Paragender
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Paragender is a gender identity in which one feels very close to being a certain gender, but encompasses another gender or genders that prevents them from being fully that gender. Paragender individuals are in the range of feeling 51-99% of a connection to specific gender, and 1-49% another gender or other genders. It is similar to perigender, offgender, and demigender.
History
The term "paragender" was originally coined by user queerspike on Tumblr around July 10th, 2014. The earliest known reblog of paragender's coining post was made on this date by Tumblr user genderdefinitions.[1]
The paragender flag was created by pridearchive on Tumblr on July 24th, 2014. The gray stripes represent partial gender, the white stripes represent a lack of gender, and the yellow stripe represents non-binaryness. The green stripes are used to represent the closeness of the gender because green is near yellow on the color wheel.[2]
Related Terms
| Term | Relationship | Description | Difference |
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Sub Genders
| Term | Flag | Description | Coiner |
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| Paraboy | Describes one who identifies mostly as a boy/man and that takes up 51-99% of their gender. | ||
| Paraboyflux | |||
| Paragirl | Describes one who identifies mostly as a girl/woman and that takes up 51-99% of their gender. | ||
| Paragirlflux | |||
| Parafluid | Describes one whose gender is mostly fluid, but not entirely due to being slightly another gender. | ||
| Parafluidflux | Describes one whose gender identity is fluid and fluctuating in intensity, but there's something else that's keeping one from completely being the fluid identity one is currently experiencing. | ||
| Paraflux | Paraflux is an umbrella term for paragenders that fluctuate in intensity. |
Resources
- ↑ Genderdefinitions. "a place to catalogue all these cool new genders". Tumblr, https://archive.md/rGf4o. Accessed on 21 Jul. 2024. Archived on 28 Jan. 2019.
- ↑ Pride Archive. "Paranonbinary Pride Flag". Tumblr, https://archive.md/2YImX. Accessed on 21 Jul. 2024. Archived on Nov 14. 2021.
