Newly Coined Neutral Qualities
A while back, I wrote this essay where I talked about the ways that neutrality can "behave" - ways that it can influence or act on the rest of our gender(s). I thought it'd be cool to coin some neutral gender qualities!
↓ Concordine: A gender quality for neutrality that balances out one's gender(s). This term comes from concordans, a Latin word for "harmonious." The flag shows greens and yellow, representing neutrality. They meet in the middle and are balanced, having the same colors on either side of the center stripe.
↓ Medialine: A gender quality for neutrality that feels like it sits in between or even in proximity to other genders. This term comes from medialis, a Latin word for "middle." The wide green stripe represents neutrality that sits in the middle of other genders, represented by the gray stripes.
↓ Velatine: A gender quality for neutrality that softens one's gender(s). It can turn full genderedness into demi-genderedness, for example. This term comes from velatus, a Latin word for "veiled." The colors fade from green (neutrality) to white and gray (the "softened" or "subdued" part of one's gender.)
↓ Stathrine: A gender quality for neutrality that stabilizes one's gender(s). For example, it can stabilize gender fluctuations or slow gender fluidity. This term comes from statherós, a Greek word for "stable." The dark bluish green stripes represent the stabilizing part of this quality, keeping the other stripes in place (which are gray, yellow, and green to represent neutrality.)
I might do some more sometime in the near future! I'll see how I'm feeling.
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