Gender & Sexuality dictionary
juxera
[juhks-eer-uh]
ºÚÁÏÍø does juxera mean?
Juxera is a gender identity created on Tumblr. It can be described as being feminine but not a female, like a girl but not a girl.
Where does juxera come from?
´³³Ü³æ±ð°ù²¹Ìýis a gender identity created by Tumblr user wulfgendur in 2016. In their post, wulfgendur defines the term as “a gender relative to female, but is something separate and entirely on it’s [sic] own.” The term itself is composed up of the Latin juxta (“near)” and ±ð°ù²¹Ìý(“lady”).
Juxera flag / wulfgender
Those who identify as juxera consider themselves to have feminine characteristics but with aspects of maleness or of another nonbinary identity.
Wulfgender createdÌýÂá³Ü³æ±ð°ù²¹ was created alongside the male equivalent, proxvir, based on Latin words for “next to man” and a gender identity of being masculine but not a male.
Juxera is defined in several community-run gender wikis, and discussion about this gender identity happens primarily on Tumblr.
Examples of juxera
Who uses juxera?
People discuss juxera and other nonbinary identities on such places as Reddit, Tumblr, X (formerly Twitter), and Asexual Visibility and Education Network. As gender is fluid, some people who currently identify as juxera might not always identify as such.
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