A List Of Gender Terms
I personally have had a good bit of trouble finding and keeping track of the sources of these terms, so I created a big reference list of everything.
Maybe it will be helpful to other people too, so I decided to put this online :)
Introduction
All terms will be listed in this order:
| 1 | Sex Term | Sex Term: e.g. male, female. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | Adult / Older Person: e.g. man/men, woman/women. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | No Age Specified: Like 2 and 4, but without any age specified; a general word. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | Child / Younger Person: e.g. boy/boys, girl/girls. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | Gender Quality: e.g. masculine/masculinity/masc, feminine/femininity/fem. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender: e.g. mingender, fingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | Spectrum (-iaspec): e.g. miaspec, fiaspec. |
Male/female examples were included to help explain the concepts, as they are the most well known terms.
Each of the terms can be clicked on to jump to their sources (listed at the bottom of the page).
The bracketed letters can also be clicked on, to go to their corresponding footnote.
I used "__" for terms I couldn't find / didn't exist, to indicate they're blank.
"/"s were used to separate different forms of the same term.
For categories 2-4 (adult / older person, no age specified, and child / younger person) the first form listed is the singular form (e.g. person), the second form is the plural form (e.g. people).
For category 5 / gender quality, the first form is the adjective form (e.g. masculine), the second form the noun form (e.g. masculinity), and the third is the shortened version (e.g. masc).
"&" is used to group different spellings of the same form together. E.g. "enbies & enbys" are both plural forms for enby and mean the same thing, they're just alternative spellings.
For ones where all forms are spelt differently, or they have (slightly) different meanings, they're listed in separate boxes.
I know there are more categories that could have been included, such as casual terms (guy/gal), honorifics, partner terms (boyfriend/girlfriend), familiar terms (father/mother, son/daughter, brother/sister, nephew/niece, uncle/aunt, etc.), and more.
However, making this was already a bit difficult, so I didn't include them. Maybe I'll add them in the future.
If anyone has any comments, suggestions, or more info, you can talk to me on my Tumblr RyanyFlags.
Nonbinary
| 1 | Sex Term | enbinox, enbinon, enbinmel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | enban/enben, othran/othren. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | nonbin/nonbins. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | enby / enbies & enbys, [a], othri/othris. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | nonbinarine / nonbinarinity & nonbinarity /__, nonbinine/nonbininity/__, enbinine/enbinity/__, nonbine/nonbinity/__, enbine/enbinity/__, nbine/nbinity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | nonbingender, enbingender, nbingender, [b], eingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | nonbiaspec, enbiaspec, nbiaspec. |
Some nonbinary adults use the term enby. It was originally coined as "an NB equivalent to words like boys and girls", so that's how I will be sorting it here.
(I found this through wiktionary)
Nin- is a bit confusing. It was originally coined to mean “nonbinary, neutral, and null” (ninsexual), however, people mostly just use nin, and other terms starting with N, to mean neutral (ningender for example).
Not all nonbinary genders are neutral, so I wanted a nonbinary specific version, which is why nonbin-, enbin-, and nbin- are there instead of nin-.
(I also wasn't aware ein- existed / had already been coined, when I made my own nonbinary specific terms.)
Extrine
by Soong-Type-Notinuse / The-Delta-Quadrant.
The definition seems basically identical to nonbine, except it doesn't use nonbinary in its definition. Anyways just thought I'd add it here.
Abinary
| 1 | Sex Term | abinox, abinon, abinmel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | aban/aben. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | abin/abins. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | aby / abies & abys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | abinarine / abinarinity & abinarity /__, abinine/abininity/__, abine/abinity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | abingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | abiaspec. |
by Jemthecrystalgem and Nothorses.
The coining/discussion for midbinary and abinary. Jemthecrystalgem and Nothorses were the ones to come up with the names, but other people contributed to the conversation too.
I'd recommend checking the reblogs tab to learn more.
Midbinary
| 1 | Sex Term | midbinox, midbinon, midbinmel, mbinox, mbinon, mbinmel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | midban/midben, mban/mben. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | midbin/midbins, mbin/mbins. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | midby / midbies & midbys, mby / mbies & mbys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | midbinarine / midbinarinity & midbinarity /__, midbinine/midbininity/__, midbine/midbinity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | midbingender, mbingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | midbiaspec, mbiaspec. |
Miderian
by OutherWorldlyCoining.
An alternative to the term midbinary.
Binary
| 1 | Sex Term | bimel, binmel, [c]. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | bian/bien, binan/binen. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | __. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | binby / binbies & binbys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | binarine / binarinity & binarity /__, binine/bininity/__, bine/binity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | bningender, bingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | biaspec. |
I didn't list -nox and -non versions, unlike with other categories, because the spellings reminds me of nonbinary (plus this sex label system was for nonbinary (genders) originally), and these aren't inherently nonbinary. So I only used -mel, which is based on male/female.
Perhaps binox and binon could be used for nonbinary binary sex labels?
Atrinary
| 1 | Sex Term | atrinox, atrinon, atrinmel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | atran/atren. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | atrin/atrins. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | atry / atries & atrys, aty / aties & atys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | atrinarine / atrinarinity & atrinarity /__, atrinine/atrininity/__, atrine/atrinity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | atringender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | atriaspec. |
by Beyond-Mogai-Pride-Flags / Arco-Pluris.
I'm not sure if this is the original coining post of not.
Midtrinary
| 1 | Sex Term | midtrinox, midtrinon, midtrinmel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | midtran/midtren. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | midtrin/midtrins. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | midtry / midtries & midtrys, midty / midties & midtys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | midtrinarine / midtrinarinity & midtrinarity /__, midtrinine/midtrininity/__, midtrine/midtrinity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | midtringender, mtringender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | midtriaspec, mtriaspec. |
Trinary
| 1 | Sex Term | trimel, trinmel, [d]. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | trian/trien, trinan/trinen. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | __. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | triary / triaries & triarys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | trinarine / trinarinity & trinarity /__, trinine/trininity/__, trine/trinity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | tringender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | triaspec. |
Same as with binary, I didn't list -nox and -non versions, unlike with other categories, because the spellings reminds me of nonbinary (plus this sex label system was for nonbinary (genders) originally), and these aren't inherently nonbinary. So I only used -mel, which is based on male/female.
Perhaps trinox and trinon could be used for nonbinary trinary sex labels?
Androgyne
| 1 | Sex Term | xaeinox, xaeinon, xaemel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | angan/angen, mowan/mowen, manwoman/__, womanman/__, [e]. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | angyn/angyns. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | angi / angi & angis, bril/brils, birl/birls, [f], boygirl/boygirls, girlboy/girlboys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | androgynous/androgyny/angi. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | lingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | liaspec. |
I'm not sure what the plural of manwoman and womanman would be, manwomen and womanmen, or menwomen and womenmen, perhaps?
Originally, I added these here (manwoman/womanman and boygirl/girlboy), as I didn't know of any androgyne equivalents (for category 2 specifically, but if I was going to add manwoman/womanman, why not the diminutive equivalent?), I couldn't come up with anything on my own, and figured they could potentially fit. I felt it better than leaving them blank.
I've seen daen and dae referred to as androgyne equivalents, however, based on the daen/dae coining post and this ask, I don't think they fit.
I have androgyne equivalents now, but I think I'll leave the man+woman/boy+girl combo terms up as extras.
Bril and birl both seem to have the same definition (combination of boy and girl), just with different spellings. Maybe someone misspelled it along the way?
Additionally, birl can also be defined as "boyish girl", which is different from the first definition I mentioned, so maybe they count as seperate words?
All the terms listed in this section are a bit mixed in their meaning. Some of these are androgyne/androgynous specfic, and some a combination of male/female, man/woman, boy/girl, and masc/fem. I added everything I thought could fit (better than leaving it blank?), based on the way people use them and such.
I'd recommend checking the source definitions.
Agender
| 1 | Sex Term | ninnox, ninnon, [g]. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | agan/agen. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | agin/agins, [h]. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | ay/__, 0n/__, agy / agies & agys, agie/agies. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | agenerine/agenerinity/agen, agenine/ageninity/agen, agenrine/agenrinity/agen, [i], genderless/genderlessness/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | agingender, glingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | agiaspec. |
I would have liked to add ninmel to this category, but ninmel already has a different definition in the first coining. It seems the nin- prefix meaning was changed in the second update. So not sure what to do there.
Sorting agan and agin like that, just based on how they mimic the spelling of other terms (enban and nonbin).
Maybe agen would work as a shortened version? Though, agen can also mean other things, so maybe it doesn't work.
Some of these are agender specific, and some just genderless. They're different, but I still think they're related enough for it to be helpful to include both of them.
Neutrois
| 1 | Sex Term | neunox, neunon, neumel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | neutran/neutren, neuan/neuen. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | __. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | neut/neuts. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | neutral/neutrality/neu. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | ningender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | niaspec. |
by Holly A. Burnham (as listed on the neutrois site).
Neutrois website / coining source reference.
Maverique
| 1 | Sex Term | mavnox, mavnon, mavmel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | mavan/maven, mavraen/mavrin, [j], maver/__, maveri/maveri, mavri/mavri. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | mavin/mavins. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | mav/mavs, mave/maves, uni / uni & unis, emvee/emvees, mavie/mavies. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | maverine/maverinity/mav, maveriquine/maveriquinity/mav. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | mvingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | mviaspec. |
Nicknames, Honorifics, and Gendered Nouns for Maveriques
by Maveriques / QueerAsCat.
There's a lot of helpful information here on maverique words. It's personally helped out a lot.
Maveriques is also a blog of Vesper/QueerAsCat, the coiner of maverique. So definitely check it out if you like the term maverique!
Mavraen is actually a maverine equivalent to man/woman (not (just) maverique), and can be used as its own maverine gender, but I chose to include it here because it's related.
Ilyagender
| 1 | Sex Term | ilyanox, ilyanon, ilyamel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | ilyaen/__, [k]. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | __. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | enfil/enfils. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | ilyagine/ilyaginity/__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | ilyingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | ilyiaspec. |
Ilyaen is both a ilyagender and ilyagine equivalent to man/woman, as well as its own ilyagine(/ilyagender) gender, I just wanted to mention that.
There aren't a lot of terms here. I really like the term ilyagender, so I chose to include it even though it's not as popular as the others. I'm also not confident enough to come up with any names myself (since il y a is just a common phrase in French).
So if anyone wants to coin anything, please do. I'll be happy to add them.
Aporagender
| 1 | Sex Term | aporale, [l], apnox, apnon, apmel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | aporan/aporen. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | __. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | apory / apories & aporys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | aporine/aporinity/__, aporaine / aporainity & aporanity /__. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | aingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | aiaspec. |
There seems to be a bit of confusion regarding the meaning of aporale and aporan.
Based on how the words are spelled, and the original comparison of being aporagender versions of man/woman and male/female, I think aporale was meant to be a sex label (equivalent to male/female), and aporan a gender label (equivalent to man/woman). So that's how I'm sorting it here.
Outherine
| 1 | Sex Term | ounox, ounon, oumel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | ouman/oumen, [m], uniqan/uniqen. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | __. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | oune/ounes, ouby / oubies & oubys, outhy / outhies & outhys. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | outherine/outherinity/outher, outhrine/outhrinity/outhr, [n]. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | oingender, ouingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | ouiaspec. |
Ouman was originally a general nonbinary term, not outherine specifically. But it never got popular, or well known as a general term, so it was recoined to mean adult otherine person. I like how the ou- spelling matches outherine, so that's how I'm sorting it here.
Thought I should add this context here though.
I'm honestly not sure where the alternative spelling outhrine (so outherine without the e) comes from, it's not in the original coining post.
I just saw it listed on a wiki, which I'm also pretty sure isn't the original source.
by Oltiel.
Coining post.
I used a reblog for this, instead of the original post, since it couldn't be archived or viewed without a Tumblr account.
Kenochoric
| 1 | Sex Term | kenox, kenon, kemel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | omen / omenim & omens. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | kenore/kenores, chori / chories & choris. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | hex/hexes. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | kenoine/kenoinity/keno, kenous/kenosity/keno. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | keingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | keiaspec, kiaspec. |
Kenochoric Carrd by Kenochoric.
Another good resource to check if you're interested in this term.
Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to archive it, so there's only the Carrd link.
Xenogender
| 1 | Sex Term | xequinox, xequinon, xeuxel. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Adult / Older Person | xenan/xenen. |
| 3 | No Age Specified | xen, [o]. |
| 4 | Child / Younger Person | xip/xips, xeny / xenies & xenys, xeni. |
| 5 | Gender Quality | xenine/xeninity/xen. |
| 6 | Gender-Quality-In-Nature Gender | xingender. |
| 7 | Spectrum (-iaspec) | xiaspec. |
I've seen xen used to mean a lot of things, from being short for xenine, a xenogender equivalent to boy/girl, as well as man/woman, and just being another way of say xenogender in general.
It makes sense, spelling wise, it's just the first three letters of xenogender, so I understand how many different people would have come up with it, and use it in different ways.
I'll be sorting it into the no age specified / general category, but I wanted to be clear it can be used to mean many things.
by Baaphomett.
This is technically an archive of an archive, as I couldn't find the original post.
Other Helpful Links
on the LGBTQIA+ Wiki.
It's archived as it currently is. I would recommend checking the active link, as this current version is a work in progress.
A Reference of In-Natures and Attraction Types
by Radiomogai.
Just something I found, I thought it would be helpful to include here.
Sources
For the titles, with few exceptions, are just of the terms that I listed. Many of them contain more/alt terms I didn't list here.
Some sources don't list/coin all the different forms (e.g. only listing the singular form and not the plural form, or only the noun form and not the adjective form).
I think having all these forms is important for actually talking about these concepts, outside of situations like this. So I, with the help of some people on Discord, came up with different forms to fill the gaps of terms that were missing them.
Since they're only variantions, I only credit the term they're based off of, even if it doesn't include the forms I listed here.
These sources are to the best of my knowledge, but I'm honestly not great at searching for things online, so it's possible I've made a mistake somewhere. If I did, or anyone has extra information, you can tell me on my Tumblr RyanyFlags.
Also, some of this is just where I found the terms, not necessarily their original sources.
Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels
by Nonbinarysorcery.
A really cool post! It inspired me to make other nonbinary sex labels.
I will add that people who are any of the genders listed here, but aren't nonbinary, should still be able to use these sex labels. At least that's how it'll be for the ones I came up with.
Enbinmel .
I came up with, following the enbin- format from the first part, and -mel from the second part of the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
by AskANonbinary.
I don't know how I missed this the first time, but here's the source for enban :D !
Enby/Enbies
by Revolutionator.
I'm pretty sure the person who coined this is revolutionator? I can't see/find their blog though to confirm.
Though the post uses enbies as the plural form, I've also seen enbys used. I linked enbys to here, as enbys still based on enby.
See also: Othran and Othri Flags (Internet Archive). It's where the plural spelling comes from.
I think this is the first post of othri? In any case, even if the times are a bit off, the creator is right.
by Luigis-Mogai-Mansion / Dream-Sans-Mogai.
Technically, this only coins the prefixes/roots (ein- and mvin-). But such prefixes are very commonly used for (-in-)genders, so I assume the -gender versions were kind of implied? Anyways, I felt it made the most sense to credit this as the source.
I previously listed a different source (Beyond-Mogai-Pride-Flags / Arco-Pluris), but the new source is around 3 years older, so again, I felt it made more sense to credit this instead.
Abinox, Abinon, and Abinmel .
I came up with, using abi-/abin- in front for abinary, and -nox, -non, and -mel endings like in the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
I got suggestions from Imoga-Pride, The-Crytalized-Cosmos, as well as suggested stuff myself.
For midby, I found another mention of it for a gender called mid-binary, which has a different definition from midbinary (no dash). A double coining? I guess they can still be used for both, they have really similar names.
Abin/Abins .
I just came up with, inspired by nonbin, but using a- instead of non- in front, for abinary.
Abin is also short for abinary-in-nature, or just abinary, so that could be a problem. But I think words can have multiple definitions, and abin could be a nice alternative to aby or aban.
Midbinox, Midbinon, Midbinmel, Mbinox, Mbinon, and Mbinmel .
I came up with following the -nox, -non, and -mel from the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post, with midbi-/midbin- in front for midbinary. The mbi-/mbin- terms are just shortened versions.
Mban/Mben .
I coined it, following the -(b)an/-(b)en endings from enban/enben, man/men, woman/women, etc., with mb in front from midbinary. It's just a shorter version midban/midben.
Midbin/Midbins and Mbin/Mbins .
Again, something I coined. Midbin comes from midbinary, and mbin is a shorter version, and the general -in ending format is inspired by nonbin.
suggested by Anon on Your-Bigender-Big-Brother.
Midbinine/Midbininity .
I came up with, based on other gender qualitites (like abinine), but with midbin- in front for midbinary.
on the LGBTQIA+ Wiki.
It doesn't list who coined it, but this was the best I found. I've seen it tagged in other posts on Tumblr, but they don't actually talk about it in post, or elaborate on what they mean by midbingender.
Mbingender, Bningender, and Bine
by RyanyFlags.
When I came up with bnin-(gender), I didn't know of a binarine equivalent to gender-quality-in-nature prefixes, and looking up bingender (my first thought for the name) returned a different kind of label (bingender in a binary bigender sense). So I coined bnin-(gender) (extra N) so it wouldn't be confused with bingender (binary bigender sense).
But it seems some people don't mind using bingender to mean binarine-in-nature even with the other defintion (I don't know when bingender (binarine-in-nature-gender sense) was coined either).
I wanted to add this context to explain my confusion. Other people can do whatever they want (use bin-(gender) or bnin-(gender)).
I coined bine, but honestly I forgot when I coined it. This is the eariliest I found, so I'll just link to this for bine.
by Gender-Jargon.
I didn't find the post where binarine was first used, but Gent confirmed thon coined it, so I'll credit that ask.
Binine/Bininity .
I came up with, following the double -in- spelling of other gender qualitites. The bin- part comes from binary.
by Gender-Jargon.
I'm not entirely sure, but I think this is the best post to link for the source/coining of bingender (binarine-in-nature-gender sense).
by Beyond-Mogai-Pride-Flags / Arco-Pluris.
It can also called viaspec / viagender spectrum, but due to the potential confusion with viabinary (which these terms don't really have anything to do with in their meaning), I'll just call it biaspec.
Atrinox, Atrinon, and Atrinmel .
Again, I came up with. With atrin- in front from atrinary, and the -nox, -non, and -mel endings from the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
Atrinine/Atrininity .
I came up with, following the other -inine gender quality endings, with atrin-/atr- infront for atrinary.
Midtrinox, Midtrinon, and Midtrinmel .
I used midtrin- in front for midtrinary, and the -nox, -non, and -mel endings from the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
Midtran/Midtren .
Following the format of midban and atran, with -an/-en endings like the other words, and midtr- in front for midtrinary.
Midtrin/Midtrins .
I used midtrin- in front for midtrinary, and followed the plain -in ending like nonbin.
Midtry / Midtries & Midtrys, and Midty / Midties & Midtys .
Again I came up with. Midtr-/midt- in front for midtrinary, with -y endings to follow the more diminutive sound of enby, boy, and others.
The difference between those two sets isn't much, midty (so without the R) is just a shorter version, inspired by atry and aty.
Midtrinine/Midtrininity .
I came up with, using midtr- in front for midtrinary, and the -inine ending like other gender qualitites endings.
Trinine/Trininity .
I came up with, to match the double -in- spelling of other gender qualitites. The trin- part comes from trinary.
suggested by Anon on RyanyFlags.
I sorted angan/angen into the man/woman/enban/etc. equivalent category, and angyn in the age unspecified / general category, based on the spelling. Technically this wasn't confirmed.
Manwoman, Womanman, Boygirl, and Girlboy .
I've seen it used in many places by different people. I don't know who coined it, or if that's even a concept that'd apply here, considering these are just combinations of pre-exisiting words (man, woman, boy, and girl).
by Oltiel.
Angi was first used as a shortening of androgyne here, but I've also seen it used as an androgyne version of boy/girl and short for androgynous.
As for androgynous, that's obviously just a word that has been around for a long time. I think this Wiktionary page explains it better.
Birl
from Chasing Rainbows: Exploring Gender Fluid Parenting Practices (page 111), written by May Friedman and Fiona Joy Green.
I found this source through the Nonbinary Wiki, it's what they credited for the "a girl and a boy" definition (other definitions include "boyish girl"). Though, it is just a combination of the words boy and girl, and other people just cite it as general lgbt/queer slang, so I doubt this is the original/first coining. I think it's interesting to list though.
Note: I've never actually read this book.
by Pride-Flags.
I'm not actually sure if this is the first post for lingender, but this was the best I found. It's also a fairly popular term, so it's hard to narrow it down.
Agy / Agies & Agys, and Agie/Agies
I came up with, using ag- in front for agender, and E sounding endings to mimic other diminutive terms (e.g. enby). I think E sounding endings are fitting in general for such terms (see here, etymology 2 for -y/-ie)
by PolyFacetedChaos.
Used a reblog for this, as the original ends up getting archived as "login to Tumblr".
Agenerine, Agenine, Neutrine, Aporagenerine, and Xenine
on Forum Orientando (multiple people contributed on that Post).
I've seen xenine used all over the place, and am not really sure where it comes from. However while looking through this for agenerine, I saw xenino mentioned, as they were proposing new words. So is this the origin of xenine?
Also, the variations listed there ended in O, as the language it was coined in uses O and E endings to detonate gender. When used in English, I've only seen the E endings, likely to match the -ine suffix common in English, not to detonate them as related to femininity in some way. At least that's how I'm understanding it.
Genderless .
Maybe it's a bit pointless to have sources like these, for clearly old words, but it'd feel odd to me to leave it blank.
The word genderless has been around for quite a while, but I actually couldn't find a date for it. Just that's it's a combination of gender and -less. I wonder when they started getting used together?
Neutral .
Another super old word, it's just from Latin neutrālis/neuter.
It's commonly shortened to neu, what's interesting to me though, is neu isn't a standalone root. How do I word this, when people use neu in the present, it's treated as its own thing to pair with other words, like neumasc. But neu is actually a combination of ne (not) and uter (whether). "Not whether" is an interesting way to think of neutral, kind of fits.
Mavnox, Mavnon, and Mavmel .
I came up with, using mav- for maverique, and the -nox, -non, and -mel endings from the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
suggested by LunarBoyLore in a conversation with Maveriques / QueerAsCat.
Mavin/Mavins
I came up with, following the -in ending like in nonbin, with mav- in front from maverique.
I also found it as a tag on another post, I assume as a synonym to mvin-. But I couldn't find anything using mavin- outside of this post, everyone uses mvin-. So I don't think it'll be an issue.
by SolarpunkRadio.
The archived versions use a reblog, as the original Tumblr view post just couldn't be archived.
Ilyagine, Ilyin(gender), Ilyia(spec)
by OutherWorldlyCoining.
Ilyingender and ilyiaspec were coined as ilyin (gender in nature) and ilyia (viagender spectrum) in this post. Ilyiaspec is just a different spelling (like how miaspec can also be called miagender spectrum), and ilyingender is just using the ilyin root, so I linked to this post for ilyingender and ilyiaspec.
Apnox, Apnon, and Apmel .
I came up with, the -nox, -non, and -mel endings are from that Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
For ap- I would have used apo-, as that's the prefix aporagender is based on, however, apo- was already used for different terms in that post, so I chose ap- instead.
Ounox, Ounon, and Oumel .
I used ou in front from outherine, and the -nox, -non, and -mel endings from the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
Our-Outherly-Experience suggested reusing it as an outherine term.
Oune and Ouby
suggested by Posting-Stuffies under a post on Our-Outherly-Experience.
Kenox, Kenon, and Kemel .
I chose ke for kenochoric, as I thought that was the best spelling/pronounciation, and the -nox, -non, and -mel endings are just from the Nonbinary Options for Sex Labels post.
by Imoga-Pride.
There are a lot of other terms there too, so I'd recommend reading this one (though I also recommend checking out every source haha).
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