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'''PWHN''' ('''People Who Have Neither
Other terms used for this concept include '''PHN''' ('''People Having Neither
PWHN includes individuals who were born neither with a penis nor a vagina and individuals who have had [[sex]] reassignment surgery and have neither a penis nor a vagina. The term includes some [[intersex]] individuals, [[transneutral]] individuals who have have sex reassignment surgery (to a [[Neuter|neutral]] sex), and some [[transsex]]/[[altersex]] men and women.
PWHN is a term designed to combat the ideology that having a penis is what makes one a man and having a vagina is what makes one a woman, and is made promote [[Neutral|gender-neutral]] language and terms. The term also allows simplicity in describing genitalia in medical situations, such as sex education, where describing individuals as "intersex" may ignore the existence of altersex and trans individuals.
Related terms are [[PWHP]] and [[PWHV]].
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== History ==
The term was coined by [[User:Cryptocrew|Cryptocrew]] on March 13, 2021 in order to help relieve [[dysphoria]] and discomfort in many [[genderqueer]] individuals. The alternate wordings of PWHN and PHN were created by Wiki user foreigntoolmaker on September 30th since some people were uncomfortable with PON. Weniviere, the coiner of the term, did not realize that the original wording "people/individuals ''of'' neither" sounded uncomfortable, due to English not being her first language, and has since acknowledged this grammatical mistake and embraces "PWHN/IWHN" as the main term.
The flag was designed on March 17, 2024 by Tumblr user genderstarbucks.<ref>https://archive.md/v1tkF</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Sex Category]]
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