Abigender, also called bxgender, biagender, or librabigender is a gender that is both agender and bigender, or is somewhere in between those two identities. It is a gender in which one experiences two genders but also has a connection to genderlessness and/or agender feelings.
Similar terms include demiagender and demibigender.
History
Abigender was coined by Tumblr user Neopronouns on June 28, 2020.[1] Bxgender was mentioned as an alternative name; however it exists at least since February 11, 2018 from Gender Wikia.[2] It was then designed a flag for it by Mod AP through the Tumblr blog, beyond-mogai-pride-flags on November 30, 2019.[3]
Flag
The primary abigender flag was designed by Tumblr user neopronouns June 28, 2020. The flags were based on the panagender flag, the original with a white stripe, and the second with a pale yellow in order to include the yellow from the bigender flag.[1]
Etymology
The prefixes abi- and bia- are mixtures of the prefixes for agender and bigender. Bx- is a derivative of the prefix bi-, replacing the i with an x as if one is crossing out that they're bigender, which is common practice for agender identities. The prefix librabi- is a combination of the prefixes for bigender and libragender, a gender identity that is partially agender and partially another gender.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://archive.today/2021.08.02-005624/https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/622183195955331073/abigender-a-genderness-that-is-both-agender-and
- ↑ wikia:gender:Special:History/Bxgender
- ↑ https://archive.today/2020.03.06-035612/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/189402127420/bxgender-pride-flag