Meaning of neutrois | Babel Free

Definitions

Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.

not-comparable, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“"To question⟳ my behavior is to deny⟳ your own⟳." –Holly A. Burnham […] Gender Punk. Gender Anarchy. Gender Terrorism. Neutrois Revolution! [email signature]”

“It [the word transgender(ed)] can also refer⟳ to those who present⟳ as androgynous or do not define⟳ themselves by gender at all. In some cases, these people self-identify as genderqueer, genderless, or neutrois.”

“A social-media site famously proposes seventy-one gender options—neutrois, two spirit, bigender … any colour you like⟳, Mr Ford. Biology is not destiny after all, and there's cause for celebration.”

“Being neutrois is living completely outside the gender binary. For me, neutrois is a gender identity exactly in the middle of the spectrum, but without any female- or maleness within it. […] Because of my neutrois identity, I am honored by they/them/their pronouns, and prefer⟳ to be referred to with gender-neutral words such as "person" and "sibling".”

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