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[[File:Androgyneflag1.png|right|thumb|220x220px|The androgyne flag.]]
[[File:Androgyneflag2.png|right|thumb|220x220px|An alternate androgyne flag.]]
[[File:Androgyne 4.png|thumb|An alternate androgyne flag by Milith Rusignuolo.]]
[[File:Androgyne flag2.png|thumb|180x180px|An alternate androgyne flag by wrennnnnnnnn.]]
'''Androgyne''' is an identity under the [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] umbrella. It is described as being simultaneously [[Man|male]] and [[Woman|female]] or in between male and female. Some androgynous people may identify as [[bigender]], with one masculine gender and one feminine gender, while others may identify as a single gender that is somewhere in between man and woman, but not completely one or the other.
Historically androgyne, or androgynous was used interchangeably with [[intersex]], however it's now recognized that that is not accurate. Not all intersex people are androgyne and vice verse. Some people may use androgyne interchangeably with non-binary or [[genderqueer]], although this is not completely accurate.
[[File:Androgyne Necker Cube.png|thumb|175x175px|The Necker cube.]]▼
Androgyne should not be confused with [[androgynous]]. Androgynous is a [[Gender Presentation|gender presentation]] where someone presents with a mix of masculine and feminine features or in a gender neutral way. Not all androgyne people will present androgynously, and not all people who present androgynously are androgyne. Androgynous is a quality that a gender or gender presentation can have, but it is not a gender on its own.
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== Flag and Symbols ==
[[File:Androgyne-Symbol.png|thumb|The androgyne symbol. Unicode: U+26A8 ⚨|alt=|180x180px]]
The main androgyne flag has three vertical stripes, pink representing femininity/womanhood, blue representing masculinity/manhood, and purple representing androgyny, a mix of the two. The flag was created by Tumblr user saveferris on or before July 24, 2014.<ref>https://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/92744874921/androgyne-pride</ref>
The alternate androgyne flag was created by an unknown person on or before August 24, 2015.<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Androgyne-2-555850649</ref> Black and white represent how androgyne, while it is a non-binary gender, is somewhat a more [[Binary Genders|binary]] than other identities. It weaves between male and female comfortably, and doesn’t tend to stray beyond the binary, unlike other identities. Blue represents masculinity, be it identity-wise or aesthetically. It represents the masculine traits that androgyne people possess, as well as those who are on the more masculine side of the identity. Pink represents femininity, identity-wise or aesthetically. It represents the feminine traits that androgyne people possess, as well as those who are on the more feminine side of the identity. Purple represents a comfortable blending of masculinity and femininity to make the unique identity that androgyne people are. Purple also represents androgyne being a non-binary identity.
Another alternate androgyne flag was created by Milith Rusignuolo on July 2, 2015.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20180210192310/https://avia-viridis.neocities.org/flags.html</ref> Pink and green represents androgynes whose position on the gender spectrum changes, or who use the term interchangeably with other terms. Fuchsia represents [[Femandrogyne|femandrogynes]], or androgynes who are more feminine than masculine. Purple represents [[Versandrogyne|versandrogynes]] or [[Neutrandrogyne|neutrandrogynes]], who are relatively equally feminine and masculine. Blue represents [[Mascandrogyne|mascandrogynes]], or androgynes who are more masculine than feminine.
Another alternate androgyne flag was designed by wrennnnnnnnn and post on r/QueerVexillology on June 19, 2020. Orange is used as a lesser known masculine color, one that doesn't play off of the pink vs. blue aesthetic. Purple, similarly, is an alternate feminine color. The white in the middle represents an absence of gender, same as on the [[genderqueer]] and non-binary flags. The Necker Cube is used in the middle as an androgyne symbol. The teal is a mixture of two colors, both gendered on opposite sides of the binary.
Other symbols of androgyny include the the Necker Cube. In was proposed as a symbol in 1996 by an androgyne person, Raphael Carter, due to it's ambiguous geometric shape. Carter says "because it is either concave or convex depending on how you look at it."<ref>https://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/06/25/the-necker-cube-symbol-for-androgyny/</ref>
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