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[[File:Screenshot_20200228-221415_Chrome.jpg|thumb|Yinyang ren flag]]'''Yinyang ren''' is the traditional [[Third Gender|third gender]] of Chinese cultures. It's seen as a perfect balance between [[Man|male]] and [[Woman|female]], or "perfect [[Androgyne|androgyny]]". |
[[File:Screenshot_20200228-221415_Chrome.jpg|thumb|Yinyang ren flag]]'''Yinyang ren''' is the traditional [[Third Gender|third gender]] of Chinese cultures. It's seen as a perfect balance between [[Man|male]] and [[Woman|female]], or "perfect [[Androgyne|androgyny]]". |
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Yingyang ren is most commonly used to describe [[intersex]] individuals, and is at times used as a slur in China. However, like [[queer]], this term is reclaimed by some. |
Yingyang ren is most commonly used to describe [[intersex]] individuals, and is at times used as a slur in China.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/oiichinese/Home/what-is-intersex What is a Yin-and-Yang Person / Intersex Person?]</ref> However, like [[queer]], this term is reclaimed by some. |
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This category of gender identity and gender role is used in Chinese society to describe some individuals whose personalities and behaviors appear to be intermediate between masculine and feminine cases.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051215224920/http://lianzai.china.com/books/html/232/849/7015.html The Fifth Chapter in the Search for Love (archive)]</ref> Other characteristics may include assertiveness, aesthetic sensitivity, as well as lack of strong discrimination on their sexual orientation on the basis of their identity.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinyang_ren Yinyang |
This category of gender identity and gender role is used in Chinese society to describe some individuals whose personalities and behaviors appear to be intermediate between masculine and feminine cases.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051215224920/http://lianzai.china.com/books/html/232/849/7015.html The Fifth Chapter in the Search for Love (archive)]</ref> Other characteristics may include assertiveness, aesthetic sensitivity, as well as lack of strong discrimination on their sexual orientation on the basis of their identity.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinyang_ren Yinyang Ren]</ref> |
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In some contexts, this term is used to describe [[transgender]]/[[non-binary]] Chinese individuals. |
In some contexts, this term is used to describe [[transgender]]/[[non-binary]] Chinese individuals. |
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== Flag == |
== Flag == |
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The flag was designed by an anonymous through Tumblr user Pride-Flags on January 29, 2017.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/156536428710/yinyang-ren Yinyang |
The flag was designed by an anonymous through Tumblr user Pride-Flags on January 29, 2017.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/156536428710/yinyang-ren Yinyang Ren]</ref> The red background comes from a novel known as ''The Dream of the Red Chamber'', which is a very culturally important novel in China whose protagonist is a yinyang ren. The black and white stands for yin and yang, as well as balance. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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== Resources == |
== Resources == |
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* https://sites.google.com/site/oiichinese/Home/what-is-intersex |
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* https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Yinyang_ren |
* https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Yinyang_ren |
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