#ceterogender

day 7 of posting trans* paws for trans awareness week: caterogender 🌈🐾

feel free to use as an avatar, banner, meme template, or whatever else you wish 😊

DEFINITION: It is a nonbinary gender where the person has a specific masculine, feminine or neutral feelings.

I know I probably don't have it all figured out now, and honestly I don't know if that's ever going to happen, but I've figured out several things that fit and make me happy. And what I have figured out has helped me feel more settled in what I may never figure out.

I don't have many people irl right now I can talk to about gender stuff, so I just wanted to share the terms and minutia I've found that fit me somewhere.

In broad terms I'm genderqueer, and nonbinary

More specifically I am genderfluid, usually multigender, and often blurgender/genderfuzzed (which is defined as; the feeling of having more than one gender that are somehow blurred together to the point of not being able to distinguish or identify individual genders)

I'm fluid between different nonbinary genders, and I'm also genderflux, as in; the intensity of my gender fades in and out. Though I haven't felt as if I ever really have no gender.

Though I am not always able to distinguish the exact individual gender or mix of genders I am at any given time, Ceterogender is a term I like that usually fits well

Ceterogender is defined as a nonbinary gender with specific masculine, feminine, or neutral feelings

I'm fluid, flux, and/or blur between various combinations of ceteromasculine, ceteroneutral, and ceterofemine on a regular basis, maybe even most of the time.

I actively prefer multiple sets of pronouns to be used and mixed when referring to me. Most often she/he/they, he/she/they, he/they/she, etc ( i do not understand why the same three sets in different orders have different vibes, but they do).

Occasionally I like she/they, or he/they. I like a lot of neopronouns in theory, but don't generally use them as 1, I like to have a balance with masc, fem, and neutral pronouns and most neopronouns skew neutral, and 2 I haven't strongly resonated with any I've yet come across

I expect that I won't often have the chances and/or desire to explain in depth my particular gender(s), and I'll just go for genderqueer or nonbinary plus my pronouns. But it is nice to have things put into words. :)

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ceteroneutral | ceteroambiguine | ceteroagender

ceteroneutral: a nonbinary gender with specific feelings of gender neutrality

ceteroambiguine: a nonbinary gender with specific feelings of ambiguinity

ceteroagender: a nonbinary gender with specific feelings of genderlessness

Ceterogender flag

Based on the original colors, I made this:

[Image description: a flag composed by 5 horizontal stripes of the same size. Their colors are, respectively, purple, pink, light gray, cyan and green. End image description.]

Since the genderfluid flag doesn’t specify any color for fluidity, and since there are already ceterofeminine and ceteromasculine flags, I used the ceterogender purple/gender/green as a base, added the ceterofeminine and ceteromasculine specific colors, and added a gray to symbolize neutrality. Let us know if anything needs to be changed!

Since these colors are really loud, I decided to make a pastel version as well:

[Image description: Same image as above, but paler. End image description.]

Top to bottom:

Ceterogender flag

Ceteroboy flag

Ceterogirl flag

Yes, sure!

Volitogender: “When one's gender feels hovering or floating. Can be combined with other genders. (volitoboy, girl, fluid, flux, etc)“

Altegender: "derived from shortening the phrase “alternate existence.” It is a xenogender that feels as though it’s in a parallel dimension, on a different plane, in a mirror universe, or just in an alternate existence.”

Vaguegender or Gendervague: “A gender being mostly or around a certain gender (or mostly around a certain gender), but is only approximate on account of difficulty defining it due to one’s neurodivergence.“ (Only if you are ND obviously)

Stargender: “An otherworldly gender that is beyond comprehension in earthly terms, as if it originated from beyond the earth. OR a gender that cannot be defined no matter how many other terms are coined OR simply the gender of a star."

Telegender: “A gender that one feels a disconnect from, almost to the point of not feeling it.“

Ceteromasculine: “A nonbinary gender with specific masculine feelings.”

Offgender: “A gender that closely represents/is most closely represented by another gender, but is not that gender. Can be likened to what the color off-white is to white for descriptive purposes. Similar in definition to paragender and perigender.”

Paragender or Limit as Gender Approaches: “A gender identity that is close to, but not exactly, a gender. For instance, someone who is a paraboy may feel that their gender is near to, but not quite male.”

If none of these work (and remember you can replace “gender” with masculine/boy/masc/xoy/etc. in most cases), feel free to send another ask!