Melangender (not to be confused with melagender, melgender or melogender) is a mixture of squashgender, genderfocus, gendersoup & plaisgender. Melangender is a subset of multigender. Melangender can have multiple definitions, one may identify with all of these definitions, or a multitude of them:
- One who is melangender may feel as if they have a more prominent gender at times rather than constantly being multiple genders at once. (These prominent genders could also be any of the mixture of genders: squashgender, genderfocus, gendersoup & plaisgender.)
- They may feel as if certain things affect their prominent gender: this could range from certain activities they do, to hobbies or anything else.
- They could also feel as if some of their multiple yet static genders are ‘blurred’ in a sense or mashed together. However, there is still a distinction between some of their labels.
- One may feel like their multiple gender labels have been ‘squashed’ together but are still able to distinguish their multiple labels.
The aligned counterparts for melangender are mefangender, memangender, menangender & mexangender.
History
Melangender was coined on the 5th of May 2021 by Reddit user u/hiitsyaz. The name for melangender comes from the word ‘melange’, which means ‘a varied mixture’.
Flag
The flag was made on 12th of May 2021 by Reddit user u/hiitsyaz. The flag is a mixture of the colours within the flags for the terms which make up melangender.