neopronouns:

that sort of varies from person to person! i’ll just explain some of the more common ways i see people explain their xenogender identities, and feel free to send more asks if you’re still confused, i’ll try to be as helpful as i can!

1. many people feel that they can describe their gender with nouns or other descriptors other than typical gender terms (male/female, masculine/feminine, neutral/nonbinary, etc). in the way that a nonbinary person may feel male-aligned or feminine-aligned, a nonbinary person could feel that the way they experience gender is more aligned with, say, an animal or a planet. they’re more easily able to explain the way their gender feels through an object, creature, archetype, etc. than through typical gender descriptors.
2. someone may find it euphoric or easy to evoke something visual, aural, etc. as an explanation for their gender rather than trying to explain their more complex gendered feelings or fit into typical gender categories.
3. neurodivergency can affect how one perceives gender in a variety of ways. maybe a synesthete has some sort of sensory experience related to their gender, or an autistic person can’t fit into typical gender categories because those categories make no sense to them, etc.
4. those who are otherkin, therian, otherhearted, or otherwise alterhuman may relate far more to their alterhuman identities in terms of gender - for example, a cat therian may identify more with a catlike gender, or an alienkin person may feel that their gender would be better understood on another planet.
5. xenogender labels are also used by many genderfuck/genderpunk/etc people who want to eschew typical notions of gender.
6. gender is a human concept, and many of us just interpret gender in very different ways!