Neurogender

Quick meaning: Neurogender is a noun meaning The gender of one's brain.

Meaning

The gender of one's brain.

More Meanings

1. A gender type that is linked to neurological factors.
2. (neologism) Having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).

Example Sentences

Murphy was concerned with the “cross gendered,” those whose “neurogender [gender/sex of the brain] is not the same as the morphological/physical/genital gender.

Includes “genderqueer/gender non-conforming”, “genderfluid”, “agender”, “nonbinary”, and other (eg, “neurogender”, “bigender”, “androgyne”, “two-spirit”, “questioning”)

If you know someone else who is neurogender, or another gender you've never heard of, or simply autistic plus trans of any kind, believe them when they tell you who they are.

Neurogender and autigender people are often met with anger and prejudice, even by some T/GE people who view such new forms of gender identification as threatening to trans respectability.

Word Forms

• neurogenders

Synonyms for neurogender

Depending on context, synonyms include gendervague.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neuroqueer, neuroqueerness, neurosexism, neuroengineering, neurosexist, neurodiversity.

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