hi mogai community. i love neoumbrellas but have noticed a problem with some of them:
why are they non-xenic?
some disclaimers:
i know this was a big thing when kenochoric was coined, many people didnt understand how it wasnt a xenogender
personal comfort with a label is *always* worth more than fitting within strict definitions
the word "xenogender" (and xenic by extension) has multiple definitions and we likely arent all operating on the same one
i see this most often with neoumbrellas but its kind of underlying everywhere. why do we seem to be moving away from calling things xenogenders/xenic? is the definition too broad? too narrow? too known outside of mogai spaces?
if you coin non-xenic umbrella terms, please take a moment to think about why and how they are considered non-xenic. you dont even need to say they *are* xenic, just make it clear that xenics are welcome to identify with it in a xenic way.














