Agender
Agender can be translated as "without gender". It describes a gender identity in which people do not feel that they belong to any gender, define themselves as genderless or cannot relate to the concept of gender (Sauer 2018).
People who identify as agender feel neither male nor female and locate their gender identity outside the binary gender system. It is important to note that the experiences and expressions of agender people, for example through appearance and behavior, can be diverse within this identity (Nguyen 2022). At the same time, they can use gender-neutral (neo-)pronouns as well as gender-specific pronouns like "he" or "she". Although the former is often preferred. In addition, agender people can also use other terms such as "genderless" "neutrois" or "gender-neutral" to describe their identity (Sauer 2018, Nguyen 2022).
Sources (in German)
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Sauer, Arn (2018): LGBTIQ lexicon. Completely revised licensed edition of the glossary of the Trans*Inter*Sectionality Network. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn. Last accessed: 21.03.2024
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Nguyen, Nina (2022). What does it mean to be agender? FRAULILA. Last accessed: 21.03.2024
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