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gendervague

gendervague adjective: having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).

Adjective

gendervague (not comparable)

  1. (neologism) Having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).
    • Someone who is gendervague cannot separate their gender identity from their neurodivergence—being autistic doesn't cause my gender identity, but it is inextricably related to how I understand and experience gender.2016, Lydia X. Z. Brown, quoted in Finn V. Gratton, Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults: A Guide for Professionals and Families (2019), page 15
    • […] Julia Feliz—a gendervague, pansexual, Afro-Boricua (Puerto Rican)—created the flag design used in this image.2019, "Acknowledgements", in Katie Steele & Julie Nicholson, Radically Listening to Transgender Children: Creating Epistemic Justice Through Critical Reflection and Resistant Imaginations, unnumbered...
    Synonyms:
    neurogender

Synonyms of gendervague

Origin of gendervague

From gender + vague.

Questions about gendervague

What does gendervague mean?
Gendervague means having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).
What part of speech is gendervague?
Gendervague is an adjective.

Words near gendervague in the dictionary

  1. genderswap
  2. genderswapped
  3. genderswapping
  4. genderswaps
  5. gendertrash
  6. gendervague
  7. genderweird
  8. genderwise
  9. gendery
  10. gendie
  11. gendies

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