Gender Shrine

Maegender

"Maegender, formerly known as Maedic, is a gender in the Dionysian Gender System named after the Maenads, the female members of the Cult of Dionysos also known as the Bacchae. Refers to a feminine, female, neutral, or female-associated gender of experience. Specifically, women, all genders of lesbians and sapphics, AFAB non-women who feel their relation to femininity impacts their gender/experience, feminine non-binary people, and anyone of any gender with a tie to femininity. This gender is also associated with power, freedom, chaos, and appreciation of women (romantically, aesthetically, sexually, conceptually, etc.)."

This one is important to me because I take part in trance drum and dance and I am a Hellenic Polytheist. Dionysos is such a rad god and I wish I could have been a maenad in ancient Greece. I feel like I continue this today by participating in my oral tradition, learning frame drum, and working towards being a lead trance musician. I think my predilection towards erotic dance such as pole and gogo.

Phrygigender

"Phrygigender is a modegender and musicgender that feels tense and creepy, or relates to the Phrygian mode. One may feel that their gender can only be described using the Phrygian mode. Alternatively, one's gender might change and/or fluctuate while listening to music that uses the Phrygian scale, or while playing an instrument in the Phrygian scale."

The phrygian scale, the third mode of the major scale and a minor scale with a flat second scale degree, is my favorite mode. I Love how dark and exotic it sounds. When I'm playing bass, I often end up composing with this mode even if I don't mean to.

Cowgender

"Cowgender is a cow-related gender or kingender that encompasses expressing oneself femininely and/or sapphic specifically and connected to cows in some way. It is a faunagender and may also be a kingender. It may be seen as the feminine counterpart to bullgender."

I guess this is something I don't talk about a lot, especially offline. But I don't really feel human. I've sorta been experimenting with therian and kin stuff and I feel like I'm in some way significantly cow. Its not something I've spent a lot of time on and I feel squirmy just thinking about it.

Tieflingender

"Tieflingender is a xenogender for those who feel a strong connection or association to the tiefling race from the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. This gender may feel rooted in infernal, hellish, or demonic feelings and be accompanied by feelings of rejection and suspicion from others, but loyalty to friends and allies once a relationship is formed. This gender could also be rooted in aspirations to embody a virtue or concept, or to overcome prejudice."

I feel a deep emotional connection to tieflings. I think if I could click a button to be nonhuman (I'd do it in a heartbeat), tiefling would be one of my top choices for what to turn into. I guess I know what it feels to be hated by a lot of people for who you are and what it means to survive anyways.

Dancegender

"Dancegender is an artgender in which one's gender is described through or related to any/all types of dancing. Dancegender may be described through ballet, modern dance, ballroom dancing, and/or other types of dance. It can be felt or related to one dancing, watching dance, choreographing dance, or any form of dance."

Dance has changed my life. I've never felt more in tune with myself and my body as I have when pole dancing. Performing is a rush. There is this moment where you see in someone's eyes that you've captivated them and it becomes a duet where you're feeding off each other's energy. It makes me feel like a nymph, something ephemeral and exotic, beyond their understanding.

Horrorgender

"Horrorgender is a xenogender with a strong connection to horror elements, media, styles or genres. It is for anyone who feels a connection with horror and its related elements. One can feel a general love of horror, or have specific interests, such as: slasher, psychological, supernatural, cosmic, body, gothic, teen horror, horror-comedy, zombie horror, etc."

My journey in horror started with Goosebumps around the age of three or four. I was so small that I fit in a Goosebumps pillowcase and my dad would carry me in it to my grandparent's house. My mom was a Stephen King fan and my Grandfather introduced me to Edgar Allen Poe at age eight. Horror was something I was steeped in and that has shaped me as a writer and creative in general. Even when I'm tryinng not to, horror elements seep in to my writing.

Terraforming Venus

"Terraforming Venus, or Terraforming Venus Transsexual, refers to a transfeminine individual who is in the process of, has already, or desires to, medically transition. Specifically, they experience it comparably to terraforming a planet that is unable to support life into one that can."

I love this idea and I feel transhumanist with it. I've heavily modified my body with tattoos and piercing, but also surgery. I've had facial feminization surgery and feminine top surgery. I'm working towards bottom surgery. I love plastic surgery and legit just feel like it's fun molding my flesh to become what I want.

Vanillagender

"Vanillagender is a gastrogender related to vanilla in some way. It may be related to the flavor, the plant, the extract, etc. This could mean a gender that is sugary, warm, and lightly floral; a gender that seems sweet but hides a bitterness within; a gentle, yet distinct and potent, gender; or any other definition that the user sees fit."

Vanilla is my favorite smell and one of my favorite flavors. Its so soft and gentle. One of my favorite compounds in the lab is vanillin, which is one of the main components of vanilla flavor and smell. In some ways, it represents the kind of person I wish I could be, warm, femme, and comforting.

Princessgender

"Princessgender is a xenogender revolving around one's gender being similar to princesses or the generalized aesthetic of princesses, especially Disney princesses. This may be considered feminine in nature or fiaspec, but it does not have to be."

I feel really bashful bringing this up but I love princesses, including the disney princesses. Princesses feed the little girl in my soul that starved in her childhood. It's this vulnerable, hyperfeminine archetype that I wish I could be.

Piggender

"Piggender is a xenogender in which one feels an extremely strong connection to pigs."

I love pigs so much. They're super smart and I just want to squish them. I did a lot of pig research for Aralise and learned how important pigs were historically and how terribly they're treated in modern factory farms. They're an animal that is underappreciated and treated as dirty and disgusting despite being so critical to the infrastructure of our society.

Stegosaurugender

"Stegosaurugender is a microlabel of Dinogender in which someone feels an extremely strong connection to the dinosaur Stegosaurus, either strongly identifying as such or incorporating them into their gender to better understand their identity. It was made with stegosaurus kin in mind, but anyone can identify as Stegosaurugender."

I love stegosauruses. Also, I'm a geologist who studies ancient life. I remember being a little kid and having a book on dinosaurs and flipping through it and stopping on the stegosaurus. I thought it was the coolest dinosaur and still do. Also, like, imagine having one for a pet. Who tells you what to do when you have a stegosaurus on a leash? No one.