Mousegender

 is a xenogender that has multiple meanings due to the term being recoined independently multiple times. Mousegender people can use one, some, or all of the meanings.

Definitions

 * Mousegender: a small, soft gender that likes to sneak around and hide in very warm and cozy places - Meowdy, 2018
 * Mousegender: [for] people who feel a strong connection to mice - rosydaydreams, 2020
 * Mousegender is a microlabel of Faunagender in which someone feels a deep connection to mice, either strongly identifying as mice or incorporating mice into their gender because they want to better understand their identity. Mousegender can fall under the mousekin label, but not exclusively so anyone can use this label! So one can call themself mousegirl or mouseboy or mousenby! - grooviegirlie, 2021
 * Mousegender: A gender that feels small like a mouse, or is connected to mice in some way! - u/IWriteALot2, 2021
 * A faunagender that feels small, soft or fluffy and can feel that it may hide or sneak around, or in a way be hidden or hiding. It may feel like it is hiding in a cozy or soft place or also may be a gender that has a connection to mice or incorporates mice to better understand their gender. - bungender, 2021

History
On December 23rd, 2018, Tumblr user Meowdy coined the first known iteration of mousegender. No flag was provided.

Almost two years later on October 16th, 2020, Twitter user rosydaydreams posted two versions of a mousegender flag, and recoined the term. The flags has seven stripes. The flags have a pale blue and grey gradient with a white stripe in the center, and one version included a simple emblem of a grey mouse. The meaning was described as follows :


 * Darkest grey: Connection to mice
 * Second darkest grey: Mouse/mouse pronouns
 * Lightest grey: Any pronouns
 * White: Nonbinary identities
 * Lightest blue: Any alignment
 * Second darkest blue: Neurodiversity
 * Darkest blue: Comfort in mice

On November 6th, 2020, Twitter user crabbyconner posted two versions of a mousegender flag design. No meaning for the design was given, but it bears strong resemblance to the most popular nonbinary flag; though it has a paler color palette, it shares the yellow, white, and purple stripes, and also has additional light brown and dark brown stripes.

On December 4th, 2020, Tumblr user neopronouns posted eir design for a mousegender flag after an anonymous request. The flag has seven stripes-- three shades of brown, light tan, two shades of grey, and black. The colors for the stripes were selected based on fur colors commonly found in mice.

On March 18th, 2021, Reddit user Few-Gazelle8266 posted a mousegender flag to the subreddit r/QueerVexillology, unaware of the previous existing ones. This flag has five stripes; dark brown, light brown, white, grey, and black. Like neopronouns' flag, the stripes were based on common fur colors of mice.

On March 23rd, 2021, Fandom Wikia user Lilsillymouse commented on the LGBTA Wiki's mousegender entry, and included three versions of a mousegender flag. The simplest version is a symmetrical, five stripe flag that are orange-yellow, grey, and dark grey. In the second version of the flag, the orange-yellow stripes have brown spots on them, presumably to make them resemble cheese. The third version has the cheese stripes as well as a large, simple emblem resembling a mouse's head.

Sometime on or before April 4th, 2021, Tumblr user groovygirlie recoined mousegender in a post that has since been deleted, and included its flag. The flag was based on a scrap design from Pride-Flags on DeviantArt. The flag has four stripes; grey, light green, lime, and dark green. A meaning for the design was not included.

On April 5th, 2021, Reddit user IWriteALot2 recoined mousegender and posted a flag for it to the subreddit r/QueerVexillology. The flag had seven stripes; brown, grey, white, pink, white, tan, and purple. The meaning was described as follows :


 * Brown, white and tan [and presumably grey]: Colors found on mice
 * Pink: The color of the noses of mice
 * Purple: Feeling small

On August 24th, 2021, Tumblr user bungender posted two versions of a mousegender flag design. They credited Meowdy for coining the term, but the definition they gave for mousegender was slightly different and more elaborate than the one Meowdy originally wrote. The flags have five stripes-- brown, light brown, white, light grey, and grey-- and one of the versions has a simple white mouse graphic with a dark brown outline. The meaning was described as follows :


 * Brown: Other members of the rodent family
 * Light brown: Softness and gentleness
 * White: Unique connection to gender
 * Light grey: A sense of stealth and the feeling of hiding away
 * Grey: Generic color of mice fur; mice as a whole

Flags
In order of creation.