Poxogender

Poxogender flag

Poxogender is a unifying term for experiences represented by the color purple in the non-binary flag. This includes:

• Being multigender/polygender, meaning experiencing multiple genders
• Being genderfluid/genderflux, in which the gender changes in intensity and/or in identity
• Being demigender, in which the gender is experienced partially, or divided/separated in parts, or experienced with partial connection to it
• Being centrigender, in which the gender is centered in the middle or midway between multiple genders
• Being genderpotion/shuffler, meaning ones gender is a result of a combination or a mixture of other genders
• Being midbinary, in which one's gender references gender binary (though it's not binary)
• Being miaspec, fiaspec, or liaspec, describing non-binary genders on the miagender and/or fiagender spectrum(s)
• Or being adjacent, aligned, or similarly related to such experiences, such as gendervir, girlby, or eclipsian.

Experiencing masculine and/or feminine genders can be considered poxogender if they are midbinary, otherwise they are not necessarily since some consider them to be inherently abinary when not related to manhood or womanhood.

The definition is really ample and encompasses many experiences, though it's more conceptual when applying to the whole population, it can be used as a self-identifier, but not enforced into other people, since not everyone see their experiences this way.

History

The term was coined by Tumblr user lgbtqiarchive around December 2019. Its flag was designed by Tumblr user momma-mogai-sphinx (high-def-pride-flags on DeviantArt).

The concept was based on the color meanings of the non-binary flag. The black typically represents agender spectrum, while white represents pangender or polygender identities, yellow represents abinary genders, and purple poxogenders.

“	Once again, here is the key for the colors: Yellow is representative of being outside the binary, as it is a color often used to distinguish something as its own. White is the photological presence of all color/light. This is to represent people who are many or all genders. Purple represents the fluidity and multiplicity of many gender experiences, the uniqueness and flexibility of nonbinary people, as well as representing those whose gender experiences include being of or between female and male. Black is the photological absence of color/light. This is to represent agender or genderlessness.	”
–thejasmineelf, 2014