Genderfrozen
Not to be confused with Gendersolid or Genderstill.
Genderfrozen or Gendersolid is a term for when one's gender is generally fluid/flux/fluix but it becomes stuck in the same gender(s) for longer than normal. It is applicable to agentogender users as well as others who have no control; any form of fluidity/fluctuation in the gender is all that is required.
The state of genderfrozen may occur due to external factors, which can include, but are not limited to:
- Visiting their unaccepting family and becoming "frozen" in their assigned gender at birth.
- Having a partner and becoming "solid" in a gender their partner may prefer.
- PTSD or traumatizing events.
- Choosing a gender and sticking to it for a while (in the case of an agentogender user)
Genderfrozen does not usually refer to a specific gender identity, but is rather used as a descriptor of one's current gender experience or to describe a certain event or occurrence. For example: "My teacher refused to acknowledge that transgender people truly feel the way they do, and I just felt myself becoming genderfrozen."
The feeling of being genderfrozen does not have to be a negative experience; it depends on the circumstances under which it occurs and on the feelings of the person experiencing it.