[Image IDs: The redesigned Fluktuaz pride flags by Gent (Gender-Jargon). The flag consists of seven horizontal stripes of the same size, with the center stripe being a symmetrical, horizontal tricolor. From top to bottom, the stripes are yellow, burnt orange, olive green, white, dark grey, black, desaturated blue, indigo and fuchsia. ./. End IDs]
Fluktuaz: describing one who has a static sense of gender identity, but a fluid and/or fluctuating relationship with eir gender expression, gender alignment and/or sense of attachment to the gender(s) in which ey identify.
[PT: Fluktuaz: describing one who has a static sense of gender identity, but a fluid and/or fluctuating relationship with eir gender expression, gender alignment and/or sense of attachment to the gender(s) in which ey identify. ./. End PT]
Etymology
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From Esperanto, "Fluktuas", meaning "to fluctuate"; the "s" was changed to a "z". Originally coined by myself (Gent, GJ) in 2020 on my previous blog, Gender-Resource.
The original post is no longer on Tumblr, but it has been archived by the VariArchive WordPress blog (link)
[PT: The original post is no longer on Tumblr, but it has been archived by the VariArchive WordPress blog (link) ./. End PT]
This (re)post has been reworked to improve it's wording, it's structure and make it more accessible.
[PT: This (re)post has been reworked to improve it's wording, it's structure and make it more accessible. ./. End PT]
Elaboration
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Fluktuaz is a broad label that describes those who have a dynamic relationship with gender expression/alignment/sense of attachment to the label(s) in which ey identify, but always remain the same gender or genders.
Fluktuaz describes:
A static gender (or lack thereof) and/or a gender with a highly reliable, predictable paradigm.
A presentation, expression, alignment and/or sense of attachment that is that changes over time.
...the aforementioned fluidity may flow through one, a few, some, many or all personally-available experiences of gender, explicitly including abinary qualities/alignments/attachments
An unfixed experience in which one expresses/is aligned with/feels connected to gender(s) ey do not identify as.
An experience that is very diverse, often varying greatly between individuals.
[PT: A static gender (or lack thereof) and/or a gender with a highly reliable, predictable paradigm. A presentation, expression, alignment and/or sense of attachment that is that changes over time. ...the aforementioned fluidity may flow through one, a few, some, many or all personally-available experiences of gender, explicitly including abinary qualities/alignments/attachments/An unfixed experience in which one expresses/is aligned with/feels connected to gender(s) ey do not identify as. An experience that is very diverse, often varying greatly between individuals./. End PT]
Fluktuaz is different than Iactogender in that Fluktuaz specifies the ability to flow through all expressions/alignments/attachments available to the identifier, while Iactogender is limited to conceptions of masculinity, femininity and androgyny.
Pride Flag
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The original flag was created by myself (Gent, GJ) at the same time as the term in back 2020 on Gender-Resource. Being entirely inexperienced in vexillography, this flag was poorly-rendered and the colors were not appropriately adjusted, making it very unappealing.
Now, revisting it with slightly more experience, I redesigned the Fluktuaz pride flag. The flag's stripes have the following meanings:
The yellow stripe represents abinary genders & xenogenders.
The burnt orange stripe represents autonomous genders.
The olive green stripe represents neuter, null and neutral genders.
The white portion of the tricolor represents all genders that are accessible within one's experience.
The grey portion of the tricolor represents fluidity, fluctuation and change.
The black portion of the tricolor represents genderlessness.
The desaturated blue stripe represents masculine genders.
The indigo stripe represents midbinary genders.
The fuchsia stripe represents feminine genders.
[PT: The yellow stripe represents abinary genders & xenogenders. The burnt orange stripe represents autonomous genders. The olive green stripe represents neuter, null and neutral genders. The white portion of the tricolor represents all genders that are accessible within one's experience. The grey portion of the tricolor represents fluidity, fluctuation and change. The black portion of the tricolor represents genderlessness. The desaturated blue stripe represents masculine genders. The indigo stripe represents midbinary genders. The fuchsia stripe represents feminine genders. ./. End PT]
If anyone identifies with this label and want to redesign the flag, please do! If anyone does, please tag me. :-)