#sucuin

[Image ID: A redesign of the Modifizique pride flag by Gent (Gender-Jargon). The flag consists of six horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are navy blue, light desaturated purple, light grey-blue, white, desaturated yellow, scarlet red and blood red. ./. End ID]

Modifizique: a gender identity related to the ideal sense of self one seeks to cultivate through body modification.

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Etymology

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From Spanish, "modifique", meaning "I modify", changed to "modifizique" to make it distinct. The suffix "-ique" is also used here to allude to gender autonomy.

I coined this back on my old blog, Gender-Resource, sometime before it was terminated, but I can't find it archived literally anywhere. I believe I made it sometime in mid to late 2020.

If anyone has a link to the post archived somewhere, please let me know! I'll edit it into the post.

Elaboration

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Modifizique is an atrinary, diastine gender identity. It is also autoine, autonomine, genonine and rahuine. It may or may not be a sucuingender and/or cuingender. Some may experience the gender as xenine or as a nohingender. Modifizique involves body modification as a quality, making it BOMIN (Bomodine-in-nature).

Modifizique is a label that can describe many, many different experiences, all unified through achieving some sort of self-actualization through body modification. The desire for body modification can be related to preference, aesthetic, cultural and/or subcultural practices, spirituality, alterhumanity, neurodivergence or virtually any other reason, given that it is experientially accessible to the individual in question.

Simply put, Modifizique:

is an atrinary, diastine gender which is individual, self-governed and non-conformant.

is related to the ideal sense of self one seeks to be and the development of their "full potential" as an individual.

involves a(n) (ideal) self image that is achieved through body modification.

[PT: is an atrinary, diastine gender which is individual, self-governed and non-conformant. is related to the ideal sense of self one seeks to be and the development of their full potential as an individual. involves a(n) (ideal) self image that is achieved through body modification. ./. End PT]

Here, body modification refers to the various practices involving the deliberate alteration of one's anatomy and/or physical appearance. Some examples include, but are not limited to, tattoos, scarification, piercing, branding, ear cropping, implants, plastic surgery, corseting, stretching, tongue splitting, hair removal and hair dyeing, to name some. Body modifications such as these are experienced as gendered self-expressions.

Though this gender identity was coined with tangible acts of alteration in mind, this term is inclusive of those who desire to modify their body, but are unable to do so for whatever reason.

Pride Flag

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The original pride flag for Modifizique was created at the same time as the term in 2020 by myself on Gender-Resource. Quite frankly, my original flag is really, really unappealing, so I redesigned the flag for this repost. This redesign was created in June 2024.

The redesigned flag consists of six horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are navy blue, light desaturated purple, light grey-blue, white, desaturated yellow, scarlet red and blood red. The colors have the following meanings:

The navy blue stripe represents ink and dye.

The light desaturated purple stripe represents gender non-conformity.

The light grey-blue stripe represents metal.

The white stripe represents the blank slate of creation.

The desaturated yellow stripe represents self-expression.

The scarlet red stripe represents flesh.

The blood red stripe represents blood.

[Image ID: The SUCUINgender flag created by coiner Gent of Gender-Jargon, 2022. The flag consists of seven thin, horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the color of the stripes are black, yellow, leaf green, turquoise, violet, crimson and black. /.End ID]

Sucuingender: an umbrella term describing all genders identities that are Subcultural In Nature (SUCUIN).

Etymology

The term Sucuingender is constructed to conform to other “-In Nature” terms (Mingender, Fingender, Ningender, Quingender, Roingender, Agingender, Xingender, Cuingender, Oingender, Keingender, etc.) The Acronym “SUCUIN” is taken from the “S”, first “U”, “C” and the second “U” of “Subcultural”, the “I” from “In” and the “N” from “Nature”. The acronym is combined with the neological suffix “-gender”, indicating genderedness. Coined by Gent (Gender-Jargon), 2022. 

(Note: I originally conceived this term about a year ago, but I am just now getting around to making a post about it. I’ve used the tag #sucuin in the past, but never did I formally define the term until now)

Elaboration

A subculture refers to a smaller culture that exists within a larger parent culture, differentiating itself by having belief, interests, values and/or traditions that vary from the larger cultural norm. Subcultures, though distinct from their parent culture, still maintain some of it’s characteristics. A subculture maintains the prevailing ideas of the mainstream to some degree; they are simply deviating from common practice in some way (and to varying extents).

There have been many, many subcultures, with new ones constantly emerging. Some example of subcultures in the U.S. include, but are not limited to: athletes & bodybuilders, kinksters & the BDSM scene, skaters, surfers, cosplayers, nudists, juggalos, otherkin, equestrians, lolita fashion, furry fandom, anime/manga fans, goth, emo, scene and other media-based and/or aesthetically centered alternative scenes, the body modification community, etc.

Sucuingenders are related to one’s participation within a given subculture, and as a result, are exclusive to members of the subculture. In other words, one must participate/affiliate with the subculture in question to identify with it’s sucuingender. If a subculture is derived from a closed culture, the exclusivity of the identity is compounded by this. Participation in and/or identification with the subculture is what distinguishes sucuingenders from aesthetigenders.

Flag

The flag was created at the same time as the term by the coiner. The flag contained seven thin, horizontal stripes. From top to bottom, the colors of the stripes are black, yellow, leaf green, turquoise, violet, crimson and black. The colors have the following meanings:

The top and bottom black stripes represent judgement, discrimination, social othering and the quality of holding an ideology that stands separately from the mainstream culture. 

The yellow stripe represents comradery, belonging and identity.

The spring green stripe represents vitality, life and livelihood.

The turquoise stripe represents uniqueness and culture.

The indigo stripe represents non-conformity and variation/deviation from the norm.