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{{Gender|title1=Xenogender|image1=Xenogender flag.png|caption1=Xenogender flag by Deviantart user pastelmemer<ref name="a">[https://web.archive.org/web/20201223004826/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Xenogender-1-656548427 Pastelmemer's Xenogender Flag] ([https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Xenogender-1-656548427 Original Post])</ref>|symbol1=Iris xenogender symbol.png|caption2=Xenogender symbol by Tumblr user systemlgbt<ref name="b">[https://archive.ph/2021.04.02-202657/https://system-lgbt.tumblr.com/post/176383465712/new-symbols-for-use System-Lgbt's Symbol]</ref>|type=[[Non-binary]], [[Gender Identity]], [[Umbrella Term]]|coined_by=baaphomet{{icon|tumblr}}<ref name="c">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140701150845/http://baaphomett.tumblr.com/post/89738557605/ive-done-a-lot-of-thinking-about-identity-and Baaphomett's Coining Post]</ref>|coining_date=June 24, 2014<ref name="c"/>}}
'''Xenogender''' is a [[nonbinary|non-binary]] [[gender identity|identity]] and [[umbrella term]] in which one's [[gender]] goes "beyond the human understandings of gender",<ref name="c" /> (i.e. concepts such as [[femininity]], [[masculinity]], [[Neutral|neutrality]], [[androgyny]], [[Agenrine|agenrity]], and [[Outherine|outherinity]]<ref name="d" />) and can best be described by other methods of gender categorization. This includes genders that are related to animals, plants, or other things that are not traditionally considered a gender.<ref name="c" /> They are [[Neurogender|often used by the neurodivergent community]] (people with [[ADHDgender|ADHD]], [[Autigender|autism]], [[OCDgender|OCD]], etc.), but the term is not [[Exclusive Genders|exclusive]].<ref>[https://archive.ph/2024.01.05-101724/https://xenogender.crd.co/%23faq Xenogender Carrd] ([https://xenogender.crd.co/#faq Original])</ref>

The adjective "[[xenine]]" means "of or pertaining to xenogenders",<ref>[https://archive.md/ETa1j Imoga-Pride's Xenine Page] ([https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/181991908361/xenine-flag Original Post])</ref> and is the xenogender equivalent of "feminine", "masculine", etc. The noun form of "[[xenine]]" is "[[Xenine|xenity]]". The xenogender equivalent of "boy" or "girl" is "[[xip]]",<ref name="e">[https://archive.ph/CVsc6 Pinkfruitgender's Xip, Xenan and Xenen Coining Post] ([https://pinkfruitgender.tumblr.com/post/662425603746791424/term-coining-xipxenanxenen Original Post])</ref> and the equivalent of [[man]] or [[woman]] is "[[xenan]]".<ref name="e" /> The term "[[xingender]]" stands for "xenine-in-nature".<ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/175025294610/xingender-pride-flag Beyond-Mogai-Pride-Flags' Xingender Post]</ref>

For a comprehensive list of identities under the xenogender umbrella, please see [[:Category:Xenogender]].

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==Common Definitions==
{{Quote|xenogender: a gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things|baaphomet|2014<ref name="c"/>}}{{Quote|Xenogender is an umbrella term for non-binary gender identities that cannot be fully described through their relation to concepts typically used to describe gender such as masculinity, femininity, androgyny, neutrality, agenrity, or outherinity. Instead, xenogenders can best be described through how they relate to things, beings, or concepts that most people don't think of as having to do with gender, such as animals, plants, things, or concepts. It is sometimes described as any gender that "cannot be contained by human understandings of gender". People who identify as a xenogender may call themselves xenic. The gender quality associated with xenogenders is xeninity. The opposite of xenogender is anthrogender.

Xenic people often have a strong understanding of how their gender feels to them, however they often find that there aren't any words for their experiences, this is called a lexical gap. In order to fill that gap xenogender people often describe their gender through metaphors, by saying their gender is like, is influenced by, or shares qualities with something else.

When described, xenogenders often fall into one of three categories:

Nouns and Archetypes: Instead of saying how one's gender relates to masculinity and femininity, one says one's gender is, or is like, a kind of animal, an imaginary being, a part of nature, an abstract concept, or a symbol. These are called noungenders.
Aesthetics and Synaesthetic Perceptions: When a gender is described using things like texture, size, shape, time, light, sound, or other sensory characteristics. These can often overlap with noungenders. These are called aesthetigenders.
Neurotypes: When a neurodivergent person's neurotype(s) is/are an inseparable part of their gender identity. These genders are exclusive to people of the neurotype(s) associated with them. These are called neurogenders.|Pride-Flags|2021<ref name="d">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220125083321/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demixenogender-870952056 Pride-Flags' Demixenogender Post] ([https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demixenogender-870952056 Original Post])</ref>}}
{{Quote|Xenogender explanation:

Xenity is a neutral counterpart of masculinity and femininity that uses entities, things with distinct and independant existence, to describe a gender. Genders described by xenity are called xenogenders.

The reason one may identify as a xenogender is because they understand their gender identity, but gendered words can't describe their experience. In a situation like this, it's easy to turn to metaphors and say for example, that your gender is influenced by cats, or that your gender is like the sun and the moon, or that your gender shares the quality of a sponge. These are all diverse examples of what a xenogender could be.|[[User:Brojogon|Brojogon]]{{icon|fandom}}|2024<ref>[https://gender.fandom.com/wiki/Xenogender?commentId=4400000000000110314 Brojogon's Definition]</ref>}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Xenogender flag.png|Main xenogender flag by Devianart user pastelmemer<ref name="a"/>
File:Xenogender alt3.jpg|First alternate xenogender flag by pastelmemer<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210826005225/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Xenogender-2-656548421 Pastelmemer's Alternative Xenogender Flag] ([https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Xenogender-2-656548421 Original Post])</ref>
File:Xenogender alt6.png|Second alternate xenogender flag by Tumblr user Whimsy-Flag<ref>[https://archive.ph/2024.10.04-185018/https://whimsy-flags.tumblr.com/post/615762000253943808/adjusted-neurogender-and-xenogender-flags-free-to Whimsy-Flag's Xenogender Flag] ([https://whimsy-flags.tumblr.com/post/615762000253943808/adjusted-neurogender-and-xenogender-flags-free-to Original Post])</ref>
File:Xenogenderflag2.webp|Third alternate xenogender flag by Mod Hermy of Pride-Flags on Deviantart<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201223004833/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Xenogender-3-664036257 Mod Hermy's Xenogender Flag] ([https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Xenogender-3-664036257 Original Post])</ref>
File:Xenogender alt8.jpg|Fourth alternate xenogender flag by unknown<ref>[https://archive.ph/2024.10.05-154852/https://mogai-genders.fandom.com/wiki/Xenogender?oldid=204 Alternative Xenogender Flag] ([https://mogai-genders.fandom.com/wiki/File:Xenogender2.png Original])</ref>
File:Xenogender alt4.jpg|Fifth alternate xenogender flag by Tumblr user flagnwords<ref name="f">[https://archive.ph/2024.10.04-181643/https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/181116940155/flagnwords-edit-to-the-xenogender-flag-not-rly Flagnwords' Xenogender Flag] ([https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/181116940155/flagnwords-edit-to-the-xenogender-flag-not-rly Original Post])</ref>
File:Xenogender alt5.png|Sixth alternate xenogender flag by Tumblr user neopronouns<ref name="f"/>
File:Xenogender alt7.jpg|Seventh alternate xenogender flag by Reddit user libertoasz<ref> [https://archive.md/2021.09.16-185209/https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/pdy4hi/my_take_on_the_xenogender_flag/ Libertoasz's Xenogender Flag] ([https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/pdy4hi/my_take_on_the_xenogender_flag/ Original Post])</ref>
File:Xenogender alt10.jpg|Eighth alternate xenogender flag by Fandom user [[User:Zer0Rebel4|Zer0Rebel4]]<ref>[https://archive.ph/2021.09.03-022736/https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Xenogender?oldid=101106 Zer0Rebel4's Xenogender Flag]</ref>
File:Xenogender alt11.jpg|Ninth alternate xenogender flag by unknown<ref>[https://archive.ph/2021.09.03-022808/https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Xenogender?oldid=129965 Another Alternative Xenogender Flag]</ref>
File:Xenogender alt12.jpg|Tenth alternate xenogender flag by Fandom user [[User:JaidenroseLmao|JaidenRoseLmao]]<ref>[https://archive.ph/2021.10.11-221120/https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Xenogender?oldid=142365 JaidenroseLmao's Xenogender Flag]</ref>
File:Xenogender flag9.jpg|Eleventh alternate xenogender flag by Reddit user The_Skies_Above<ref>[https://archive.ph/2024.10.06-130613/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/138lkpo/xenogender_flag_redesign/ The_Skies_Above's Xenogender Flag] ([https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/138lkpo/xenogender_flag_redesign/ Original Post])</ref>
File:Xenogender flag13.jpg|Twelfth alternate xenogender flag by Twitter/X user @XenicLuvs<ref name="g">[https://archive.ph/2024.08.04-070959/https://x.com/XenicLuvs/status/1467033173091569664 XenicLuvs' Xenogender Flags] ([https://x.com/XenicLuvs/status/1467033173091569664 Original Post])</ref>
File:Xenogender 14.jpg|Thirteenth alternate xenogender flag by Twitter/X user @XenicLuvs<ref name="g"/>
File:Xenogender flag15.jpg|Fourteenth alternate xenogender flag by Twitter/X user @XenicLuvs<ref name="g"/>
File:Xenogender 13 meanings.jpg|Stripe color meanings for @XenicLuvs' alternate flags<ref name="g"/>
File:Halloween xenogender flag.webp|Halloween xenogender flag by Fandom user [[User:StillCommonlyconfused|StillCommonlyconfused]]<ref>[https://gender.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000110116 StillCommonlyconfused's Xenogender Flags]</ref>
File:Xenogender ryany.jpg|Fifteenth alt flag by Tumblr user ryanyflags<ref>https://archive.ph/gdUjd</ref>
File:Xenogender ryany 2.jpg|Another version of the flag by ryanyflags
File:Xenogender ryany 3.jpg|The flag by ryanyflags without the symbol
</gallery>

==References==
<references />

==See Also==

*[[Xenine|Xenine/Xenity]]
*[[Xip]]
*[[Xenan]]
*[[Xingender]]
*[[Xiaspec]]
*[[Xenoflux]]

[[Category:Nonbinary]]
[[Category:Xenogender| ]]
[[Category:Gender Identities]]
[[Category:Umbrella Terms]]
[[Category:Xingender]]
[[Category:Xiaspec]]
[[Category:Xenine]]

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