Took a shot at creating some Nonbinary options for sex labels today. I donât much care for having to crush myself into the female or male checkboxes, being as I am an intersex & nonbinary person.
So hereâs what I brainstormed:
Xeumel: a non-binary person.
A generic umbrella term, used as a separate option for NBs instead of male and/or female.
[ âxeâ stands for xenogenders, âeuâ represents neutral genders, âmelâ mimics the pattern from female & male to make the term sound like it fits with the other options; âmelâ can also be switched with âmaleâ to keep even more âin-themeâ with the other existing terms, if thatâs more preferable to someone. ]
Xeamel: nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, Fem/inine.
Xaimel: nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, Masc/uline.
Xaemel: A nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, simultaneously masc ~ fem. ( fluid/flux, alternating, or separately+etc )
Neumel: a nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, Neutral.
Xomel: a person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, without a sex of any kind. [ this does not mean that they have no genitalia, it means they are opposed to the concepts/ideas of assigned sex(es) being projected onto their body ].
[prefix] + Xel : for those who are both [ prefix ] plus xenic/xeno. ex) Xaixel = someone who considers themself to be predominantly nb-masc but also xenic.
Xeuxel: for self-identified predominantly ( or solely ) Xeno/Xenic NBs.
Neimel: for non-aligned nonbinary people who do not wish to specify beyond âneither male nor femaleâ
Ninmel: for those who are indifferent, but know they are not cis.
[prefix] + Yon: an alternative to the -mel ending, emphasizing separation from assigned sexes. Ex) Xeuyon = same meaning as Xeumel but without any similarities to the female/male pattern sound + spelling.
All of these terms can also be shortened to their prefix, in order to be used instead of Man / Woman ⢠boy / girl +etc.
Xeu = general nonbinary person ( obviously you can just say âpersonâ though )
Xea = nb person who considers themself to be ( somewhat, or quite ) feminine
Xai= nb person who considers themself to be ( somewhat, or quite ) masculine
Xae: a nonbinary person who considers themself to be simultaneously masc & fem.
Neu: a gender-neutral nonbinary person.
Xo = genderless person ( âpersonâ also works by itself of course ).
Ex: âI am not male or female, I am Xeumel / Xeamel / Xaimel / Xomel / Xaemel / Neumel.â
âI met a very sweet xea today, they helped pick up my book when I dropped it.â
âWhatâs up, xu?â ( âwhatâs up, man?â )
Note: All Xâs are pronounced as Zâs for these words.
These terms are in deliberate opposition to the sex binary as a rigid structure. As an intersex person, I am greatly displeased with coercive & assigned sex labels altogether, soâ Iâve decided to tamper with the rigidity that they falsely hold.
This is a simple strive to gain distance away from the idea that âmaleâ and âfemaleâ are the only two sexes that have ever, will ever, or do exist. The aforementioned concept harms intersex people, non-intersex people, as well as those who exist apart from the two Western sexes.
While these terms do spawn from my being intersex, the labels are free to use by any Non-binary people or Xenix whoâre fed-up with the sex binary like I am.
Note: this post is going to be updated as new ideas form to adapt to our ever-changing language and concepts of relevant subjects.
Most recent update: 4/19/18