#microgender

We’re putting together We Name Ourselves, a zine celebrating selfvariance, plural systems, alterhumans, microidentities, and all the ways we experience identity.

This zine is a safe, creative space for exploring and honoring identities that are rarely represented or understood. And will be digital and free, at first.

We’re looking for:

Art (drawings, comics, digital art, photography, etc.)

Writing (poems, short stories, reflections, essays)

Personal experiences or reflections about selfvariance, plural systems, alterhumans, or microidentities

Other creative expressions that celebrate or explore identity in all its forms

Submission guidelines:

Please send your work as a digital file

Keep content safe for the intended zine audience; trigger warnings are welcome

Include your name/pen name (or stay anonymous) if you’d like credit

How to submit:

Send your submission to this account, or add it at the end of this Optional Questionaire!

macroboy | microboy macrogirl | microgirl macrononbinary | micrononbinary

needed a microboy flag for a request and ended up making a set of macro/microgenders! i might make some more because i like the base terms a lot.

macro(boy/guy/man): large feelings of maleness (or something adjacent/related to maleness) that are not identifiable within social gender categories

micro(boy/guy/man): small/minute/tiny feelings of maleness (or something adjacent/related to maleness) that are not identifiable within social gender categories

macro(girl/gal/woman): large feelings of femaleness (or something adjacent/related to femaleness) that are not identifiable within social gender categories

micro(girl/gal/woman): small/minute/tiny feelings of femaleness (or something adjacent/related to femaleness) that are not identifiable within social gender categories

macro(enby/nonbin/nonbinary): large feelings of nonbinariness (or something adjacent/related to nonbinariness) that are not identifiable within social gender categories

Microgender flag

Fill out our anonymous questionnaire -- it’s quick, safe, and your responses will help the zine reflect the diversity of lived experiences.

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MICROGENDER!

People who are microgender have a small, minute, or tiny feelings about gender that are unidentifiable within social gender categories!

Macrogender: 

Large feelings of gender that are not identifiable within social gender categories.

[image description: a flag with seven stripes. the first two and last two are very narrow. from top to bottom they are: black, white, pastel pink, pastel yellow, pastel green, white, black]

Full size [Here]

Microgender: 

Small/minute/tiny feelings of gender that are not identifiable within social gender categories. 

[image description: a flag with seven stripes. the center three stripes are very narrow. from top to bottom they are: black, white, pastel pink, pastel yellow, pastel green, white, black]

Full size [Here]

Terms coined by: Unknown

Designed by: Me

Color meanings: Yellow, green, and orange as nonbinary colors. No pink or blue was used to show the “not identifiable within social gender categories”. The stripes are big for macrogender and small for microgender. The black and white are just to add visual balance.