Gender & Sexuality dictionary
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 of 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.
A gendervoid flag / Pride-Flags / DeviantArt
Examples of gendervoid
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 person’s experience of gender-less-ness.
The term sees some activity on 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 – but what about genders beyond the binary tho #agender #gendervoid https://t.co/kJN9KALDZ4
— 𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕞 (@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 Coulter’s 2018 book Youth Mediations and Affective Relations about new identities in contemporary youth and internet culture—and how it can be difficult for people to understand identities like gendervoid.
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