid | Demi- |
|
Only part of one's gender is fluid, the other part being static. | pride-flags-for-us |
Flag and Symbols
The genderfluid flag was created by JJ Poole, or thoughtstoberememberedon Tumblr, on August 2, 2012.[7] Pink represents femininity, blue represents masculinity, purple represents both femininity and masculinity, black represents a lack of gender, and white represents all genders.[8]
The genderfluid symbol was created by Cari-Rez-Lobo on the 3rd of Oct, 2014.[9]
The alternate demigenderfluid flag was created by pride-color-schemes on the 28th of July, 2016.[10]
Genderfluid (Unknown)
GenderfluidSymbol (Cari-Rez-Lobo)
Demigenderfluid Alternate (pride-color-schemes)
Resources
- ↑ Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD. "Gender fluidity: What it means and why support matters". Harvard Health Publishing, 3 Dec, 2020, https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/gender-fluidity-what-it-means-and-why-support-matters-2020120321544.
- ↑ Hernandez, Michael M. (1996). "Boundaries: Gender and Transgenderism". The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader.
- ↑ SonicJMC. "gender fluid". Urban Dictionary, 21 Jan, 2007, http://web.archive.org/web/20161018191041/http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Bigenderfluid (1)". DeviantArt, 5 Sep, 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Bigenderfluid-1-558308978?ga_submit_new=10%3A1468625644&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1.
- ↑ Pride-Flags. "Bigenderfluid (3)". DeviantArt, 5 Sep, 2015, https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Bigenderfluid-3-558308965?q=sort%3Atime%20((bigenderfluid)%20AND%20(by%3APride-Flags))&qo=5.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies. "jaidynmarri:". Tumblr, 2 Aug, 2012, https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid.
- ↑ genderfluidity. "We are Genderfluid!". Tumblr, 3 Aug, 2012, https://genderfluidity.tumblr.com/post/28614422659/so-i-couldnt-find-a-flag-that.
- ↑ Cari-Rez-Lobo. "Gender Symbols". DeviantArt, 3 Oct, 2014, https://www.deviantart.com/cari-rez-lobo/art/Gender-Symbols-486052086.
- ↑ 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.
