Gender Identities

The LGBTQ+ movement now recognizes more than a hundred gender identities. From non-binary to xenogender, from faunagender to Fa'afafine. A handful are centuries-old culturally bound categories; the vast majority are neologisms coined online—primarily on Tumblr (2014–2018) and in MOGAI circles. Below is the complete overview in three categories, with links to related abbreviations and topics.

25 with their own detail page

The best known in the Dutch debate. Click through for the detailed description with critical analysis.

Agender

No gender identity—an absence of gender.

Aliagender

A gender that falls outside all known categories.

Androgynous

Both male and female — or neither.

Aporagender

A non-binary gender that is distinct from male, female, and agender.

Bigender

Two gender identities simultaneously or alternately.

Boyflux

Predominantly agender with a fluctuating connection to the masculine.

Cassgender

Indifference regarding one’s own gender identity.

Demiboy

Partially, but not fully, masculine.

Demigender

Partial connection to a gender identity.

Demigirl

Partially, but not fully, female.

Genderfluid

A gender identity that shifts between male, female, and everything in between.

Genderqueer

An umbrella term for non-normative gender identities.

Gendervoid

A void or absence of gender.

Girlflux

Predominantly agender with a fluctuating connection to the feminine.

Greygender

A weak or unclear gender identity.

Intergender

A gender between or as a combination of male and female.

Maverique

An autonomous gender that is completely separate from male and female.

Neutrois

A neutral or null gender—neither male nor female.

Non-binary

Neither male nor female—or something in between.

Novigender

A gender that is too complex to describe.

Pangender

All genders at once.

Polygender

Multiple gender identities at the same time.

Trigender

Three gender identities at the same time or alternately.

Two-Spirit

A traditional Indigenous North American gender category.

Xenogender

A gender identity defined through non-human or abstract concepts.

Western neologisms (74)

Coined between 2014 and 2024, almost exclusively on Tumblr, Discord, and in MOGAI forums. Virtually none have made it into academic literature or clinical diagnostics. Read about the broader social pressures behind the proliferation and the effect on children and young people.

Abimegender

A “deeply felt” gender—otherwise indescribable.

Adamas gender

An indefinable gender that eludes description.

Aerogender

A gender that changes with the environment.

Aesthetic gender

A gender that feels like an aesthetic or a mood.

Affect-based gender

Gender that shifts with one’s state of mind.

Agenderflux

Predominantly agender, sometimes with a hint of gender.

Alexigender

Unable to identify which gender one experiences.

Aliusgender

A “strange” or “different” gender.

Amaregender

A gender that depends on the person one is in love with.

Ambigender

Two genders at the same time, without fluidity.

Ambonec

Simultaneously male, female, and neither.

Amicagender

A gender that shifts depending on the group of friends.

Anesigender

A quiet gender that hides beneath another.

Angenital

The desire not to have genitals, regardless of gender.

Anogender

A gender that fades in intensity and returns.

Anongender

A gender of known existence but unknown nature.

Antegender

A gender that is ready to become something else.

Anxiegender

A gender formed by anxiety.

Apagender

A gender that few people care about.

Apconsugender

A gender with some known characteristics, others hidden.

Astergender

A "luminous," celestial gender.

Astral gender

A gender with a cosmic or extraterrestrial quality.

Autigender

A gender that is said to be experienced only by autistic individuals.

Autogender

A gender that exists only for oneself, not for others.

Axigender

Two genders at opposite ends of an axis, never simultaneously.

Biogender

A gender connected to nature.

Blurgender

Different genders that blend into one another.

Burstgender

Brief bursts of a different gender.

Caelgender

A gender with characteristics of the sky or space.

Caligender

A misty, hazy gender.

Cassflux

A varying degree of indifference toward gender — cf. cassgender.

Cavusgender

Alternates between strong gender and hollow/empty gender.

Cendgender

Gender with varying intensity without a change in form.

Ceterogender

Non-binary gender with a tendency toward male, female, or other.

Ceterofluid

Ceterogender that fluctuates.

Cisgender

Identifies with the sex assigned at birth — see CIS.

Cloudgender

A gender that is elusive due to depersonalization.

Collgender

Experiencing many genders at the same time.

Colorgender

Gender associated with a color.

Commogender

Cisgender with occasional feelings of being different.

Condigender

A gender that is only felt under certain circumstances.

Cryptogender

A gender that is difficult to describe or understand.

Deliciagender

Multiple genders, one of which is dominant.

Demifluid

Partly one gender, partly fluid.

Demiflux

Partly one gender, partly in flux.

Domgender

One dominant gender alongside multiple secondary genders.

Duragender

One long-lasting gender plus shorter genders.

Egogender

A unique gender, defined solely by the individual.

Epicene

A classic term for gender blurring in language or appearance.

Esspigender

A gender associated with spirituality.

Exgender

Complete refusal to identify with any gender.

Existigender

Gender that exists only when one thinks about it.

Faunagender

Gender associated with animals — a subcategory of xenogender.

Femfluid

Fluid between female gender variants.

Femgender

Non-binary gender with a feminine connotation.

Floragender

Gender associated with plants — a subcategory of xenogender.

Fluidflux

A fluid gender that also fluctuates in intensity.

Gemigender

Two opposing genders, in fluctuation.

Genderblank

A gender like a blank page—empty.

Genderflow

Gender that flows between different states.

Genderfuzz

Two or more genders that are blurred together.

Genderflux

Gender whose intensity fluctuates.

Genderpuck

A playful, mischievous gender that defies classification.

Witched gender

Gender that is said to be subject to change through magic.

Glassgender

A fragile, vulnerable gender.

Healing gender

A gender that has a healing effect after trauma.

Juxera

A gender leaning toward the feminine, alongside the feminine.

Mirror gender

A gender that changes depending on who one is with.

Multigender

Multiple genders without a fixed number — cf. polygender.

Omnigender

Experiencing all genders simultaneously — cf. pangender.

Proxvir

Almost male, but not quite.

Quoigender

Wonders whether gender applies to them at all.

Stargender

Gender associated with stars.

Vapogender

A gender that feels like smoke or vapor.

Culturally-bound categories (9)

Historical third-gender groups from non-Western cultures, often arising from specific social or religious roles. Are retrospectively incorporated into the LGBTQIA+ umbrella by Western activists—not always with the consent of the cultures involved.

Burrnesha

Albanian women who live as men under traditional customs.

Fa'afafine

Samoan individuals born male who assume a female social role.

Hijra

South Asian third-gender group, recognized under colonial law.

Kathoey

Thai people born male who present as female.

Mahu

Polynesian gender category between male and female.

Muxe

Zapotec male-born individuals with a female role (Oaxaca).

Sekrata

Madagascan boys raised as girls.

Travesti

Latin American people born male who live as women.

X-gender

Japanese umbrella term for neither-male-nor-female.

Criticism of the proliferation

Most of the terms on this page were coined by a handful of teenagers on Tumblr between 2014 and 2018, often within the MOGAI subculture. The majority have never made their way into academic literature or clinical diagnostics—which raises the question of whether these represent identities or simply neologisms.

The LGBTQ+ movement cites the breadth of this list to support the message that “gender is a spectrum.” Critics argue that the very absurdity of many terms—faunagender, vapogender, gender witched—shows that there is no biological or psychological basis here, but rather a social media phenomenon. See also ROGD and the Cass Review.

Sex remains binary (see the FAQ). Gender as a self-declared identity has no theoretical limits—which explains why the list continues to grow every year. The impact is felt most acutely by children and young people, who are growing up in this online subculture and may thus embark on the path toward detransition.