X-gender

The x-gender flag

X-gender (Japanese: Xジェンダー, romanized: x-jendā) is a third-gender that is not M (male or masculine) or F (female or feminine).^[1][2][3] The term is used instead of non-binary and genderqueer in Japan.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

References

1. Dale, S. P. F. (2012). An introduction to X-Jendā: Examining a new gender identity in Japan. Intersections: Gender and sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, 31.
2. "Pushing for 'X-gender' recognition | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
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4. "Xジェンダーのための会員制サークル label X（ラベル・エックス）". label X（ラベル・エックス）. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
5. Alexy, Allison; Cook, Emma E.; Alexy, Allison; Cook, Emma E.; Dale, S. P. F.; Dales, Laura (2018). Intimate Japan: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-7704-0.
6. «ノンバイナリー（Xジェンダー）とは Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine». www.outjapan.co.jp (in Japanese).
7. "The ABCs of LGBT+ in Japan". GaijinPot Blog. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
8. "X-gender". Nonbinary Wiki. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
9. "Selected Links on Non-Binary Gender in Japan: Xジェンダー". GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY IDENTITIES. Retrieved 2021-07-08.