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    [[File:Swanog.png|thumb|220x220px|The swan flag.]]
    [[File:Swanog.png|thumb|220x220px|The swan flag.]]
    [[File:Swan.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The alternate swan flag.]]
    [[File:Swan.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The alternate swan flag.]]
    '''Swan''' refers to a [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] or [[abinary]] person who queers and subverts femininity in a distinct non-binary or abinary way while rejecting cisnormative ideas of what it means to be feminine and rejecting binary concepts of gender.
    '''Swan''' refers to a [[non-binary]] or [[abinary]] person who [[queer]]s and subverts [[femininity]] in a distinct non-binary or abinary way while rejecting [[wikipedia:cisnormativity|cisnormative]] ideas of what it means to be feminine and rejecting binary concepts of [[gender]].


    == History ==
    == History ==
    The term and it's flag was created by Tumblr user nonbinary-culture on July 20th, 2018. The flag stripe meanings are as follows:
    The term and it's flag was created by Tumblr user nonbinary-culture on July 20th, 2018. The flag stripe meanings are as follows:


    * Light blue represents NB responses to and variations on cultural concepts of femininity, as interpreted and queered by nonbinary individuals; as well as rejection of the idea that these aesthetics are tied to binary gender. It also represents the firm assertion that any "feminine” aspects of swan presentation are self-asserted and self-affirming and not related to being “read” as “feminine”. Light blue represents rejection of the pressure to present to binary eyes.  
    * Light blue represents NB responses to and variations on cultural concepts of femininity, as interpreted and queered by nonbinary individuals; as well as rejection of the idea that these aesthetics are tied to binary gender. It also represents the firm assertion that any "feminine” aspects of swan presentation are self-asserted and self-affirming and not related to being “read” as “feminine”. Light blue represents rejection of the pressure to present to binary eyes.
    * Gold represents NB identity itself.
    * Gold represents NB identity itself.
    * Cream represents NB beauty, softness, and grace, independent of any notions of femininity.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240626012450/https://www.tumblr.com/nonbinary-culture/176093272848/nonbinary-presentation-flags-stag-red?source=share</ref>
    * Cream represents NB beauty, softness, and grace, independent of any notions of femininity.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240626012450/https://www.tumblr.com/nonbinary-culture/176093272848/nonbinary-presentation-flags-stag-red?source=share</ref>
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    == Resources ==
    == Resources ==




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    Latest revision as of 05:50, 26 June 2024

    The swan flag.
    The alternate swan flag.

    Swan refers to a non-binary or abinary person who queers and subverts femininity in a distinct non-binary or abinary way while rejecting cisnormative ideas of what it means to be feminine and rejecting binary concepts of gender.

    History

    The term and it's flag was created by Tumblr user nonbinary-culture on July 20th, 2018. The flag stripe meanings are as follows:

    • Light blue represents NB responses to and variations on cultural concepts of femininity, as interpreted and queered by nonbinary individuals; as well as rejection of the idea that these aesthetics are tied to binary gender. It also represents the firm assertion that any "feminine” aspects of swan presentation are self-asserted and self-affirming and not related to being “read” as “feminine”. Light blue represents rejection of the pressure to present to binary eyes.
    • Gold represents NB identity itself.
    • Cream represents NB beauty, softness, and grace, independent of any notions of femininity.[1]

    The alternate swan flag was created by Tumblr user prideisforeveryonebutcops on an unknown date.[2]

    Resources

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