Effloregender
Effloregender is a gender identity/modifier for plural system headmates who were a certain gender when they formed, but presently identify with a different gender.
As this term is about a headmate's personal/individual gender, it does not refer to the headmate's relationship to the body's sex/gender or the system’s collective gender. It also does not refer to introjects who were transgender in their source, but have always been the same gender since gaining sentience/joining their system.
Effloregender headmates may or may not also identify with the terms cisgender or transgender.
This term is intended for plural systems and can be used by any system of any origin or type.[1]
Related Terms
Lularegender refers to headmates who have always been the same gender since their formation, or headmates who currently identify with the same gender they were when they formed.
Lorelaregender refers to headmates who identify both with their first gender and with a different gender.
Term Origins
Effloregender is derived from the word "efflorescence," which means "the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower."[2] This is in reference to the fact that their gender has blossomed since joining the system.