Feruvel
Feruvel is a neogender umbrella term for identities in which one's gender is connected to the concepts of ferality, nonhumanity, beastliness, not centered only around mammals and predators. It includes concepts such as
- Instincts, feeling of pain, danger, hunger, etc
- Predator / Prey dynamic, food webs and food chains, feeding behaviors.
- Wild animals, monsters and other beings
Feruvel is not inherently a xenogender, but it may overlap or be combined with xenogenders or xenogender concepts. Terminology includes:
- Fer- / Feru- / Vel-: Prefixes for subsets
- -uvel / -vel: Suffixes for subsets
- Ferinity: An equivalent of femininity/masculinity
- Fera: A feruvel person (man/woman)
- Feruvelic: Feruvel gender alignment
- FERIN: In-Nature term (Feruvel-in-nature)
History
Both feruvel symbols and flags were designed by Tumblr user hypnosiacon-archive on March 16, 2023.[1]