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Gender option 'Androgyne'

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Querying, Mar 31, 2014.

  1. Querying

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    I just realized that I've been thinking of of androgynous and androgyne as the same thing, but just now I realized androsexual and gynesexual minus the sexuals is androgyne. Does that mean this refers to bigendered/third gendered people?
     
  2. Jinkies

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    Um.... not really. You're on the right track that it's a non-binary gender. But, from my understanding, it's in a different way. It's kind of like being both and neither at the same time. Your perception of your gender tends to be in the middle (as an androgyne). Bigender people tend to (if I'm not mistaken) go back and forth between being a boy and being a girl. Being androgyne is like being both, kind of. Similar to genderqueer, but I think genderqueer covers a lot more than androgyne does.

    The word "androgyne" comes from latin roots: "Andro" meaning "male" or "boy" and "Gyne" meaning "female" or "girl" So, it's literally saying "boy girl".
     
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    I think you covered it all...
     
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    Some days I feel that term fits me better than any thing else.
     
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    So is it a subsection of the idea of genderqueer or is it a separate category?

    Hate to be that one ignorant person, but hey, I'd rather know so that I might be equipped to inform someday.

    Thank you!
     
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    As far as I know, they're separate genders under both the non-binary umbrella and the transgender umbrella. If someone who is genderqueer would like to speak up, I'm all ears.
     
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    I identify as Androgyne and Genderqueer so maybe I can help!! ^__^

    I see the non-binary umbrella and the Genderqueer umbrella as the same thing. So an Androgyne, Bigender, Agender (and others) person would be considered Genderqueer/non-binary.
     
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    Alright. Thank you guys for answering me :slight_smile:
     
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    I didn't know bigendered was limited to boy and girl, and assumed other non-binary genders fell into the range of possibilities as well.
     
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    I have been dressing in neutral clothing lately due to the situation I'm currently in, right now I actually look like the stereotype "girly gay boy" but whatever I guess..... I think you guys covered it all, I'm still studying though. xD
     
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    I think that much like the term "transgender," which may be specific or an umbrella term, "genderqueer" captures multiple identities but may also be used as it's own identity. I don't identify as genderqueer but agree that my gender is queer, if that makes sense. I've also heard some people ascribe a direct "anti-gender" component of the specific genderqueer identity but have no direct understanding of whether or not that's true.
     
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    Again, I could be totally wrong about that. I base that off of a friend who, at the time, identified as bigender, and pretty much went about every day like that.