gendervoid
or voidgender [jen-der-void] or [void-jen-der]
What does gendervoid mean?
Gendervoid is a gender expression or identity defined by the lack of an experience of any gender.
Where does gendervoid come from?
Gendervoid appeared on the social media site Tumblr in 2015 on All The Gay, the site of user therainbowgorilla, who addressed a question about the difference between voidgender (an alternative name) and agender.
Therainbowgorilla answered that gendervoid/voidgender may be considered a synonym for or adjacent to agender, but for them, agender implies gender neutrality while gendervoid entails feeling an utter lack (void) of any gender experience or identity.
Examples of gendervoid
when you have a complicated gender and want people to respect it but they don't but u feel rude correcting them ๐ #gendervoid #lgbtprob
What does it mean to be 'gendervoid', for instance; to have the feeling of a void, where there usually exists a feeling of being gendered? Unless the identity gendervoid resonates with you, it's very difficult to totally comprehend that concept, which is why gut-feelings are so important to how neo-identities work.
Who uses gendervoid?
Gendervoid is often used synonymously with agender, or someone who does not have a gender identity or expression. It especially emphasizes a personโs experience of gender-less-ness.
The term has seen activity on X (formerly Twitter) and Tumblr, where people use it in everything from posting selfies to discussions of gender identity to affirmations of being gendervoid.
I mean it's a good start โ but what about genders beyond the binary tho #agender #gendervoid https://t.co/kJN9KALDZ4
โ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข (@metanymie) January 19, 2016
Gendervoid is included in resources like the Nonbinary Wiki and Queer Undefined. Notably, it was used as an example in Susan Driver and Natalie Coulterโs 2018 book Youth Mediations and Affective Relations about new identities in contemporary youth and internet culture โ and how it can be difficult for people to understand identities like gendervoid.
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