# Xenogender Xenogender is an umbrella term for non-binary gender identities described through non-human concepts like animals, plants, food, or memes instead of standard gender language. Tumblr user baaphomet coined the word, and a mogai-archive masterpost from August 25, 2014 brought it into wider circulation before it saw a fresh spike of interest in 2021. ## Overview Xenogender is an umbrella term covering non-binary gender identities that people describe through non-human concepts rather than standard gender categories[1]. Instead of using words tied to man or woman, someone with a xenogender might frame their identity through animals, plants, food, objects, or abstract ideas that feel personally meaningful[3]. The term does not mean the person identifies as the thing itself, a cat-gender individual is not claiming to be a cat, only that felinity captures something about how they experience their own gender[2]. Xenogenders often come paired with their own neopronouns tied to the subject of the identity[3]. Communities have organized the many coined identities into subcategories such as GamerGender for gaming-related xenogenders and PurrGender for cat-themed ones[4]. ## How It Spread After 2014, users kept coining new xenogenders, and gender-identity wikis such as nonbinary.wiki and lgbta.wiki became the main archives for them[1]. On lgbta.wiki, CatGender is one of the more widely referenced entries, framed as a gender for people who feel a strong connection to cats or wish to incorporate feline traits into how they explain their identity[4]. The open-ended definition let almost anything become a gender marker, including memes, producing a category called MemeGenders with entries such as AmongUsGender, SusGender, FloppaGender, and TrollGender[7]. Interest spiked in 2021. In July of that year, the Twitter account @xenogndrhourly began posting xenogenders alongside flags and credit for each term's coiner[5]. On August 3, 2021, TikToker @xenogenderzz uploaded a video introducing Chocogender that pulled in over 236,000 views inside six days[6]. ## How to Use To use the label, someone typically picks a subject they connect with, adds -gender to it (as in CatGender or Chocogender), and often adopts matching neopronouns drawn from the same subject[3]. A common convention is to publish a flag whose colors each represent an aspect of the identity, following the format used by accounts such as @xenogndrhourly[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Xenogender? Xenogender is an umbrella term for non-binary gender identities that people describe using animals, plants, food, objects, or other non-human concepts instead of standard gender categories[1]. ### Where did Xenogender come from? Tumblr user baaphomet coined it, and it was published in an August 25, 2014 masterpost by another Tumblr user, mogai-archive, alongside other newly coined gender terms[3]. ### What does Xenogender mean? It refers to a gender identity framed through a subject someone connects with, without meaning they literally identify as that subject; a cat-gender person is not claiming to be a cat[2]. ### How do you use Xenogender? People pick a subject they identify with, attach -gender to it (like CatGender or FloppaGender), and often pair it with neopronouns and a personal flag, with many entries logged under subcategories like PurrGender or MemeGenders on lgbta.wiki[7]. ### Is Xenogender still popular? Its largest attention spike came in 2021 through the Twitter account @xenogndrhourly and TikToker @xenogenderzz's Chocogender video, and the term is still used within online non-binary communities that catalogue new xenogenders[5]. ## References 1. [https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Xenogender]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xenogender]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xenogender]() 4. [https://lgbta.wiki/wiki/Xenogender]() 5. [https://twitter.com/xenogndrhourly]() 6. [https://www.tiktok.com/@xenogenderzz]() 7. [https://lgbta.wiki/wiki/MemeGenders]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/xenogender Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library