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gendervoid
or voidgender [jen-der-void] or [void-jen-der]
黑料网 does听gendervoid mean?
Gendervoid听is a gender expression or identity defined by the lack of an experience of any gender.
Where does gendervoid come from?
Gendervoid appeared on the social media site Tumblr in 2015 on All The Gay, the site of user therainbowgorilla, who addressed a question about the difference between听voidgender听(an alternative name) and agender.
Therainbowgorilla answered that gendervoid/voidgender听may be considered a synonym for or adjacent 迟辞听agender, but for them, agender implies gender neutrality while 驳别苍诲别谤惫辞颈诲听entails feeling an utter lack (void) of any gender experience or identity.
A gendervoid flag / Pride-Flags / DeviantArt
Examples of gendervoid
Who uses gendervoid?
Gendervoid听is often used synonymously with听agender, or someone who does not have a gender identity or expression. It especially emphasizes a person’s experience of gender-less-ness.
The term has seen activity on X (formerly Twitter) and Tumblr, where people use it in everything from posting selfies to discussions of gender identity to affirmations of being gendervoid.
I mean it's a good start – but what about genders beyond the binary tho
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Gendervoid is included in resources like the Nonbinary Wiki and Queer Undefined. Notably, it听was used as an example in Susan Driver and Natalie Coulter’s 2018 book Youth Mediations and Affective Relations about new identities in contemporary youth and internet culture听鈥� and how it can be difficult for people to understand identities like gendervoid.
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