Neutrois

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Neutrois is an abinary gender that is neutral, null, and/or genderless.

Etymology

The term is derived from the Latin root neuter and French "trois," meaning three.^[2]

Definitions

There is no one definition on Neutrois, since each person that self-identifies as such experiences their gender differently. The most commonly used definitions are: Neutral-gender, Null-gender, Neither male nor female ... - Neutrois.com, 2012^[2]
Neutrois is an identity that is neither male or female, but can be either neutral or genderless depending on its usage. - your-bigender-big-brother, 2022^[3]

History

Neutrois was originally coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995, supposedly via a Usenet group, although the exact post has not been recovered.^[1]

In 2014, neutrois was one of 50 gender options added on the social networking site Facebook.^[4]

In 2018, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents, with the law mentioning neutrois. Quote, "Changing sex designation on a birth certificate..."X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, agender, amalgagender, androgynous, bigender, demigender, female-to-male, genderfluid, genderqueer, male-to-female, neutrois, nonbinary, pangender, third sex, transgender, transsexual, Two Spirit, and unspecified."^[5]

Community

Statistics

0.4% of people labeled themselves as neutrois in Nonbinary.org's 2022 Gender Census.^[6]

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Flags

The original neutrois flag, creator unknown.

The original flags meanings are white for neutral, unidentified, or questioning gender, dark chartreuse green as the inverse of lavender, representing disconnect from the binary, and black for being agender or genderless.^[7]

Sources

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230325183655/https://www.neutrois.com/neutrois-faq/

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230325184755/https://www.neutrois.com/

[:2-3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230325185223/https://your-bigender-big-brother.tumblr.com/post/682898371395174401/todays-gender-of-the-day-is-neutrois-neutrois

[:3-4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230325195334/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/heres-a-list-of-58-gender-options-for-facebook-users

[:4-5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230325195929/https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075

[:5-6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230325190012/https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2022-worldwide/

[:6-7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230325203627/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Neutrois-543925769

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