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What is the difference Between Agender and Neutris?

#1 User is offline   typicalpower 

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Posted 22 October 2009 - 10:36 PM

So this has been bugging me.

I've heard that Neutris is 0% of either gender.
But doesn't that make you Agender?

Or that they are the same, but under different names?
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 12:50 AM

The definitions change between groups, but I think around there, it's accepted that agender (or genderless) is no gender identity, whereas neutrois is a gender identity of "none". Neutrois feel that not female/not male is their gender... genderless people don't really have a concept of gender.

Being agender, I don't understand it either, but I suck at psychology.

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 05:52 AM

Agender is a vague term. It can be synonymous with either genderless (no gender identity) or neutrois (the gender identity of neither male nor female), even though those two aren't synonymous wiht each other.

I've heard some peopel say agender is "neutrois without the desire to transition". *shrugs* I just try to avoid the term because I don't know which is more acceptable.
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