Aporagender
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Aporagender (from Greek apo, apor "separate" + "gender") is a nonbinary gender identity and umbrella term for "a gender separate from male, female, and anything in between (unlike Androgyne) while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an absence of gender or agender).
History
The original aporagender symbol was coined by Tumblr user octopodesinmybutt on August 4, 2021.[1] The alternate symbol was coined by Tumblr user mourningmogaicrew on August 13, 2021.[2]
The original moderator of the Aporagender blog on tumblr coined the word aporagender in 2014. The person who coined the word "aporagender" made it as an alternative to aliagender, due to concerns that aliagender might be "racist or appropriative."
Flag
The current flag was created by Hyaenahart. The Blue and Pink represent being disconnected to feminity and masculinity by being placed at the sides. Purple is meant to represent the gender still strongly there. Yellow represents the non-binarity and disconnection from fingenders and mingenders.
"Blue & Pink have been put on either end of the flag to show that you feel your gender is 'away' from these two colours, stereotyped as blue being masculine and pink being feminine. Purple to represent as feeling between male and female. Yellow to represent how the gender is nothing like being female, male or both, but is also placed close enough to blue, purple and pink to show that it’s still connected strongly to some sort of specific gender. Yellow also represents how it’s a non-binary identity."
Umbrella Term
Aporagender is under the nonbinary umbrella, but is more specific than nonbinary[3]. Aporagender is also an umbrella term for some nonbinary identities. As an umbrella term, aporagender includes some kinds of nonbinary and genderqueer people, but does not include people who are agender, between male and female, or binary trans people. Therefore, aporagender is a more specific umbrella term than genderqueer, because when genderqueer is used as an umbrella term, it sometimes includes binary trans people and gender nonconforming binary cisgender people. Aporagender is an umbrella term of genders that isn’t male, female, agender, androgyne.
Difference from other genders
Aporagender isn't the same thing as androgyny, because androgyny can mean a mix of female and male, or in between female and male, whereas aporagender is any nonbinary identification that isn’t male, female, or anything in between while still having a strong sense of gender.
Aporagender is different than agender or genderless, because these mean that a person has no inner sense of their gender, whereas aporagender people have a strong inner sense of their gender.
Neutrois is similar to Aporagender, whereas Neutrois people might and might not have a gendered feeling, but in Aporagender the gendered feeling is strongly felt. In the latter sense, aporagender can be used as a near-synonym for neutrois.
Aporinity is not the same thing as outherinity. The main difference is that aporine genders include neutrality, while outherine genders do not. Outherine is a quality unrelated to femininity, masculinity, androgyny, and neutrality while also being not exactly xenine[4].
