New Symbols For Use!
So I know pretty much everybody knows these.
Male, female, nonbinary, and androgyne. (I do know the last one’s also used for bigender and intersex, but I see it more often as androgyne.)
And then this set, which might not be as recognizable.
Intersex, gender neutral, other gender and aliagender or thirdgender. (Explanation is further down.)
But I noticed that while xenogender, neurogender and genderfluid did have symbols, they didn’t seem to be consistent, or simple enough to be drawn by memory.
So, I made some!
Introducing, Xenogender (left), -Fluid/Flux (center), and Neuro- (right)
Explanations for ALL of these below!
PS. Whoops I forgot the Agender symbol, don’t worry it’s here.
Male symbol is from the Roman god Mars, god of war, men and power. Also based on the astrological sign for Mars. The arrow is associated with the masculine energy of Mars. (Not the planet.)
The female symbol is from the Roman goddess Venus, of beauty and femininity. The astrological sign for Venus, the cross – gonna be real I have no idea.
The nonbinary symbol has an X to represent not being of either male or female genders.
The androgyne symbol is the combination of the male and female symbol, representing the union and fluidity between/including male and female.
The intersex symbol is from the astrological sign for Mercury, who is also a Roman god of messengers, traders and trickery.
The gender neutral symbol is simply a line, to denote that it’s not male or female, but simply a neutral gender, that may or may not be nonbinary in nature. (Usually falls under nonbinary, but some genders like epicene lay between male and female, while also being both, and neutral.)
The other gender symbol is for genders that are culturally unrecognized in Western cultures. It represents a disconnection from male and female binary entirely.
The aliagender symbol is associated with aliagender, which is to have no association with male, female, or nonbinary, while still being a gender. (Think of aporagender, maverique, atrinary, that sort of thing.)
The agender symbol is a cross through the circle, denoting a lack of gender entirely. This isn’t the same as some people who define themselves as completely lacking gender, or lacking the concept of gender entirely, but some include themselves into the agender spectrum even so.
The symbol I chose is reminiscent of a stylized iris, the flower that is symbolized on xenogender flags. It also happens to be associated with the goddess Iris, who is the goddess of rainbows and the messenger of the gods. Her asteroid’s symbol is also used on xenogender flags.
The curved line on the -fluid/flux represents fluidity, whether it be jarring, slow, fast or barely noticeable. The arrow represents how the gender keeps changing, on and on as time passes, continuing forward in time.
The symbol for neuro- is the symbol also on the disability flag that capriuni coined here. It’s also the symbol for Pallas, the Roman god of war, victory and power, whose asteroid is associated with intellectual power, critical thinking, cognitive skills and how one’s mind is mapped out, in astrology.
I’d LOVE for people to start using these! You don’t really have to credit me, just don’t claim it as your own if someone asks where the symbol came from. If you’d like a high-res version of these (since they’re all just 360x500px or something small), lemme know!
(PSS. I know there’s more gender symbols than this, this is just the ones that are associated with spectra.)
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