I'm asking out of excitable curiosity, not to troll or anything. I'm fascinated by people's avoidance of xenogenders. I want to know why so many neoumbrellas don't get to be xenic and what the difference is between your term and a xenogender.

Basically, these are neobinary identities that describe how the individual is changing the binary to fit themselves. Example: Luxbinary would be an attempt to align the binary with bright lights, being aligned with a neobinary identity that is related to light, or having a xenobinary gender related to light. There can be other concepts like animality, space, voidness, flora, fauna, and many others. Feralbinary, voidbinary, rosebinary, stagbinary, etc. etc.

Here are some pointers for those of you who are interested in coining new gender labels!

1. Keep it simple. You don’t have to mash up four to five different parts of words all into one to make a word that fits all aspects of your new term’s definition. You can simplify it to keep it short, or you can include non-gendered concepts like nature or space or mythological creatures. This is very common when people create systems of gender terms. Keeping terms accessible and easy to remember is very important!

2. Start in a place of familiarity. A good way to start coining labels is to come up with some new terms based on your own personal experience with gender. You can combine different aspects of your identity into one term and give it a solid definition. If you’ve always wished there was a word for your gender, try making one for yourself!

3. Look at other languages. A lot of the English language consists of Latin and Greek root words. This is a good place to start when coming up with new terminology because it’s what we’ve always done. Try looking up “Latin word for X” or “X in Greek” (X is the descriptive word you’re trying to use in your new term.) You can also use other languages as a basis for coining terms - French, Hungarian, German, Portuguese, whichever!

4. Make sure someone hasn’t already coined that term. There are a lot of people in the neolabel community and because of that, there are a lot of terms out there that describe many different experiences with gender. Take a look online or on social media to see if someone already came up with a term. You can also ask your peers if the label you’re trying to coin already exists. While it’s great to have many different flags for the same term, it’s way easier when we don’t have the same kind of label being coined by multiple sources.

4. Try making flags for your terms. It’s nice when a new label has a flag for it, especially when it fits the term in color and theme. If you want to try your hand at flag making, start with making them for terms you created yourself. Try not to overthink the colors or make the flag too complicated to reproduce - you want to keep things accessible!

6. Dabble in the abstract. There are many terms for fluid, masculine, feminine, static, void, and neutral genders out there. There are plenty of terms that combine these ideas together. It might feel like it’s hard to make a unique term that someone hasn’t already thought of. Try, instead, to come up with a word to describe an abstract feeling of gender. Common themes include celestial bodies, plants, animals, mythical creatures, elements, weather, and many others.

7. Keep a database of your terms. Archiving information is how you keep queer history alive. Find a place to put all of your newly created terms and allow others to have an easy way to find them. This is how we learn when terms were coined and what kinds of terms someone has coined. It’s almost like writing yourself into the queer history books, even if you feel like you play a very small part in them. Your part is still important!

Now go make some cool new terms!

mochicomfic- a gender related to having mochi from slime rancher as a comfort character.

hi! i’m waltz fantasia. this is my mogai blog! i’m new to participating in the community and i’m very excited to start posting.