Intergender

Intergender is a gender identity with three definitions. The most commonly accepted definition is as follows: intergender is a gender identity which exists between and among male and female. The term is exclusively intended to be used by intersex people. Another commonly accepted definition involves how one's intersex experiences impact one's gender identity, similar to amalgagender.
An older definition involves being a mix of male and female, in between, or neither. This definition works as an umbrella term similar to nonbinary, and is not exclusive to intersex people. However, this definition is largely considered outdated. Debate still remains over whether the identity should always be exclusive to intersex people. Dyadic people may instead opt to use labels such as androgyne, bigender, and nonbinary, for the sake of avoiding disrespect and misappropriation.
==Etymology==
The term "intergender" comes from the prefix inter-, meaning "among, between, or together," and "gender," denoting gender identity. Alternatively, it may be taken from the word "intersex," replacing sex with gender.
==History==
Intergender was likely first proposed around 1998, on a Usenet newsgroup called alt.support.intergendered. It may have been coined by Donna Lynn Matthews, based on a post on their website:This original definition was not exclusive to intersex people. In fact, Matthews specified that the identity was not inherently related to being intersex. Matthews themself was not intersex; they were dyadic and AFAB. The term's intent originally encompassed gender identities which were a mix of male and female, or between the two. Matthews later expanded it to additionally encompass the experience of being neither male nor female, essentially creating an umbrella term similar to nonbinary.
In 2014, Aeshling (quietlyloud-intersex or indonintersex on Tumblr) coined intergender, independent of previous definitions. It was described as "A gender that is between and among male and female." This is similar to the original definition. However, in this instance, the identity was coined to be exclusively used by intersex people. It is somewhat similar to amalgagender.
==Flag==
The first known intergender flag was created by Mod D, or Dorian, on the actuallyintersex Tumblr blog, on November 20, 2014. The flag was designed with Aeshling's definition in mind, and is not intended to be used by dyadic people. He created two versions of the flag: one with a blue stripe on top and a pink stripe on the bottom, and another with the stripe order flipped. The flag is correct no matter how it is oriented, and it's impossible to hold it upside-down. The stripes were inspired by Natalie Phox's intersex flag:
Another intergender pride flag was posted to the pride-color-schemes Tumblr blog on July 31, 2016. It is unknown who designed it, which definition it correlates with, and what the colors mean. However, it can be assumed that pink and blue represent the binary, while yellow and grey represent being nonbinary.
Another intergender flag was created by Tumblr users interpunked (Rose) and cripdeaf (Cey) on January 17, 2020. It is based on the intersex flag by Morgan Carpenter, and is only intended to be used by intersex people:
==References==
Category:Identity
Category:Gender
Category:Gender identity
Category:Nonbinary
Category:Prominent identities
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Category:Intersex
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