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{{Gender|title1=Bigender|image1=Bigender.png|type=[[Multigender]]|coined_by=Unknown<ref name=":0">[https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/downloads/8g84mm373 first known mention of bigender]</ref><ref name="Bigender on LGBTQIA+ Wiki">[https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Bigender?oldid=14863 Bigender on LGBTQIA+ Wiki 🏳️‍🌈]</ref> |coining_date=Circa the 1980s<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Bigender on LGBTQIA+ Wiki"/>|caption1=Bigender flag by Tumblr user camp-mlm<ref name="cmlm"/>}}
'''Bigender''' is a [[gender identity]] in which people experience exactly two gender identities, either [[Cogender (Gender Identity)|simultaneously]] or [[genderfluid|varying between the two]]<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ruth Dudley|last=Edwards|url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ruth-dudley-edwards/asexual-bigender-transexual-or-cis-cant-we-all-just-be-kind-to-each-other-30513083.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218121523/https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ruth-dudley-edwards/asexual-bigender-transexual-or-cis-cant-we-all-just-be-kind-to-each-other-30513083.html|title=Asexual, bigender, transexual or cis, can't we all just be kind to each other?|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=August 17, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.newsweek.com/what-third-gender-x-oregon-and-california-are-breaking-mf-binary-626551|title=Oregon becomes first state to allow option "X" to end gender binary|first=Sofia Lotto|last=Persio|date=June 16, 2017|magazine=[[Newsweek]]|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218161158/https://www.newsweek.com/what-third-gender-x-oregon-and-california-are-breaking-mf-binary-626551|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/nonbinary-definition-pronouns/|title=Everything you ever wanted to know about being nonbinary|date=September 28, 2017|website=The Daily Dot|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928222022/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/nonbinary-definition-pronouns/|url-status=live}}</ref>. While it originally referred to individuals who identified as both [[male]] and [[female]], the term bigender now encompasses the pairing of any two gender identities.

Bigender falls under the [[multigender]], [[non-binary]] and [[transgender]] umbrellas, but whether an individual identifies with these additional labels comes down to personal choice. If a bigender person feels that their identity changes over time or depending on circumstance, they may also identify as [[genderfluid]]. A bigender person whose gender identity is that of both male and female they may use more specific labels like [[duobinary]] or [[androgyne]].  

Bigender people can have any [[gender expression]]. Bigender people may experience [[dysphoria]] in which they want their body to reflect traits from two distinct [[sexes]], or experience dysphoria at some times but not others. However, not all bigender people experience dysphoria. Some bigender people may choose to [[transition]] so that their body more closely matches their gender identity, but not everybody decides this is the right option. 

Bigender people can be any [[sexuality]], which might change with the gender they're experiencing, and they are not to be confused with [[w:c:sexuality:bisexuality|bisexual]].

The original bigender flag is seen as controversial due to the creator being revealed as a transphobe, pedophile, and abuser.<ref>https://detailcentral.tumblr.com/post/136214499011/callout-for-jewishkuvirasunny</ref>This has lead to people designing and proposing various alternative flags.

==Etymology==
Early examples of the term 'bigender' appear as early as the late 1980s,<ref name="HROAI">{{cite journal |title=
Brochure for the Human Outreach and Achievement Institute|publisher=The Human Outreach and Achievement Institute|partialdate=c. 1987|url=https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/downloads/8g84mm373}}</ref> though at this time it was grouped under the "[[androgyne]]" label as "bigenderist". Definitions were rooted in the expression of "either gender role" or as "having two genders".<ref name="Bowen">{{Cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/19961105010926/http://www.ftm-intl.org/Wrtngs/ftm-words.gary.html|title= FTM Writings - A Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women|author=Bowen, Gary|publisher=FTM International|date=1996-11-05|nolive=1}}</ref>

Bigender comes from the prefix bi-, meaning two, and gender. It literally means two genders.

==Notable Bigender people==

*[[Wikipedia:R. B. Lemberg|R. B. Lemberg]] is a Ukrainian author and poet. They are notable for publishing various books like “The Four Profound Weaves: A Birdverse Book“, “Marginalia to Stone Bird”, and the “Uncanny Magazine” series.<ref>http://rblemberg.net/?page_id=16 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230331004532/http://rblemberg.net/?page_id=16])</ref>

==Image Gallery==
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File:Bigender pride.png|The now-controversial original bigender flag (made by Jewishkuvira)<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/bigender/comments/r6umgn/can_someone_tell_me_wheres_the_right_bigender_flag/ a Reddit post explaining the controversy surrounding the creator]</ref>
File:1586070228940 d96spxz-ed5f996e-8f95-4125-886c-074856ecd14c.png|A commonly used alternate design, creator unknown {{Citation needed}}
File:Bigender.png|A popular redesign made by camp-mlm{{icon|tumblr}} in 2019<ref name="cmlm">[https://camp-mlm.tumblr.com/post/186860266277/alternative-bigender-flag-design-okay-friends-so camp-mlm's post on tumblr]</ref>
File:Bigender aug 31 2019.jpg|Alternate flag created by Tumblr user lestis in 2019<ref>{{cite journal |last1=lestis |title=bigender flag redesign! |journal=Tumblr |date=31 August 2019 |url=https://www.tumblr.com/lestis/187407751319/bigender-flag-redesign-i-wanted-to-give-my-own |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
File:Mercy's Custom Bigender Flag.png|Alternate flag created by [[User:MercyBot77|MercyBot77]] in 2022<ref>[[:file:Mercy's Custom Bigender Flag.png|MercyBot77's upload of the flag to the this wiki]]</ref>
File:Mercy's Alternate Custom Bigender Flag.png|Another alternate flag made by MercyBot77<ref>[[:file:Mercy's Alternate Custom Bigender Flag.png|MercyBot77's upload of the flag to the this wiki]]</ref>
File:Bigender engagekiss.jpg|Alternate flag uploaded to Tumblr by user engagekiss on August 26th, 2023.<ref>[https://archive.is/C2OtL/ Archived post by engagekiss]</ref>
File:Alternative Bigender .jpg|alternative bigender flag made by user stormyaxolotl on tumblr on July 10th 2023
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==External Links==
#[[wikipedia:simple:Bigender|Bigender Wikipedia article]]
#[http://www.bigender.net/ Bigender.net]

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==References==
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==See also==
* [[Alephic]]
* [[Bingender]]
* [[Neutrois Woman]]
* [[Neutrois Man]]
[[Category:Nonbinary]]
[[Category:Gender Identities]]
[[Category:Multigender]]
[[Category:Bigender]]
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