Stimgender

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Stimgender is an exclusive neurogender described as a gender that could only be understood or acknowledged while stimming, or is otherwise related to stimming. It may or may not be a fluid or fluctuating gender. This is also an umbrella term for any stim related genders. It can also be considered an aesthetigender, as it can be related to certain visual, audio, or other forms of stimming, and autigender, but this isn’t always the case. It may also have a connection to another gender, such as stimboy or stimgirl. The term is exclusive only to those who are neurodivergent and stim.

Etymology

The suffix “stim-” is from a shortened version of “stimulation,” used by neurodivergent people to describe specific actions that stimulate them.

Pronunciation

File:Stimgender.mp3

  • (IPA): stɪm-dʒɛn-dər
  • (phonetic): stim-jen-der

Definitions

  • a gender that could only be understood or acknowledged while stimming. for autistic and other neurodivergent stimmers only. - Unknown[1]
  • a gender that could only be understood or acknowledged while stimming, or is otherwise related to stimming. This is also an umbrella term for any stim related genders (stimgenders). For autistic and other neurodivergent stimmers only. - mygenderisamess, 2021[2]

Tumblr user plushself also claims to have coined stimgender in April 2021, however plushself does not provide a definition.[3]

Community

Perceptions and Discrimination

Stimgender individuals can be subjected to enbyphobia, xenicphobia, as well as ableism.

Related Terms

Subsets

plushself created these subsets of stimgender in April 2021[4][5], but they have a different suffix and are not to be confused with -stimmic.

  • audiostimic (audio)
  • olfastimic (smell)
  • orastimic (mouth/taste)
  • propriostimic (pressure/weight)
  • tactistimic (tactile)
  • verbastimic (verbal)
  • vestimic (motion)
  • visustimic (visual)

tumblr user pupyzu created these subsets of stimgender in March and April 2021:[6]

See Also

Gallery

Flags

feraltucute’s flags

mygenderisamess’s flags

plushself’s flags

pupyzu’s flags

pupyzu’s flags seem to be based on the flags by mygenderisamess.

Combinations

pupyzu created boy, girl, and enby variations of their subset flags.

Sources