#viralgender

[xenohcs]

Cioccolata from real life is a genderfluid xenogender trendergender viralgender schizic praegender objectfeminine moldgender dragongender deathcute catgender autigender horrorcosmium GNC trans gay who uses It / Its, Voi / Void, ⛓️/⛓️s, Ix / Ix, Gore / Gores, Nya / Nyan, Mold / Molds, and He / She and has all Its pronouns and names always capitalized.

[yumeceo]

my { current } pronoun + gender hoard !!!!

just decided to do this for fun !! i’m adding to my pronouns and genders all the time so this will be outdated at some point xD

pronouns:

ey/em/eir/eir/emself it/it/its/its/itself fae/faer/faer/faers/faerself ze/hir/hir/hirs/hirself they/them/their/theirs/themself 🔪/🔪/🔪s/🔪s/🔪self de/dea/death/deaths/deathself dae/daem/daes/daes/daemself ze/xir/xir/xirs/xirself xe/xem/xir/xirs/xemself 💉/💉/💉/💉s/💉self ny/nym/nym/nyms/nymself hy/hym/hys/hys/hymself 🖍️/🖍️/🖍️'s/🖍️'s/🖍️self 👁️/👁️/👁️'s/👁️'s/👁️self cor/corps/corpses/corpses/corpself gore/gore/gores/gores/goreself hazard/hazard/hazards/hazards/hazardself dange/danger/dangers/dangers/dangerself zhey/zhem/zheir/zheirs/zhemself zi/zim/zims/zims/zimself vom/vom/voms/voms/vomself sun/suns/suns/suns/sunself gli/glitch/glitches/glitches/glitchself dei/deim/deim/deims/deimself neu/neur/neur/neurs/neurself 🩸/🩸s/🩸s/🩸s/🩸self ⚡/⚡s/⚡s/⚡s/⚡self web/web/webs/webs/webself _/_s/_s/_s/_self 💿/💿s/💿s/💿s/💿self gir/gir/girs/girs/girself cat/cats/cats/cats/catself  ri/rip/ripz/ripz/ripzelf 💀/💀/💀/💀's/💀selfphi/phim/phir/phirs/phimself fawn/fawn/fawn/fawns/fawnself plur/plur/plurs/plurs/plurself kandi/kandi/kandis/kandis/kandiself 💞/💞/💞s/💞s/💞self vae/vaer/vaer/vaers/vaerself genders:

gendercryptic  ixerenbat lunagenix viralgender biohazard- diagender demoncoric genderpizza dark gender romantic molebug meruonic shadend baph lætusgender stargender daedric chaosgender 404gender zombicoric stratogender

[gendermansqueerterly]

A pagespread for a zine I’m working on. It’s going to be about identity, or something, we’ll see. I’m posting it here for now, because it’ll be a while before anything gets finished. In the meantime I want @trenderpunks to see it so hen knows hens work is getting out there. Full text under the cut!

It’s funny- I’m fairly active in a MOGAI discord, and I really like the MOGAI philosophy of gender freedom, but I don’t really have individual MOGAI labels that I identify with. I look at them and think, “That’s cool, but it’s not quite me.”

But recently I found viralgender, and... while it’s not exactly me, it does some things I really like. It’s not an exact match for my own aesthetic and attitude, but it’s gotten me thinking about who I am and what I stand for.

This is my breakdown of what parts of viralgender fit me, and what doesn’t quite. None of this is intended as a definitive value judgement- it’s just what stood out to me and what I think of it. So without further ado, here are my thoughts on viralgender, starting with one of the things that sets it apart.

Infecting and Destroying

Viralgender “has to do with infecting/destroying the gender binary/gender roles”- in other words, it’s defined by actions, rather than feelings, like so many MOGAI genders are. Feeling-based genders are cool, but I see so many of them and so few action-based genders.

Like I said, I don’t have any specific labels for my gender right now, but I think what I’m looking for would be action-based. Even in the past when I’ve had lots of feeling-based genders, I needed them to be feelings that could guide my behavior. I’ve always sensed that my gender is meant to guide me through life, even though I’m still trying to figure out how that’s supposed to work.

So it’s validating to see an action-based gender, even if it’s not the exact type of action that I identify with most. It’s good to know that I’m not alone in wanting a gender that provides a direction, a purpose, a call to action. It’s cool to see that someone else has ideas about those kinds of genders- it gives me hope that someday I will too.

Reclaiming Disease

Viralgender also “Reclaims the idea of transness as an illness/disease,” reframing illnesses as dangerous, powerful, and capable of taking down cisnormativity. By reversing common assumptions about good and bad, it questions who should be feared, and who protected.

I love these kinds of reclamations, also seen within trendercore and voidpunk. To be honest, this isn’t actually because I’ve been treated that badly due to my transness. Thankfully I’ve lived a fairly sheltered life, so it’s not as personal for me as it is for others.

But I really admire people who find empowerment and pride in things meant to hurt them. I don’t know for sure, but I imagine that it takes courage, self-acceptance, determination, and cleverness to completely reverse an idea like that, and it seems like an effective way to strip an emotional attack of its power.

And I just love playing with ideas and metaphors! I’m a language geek, and reclaiming words is one of the few situations where wordplay is a powerful force for good. “Transness Is Illness” is a metaphor, and once a metaphor gets into circulation it’s hard to get rid of. A metaphor is a story that our culture tells, and the best way to fight a story is with a better story. Reclamation, when done right, is a compelling plot twist.

Granted, not everyone is in the emotional place to reclaim a metaphor, some people don’t want to, and some situations make it harder than others. But when there’s the potential and desire to make that change, I think it’s a total power move.

What Doesn’t Quite Fit Me

Viralgender does a lot of great things, but it’s not quite who I am. Framing transness as disease, and the gender binary as something to be infected or destroyed, is a fairly adversarial way to frame the situation. Both sides are actively trying to kill each other off (I assume that the infected gender binary would be trying to fight off the transness infecting it.)

That might suit some people, especially people who’ve suffered a lot at the hand of cisnormativity, but I don’t think of things that way. I do want gender to be a lot less rigid and oppressive, but I tend to think about dissolving an object, rather than infecting a living being. The meaning isn’t that different, but the specific emotional tone is still important to me. (So maybe I need a gender that’s both action- and feeling-based.)

Viralgender might not be exactly suited to me, but I still really like it and I hope it finds its people!