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[[File:Aliagender redesign.png|thumb|221x221px|An alternative aliagender flag]]
[[File:Aliagender symbol.png|thumb|180x180px|The aliagender symbol.]]
'''Aliagender''' or '''Aliusgender''' is a gender which is "other", or stands apart from existing social gender constructs. It is a specific [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] identity which is not a mixture of male and female, nor an absence of gender, but instead a strong, specific gender identity that is not man or woman. It is removed from common gender descriptors and guidelines. The term is often used by
== History and Controversy ==
A moderator on the askanonbinary Tumblr blog created the word "aliagender" in response to an ask by the user Zobothehobo. It was coined some time before January 20, 2014<ref>https://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/74027274913/alia-is-wonderful-wow-i-love-the-way-it-sounds</ref>. Zobothehobo later described this event: "i was there when aliagender was coined. actually, i was the reason it was coined. I sent messages to askanonbinary and beck came up with the word. we defined it then as a gender experience other from the traditional spectrum. I always meant for this to be a term for a specific positive gender that was not associated with the man/woman spectrum, but was a gender that existed and NOT genderless."<ref>https://zobothehobo.com/post/91716663005/epochryphal-throws-up-hands-im-getting-really</ref>
Soon after, there was a conflict about whether the word was politically problematic. Some
Vesper H., the blogger and vlogger behind Queer as Cat, has written against claims that terms such as aliagender, aporagender, and maverique (which they coined) are racist. According to Vesper, themself black, where third gender is "a prescriptive term forced onto others without their consent"<ref name=":0">https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/137554950446/re-maverique-aporagender-aliagender-and-third</ref> used to other cultural identities, terms such as aliagender were specific gender identities that were not used to contain and erase cultural identities.<ref name=":0" />
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