Teirsian

Teirsian, teiresian, or tiresian is a religiogender for Hellenic Polytheists who are multigender, CAMAB intersex, AMAB and transgender, and/or genderfluid. The gender is also oriented towards, but not exclusive to, worship of Apollon, Hermes, and/or Hera. It is named after the figure in Greek Mythology, Tiresias, who was transformed into a woman for seven years.

What is Hellenic Polytheism, and Who's Tiresias?
Hellenic Polytheism is the ancient religion of the Greeks. Hellenic Polytheists believe in and worship the Greek Gods. Tiresias is a former priest of Apollon and Hera, famously turned into a woman by Hera. The reasoning varies, between a bet between Hera and Zeus or a punishment by Hera for beating a mating pair of sticks on a mountain sacred to Hermes.

History
The term was originally coined by FANDOM user Localcorvid (AKA koraki-pharmakis) on July 10, 2021 through the LGBTA Wiki. Fae recoined it on faer Tumblr, koraki-pharmakis, on October 25, 2021, as a response to discovering the wiki listed the term's official flag as a design by a non-Hellenist.

Originally, the term was defined as "a gender for Hellenic Polytheists who are bigender, AMAB transgender, and/or genderfluid. The gender is also oriented towards, but not exclusive to, worship of Apollon, Hermes, or Hera." However, it was modified to the above definition in the recoining.

Flag
A flag was proposed by FANDOM user Hiddn.haydn on September 8, 2021, though this was unsourced on the LGBTA wiki and the meaning cannot be found. However, the original coiner, koraki-pharmakis, rejected this flag due to it being created by a non polytheist, which fae viewed as disrespecting the terms religious significance.

Fae responded by ordering the removal of the term from the LGBTA wiki, recoining it on faer Tumblr, and creating faer own flag, which officially represents the term, containing a symbol fae referred to as the "divine transgender" symbol.

The flag meaning, according to faer post, is as follows:


 * Lavender: Gender nonconformity, fluidity, blurring of lines
 * Muted magenta: Love, femininity, beauty, divine gifts
 * Light gold: The ouranic divine, Zeus and Hera, Apollon
 * Thin fuschia [sic] stripe: Erotic love, the divine marriage of Zeus and Hera, the wounding of Tiresias
 * Gold: The gift of Apollon, the touch of the divine