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{{Gender|title1=Agender|image1=AgenderTest.png|caption1=Agender flag by Tumblr user transrants<ref name=b>[https://majesticmess.com/encyclopedia/agender-flag/ Agender Flag]; [http://batty.co.vu/post/77148681532/a-more-pastel-version-of-my-agender-genderless @transrants's Post Claiming Agender Flag]</ref>|coined_by=On the Internet forum UseNet<ref name=a>[https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender Inqueery website, referencing original coining on UseNet in 2000]; [https://archive.md/XsYJd Archive] ([https://archive.md/XsYJd#selection-1427.0-1427.312 Highlighted Coining Reference]</ref>|coining_date=2000<ref name=a/>}}

'''Agender''' is a [[gender identity]] generally defined as in which one lacks a gender or has very little experience of a gender. It can be seen either as a [[non-binary]] [[gender identity]] or as a statement of not having a gender identity. People who identify as agender may describe themselves as one or more of the following:
*Genderless or lacking gender.
*Gender neutral. This may be meant in the sense of being neither [[man]] or [[woman]] yet still having a gender.
*[[Neutrois]] or neutrally gendered.
*[[Libragender]], feeling mostly agender but with a partial connection to another gender.
*Having an unknown or undefinable gender; not aligning with any [[Binary Genders|binary]] or [[non-binary]] gender.
*Having no other words that fit their gender identity.
*Not knowing or not caring about gender, as an internal identity and/or as an external label.
*Deciding not to label their gender.
*Identifying more as an individual than any gender at all.

Many agender people also identify as [[genderqueer]], [[non-binary]] and/or [[transgender]]. However, some agender people prefer to avoid these terms, especially transgender, as they feel this implies identifying as a gender other than their [[assigned gender]], while they in fact do not identify as any gender at all. In fact, the term agender is considered an oxymoron among many. Since it is a lack of gender, some feel that it should not be labeled as a gender at all. Others see the label agender as a declaration that they are whole without a gender.

Agender people can have any preference for [[pronouns]], although some prefer to avoid using gendered language about themselves as much as possible. They can also [[Gender expression|present]] in any way — [[masculine]], [[feminine]], [[Androgyny|both]] or something completely beyond the binary. Agender people can (but don't have to) experience [[dysphoria|gender dysphoria]] if they are unable to express their identity in a way they are comfortable with.

Agender people may seek many of the same hormone therapies or surgeries available to transgender and nonbinary people. Some agender people may want a [[angenital]] body (a body without genitals), however others do not.

Agender people can be of any [[sexuality]] and should not be confused with being [https://sexual-orientation.wikia.com/wiki/Asexuality asexual].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Agender Flag.png|Agender flag by Tumblr user transrants<ref name=b/>
File:Agender Alt.png|Alternate agender flag by DeviantArt user Pride-Flags<ref>[http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/ pride-flags Pride-Flags' First Alternate Flag]; [https://archive.md/qH9gJ Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt2.png|Alternate agender flag by DeviantArt user Pride-Flags<ref>[http://pride-flags.deviantart.com/ Pride-Flags' Second Alternate Flag]; [https://archive.md/OQU3A Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt3.jpg|Alternate agender flag by DeviantArt user Pride-Flags<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Agender-5-608824693 Pride-Flags' Third Alternate Flag]; [https://archive.md/UoCK3 Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt4.jpg|Alternate agender flag by Deactivated X user Michi<ref name=c>[https://agenderflag.carrd.co/ Agender Flag Carrd]; [https://archive.md/2lxxV Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Coat of Arms.png|Agender coat of arms by Tumblr user quark-nova<ref>[https://www.tumblr.com/quark-nova/673438487093051392/agender-coat-of-arms-the-middle-emblem-comes-fromAgender Coat of Arms by quark-nova]; [https://archive.ph/aEeUZ Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt5.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref name=d>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1311326657135992833 Four Alternate Flags by Mars]; [https://archive.md/F0l9c Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt6.png|Alternate agender flag by X user @LARVAMOLT (Mars)<ref name=d/>
File:Agender Alt7.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref name=d/>
File:Agender Alt8.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref name=d/>
File:Agender Alt9.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1311769093742178309 Mars' Fifth Alternate (Blue, white, & gray)]; [https://archive.md/CSm67 Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt10.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1311696945921089546 Mars' Sixth Alternate (Blue & gray)]; [https://archive.md/tup0S Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt11.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1311973886582493184 Mars' Seventh Alternate (Black, purple, white, green)]; [https://archive.md/NiZd3 Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt12.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1397301011845419013 Mars' Eighth Alternate (Five stripes)]; [https://archive.md/BQAi3 Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt13.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1397303064227364871 Mars' Ninth Alternate (Five stripes, light green)]; [https://archive.md/0hTHs Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt14.jpg|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1405742399071027205 Mars' Tenth Alternate]; [https://archive.md/1MDML Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt15.svg|Alternate Agender Flag by X user Mars<ref name=c/>
File:Agender Alt16.png|Alternate agender flag by X user Mars<ref>[https://x.com/LARVAMOLT/status/1402284447664386049 Mars' Twelfth Alternate]; [https://archive.md/Iphrz Archive]</ref>
File:Agender Alt17.webp|Alternate agender flag by Reddit user MassiveMarionberry97<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/vybpil/agender_flag_with_a_yellow_stripe_to_avoid/ @MassiveMarionberry97's Alternate Flag (Yellow stripe)]; [https://archive.md/GZh2W Archive]</ref>
File:Halloween Agender.png|Halloween agender flag by Fandom user [[User:HolyFreakingAcheron|HolyFreakingAcheron]]<ref>https://gender.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000109614</ref>
File:Alt agender flag.webp|Redesign of agender flag by Fandom user [[User:Countrypage|Countrypage]]<ref>https://gender.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000117243</ref>
File:Alt agender.webp|Alternate agender flag by Fandom user [[User:Wowza1639|Wowza1639]]<ref>https://gender.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000118777</ref>
</gallery>

== Further Research ==
A 1997 paper in ''International Journal of Transgenderism'' states that "an individual of any genetic [[sex]] may also regard him-herself as [...] an ungendered person, who does not or will not identify with any conventional gender".<ref name="Eyler">{{cite journal|last1=Eyler |first1=A.E.|last2=Wright |first2=K.|year=1997|url=https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|title=Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender-Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence.|journal=International Journal of Transgenderism|quote=An individual of any genetic sex may also regard him-herself as neither a woman nor a man, but a member of some other gender, as is common in non-Western cultures (and is becoming increasingly recognized in the West as well), or as an ungendered person, who does not or will not identify with any conventional gender.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718084440/https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

The 1998 book ''Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators'' lists "ungendered" as a label used by some transgender people.<ref>{{cite book|title=Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students: A Handbook for Faculty and Administrators|year=1998|editor=Sanlo, Ronni|page=37|quote=Transgender persons are those who are not comfortable living within the confines of the social stereotype of gender as applied to themselves. Labels used include cross-dresser, drag king, drag queen, intersexed, transsexual, butch, femme, ungendered, androgynous, and more. The labels are many and changing, and they are not always accepted by the people to whom they are applied.|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Working_with_Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_and_Tr/vD2dAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719014750/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Working_with_Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_and_Tr/vD2dAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0|archive-date=19 July 2023|access-date=4 October 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

A 2000 post on Usenet described the Christian God as agender. It was used in a discussion thread titled "alt.messianic". The user Miriam Wolfe wrote "all I understand is that G-d is amorphous, agender, etc. so "image" can't be a physical or gender or sexual thing".<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220121154524/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.messianic/c/Egv3-Fufvsw/m/FIGdiv-8z7AJ}}</ref> There were a few other instances of the word being used around the same time, but these also were either about God or were talking about individuals presenting in a gender-neutral manner (not as specific gender identity).

In 2005, another Usenet user wrote that "cultures can have [[transgender]], agender, and [[hypergender]] individuals".<ref name="them2018">{{Cite web |title=What Does It Mean to Be Agender? |work=them. |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=13 June 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |quote=sj Miller |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603030020/https://www.them.us/story/inqueery-agender |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

"Non-gendered", "genderless", and "agender" were mentioned in a list of valid nonbinary identities in the 2013 text ''Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide''.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=9781446293133|title=Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide|last1=Richards|first1=Christina|last2=Barker|first2=Meg|year=2013|publisher=SAGE Publications}}</ref>

Salem X (also known as "Ska", or as their Tumblr username "transrants") created the agender flag in 2014, sharing the design on Feb 18th.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://majesticmess.com/encyclopedia/agender-flag/ |title=Agender Flag – Majestic Mess Designs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612222135/https://majesticmess.com/encyclopedia/agender-flag/ |archive-date=12 June 2022 |date= |website=Majestic Mess |access-date=24 March 2023}}
</ref> In reference to the colors chosen, they said "the black and white stripes represent an absence of gender, the gray represents semi-genderlessness, and the central green stripe represents nonbinary genders". In 2014, they also created the demiboy, demigirl and deminonbinary flags.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/16/interview-creator-of-the-agender-flag/ |title=Interview: Creator of the Agender Flag – Majestic Mess Designs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228183501/https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/16/interview-creator-of-the-agender-flag/ |archive-date=28 February 2022 |date= |website=Majestic Mess |access-date=24 March 2023}}
</ref>

In 2014, agender was one of the 56 genders made [[Gender and social media sites|available on Facebook]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Shapira|first=Eve|title=Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age}}</ref>

In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "agender" <ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ |title=New words added to Dictionary.com |date=May 6, 2015 |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518081412/http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}
</ref> which it defined as "a person who does not have a specific gender identity or recognizable gender expression".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agender?s=t |title=Agender |date= |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003223452/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agender?s=t |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

On March 10, 2017, the Multnomah County Court of Oregon granted Patch a "General Judgment of Name and Sex Change"; Patch thus became the first legally agender person in the United States. The same judgment also allowed them to change names and become mononymous—meaning only having one name instead of a given name and a surname.<ref name="nbcnews">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/judge-grants-oregon-resident-right-be-genderless-n736971 |title=Judge Grants Oregon Resident the Right to Be Genderless |author=O'Hara, Mary Emily |work=[https://www.nbcnews.com NBC News] |date=2017-03-23}}</ref>

A 2018 survey of "Attitudes to Gender", ran by the Britain-based "Future of Legal Gender" project, asked people if they agree or disagree with the statement "More people will identify as agender (not having a gender) in the future." 32.4% selected "agree" and 13.7% selected "strongly agree". 20.6% selected "neither agree nor disagree" and 19.7% "don't know", compared to a mere 6.6% "disagree" and 7% "strongly disagree". (71% of nonbinary respondents agreed or strongly agreed.)<ref name="FLG">{{Cite web |title=Survey Findings |author= |work=The Future of Legal Gender |date= |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://futureoflegalgender.kcl.ac.uk/gender-in-everyday-life/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206213559/https://futureoflegalgender.kcl.ac.uk/gender-in-everyday-life/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==Notable Agender people==
* Patch Abbatiello, a 27-year-old video game designer. Abbatiello is likely the first legally agender person in the United States.<ref name="nbcnews" />
*[[Wikipedia:Bogi Takács|Bogi Takács]], a Hungarian poet, writer, psycholinguist, editor, and translator. E is currently married to [[Wikipedia:R.B. Lemberg|R.B. Lemberg]]. Takács refers to themself with e/em/eir/emself and they/them/their/themself pronouns.
* [[Wikipedia:Emi Lo|Emi Lo]], a voice actor most commonly known for work in voice acting in anime dubs and video games. Lo goes by any pronouns.

== See also ==

* [[Aroace Agender|Aroace agender]]
* [[Allogender]] ''or zedgender'' is an [[umbrella term]] for genders opposite (that are not) [[agender]] nor on the agender spectrum.
* [[Agan]] and [[agie]] are equivalents of "[[man]]/[[woman]]" and "boy/girl" for agender individuals.

==References==
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==Other Resources==
*[http://hellyeahagender.tumblr.com/ Hell Yeah, Agender! on Tumblr]
*[http://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Agender nonbinary.wiki]
*[https://agender.carrd.co agender.carrd.co]
*[https://agender.info/ Agender.info]

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