Varioformic

Varioformic is a trangender-adjacent identity for those who desire to partially physically transition via Hormone Replacement Therapy, physical training and/or surgeries. Varioformic may be used by anybody regardless of Gender Identity or Sex; though most varioformic folk are Transgender, Cisgender people who intend to pursue transitional treatments may also use the term while still identifying with the Gender they were assigned.

Varioformic is not a gender, and is instead an adjective added onto a Gender Identity. Some examples may include “varioformic transgender woman,” “varioformic cisgender man,” or “varioformic agender person.”

Varioformic is an incredibly broad label that can cover nearly any sort of partial physical transition. It is important to note that the partial state of the transition must be the desired end goal, rather than an in-between step to a full transition. The only exception to this would be Cisgender varioformic folk who make a full bodily transition to the opposite sex without intent to socially transition.

Examples
Note that this is not an exhaustive list; varioformic encompasses countless possible variations. Furthermore, aligning with one of these examples does not necessitate having to identify with the term.
 * A transgender man who wishes to have top surgery and no bottom surgery.
 * A nonbinary transmasc person who wishes to have a breast reduction and ambiguous genitalia via surgery
 * A cisgender woman who wishes to have a penis via phalloplasty, and would feel more comfortable with this change to her anatomy.
 * A transgender woman who wishes to keep her penis, but have it surgically reduced in size, and does not want breasts.
 * A cisgender man who feels dysphoric over lacking breasts, and goes on HRT to obtain them
 * A nonbinary person feels dysphoric from having an Adam's apple, and wishes to have it surgically reduced
 * An agender person experiences gender dysphoria from having genitalia at all, and wishes to have them fully removed via surgery.
 * A transgender man wishes to go on testosterone but wants to keep all of his natal anatomy, pursuing no surgeries.

Flag
Explanation taken from the term creator's carrd.

The arrow goes from the darker less saturated color to a brighter more saturated color to symbolize the transition to a happier state of being, whilst not fully changing the body, hence it is still a shade of red.

Each color does not have its own specific meaning. The whole flag consists of shades of red to symbolize the physical flesh, the body, as the identity pertains to a desire to change your physical form. The white stripe in the center symbolizes the neutrality and broadness of the label, as it can be used by anyone, of any identity or assigned gender, cisgender or transgender, perisex or intersex.

History
The term Varioformic was created in private by VYIDAE in collaboration with multiple other varioformic people, and was publicized on December 29, 2022. The tweet contains a link to a carrd containing an in-depth explanation of the term.

Varioformic was created to replace usage of the term Altersex, due to its bad history with harmful fetishization, confusing language and bad definition, among other reasons.

Etymology
Varioformic comes from the phrase varied form or variated form, combining the root word for variation, vario, with the word form, meaning “having the shape or form of; looking like.”