[Image ID: A redesign of the Modifizique pride flag by Gent (Gender-Jargon). The flag consists of six horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are navy blue, light desaturated purple, light grey-blue, white, desaturated yellow, scarlet red and blood red. ./. End ID]
Modifizique: a gender identity related to the ideal sense of self one seeks to cultivate through body modification.
[PT: Modifizique: a gender identity related to the ideal sense of self one seeks to cultivate through body modification. ./. End PT]
Etymology
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From Spanish, "modifique", meaning "I modify", changed to "modifizique" to make it distinct. The suffix "-ique" is also used here to allude to gender autonomy.
I coined this back on my old blog, Gender-Resource, sometime before it was terminated, but I can't find it archived literally anywhere. I believe I made it sometime in mid to late 2020.
If anyone has a link to the post archived somewhere, please let me know! I'll edit it into the post.
Elaboration
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Modifizique is an atrinary, diastine gender identity. It is also autoine, autonomine, genonine and rahuine. It may or may not be a sucuingender and/or cuingender. Some may experience the gender as xenine or as a nohingender. Modifizique involves body modification as a quality, making it BOMIN (Bomodine-in-nature).
Modifizique is a label that can describe many, many different experiences, all unified through achieving some sort of self-actualization through body modification. The desire for body modification can be related to preference, aesthetic, cultural and/or subcultural practices, spirituality, alterhumanity, neurodivergence or virtually any other reason, given that it is experientially accessible to the individual in question.
Simply put, Modifizique:
is an atrinary, diastine gender which is individual, self-governed and non-conformant.
is related to the ideal sense of self one seeks to be and the development of their "full potential" as an individual.
involves a(n) (ideal) self image that is achieved through body modification.
[PT: is an atrinary, diastine gender which is individual, self-governed and non-conformant. is related to the ideal sense of self one seeks to be and the development of their full potential as an individual. involves a(n) (ideal) self image that is achieved through body modification. ./. End PT]
Here, body modification refers to the various practices involving the deliberate alteration of one's anatomy and/or physical appearance. Some examples include, but are not limited to, tattoos, scarification, piercing, branding, ear cropping, implants, plastic surgery, corseting, stretching, tongue splitting, hair removal and hair dyeing, to name some. Body modifications such as these are experienced as gendered self-expressions.
Though this gender identity was coined with tangible acts of alteration in mind, this term is inclusive of those who desire to modify their body, but are unable to do so for whatever reason.
Pride Flag
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The original pride flag for Modifizique was created at the same time as the term in 2020 by myself on Gender-Resource. Quite frankly, my original flag is really, really unappealing, so I redesigned the flag for this repost. This redesign was created in June 2024.
The redesigned flag consists of six horizontal stripes of the same size. From top to bottom, the stripes are navy blue, light desaturated purple, light grey-blue, white, desaturated yellow, scarlet red and blood red. The colors have the following meanings:
The navy blue stripe represents ink and dye.
The light desaturated purple stripe represents gender non-conformity.
The light grey-blue stripe represents metal.
The white stripe represents the blank slate of creation.
The desaturated yellow stripe represents self-expression.
The scarlet red stripe represents flesh.
The blood red stripe represents blood.
[PT: The light desaturated purple stripe represents gender non-conformity. The light grey-blue stripe represents metal. The white stripe represents the blank slate of creation. The desaturated yellow stripe represents self-expression. The scarlet red stripe represents flesh. The blood red stripe represents blood. ./. End PT]