anon: Hi hello! I was wondering if there’s a term for being apathetic about your sex characteristics? I’ve been searching for a while; I’ve been using apagenital for a awhile but I realize it’s all of my sex characteristics that I am apathetic towards, not my genitalia. If you could think of anything that would be great <3
I think we once mentioned apasex/apadic, but it’s not a concrete term yet. apanox seems more unique, based on these. apamorphous, based on abromorphous.
Link: https://archive.md/XTZ4t
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Took a shot at creating some Nonbinary options for sex labels today. I don’t much care for having to crush myself into the female or male checkboxes, being as I am an intersex & nonbinary person.
So here’s what I brainstormed:
Xeumel: a non-binary person.
A generic umbrella term, used as a separate option for NBs instead of male and/or female.
[ ‘xe’ stands for xenogenders, ‘eu’ represents neutral genders, ‘mel’ mimics the pattern from female & male to make the term sound like it fits with the other options; ‘mel’ can also be switched with ‘male’ to keep even more ‘in-theme’ with the other existing terms, if that’s more preferable to someone. ]
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More specific options:
Xeamel: nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, Fem/inine.
Xaimel: nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, Masc/uline.
Xaemel: A nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, simultaneously masc ~ fem. ( fluid/flux, alternating, or separately+etc )
Neumel: a nonbinary person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, Neutral.
Xomel: a person who is, to a self-identified & important degree, without a sex of any kind. [ this does not mean that they have no genitalia, it means they are opposed to the concepts/ideas of assigned sex(es) being projected onto their body ].
[prefix] + Xel : for those who are both [ prefix ] plus xenic/xeno. ex) Xaixel = someone who considers themself to be predominantly nb-masc but also xenic.
Xeuxel: for self-identified predominantly ( or solely ) Xeno/Xenic NBs.
Neimel: for non-aligned nonbinary people who do not wish to specify beyond “neither male nor female”
Ninmel: for those who are indifferent, but know they are not cis.
[prefix] + Yon: an alternative to the -mel ending, emphasizing separation from assigned sexes. Ex) Xeuyon = same meaning as Xeumel but without any similarities to the female/male pattern sound + spelling.
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All of these terms can also be shortened to their prefix, in order to be used instead of Man / Woman • boy / girl +etc.
Xeu = general nonbinary person ( obviously you can just say ‘person’ though )
Xea = nb person who considers themself to be ( somewhat, or quite ) feminine
Xai= nb person who considers themself to be ( somewhat, or quite ) masculine
Xae: a nonbinary person who considers themself to be simultaneously masc & fem.
Neu: a gender-neutral nonbinary person.
Xo = genderless person ( ‘person’ also works by itself of course ).
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Ex: “I am not male or female, I am Xeumel / Xeamel / Xaimel / Xomel / Xaemel / Neumel.”
“I met a very sweet xea today, they helped pick up my book when I dropped it.”
“What’s up, xu?” ( “what’s up, man?” )
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Note: All X’s are pronounced as Z’s for these words.
‘Zoo-mel’ ( Xeumel )
‘Zee-mel’ ( Xeamel )
+etc.
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These terms are in deliberate opposition to the sex binary as a rigid structure. As an intersex person, I am greatly displeased with coercive & assigned sex labels altogether, so– I’ve decided to tamper with the rigidity that they falsely hold.
This is a simple strive to gain distance away from the idea that “male” and “female” are the only two sexes that have ever, will ever, or do exist. The aforementioned concept harms intersex people, non-intersex people, as well as those who exist apart from the two Western sexes.
While these terms do spawn from my being intersex, the labels are free to use by any Non-binary people or Xenix who’re fed-up with the sex binary like I am.
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Note: this post is going to be updated as new ideas form to adapt to our ever-changing language and concepts of relevant subjects.
Most recent update: 4/19/18
NEW UPDATE: 7/30/18
[ changed the mel-suffix to nox & non; nox or non versions are entirely interchangeable and simply depend upon personal preference. ]
Xeunox / Xeunon : General sex categorization title for non-binary individuals. Can also be referred to as “Enbinox”
Xeanox / Xeanon: sex categorization title for those who are non-binary with a self-acknowledged congruencies towards femininity to any significant degree.
Xainox / Xainon: sex categorization title for those who are non-binary, with a self-acknowledged congruencies towards masculinity to any significant degree.
Xaeinox / Xaeinon : sex categorization title for those who are non-binary, with self-acknowledged congruencies to both masculinity and femininity, of any significant degree.
Neunox / Neunon : sex categorization title for those who are non-binary, with a self-acknowledged congruencies towards neutrality, to any significant degree.
Ninnox / Ninnon: sex categorization for those who are genderless.
Xequinox / Xequinon: sex categorization title for those who are non-binary, and encompass some ( or many ) self-acknowledged congruencies towards a xenoic ( xeno/xenic ) existence, to any significant degree.
Xaunox / Xaunon : sex categorization title for those who are non-binary, and encompass multiple/various self-acknowledged congruencies.
( ply / pan / multi / +)
Chimaenox / Chimaenon: sex categorization for those with faceted/fractional congruencies.
( demi / bi / tri / +etc )
Amplunox / Amplunon
or Infinox / Infinon: sex categorization for those with non-static congruencies, and other movement/change based congruencies.
( fluid / flux / fluix / +etc )
Aponnox / Aponon:
Someone who eludes/rejects binary and nonbinary categorization, to any significant degree.
Nothonox / Nothonon:
Someone who is indifferent towards categorization, to any self identified degree.
Enbinox / Enbinon: can be used as an umbrella term—to refer to all of the aforementioned terms—and the people who have placed themselves comfortably underneath any of the above titles.
[ same as the 4/19 versions, each term can be shortened to its prefix for whatever reason, as well. ]