forceandrogyny, i come to you with a problem.
for binary superheroes, it is trivially easy to give them names, you just stick a -man or -woman on the end (maybe -boy or -girl if they are younger), but there is no good equivalent for us enbies
names that don't mention gender (ala: black panther or starfire) work, but they aren't really what i'm looking for here.
-they is fairly good, but it runs into the trap of calling us "theys"
-kid works well, but it doesn't work for adults, and it isn't enby exclusive
-enby and -enban would be good, but i don't think they really have the same ring to them, and they aren't really well known terms
-person is clunky, and not enby exclusive
the one kinda good option i've got is Mx (ala: mr fantastic or miss marvel), but that still feels like it has limited milage.
i feel like you would be qualified to answer my conundrum
Hmm, -enby and -enban might be the best nonbinary gender suffixes that one can go with. To make them better known, we must use them more!
-them, like -they, is unfortunately problematized. (Otherwise imagine a nonbinary werewolf superhero named They-Wolf.)
-body as in somebody is fun, but also not nonbinary exclusive. (Gentlebody, though, anyone? Like gentleperson?)
-sibling or -sib isn't exclusive, but is gender neutral. Works better than other kinship terms such as spouse, parent, pibling, and nibling; -child might also work, depending on the vibe of the superhero (like, an immortal with "child" in their name could be cool).
-futch isn't exclusive but does indicate androgyny.
-androgyne denotes an androgynous person but may be clunkier than the word person; however, I've also seen some people contract it as angi or andgy (please avoid contracting androgyny to andro- "man/masculine" without the -gyny "woman/feminine" part).
-man-woman may denote an androgynous or bigender identity, but will not work for all nonbinary characters. Likewise -boygirl and -girlboy, which may also be infantilizing.
-youth is similarly most suitable for the young.
-neuter may be considered dehumanizing and evocative of certain measures of medical transition. -neut and -neun are also not yet common. -neutrois might be slightly more common!
-epicene is another clunky possible noun, but it refers to a person or thing with sexual ambiguity, gender neutrality, or a common gender; it may also refer to a man with effeminacy or a woman with viraginity.
Other gender neutral honorifics I've heard beside Mx. and Mixter are Mistrum (Mstrm., maybe?) and Ind. for Individual.
O gentlefolks with any more ideas, please do chime in!
