#maxigender

The 𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙓𝙄𝙂𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍 Flag (ULTERGENDER INDIVIDUALS/TRANSINTERSEX ONLY)

(Meaning of Term)

ᴜʟᴛᴇʀᴍᴀxɪɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ: Ultergender individuals that identify as the maximum number of genders it’s possible to be/identify as (Maxigender), which includes all trans intersex genders (transintersex, cistrans, etc.)

The colors are inspired by the Maxigender, Ultergender, Berrigender and Almondgender flags

Today's Gender of the Day is: Pangender!

This label falls under the multigender and polygender labels.

Pangender people experience every gender they could possibly experience within their cultures (meaning culture-specific identities such as the Samoan identity Fa'afafine, the hijra identity of South Asia, or the Jewish tumtum identity are not available to people who are not a part of those cultures.) Pangender also cannot include genders specific to neurotypes.

Someone who is pangender may experience fluidity or fluctuations between genders (panfluid and panflux respectively) or may have completely static genders.

Pangender is often used interchangeably with omnigender, the difference being that pangender can also include genders not yet discovered, while omnigender can refer to an uncountable number of genders or almost all genders.

[Image: a 7-striped horizontal flag with stripes in descending order: pink, light orange, light yellow, white, light yellow, light orange, pink.]

Maxgender/Maxigender: identifying as the maximum number of genders one could possibly identify as; for those are uncomfortable using the term Pangender, but not to be forced upon those who do identify as Pangender.

First, to understand this, you have to understand the origin in the term pangender, and why the term maxigender was created.

Pangender (and sometimes omnigender) refers to a gender which is ever expansive. It includes all genders, hence why it uses the word part “pan” meaning all. It is described here as 

     “a non-binary gender experience which refers to a wide multiplicity of genders that can (or not) stretch to the infinite (meaning that this experience can go beyond the current knowledge of genders), always within the person's own culture and life experience.”

this term created a lot of controversy, as the explanation of “all genders” rubbed many individuals the wrong way, as some genders are cultural, linked with nuerodiversity, or other parts of an identity that a person cannot possibly contain all of (see: two-spirit, autigender, and intergender). The definition of pangender has grown and expanded and changed to meet this criticism, as seen in the quote, but the damage was already done. To many people, pangender is seen as an offensive or outdated term. 

As such, a new term Maxigender was invented to meet these criticisms, and mainly used as a counterpoint to people who identify as pangender. This term can or may replace pangender, but I am not personally suggesting that it has to. 

I do think, however, that this is a good, useful, and important term to have in our communities, and will be publicizing it (and positivity for it) as much as possible, here at maxigender-maxi-genuine. There should be lots of pride and positivity coming your way here! 

Please do share this meaning, though, if you feel it resonates with you or could be of help to questioning members of our community! 

Bigender, trigender, polygender, pangender.

-fitting the stereotypes of your gender!

things that are not a-okay:

-expecting everyone to fit the stereotypes of a gender!