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Aporagender

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Introduction

There are numerous nonbinary gender identities that people can identify as. Aporagender is a less common term that some people identify as. The term has existed since 2014. Not everyone who identifies as aporagender will use the same pronouns as each other, or display the same gender presentation.

General Information

A gender wherein the one who posesses it knows that the gender is separate from masculinity and femininity. Aporagender can be used either on its own, or as an umbrella term to describe identities that are not male, female, agender, or between male and female. Someone who identifies as aporagender may describe their experience as having a strong and specific gendered feeling.

The word "aporagender" is derived from the Greek prefix "apo-" meaning "separate" and "gender" meaning, well, gender. Together, the term means "separate from gender." The term aporagender was coined in 2014 by the now deleted tumblr user aporagender.

Aporagender Flag

The aporagender flag consists of five horizontal stripes. This flag was posted to DeviantArt in August of 2015, and created by a person known as Lex, who ran the afformentioned aporagender tumblr blog.

The top pink stripe in the aporagender flag represents femininity. It is placed at the top to represent this gender being "away" from femininity.

The two purple stripes in the aporagender flag represent feeling between male and female.

The center yellow stripe in the aporagender flag represents nonbinary gender and being nonbinary. The yellow represents how this gender is nothing like being male, female, or both. The yellow being placed close to the other colors shows how it is still connected to some sort of specific gender.

The bottom blue stripe in the aporagender flag represents masculinity. It is placed at the bottom to represent this gender being "away" from masculinity.

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