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Xenogender is a gender identity that does not fit within traditional masculine, feminine or non-binary categories. It is often described as a gender associated with concepts, feelings or experiences that fall outside the human understanding of gender. Examples include identities associated with nature, objects, emotions or abstract ideas. Xenogender accommodates people whose gender experience is unique and personal, and difficult to define with existing terms.

Ilyas always felt like an outsider in conversations about gender. While others described themselves as male, female, or non-binary, Ilyas could never fully place their feelings. It seemed like their gender had more to do with abstract things, like the calm of the sea or the movement of clouds. They didn’t know how to explain this until they discovered the term xenogender online.

During a conversation with a friend, Ilyas tried to put their experience into words. “My gender doesn’t feel human,” they said thoughtfully. “It’s more like I’m connected to nature; like the wind, the light of the moon, or the energy of a storm.” Their friend nodded with interest and replied, “That sounds beautiful. It’s such a creative way to experience yourself.”

For Ilyas, discovering xenogender was a kind of liberation. It gave them the language they had always been searching for and the ability to share their feelings with others. Through xenogender, Ilyas found a community of people whose identities also defied conventional ideas about gender. This gave them a sense of belonging and validation.

Embracing xenogender helped Ilyas understand that gender isn’t limited to traditional molds. Instead, it can be deeply personal and uniquely creative, a reflection of the individual and the things they hold dear; whether that’s the calm of the sea, the movement of clouds, or the quiet strength of the moonlight.

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A lack of words

Xenogender is a collective term for non-binary gender identities that cannot be fully described by terms commonly used to define gender. Consider:

masculinity
femininity
androgyny
neutrality
agenrity
outherinity

Instead, xenogender is described in relation to things you don’t normally think of when you think of gender, such as animals, plants, objects or ideas. It is sometimes described as a gender that is “outside human notions of gender.”

People who identify as xenogender often call themselves xenic. The quality associated with xenogenders is called xeninity. The opposite of xenogender is anthrogender.

Xenic people often feel very well what their gender is like for them. Yet they often lack words to describe that feeling. We call this a lexical gap. To fill that void, xenogenders often use metaphors. For example, they say that their gender resembles, is influenced by, or shares characteristics with something else. Many xenogenders also use neo pronouns for this reason.

Different types of xenogenders

Xenogenders usually fall into three categories:

1. Nouns and archetypes

With these xenogenders, you do not describe your gender as male or female, but say it is or resembles:

an animal
an imaginary being
part of nature
an abstract idea
a symbol

These are called noungenders.

2. Aesthetics and synaesthetic perceptions

Sometimes a noungender is further explained with sensory features such as:

texture
size
form
time
light
sound

These xenogenders are called aesthetigenders.

3. Neurotypes

Here, a person’s neurotype plays a major role in their gender. These are exclusive to neurodivergent people and are called neurogenders.

Other categories

There are also xenogenders who do not fit into the above three:

Situations: When a person’s gender changes depending on the situation. This is what we call mutogenders.
Non-human identity/intypes: When a person’s gender is influenced by a chintype (such as an otherkin identity). These are called kingenders or genderNH.
Self: When someone’s gender applies only to themselves and cannot be experienced by others. We call this nominalgender.

Finally, there is meliusgender: this is for binary people who connect with xenogenders, without calling themselves xenic.

Also read: What are gender-neutral pronouns?

History

The term xenogender was coined in 2014 by Tumblr user Baaphomett.

The prefix xeno- means “strange” or “alien. This fits well with xenogender because these genders are outside of human ideas about gender.

Flag

The xenogender flag was created on Jan. 15, 2017, by DeviantArt user Pastelmemer.

The central symbol is the astronomical sign for the asteroid Iris, a Greek goddess of rainbows.
The colors chosen are common colors found in iris flowers.
The central stripe is yellow, a common non-binary color. Unlike purple, which usually stands for androgynous non-binary genders that have some combination of male and female identities, yellow is often used to symbolize genders that are in no way related to the gender binary, which includes xenogeneans.

The alternative flag was created by an anonymous user and Mod Hermy of Pride-Flags Deviantart on Feb. 17, 2017.

The symbol was designed to resemble an iris flower, which is a symbol for xenogenders.
The blue-purple colors were probably chosen based on the most common color of irises.

Symbol

The xenogender symbol was designed by system-lgbt on Tumblr on July 28, 2018. It was designed to resemble a stylized iris.