neurogender
neurogender noun: the gender of one's brain.
Noun
neurogender (plural neurogenders)
- The gender of one's brain.
- Murphy was concerned with the “cross gendered,” those whose “neurogender [gender/sex of the brain] is not the same as the morphological/physical/genital gender.1997, Nancy Ordover, Science Fictions: National Hygiene, Queer Anatomy, and Eugenic Sterilization, page 167
- A gender type that is linked to neurological factors.
- Includes “genderqueer/gender non-conforming”, “genderfluid”, “agender”, “nonbinary”, and other (eg, “neurogender”, “bigender”, “androgyne”, “two-spirit”, “questioning”)2019, Erin A. Vogel, Additive Behaviors, number 95, page 100
- [page 82:] Neurogenders are genders specific to neurodivergent people whose experience of gender relates to their neurotype […]
[page 84:] […] So, back to me and neurogenders.
[page 86:] If you know someone else who is neurogender, or another gender you've never heard of, or simply autistic plus...2020, Maxfield Sparrow, Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN
Adjective
neurogender (comparative more neurogender, superlative most neurogender)
- Having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).
- If you know someone else who is neurogender, or another gender you've never heard of, or simply autistic plus trans of any kind, believe them when they tell you who they are.2020, endever corbin, “I'm trans and autistic, and yes (for me), they're related”, in Maxfield Sparrow, editor, Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words, page 86
- Neurogender and autigender people are often met with anger and prejudice, even by some T/GE people who view such new forms of gender identification as threatening to trans respectability.2022, Sarah Cavar, Alexandre Baril, “Disability”, in Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities, page 85
- Synonyms:
- gendervague
Synonyms of neurogender
Forms of neurogender
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | neurogenders |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more neurogender |
| superlative | most neurogender |
Origin of neurogender
From neuro- + gender.
Questions about neurogender
- What does neurogender mean?
- Neurogender means the gender of one's brain.
- What part of speech is neurogender?
- Neurogender can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of neurogender?
- The plural of neurogender is neurogenders.
Words near neurogender in the dictionary
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