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[[File:Egogender1.png|thumb|The original egogender flag]]
[[File:Egogender2.png|thumb|An alternate egogender flag]]
'''Egogender''', also known as '''charagender''', is a [[xenogender]] where the only way to describe one’s gender is simply as oneself.
== History ==
Egogender was coined by deactivated Tumblr user queerspike on July 10, 2014 when they were inspired by a list of prefixes.<ref name=":0">[https://genderdefinitions.tumblr.com/post/91400840744/sometimes-i-look-through-lists-of-prefixes-and-get queerspike Reblog by genderdefinitions on Tumblr: sometimes i look through lists of prefixes and get inspired]</ref>
== Flags ==
The primary egogender flag was designed by DeviantArt user pastelmemer on or before August 23, 2015.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Egogender-Charagender-1-555595107 Pride-Flags on DeviantArt: Egogender / Charagender (1)]</ref> The flag's color meanings are currently unknown.
The original egogender flag was designed by DeviantArt user Helkie-three on November 4, 2014.<ref name=":1">[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Egogender-Charagender-2-558940036 Pride-Flags on DeviantArt: Egogender / Charagender (2)]</ref><ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/helkie-three/art/Egogender-flag-492577656 Helkie-three on DeviantArt: Egogender flag]</ref> The flag's color meanings are currently unknown.
The alternate flag was designed by an unknown user on or before May 8, 2021.<ref name=":1" /> The flag's color meanings are currently unknown, but it can be assumed that this flag is based on the egogender flag by Helkie-three.
== Etymology ==
The prefix ''ego-'' translates to "self" in multiple languages.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ego- Wiktionary: ego-]</ref> The prefix ''chara-'' may have been taken from the word "character."
== References ==
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[[Category:Xenogender]]
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