Feregender (pronounced like "fear gender") is a gender identity that is 99% a given gender and 1% a different gender. It's similar to paragender, but leans much more to one gender. This term can be used as an umbrella term for fereguy, feregirl, and ferenonbinary, or it can be used as its own identity (99% neutral/unaligned gender, 1% something else).
Fereguy
Fereguy (also known as fereboy or feremasculine) is the masculine variant of feregender. It is a gender that is 99% male (or a mostly masculine gender) and 1% a different gender or group of genders. The minority percentage of this gender can be anything that isn't just male, including female, non-binary, etc. It can also include many other genders that add up to 1% of the entire gender.
Feregirl
Feregirl (also known as ferefeminine) is the feminine variant of feregender. It is a gender that is 99% female (or a mostly feminine gender) and 1% a different gender or group of genders. The minority percentage of this gender can be anything that isn't just female, including male, non-binary, etc. It can also include many other genders that add up to 1% of the entire gender.
Ferenonbinary
Ferenonbinary (also known as fereneutral) is the non-binary variant of feregender. It is a gender that is 99% non-binary 1% a different gender or group of genders. The minority percentage of this gender can be a different non-binary gender, male, or female. It can also include many other genders that add up to 1% of the entire gender.
History
Feregender was first coined by an anonymous Tumblr user on September 23, 2020, described as "a nonbinary gender which leans further to girl or boy more so than more neutral[1]." Because similar terms had been used for that meaning before (such as paragender) and the term was never referred to after that, The Fractal Collective (fractalcollectivesposts) on Tumblr coined the term again with a more specific definition on November 4, 2021[2].
The feregender flags were created by FANDOM user Biggie "PP" Cheese on January 27, 2022.
Etymology
Fere means "companion" in Old English[3]. Ferē also means "for the most part" in Latin.
Gallery
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Feregender flag by Biggie "PP" Cheese -
Fereguy flag by Biggie "PP" Cheese -
Feregirl flag by Biggie "PP" Cheese -
Ferenonbinary flag by Biggie "PP" Cheese -
Fereagender flag by Biggie "PP" Cheese -
Fereandrogyne flag by Biggie "PP" Cheese -
Ferexenic flag by Biggie "PP" Cheese
Resources
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/https://gender-resource.tumblr.com/post/630099326324162560/can-i-coin-a-new-term-feregender-the-word-gender (Blog Deleted)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/https://fractalcollectivesposts.tumblr.com/post/666945364226703360/gender-coining-feregender (Blog Deleted)
- ↑ https://archive.today/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fere