Kenochoric

Kenochoric is an umbrella term centered around liminality, loneliness, nostalgia, distortion, darkness, nonhumanity, fogginess, disconnect, and similar/related concepts. It may be metaphorical, literal, or aesthetic in meaning depending on the user. Kenochoric may be used as a gender itself, in addition to describing any gender with characteristics that fall under its definition, similar to how queer is an umbrella term and a single identity at the same time.

Kenochoric was originally derived from the word kenopsia, a word meaning "the forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people, but is now abandoned," though since this point it has been expanded to include many more experiences and tones. It is not inherently under any other gender umbrella, and is considered completely separate to terms such as xenogender and aesthetigender, but it may have genders and experiences that intersect with them.

Kenochoric has its own alignment, kenic, and its own gender quality, kenous or kenoine (abbreviated to KEIN, kenochoric-in-nature). However, kenochoric itself can also be any gender alignment, and have any form of presentation.

History
The first gender to be put under kenochoric was neagender, which was created in June of 2020, long before the creation of kenochoric itself. Kenochoric was first coined sometime in July under the name kenocoric. However, when it was uploaded in early November to the LGBTA Wiki, it was quickly deleted for having a -coric suffix without an actual tie to a "core" aesthetic. Because of this, kenocoric was changed to kenochoric, and reposted on November 18th, 2020.

Kenochoric was first made to be a small umbrella of terms made by the creator, meant for genders with a connection to darkness, liminal spaces, emptiness, and genderlessness, however more and more concepts began to be added onto it, and eventually became an umbrella term. This eventually built up to the Kenochoric Carrd being created on November 23rd, 2020.

Kenochoric quickly grew above 50 terms, and had an expansive Carrd detailing all kenochoric genders so far. Because of its growing usage and reach, the Tumblr blog @missing-mogai-labels coined the term KEIN, or kenochoric-in-nature, to better categorize all of these identities. In the same timeframe, Tumblr user @noenfluid coined the term voidrian, which is a kenochoric alignment within galactian alignments.

A blog dedicated to storing all kenochoric genders, called @kenochoric-archive, was created on March 19th, 2021. Since this point, the creator has consistently stressed frustration with people redefining kenochoric to be a xenogender, namely on the LGBTA Wiki. Along with this, he has stressed that kenochoric has "wiggle room" and is inclusive of many experiences that may not explicitly be listed in the definition.

On August 13th, 2021, the Tumblr blog @mourningmogaicrew created the now-official kenochoric symbol. The creator of the term later made an HD rendition and has since used it on kenochoric genders, such as kenochoric gendergoth. Around the same timeframe, the LGBTA Wiki created a kenochoric category, due to it being its own umbrella term that could be useful for organization.

In an unknown time period, a small wiki called the Kenochoric Wiki was created.

Flag
The kenochoric flag was made by Tumblr user kenochoric on November 18, 2020, alongside the term itself.

The stripes have the following meanings:


 * Black: Void, absence, emptiness, and darkness
 * Dark purple: Disconnect with gender, obscurity and a difficulty to properly define itself
 * Purple: Vast concepts and places, such as oceans and deep space.
 * Light purple: Liminal spaces, transitional spaces, the "boundary" between what was and what is.

Kenochoric also has a Carrd made by the creator, with flags for each identity under it.

Other
The kenochoric symbol was created by Tumblr user mourningmogaicrew on August 13th, 2021. It was inspired by the gendervoid symbol "because both identities can involve voids, genderless, and creepy stuff" and because the labels have similar flags.

Etymology
The term kenochoric stems from the word kenopsia. Kenopsia is an eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people, but is now abandoned. It can also be loosely tied back to the word choric, which refers to a chorus, something that may be a part of a kenochoric persons' aesthetics.