Dictionary

gendervague en · ADJ

Etymology

From gender + vague.

Meanings

1. (neologism, not-comparable) Having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).
   • […] Julia Feliz—a gendervague, pansexual, Afro-Boricua (Puerto Rican)—created the flag design used in this image. 2019, "Acknowledgements", in Katie Steele & Julie Nicholson, Radically Listening to Transgender Children: Creating Epistemic Justice Through Critical Reflection and Resistant Imaginations, unnumbered page
   • Lei Wiley-Mydske is an autistic and otherwise disabled mom, […] activist, artist, and gendervague writer from the Pacific Northwest. 2021, “Contributors”, in Emily Paige Ballou, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Sharon daVanport, editors, Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity, page 204:
   • Someone who is gendervague cannot separate their gender identity from their neurodivergence—being autistic doesn't cause my gender identity, but it is inextricably related to how I understand and experience gender. 2016, Lydia X. Z. Brown, quoted in Finn V. Gratton, Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults: A Guide for Professionals and Families (2019), page 15

Hypernyms

neuroqueer

Hyponyms

autigender

Relateds

gender-vague

Synonyms

neurogender