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neutrois

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Etymology

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Ostensibly coined by H. A. Burnham in 1995[1] as a self-description, see also the quotation from 1996. Compare neuter.

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neutrois (not comparable)

  1. (rare, of a person) Having a null or neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced signs of physical sex.
    • 1996 December 3, <[email protected]>, “You Can Never Go Home”, in soc.support.transgendered‎[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2021-10-10:
      "To question my behavior is to deny your own." -Holly A. Burnham […] Neutrois Revolution!
    • [2005, Matt Kailey, Just Add Hormones: an insider's guide to the transsexual experience:
      In some cases, these people self-identify as genderqueer, genderless, or neutrois.]
    • [2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 145:
      A social-media site famously proposes seventy-one gender options — neutrois, two spirit, bigender . . . any colour you like, Mr Ford.]

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  1. ^ “Frequently Asked Questions”, in Neutrois Outpost‎[1], 2021 October 10 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2001-03-07: “Neutrois means non-gendered class. It was originally coined by H.A. Burnham, in 1995. Ze formed it to give a name to hirself, and other people with feelings of gender absence and resulting misalignment.”

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