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| − | + | '''Demiboy''' (also called a '''demiguy''', a '''demiman''', or a '''demidude''' person) is a [[gender identity|''gender identity'']] describing someone who partially identifies as a [[man|''man'']] or ''boy''. In addition to feeling partially like a ''boy'' or ''man'', ''demiboys'' also feel partly outside the binary. That can include anything under the [[Non-binary|''non-binary umbrella'']] like [[agender|''agender'']], [[genderqueer|''genderqueer'']], or [[Xenogender|''xenogenders'']] for example. |
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| + | The superset of ''demiboy'' is ''[[demimasc]]''. It is an alternative made for those who do not like using the ''gendered'' term ''boy'' or feel their ''gender'' is partly ''[[Masculinity|masculine]]'' in nature instead. |
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| − | ''Demiboys'' may also identify as [[demigender|''demigender'']], [[non-binary|''non-binary'']] and/or [[transgender|''transgender'']]. The original coiner of the phrases [[demigirl|''demigirl'']] and ''demiboy'' is unknown. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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+ | The first known recorded instance of someone referring to themself as a ''demiboy'' was August 12<sup>th</sup>, 2010 by a user named ''Bad Patient'' on ''AVEN,'' |
'''<big>“</big>'''...I said to myself that I can any word relate to me if I just stick a "''demi-''" in front of it. And then I realized that it might actually help me find a word for my gender identity. I've felt for some time that I may have too much of the masculine element in me to call myself agender and feel good about it — so maybe it would be a nice idea to call myself a ''demiguy''. ''Demidude''. ''Demibloke''...'''<big>”</big>''' <ref>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634</ref> |
'''<big>“</big>'''...I said to myself that I can any word relate to me if I just stick a "''demi-''" in front of it. And then I realized that it might actually help me find a word for my gender identity. I've felt for some time that I may have too much of the masculine element in me to call myself agender and feel good about it — so maybe it would be a nice idea to call myself a ''demiguy''. ''Demidude''. ''Demibloke''...'''<big>”</big>''' <ref>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634</ref> |
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However ''Bad Patient'' goes on to say they weren't being serious. |
However ''Bad Patient'' goes on to say they weren't being serious. |
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| − | In December of that same year, a user named ''bristrek87'' asked on ''AVEN'' about the term ''demigirl''. They were looking for information on the term. The only information they had was from the ''Yada Wiki.''<ref>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/?tab=comments#comment-1733093</ref> |
+ | In December of that same year, a user named ''bristrek87'' asked on ''AVEN'' about the term ''[[demigirl]]''. They were looking for information on the term. The only information they had was from the ''Yada Wiki.''<ref>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/?tab=comments#comment-1733093</ref> |
In response, the user ''Am I Human'' claimed that the people who worked on the wikis for ''[[Demigender|demigenders]]'' had been coined there. But no exact dates can be found, and the definition is slightly different to the most common definition used today. The given definition is "...either someone ''AMAB'' who feels the barest association with ''manhood'' or an ''non-binary AFAB'' person who is ''[[transmasculine]]'', and feels a vague association with ''masculinity''". |
In response, the user ''Am I Human'' claimed that the people who worked on the wikis for ''[[Demigender|demigenders]]'' had been coined there. But no exact dates can be found, and the definition is slightly different to the most common definition used today. The given definition is "...either someone ''AMAB'' who feels the barest association with ''manhood'' or an ''non-binary AFAB'' person who is ''[[transmasculine]]'', and feels a vague association with ''masculinity''". |
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| − | "''Demigirl''" and "''Demiguy''" were added to the ''AVEN'' Gender Definitions Masterlist on December 12, 2010.<ref>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/159465-gender-definitions-masterlist-forum-ettiquette-and-faq/</ref> |
+ | "''Demigirl''" and "''Demiguy''" were added to the ''AVEN'' Gender Definitions Masterlist on December 12<sup>th</sup>, 2010.<ref>https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/159465-gender-definitions-masterlist-forum-ettiquette-and-faq/</ref> |
| − | By October 14, 2011, "''demigirl''" and "''demiguy''" had been added to the ''Genderqueer Identities & Terminology'' page of the popular blog ''[https://genderqueerid.com/gq-terms Genderqueerid]''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111014042115/http://genderqueerid.com:80/gq-terms</ref> |
+ | By October 14<sup>th</sup>, 2011, "''demigirl''" and "''demiguy''" had been added to the ''Genderqueer Identities & Terminology'' page of the popular blog ''[https://genderqueerid.com/gq-terms Genderqueerid]''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111014042115/http://genderqueerid.com:80/gq-terms</ref> |
| − | The blog owner, ''[https://marilynroxie.com/ABOUT Marilyn Roxie]'', had collected data for a survey of genderqueer people that year, (September 15 - October 15) and added ''demiboy'' and ''demigirl'' as options. Nine people selected "''demiboy''", and seven people selected "''demigirl''".<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/gqhealth</ref> |
+ | The blog owner, ''[https://marilynroxie.com/ABOUT Marilyn Roxie]'', had collected data for a survey of ''genderqueer'' people that year, (September 15<sup>th</sup> - October 15<sup>th</sup>) and added ''demiboy'' and ''demigirl'' as options. Nine people selected "''demiboy''", and seven people selected "''demigirl''".<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/gqhealth</ref> |
| − | This lead to an increase in awareness and by early 2014 the prefix ''demi-'' was commonly known in relation to genders. At an some point between October 2011 and 2014 the common definition of ''demiboy'' shifted from the previously stated definition to "someone who is partially a ''boy''". |
+ | This lead to an increase in awareness and by early 2014 the prefix ''demi-'' was commonly known in relation to genders. At an some point between October 2011 and 2014 the common definition of ''demiboy'' shifted from the previously stated definition to "someone who is partially a ''boy''". |
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| + | On August 24<sup>th</sup> 2015, an unknown ''Tumblr'' user made an alternative flag.<ref name=":1" /> Also in August, ''[https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/77151700229/transrants-also-by-request-alts-of-my-demigirl transrants]'' made their own alternative flag.<ref name=":2" /> Sometime that same year, ''[https://kyriefortune.tumblr.com/ Rockabilly Punk]'' made an alternative flag too.<ref name=":3" /> |
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| + | July 9<sup>th</sup> 2016, an unknown ''DeviantArtist'' made an alternative flag for ''demiboy''.<ref name=":4" /> |
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| + | On January 21<sup>st</sup> 2021, ''[https://www.deviantart.com/transfeminine Transfeminine]'' on ''DeviantArt'' made an alternative flag for ''demiboy''.<ref name=":5" /> |
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== Flags + Details == |
== Flags + Details == |
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| + | The ''demiboy'' flag holds meaning within its colors. The white represents ''non-binary'' part of the ''gender'', light blue represents the partly ''boy'' aspect, and both grays represent the spectrum within the other part of being a ''demiboy''.[[File:Demiboyflag.png|thumb|''Demiboy'' flag by ''transrants''<ref name=":0" /> |alt=|center|198x198px]] |
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| − | <br />[[File:Demiboyflag.png|thumb|''Demiboy'' flag by ''transrants''<ref name=":0" /> |alt=|center|198x198px]]<br />[[File:Demiboy flag alt.png|thumb|Alt ''demiboy'' flag by unknown, reposted by ''Pride-Flags''<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-2-555850691</ref>|alt=|center|203x203px]]<br />[[File:2alt demiboy flag.png|center|thumb|204x204px|Alt ''demiboy'' flag by ''Rockabilly Punk''<ref>https://kyriefortune.tumblr.com/post/82794530411/hello-tumblr-i-tried-to-make-flags-for-demiboys</ref> ]]<br />[[File:3rd Alternative demiboy flag.png|center|thumb|205x205px|Alt ''demiboy'' flag by ''Transrants''<ref>https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/77151700229/transrants-also-by-request-alts-of-my-demigirl</ref>]]<br />[[File:Alternative demiboy flag .png|center|thumb|208x208px|Alt ''demiboy'' flag by unknown<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-7-620630870</ref>]] |
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| + | [[File:(5) Alternative Demiboy Flag.jpg|center|thumb|199x199px|1<sup>st</sup> alternative ''demiboy'' flag by ''willow''<ref>https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/109245101014/blue-masculine-white-all-encompassing-since</ref>]] |
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| + | [[File:Demiboy flag alt.png|thumb|2<sup>nd</sup> alternative ''demiboy'' flag by unknown<ref name=":1">https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-2-555850691</ref>|alt=|center|203x203px]] |
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| + | [[File:2alt demiboy flag.png|center|thumb|204x204px|3<sup>rd</sup> alternative ''demiboy'' flag by ''Rockabilly Punk''<ref name=":3">https://kyriefortune.tumblr.com/post/82794530411/hello-tumblr-i-tried-to-make-flags-for-demiboys</ref> ]] |
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| + | [[File:3rd Alternative demiboy flag.png|center|thumb|205x205px|4<sup>th</sup> alternative ''demiboy'' flag by ''Transrants''<ref name=":2">https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/77151700229/transrants-also-by-request-alts-of-my-demigirl</ref>]] |
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| + | [[File:Alternative demiboy flag .png|center|thumb|208x208px|5<sup>th</sup> alternative ''demiboy'' flag by unknown<ref name=":4">https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-7-620630870</ref>]] |
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| + | [[File:(6) Alternative Demiboy Flag.jpg|center|thumb|210x210px|6<sup>th</sup> alternative ''demiboy'' flag by ''Transfeminine''.<ref name=":5">https://www.deviantart.com/transfeminine/art/Demiman-Flag-Redesign-867034924</ref>]] |
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Revision as of 01:53, 26 April 2022
Demiboy flag by transrants[1]
Demiboy (also called a demiguy, a demiman, or a demidude person) is a gender identity describing someone who partially identifies as a man or boy. In addition to feeling partially like a boy or man, demiboys also feel partly outside the binary. That can include anything under the non-binary umbrella like agender, genderqueer, or xenogenders for example.
The superset of demiboy is demimasc. It is an alternative made for those who do not like using the gendered term boy or feel their gender is partly masculine in nature instead.
History
The first known recorded instance of someone referring to themself as a demiboy was August 12th, 2010 by a user named Bad Patient on AVEN,
“...I said to myself that I can any word relate to me if I just stick a "demi-" in front of it. And then I realized that it might actually help me find a word for my gender identity. I've felt for some time that I may have too much of the masculine element in me to call myself agender and feel good about it — so maybe it would be a nice idea to call myself a demiguy. Demidude. Demibloke...” [2]
However Bad Patient goes on to say they weren't being serious.
In December of that same year, a user named bristrek87 asked on AVEN about the term demigirl. They were looking for information on the term. The only information they had was from the Yada Wiki.[3]
In response, the user Am I Human claimed that the people who worked on the wikis for demigenders had been coined there. But no exact dates can be found, and the definition is slightly different to the most common definition used today. The given definition is "...either someone AMAB who feels the barest association with manhood or an non-binary AFAB person who is transmasculine, and feels a vague association with masculinity".
"Demigirl" and "Demiguy" were added to the AVEN Gender Definitions Masterlist on December 12th, 2010.[4]
By October 14th, 2011, "demigirl" and "demiguy" had been added to the Genderqueer Identities & Terminology page of the popular blog Genderqueerid.[5]
The blog owner, Marilyn Roxie, had collected data for a survey of genderqueer people that year, (September 15th - October 15th) and added demiboy and demigirl as options. Nine people selected "demiboy", and seven people selected "demigirl".[6]
This lead to an increase in awareness and by early 2014 the prefix demi- was commonly known in relation to genders. At an some point between October 2011 and 2014 the common definition of demiboy shifted from the previously stated definition to "someone who is partially a boy".
On August 24th 2015, an unknown Tumblr user made an alternative flag.[7] Also in August, transrants made their own alternative flag.[8] Sometime that same year, Rockabilly Punk made an alternative flag too.[9]
July 9th 2016, an unknown DeviantArtist made an alternative flag for demiboy.[10]
On January 21st 2021, Transfeminine on DeviantArt made an alternative flag for demiboy.[11]
Flags + Details
The demiboy flag holds meaning within its colors. The white represents non-binary part of the gender, light blue represents the partly boy aspect, and both grays represent the spectrum within the other part of being a demiboy.
Demiboy flag by transrants[1]
_Alternative_Demiboy_Flag.jpg){kind=link}
1st alternative demiboy flag by willow[12]
2nd alternative demiboy flag by unknown[7]
3rd alternative demiboy flag by Rockabilly Punk[9]
4th alternative demiboy flag by Transrants[8]
5th alternative demiboy flag by unknown[10]
_Alternative_Demiboy_Flag.jpg){kind=link}
6th alternative demiboy flag by Transfeminine.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://transrants.tumblr.com/post/77071883543
- ↑ https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634
- ↑ https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/?tab=comments#comment-1733093
- ↑ https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/159465-gender-definitions-masterlist-forum-ettiquette-and-faq/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111014042115/http://genderqueerid.com:80/gq-terms
- ↑ https://genderqueerid.com/gqhealth
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-2-555850691
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/77151700229/transrants-also-by-request-alts-of-my-demigirl
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://kyriefortune.tumblr.com/post/82794530411/hello-tumblr-i-tried-to-make-flags-for-demiboys
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-7-620630870
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.deviantart.com/transfeminine/art/Demiman-Flag-Redesign-867034924
- ↑ https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/109245101014/blue-masculine-white-all-encompassing-since