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{{Gender|title1=|image1=[[Greygender.png]]|caption1=|system=|type=[[AGIN]]|exclusivity=None|coined_by=invernom|coining_date=March 20th, 2014, 8:01 AM}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a term for someone who is ambivalent about their gender identity/expression, but who identifies at least partially with a gender (defined or not) outside of the binary. They may experience a weak sense of gender, or have difficulty defining their gender, or just not be overly involved in gender as a concept.
==Alternate Names==
* Graygender
* Gray Agender
==Etymology==
==Pronunciation==
==Definitions==
*''Graygender / Greygender: a person who identifies as (at least partially) outside the gender binary and has a strong natural ambivalence about their gender identity or gender expression. They feel they have a gender(s), as well as a natural inclination or desire to express it, but it’s weak and/or somewhat indeterminate/indefinable, or they don’t feel it most of the time, or they’re just not that invested in it. They’re not entirely without a gender or gender expression, but they’re not entirely “with” it either, so to speak.'' ''So using the word “graygender” can express: the state of being kinda close to agender but not quite (just greysexuality is kinda close to asexuality but not quite), having a nonbinary gender that falls in a hazy grey area and can be hard to define or pinpoint, being gender neutral-ish more because of ambivalence and lack of participation in gender rather than active participation in nonbinary gender expression, and/or feeling gender and an inclination to participate in gendered thinking/expression less than most seem to.'' ''So basically I’m making this term and using it because it feels right for me, as opposed to most pre-existing nonbinary terms, especially because it expresses my passive/weak/vague/rare experience of gender. If it feels like it hits home for you, feel free to use the word for yourself!'' - invernom, 2014<ref name=":0">https://genderheaven.tumblr.com/post/643754869498544128/identifying-as-graygendergreygender</ref>
*''Describes a person who is ambivalent about their gender identity/expression, but who identifies at least partially with a gender (defined or not) outside of the binary. They may experience a weak sense of gender, or have difficulty defining their gender, or just not be overly involved in gender as a concept. 2014.'' - Ezgender Google Docs, 2021<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lzt4exGRJksMD4FEnjcc6ng_FWKhofeOFiQ3ImVnV0g/edit</ref>
==History==
Greygender was coined in 2014 by Tumblr user invernom, who stated that their gender experience was comparable to how they experienced graysexuality and grayromanticism. "That is, I feel like I experience gender, but I naturally have a lot less investment in it and motivation to participate in it compared to most people."<ref name=":0" />
==Community==
===General Impact===
===Controversy===
===Perceptions and Discrimination===
==Related Terms==
===Subsets===
===See Also===
*[[Demigender]]
*[[Cassgender]]
==Gallery==
===Flags===
<gallery>
File:Graygender (3).png|[image description: a flag with five stripes. from top to bottom they are: light grey, white, dark blue, white, dark grey. the white stripes are much narrower than the others]
File:Graygender.png
File:Graygender (2).png
File:Graygender (1).png
</gallery>The first flag was posted by pride-color-schemes in 2016, and was described as follows:<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148276819270/graygender-gray-agender</ref> ''"Grey: The spectrum of experience this identity covers, since people identifying as graygender might feel gender to a lesser or greater degree than one another. Blue: represents graygender as an identity and experience, which I’ve always thought of in terms of deep ocean water - it’s calm but it still has a subtle fluidity and variation, and because it’s darker deep below the surface it’s harder to determine what’s going on in it, but it’s still beautiful and full of interesting and mysterious things. White: represents the purity and validity of graygender people and our experiences . Even if we feel gender less often or strongly than most, or don’t present it as much, etc., doesn’t make our gender lesser or invalid."''
====Combinations====
===Coining===
===Other===
==Usage==
==Sources==
<references />
{{Gender|title1=|image1=[[Greygender.png]]|caption1=|system=|type=[[AGIN]]|exclusivity=None|coined_by=invernom|coining_date=March 20th, 2014, 8:01 AM}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a term for someone who is ambivalent about their gender identity/expression, but who identifies at least partially with a gender (defined or not) outside of the binary. They may experience a weak sense of gender, or have difficulty defining their gender, or just not be overly involved in gender as a concept.
==Alternate Names==
* Graygender
* Gray Agender
==Etymology==
==Pronunciation==
==Definitions==
*''Graygender / Greygender: a person who identifies as (at least partially) outside the gender binary and has a strong natural ambivalence about their gender identity or gender expression. They feel they have a gender(s), as well as a natural inclination or desire to express it, but it’s weak and/or somewhat indeterminate/indefinable, or they don’t feel it most of the time, or they’re just not that invested in it. They’re not entirely without a gender or gender expression, but they’re not entirely “with” it either, so to speak.'' ''So using the word “graygender” can express: the state of being kinda close to agender but not quite (just greysexuality is kinda close to asexuality but not quite), having a nonbinary gender that falls in a hazy grey area and can be hard to define or pinpoint, being gender neutral-ish more because of ambivalence and lack of participation in gender rather than active participation in nonbinary gender expression, and/or feeling gender and an inclination to participate in gendered thinking/expression less than most seem to.'' ''So basically I’m making this term and using it because it feels right for me, as opposed to most pre-existing nonbinary terms, especially because it expresses my passive/weak/vague/rare experience of gender. If it feels like it hits home for you, feel free to use the word for yourself!'' - invernom, 2014<ref name=":0">https://genderheaven.tumblr.com/post/643754869498544128/identifying-as-graygendergreygender</ref>
*''Describes a person who is ambivalent about their gender identity/expression, but who identifies at least partially with a gender (defined or not) outside of the binary. They may experience a weak sense of gender, or have difficulty defining their gender, or just not be overly involved in gender as a concept. 2014.'' - Ezgender Google Docs, 2021<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lzt4exGRJksMD4FEnjcc6ng_FWKhofeOFiQ3ImVnV0g/edit</ref>
==History==
Greygender was coined in 2014 by Tumblr user invernom, who stated that their gender experience was comparable to how they experienced graysexuality and grayromanticism. "That is, I feel like I experience gender, but I naturally have a lot less investment in it and motivation to participate in it compared to most people."<ref name=":0" />
==Community==
===General Impact===
===Controversy===
===Perceptions and Discrimination===
==Related Terms==
===Subsets===
===See Also===
*[[Demigender]]
*[[Cassgender]]
==Gallery==
===Flags===
<gallery>
File:Graygender (3).png|[image description: a flag with five stripes. from top to bottom they are: light grey, white, dark blue, white, dark grey. the white stripes are much narrower than the others]
File:Graygender.png
File:Graygender (2).png
File:Graygender (1).png
</gallery>The first flag was posted by pride-color-schemes in 2016, and was described as follows:<ref>https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148276819270/graygender-gray-agender</ref> ''"Grey: The spectrum of experience this identity covers, since people identifying as graygender might feel gender to a lesser or greater degree than one another. Blue: represents graygender as an identity and experience, which I’ve always thought of in terms of deep ocean water - it’s calm but it still has a subtle fluidity and variation, and because it’s darker deep below the surface it’s harder to determine what’s going on in it, but it’s still beautiful and full of interesting and mysterious things. White: represents the purity and validity of graygender people and our experiences . Even if we feel gender less often or strongly than most, or don’t present it as much, etc., doesn’t make our gender lesser or invalid."''
====Combinations====
===Coining===
===Other===
==Usage==
==Sources==
<references />