#yonderi

[Image ID: Four images of the Erenth pride flag, created by Gent (Gender-Jargon). Image 1) is the nine-stripe flag. This flag has nine horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream, desaturated light green, cream, dark red, peach and dark grey. Image 2) is the same nine-stripe flag, but with a centered, black double dagger obelus mark. Image 3) is the five-stripe simplified design. The simplified flag has five horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream and desaturated light green. Image 4) is the same simplified flag, but with a centered, black double dagger obelus mark. ./. END ID]

Erenth: a term describing one who does not participate in the concept of gender, instead embracing the self-hood that proceeds the construct unencumbered.

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Etymology

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"Ere", from Early Modern English, meaning "Before" + "-nth" from English, meaning "an unspecified/indefinitely large ordinal number".

Here, "before" refers to the intrinsic self that exists free of gender, a state that has not yet been evaluated or considered within the construct. "Ere" was chosen to represent existing outside the gender paradigm, much like "Ere" belongs to an earlier stage English. "Nth" is used as a suffix, but it refers to the infinitely large, variable, complex, convoluted, nebulous nature of gender identity.

Erenth was coined by Gent (Gender-Jargon) in April 2024.

Elaboration

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Erenth is not a gender identity, but rather a label used to describe individuals whose selfhood does not involve the construct of gender, identifying with a personal, individual albeit degendered selfhood instead. As such, an Erenth:

Does not have a gender identity in any way, shape or form.

Doesn't align themselves with any gender (unaligned).

Does not have a gender identity to conform to, bend or subvert.

May embody gendered roles without consideration to the concept of gender or may reject them all together.

Does not have a gender to express, thus lacking a gender expression.

Presents themselves without consideration to the concept of gender, instead seeking to make their presentation harmonious and congruent with their sense of self.

Uses (self-)referential language without consideration to the concept of gender, using whatever language they see fit.

In lacking a gender identity, likely do not self-describe using GLG orientations.

May have an internalized self-concept of sex that is degendered or may reject sex altogether.

May reject, eschew, subvert, ignore, transcend, be liberated from, be apathetic towards, be oblivious to or hold any stance, perspective or experience regarding the concept of gender that results in non-participation in the construct.

May or may not identify as Queer.

Is simply themselves, embodying the answer to the question, "Who Am I?" while also discarding the construct of gender entirely from the question.

[PT: Does not have a gender identity in any way, shape or form. Doesn't align themselves with any gender (unaligned). Does not have a gender identity to conform to, bend or subvert. May embody gendered roles without consideration to the concept of gender or may reject them all together. Does not have a gender to express, thus lacking a gender expression. Presents themselves without consideration to the concept of gender, instead seeking to make their presentation harmonious and congruent with their sense of self. Uses (self-)referential language without consideration to the concept of gender, using whatever language they see fit. In lacking a gender identity, likely do not self-describe using GLG orientations. May have an internalized self-concept of sex that is degendered or may reject sex altogether. May reject, eschew, subvert, ignore, transcend, be liberated from, be apathetic towards, be oblivious to or hold any stance, perspective or experience regarding the concept of gender that results in non-participation in the construct. May or may not identify as Queer. Is simply themselves, embodying the answer to the question, "Who Am I?" while also discarding the construct of gender entirely from the question. ./. END PT]

Some similar labels include:

Egogender

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Both Egogender and Erenth individuals identify with an unique and individualistic sense of self, but differ in that the Erenth label is not a gender and does not participate in the construct.

Exogender

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Both Exogender and Erenth individuals do not participate in the construct of gender, thus lacking a gender identity, but differ in that the Erenth label specifies an unique, individual sense of self one embraces entirely independent of the construct of gender identity. Exogender, while not truly being a gender identity by it's definition, attempts to fill the lexical gap by relating to the construct, where the Erenth label does not participate in it explicitly and outright.

Apogender

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Both Apogender and the Erenth label involve being divorced from the concept of gender, but differ in that Apogender is an Agender microlabel, whereas Erenth is not a gender identity and involves embracing the self.

Pomogender

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Both Pomogender and the Erenth label involve denying preexisting gender labels, but differ in that Erenth is not a gender identity, denies the entirety of the construct of gender and embraces a unique, individual sense of self outside of gender.

Cassgender

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Both Cassgender and the Erenth label may involve feeling indifferent towards the concept of gender, but differ in that Cassgender is a gender identity whereas the Erenth is not a gender identity, does not participate in the construct and specifically involves embracing a unique, individual sense of self outside of gender.

Yonderi

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Both Yonderi and Erenth are labels describing transcending gender, but differ in that the Erenth label also does not participate in or internalize the construct while also specifically embracing a unique, individual sense of self outside of gender. Erenth can be considered to have a yonderine quality, but doesn't have to.

Genderfree

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Both Genderfree and the Erenth label both refer to an undefined state where gender is not present, but unlike Genderfree, Erenth rejects the construct of gender in it's entirety, is not an ambiguous identity nor is it definitively queer in itself. Furthermore, an Erenth individual's identity is related to their sense of self, which is not specified by the label genderfree.

Pride Flag

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The flag was created by myself (Gent, GJ) at the same time as the term. The flag has nine horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream, desaturated light green, cream, dark red, peach and dark grey. The stripes have the following meanings:

The bottom and top dark grey stripes represent the lack of internalization of gender.

The two peach stripes represents complete non-participation in the construct of gender.

The two dark red stripes represents knowledge and conviction.

The two cream stripes represent one's values and ideals.

The middle desaturated light green stripe represents one's inner sense of self.

[PT: The bottom and top dark grey stripes represent the lack of internalization of gender.The two peach stripes represents complete non-participation in the construct of gender. The two dark red stripes represents knowledge and conviction.The two cream stripes represent one's values and ideals. The middle desaturated light green stripe represents one's inner sense of self. ./. END PT]

I also created a simplified, five-stripe version using the same colors and meaning as the nine-stripe flag. The simplified flag has five horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, they are dark grey, peach, dark red, cream and desaturated light green.

Glyph

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yingender: an umbrella term for all genders that are yonderine in nature (yin). can also be used to refer to either a gender that is not fully defined, but is definitely yonderine, or a gender in which yonderinity is its defining feature.

for a request! colors are mostly taken from/inspired by the yonderine and yonderi flag, and the yonderine post is also the coining post for yingender.

flag id: a flag with 7 stripes, with the fourth being twice as large as the rest. in order, they are tan, gold, brown, sage green, plum, bright purple, and silver. end id.

Hey there anon, thanks for sending me your question. :-)

So, can a person be gender-apathetic (also called Apagender) and have an alignment? Yes, absolutely!

In my own words, I would define Apagender as being apathetic towards one's own gender identity. In other words, it would be when a person does indeed have a gender of some sort, but is completely or largely apathetic to what that gender may be or to the concept of gender applied to them as a whole.

Some similar identities to Apagender for your reading pleasure:

Agender: lacking a sense of gender identity, therefore having no gender.

Apogender: lacking a gender identity all together, therefore not participating in gender as a concept.

Genderless: lacking a gender identity all together, therefore having no gender.

Neutrois: an entirely neutral aporagender.

Yonderi: a sense of self beyond/transcending gender identity and similar modes of identification.

Gendernull: an undefinable, intangible uncreation of gender(lessness).

Gendervoid: perceiving a void or empty space where one's gender "should" be.

Genderblank: a blank gender that is indescribable, having no words to explain it.

Genderfree: An undefined gender basis in which gender is not present, when gender is insignificant or irrelevant to the individual, a gender identity which is generally ambiguous, but definitely queer in nature (QUIN).

Gender alignment is a similar concept to gender identity, but it also quite different. Gender alignment describes how one’s experiences in gender identity intersects with society, and often by extension, the gender binary.

For example, a person could be Apagender and female-aligned, meaning that they are apathetic to their gender identity, but their lived experiences are related to womanhood or they have aspects (presentation, expression, relationship with the patriarchy, social category, experiences in sexuality, un-gendered connection to etc.) that can somehow be related back to womanhood. There are many types of gender alignments, ranging from the above mentioned female-aligned, to male-aligned, to various non-binary alignments, to being unaligned to rejecting the concept of alignment all together.

A common system of alignment used by the non-binary community is the Galactian Alignment System, but you can always just describe yourself as “gender quality” + “-aligned” which is more common and uses less obscure jargon.

I hope this answered your question! If you need any clarification or have any more questions, please feel free to send me another ask.

Imagine that I dye my hair blond, I like looking blond and being seen blond and I say to people I'm blond. But if I don't dye it again then I won't be, I made the choice to be blonde and I like how it looks and all but… is not naturally coming off of me. It's more like a wig? And I don't need it, I just enjoy it but there's no hair in reality, there's no gender.

"So you're agender, presenting feminine" no. I'm not bald. Is not like I'm a bald cat, I'm more like a fish? I'm not supposed to have hair. Is not part of my nature. I like the wig, most of the time, and I'm a blonde fish! I chose to be a blonde fish, I usually like how I look and how people look at me as a blonde fish, more than I do when I'm wearing a brunette wig or a red-haired wig. I AM a blonde fish but the blondness is an accessory. I mean, how could I be blonde if fishes don't have hair?

It's not the same as agender or neutrois, those are gender identities but gender is not one of the identities I have.

It's like an identity cabinet. I have the sexuality drawer (which is empty), the romantic drawer (which is also empty), the race drawer (which is overflowing), the ethnicity drawer (which has my country but also the specification that I'm from this exact part of my country because we are so culturally different), and such. But there's no gender drawer. I put some little gender bottles on top of the drawer and I use the woman on almost everyday, although they are very different. But they are not part of my drawer.

It's like those uquizzes. "imagine you're a flower, which flower you are" I'm a white lily. I have been choosing white lilies for almost a decade now, and I AM a white Lily if we are talking flowers, that's who I am. But I'm a human. Not a flower. So you see, a flower is not what I am although if you ask me "which flower are you" I'm saying without thinking twice a white lily. (maybe I'll think and say blue or pale or pinkish but still a light colored lily).