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neurogender en · ADJ

Etymology

From neuro- + gender.

Meanings

  1. (neologism) Having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).
    • Neurogender and autigender people are often met with anger and prejudice, even by some T/GE people who view such new forms of gender identification as threatening to trans respectability. 2022, Sarah Cavar, Alexandre Baril, “Disability”, in Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities, page 85:
    • If you know someone else who is neurogender, or another gender you've never heard of, or simply autistic plus trans of any kind, believe them when they tell you who they are. 2020, endever corbin, “I'm trans and autistic, and yes (for me), they're related”, in Maxfield Sparrow, editor, Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words, page 86:

Forms

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most neurogender Degree=Sup lexicographic
more neurogender Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Hyponyms

autigender

Relateds

xenogender

Synonyms

gendervague

neurogender en · NOUN

Etymology

From neuro- + gender.

Meanings

  1. The gender of one's brain.
    • Murphy was concerned with the “cross gendered,” those whose “neurogender [gender/sex of the brain] is not the same as the morphological/physical/genital gender. 1997, Nancy Ordover, Science Fictions: National Hygiene, Queer Anatomy, and Eugenic Sterilization, page 167:
  2. A gender type that is linked to neurological factors.
    • Includes “genderqueer/gender non-conforming”, “genderfluid”, “agender”, “nonbinary”, and other (eg, “neurogender”, “bigender”, “androgyne”, “two-spirit”, “questioning”) 2019, Erin A. Vogel, Additive Behaviors, number 95, page 100:
    • [page 82:] Neurogenders are genders specific to neurodivergent people whose experience of gender relates to their neurotype […] [page 84:] […] So, back to me and neurogenders. [page 86:] If you know someone else who is neurogender, or another gender you've never heard of, or simply autistic plus trans of any kind, believe them when they tell you who they are. 2020, Maxfield Sparrow, Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN:

Forms

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