Xenboy, also known as xenenboy or xenbyboy, is a term for those who identify as xenogender/xenic/xenine, non-binary, and a boy. This can include, but is not limited to, multigender, gendervast, genderfluid, genderflux, solarian, xingender, centrigender, xenby, and/or any others who identify as male or male-aligned, xenic, and non-binary. One does not need to fully identify as all three at the same time to call themselves a xenboy, just a connection to all in some way that feels significant to whoever uses the label.
The original definition that is still in use is as a subset of xengender, in which one's experience of being male is inherently xenine. This means that one's male gender is male, but in a xenine way.[1] It is similar to, but not the same as, xensculine and xenoboy.
The fiaspec counterpart to xenboy following the first definition is xengirlby.
History and Flags
Variant-archive on Tumblr coined the term xenboy originally on January 30, 2019, which falls under the term xengender.[2] The first definition listed on this wiki article, however, was coincidentally named the same thing, released in a submitted post on the Tumblr blog imoga-pride on August 2, 2020. The person, though wishing to remain anonymous on Tumblr, has confirmed that they are alright with it being known that they are eboyrights on Twitter.[1] The first appearance of the flag is in the same imoga-pride submission post, also made by eboyrights.
An alternate flag was made by u/johnnynotjohnnie on Reddit on June 7, 2021, combining the enboy and xenoboy flags.[3]
Another alternate flag was made by Verxeno on Pinterest, looking similar to the main xenogender flag but with the colors slightly altered and a new symbol in the center. [4]
Resources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/625631318550642688/honestly-im-tired-of-there-being-no-word-for-this
- ↑ https://variant-archive.tumblr.com/post/625535626900619265/xenboy-is-a-term-that-combines-the-words
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nuf28r/made_an_alternate_xenboy_xenoboy_enboy_flag/
- ↑ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/30399366226521534/?mt=login