[Image ID: The human non conforming flag. The first image is the flag with symbol, then the flag with text meanings and no symbol, then the flag with no symbol, then just the symbol. The flag has five even stripes going light orange, light lime green, light green, bright lightish blue, and very dark grey. The symbol is a standard human symbol, the same dark grey, upside down with a square head. The flag with stripe meanings says this, from top to bottom: Humans with nonhuman elements, Nonhuman aesthetics/appearances, Alterhuman, Authenticity and expression, Disconnect from humanity. /End ID.]
Name: Human non-conforming (HNC)
Human non-conforming (HNC, similar to gender non-conforming) is an umbrella label encompassing all identities and subcultures that somehow incorporate nonhuman elements in any way. This includes (note that identities in brackets are not by default under this umbrella, and are not an exhaustive list):
- People who dress or appear in nonhuman ways (cosplayers, furries, body modders)
- People who reclaim or relate to nonhumanity (voidpunk, otherhearted, copinglink)
- People who are not human or partially not human (in any form) (alterhuman, overhuman)
- People who use certain genders or neopronouns (aliengender, xenopronouns)
- People who don't identify as any of these things but still are somehow linked to nonhumanity
This label is self identified. It should not be used on others to dehumanise them.
The symbol is meant to represent twisting and changing humanity, people who are innately not human, inner nonhuman aspects and generally all HNC people.