Being a girl in the fun way, but not in the (normal) gender way.
Someone who is an ersgirl is not a binary/cis/conforming girl but rather a girl in a more casual, fun way. An ersgirl may refer to themself as a girl in jokes or when with friends but not in more serious discussions of gender.
This gender may or may not be related to femininity or womanhood. It is related to girlexic.
Ersboy
Being a boy in the fun way, but not in the (normal) gender way.
Someone who is an ersboy is not a binary/cis/conforming boy but rather a boy in a more casual, fun way. An ersboy may refer to themself as a boy in jokes or when with friends but not in more serious discussions of gender.
This gender may or may not be related to masculinity or manhood. It is related to boylexic.
Ersboygirl/ersfluid
Someone who is both an ersboy and an ersgirl, referring to themself as a boy in a fun way and girl in a fun way at different times.
Someone who is ersboygirl/ersfluid may or may not also be androgynous, genderfluid, or androgyne.
For anon! Ersgirl was originally designed based on anon’s experiences as a nonbinary transfem and they were nice to let me expand upon the concept.
The ers- prefix comes from ’ersatz’ meaning imitation, simulated, or pseudo-.
The ersgirl and ersboy symbols have partially dotted lines symbolizing not having typical gender experiences. The ersboygirl/fluid symbol combines the two symbols to represent being both, and also has wavy lines to represent fluidity and non-conformity. Ersgirl and ersboy can also be called erswoman and ersman.
