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Demiboy

the demiboy flag

Demiboy, also known as demibloke, demidude, demiguy, demimale, or demiman, is a gender in which one is partially, but not fully, a boy or man. One may or may not identify as another gender in addition to being partially a boy. The other part of one's gender can be any gender or combination of genders, including a lack of gender (agender). Demigender people may also identify as non-binary. Additionally, a demiboy individual who is not AMAB may consider themself to be transmasculine.

The female equivalent to demiboy is demigirl, the non-binary equivalent is deminonbinary, and the neutrois equivalent is demineutrois.

History[]

On August 12, 2010, user Bad Patient of AVEN made a post saying, "...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..."[1] This was possibly the first recorded instance of someone using demi- to describe their gender. Though, Bad Patient goes on to say it isn't completely serious.

In December of that year, a different user in that forum, seeking more information, wrote that the only place they could find a description of the term "demigirl" was on the yada wiki.[2][3] In response, another user claimed that the term was 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 being "...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 12, 2010.[4] This lead to an increase in awareness of these identities and by early 2014 the prefix demi- was commonly known in relation to genders. At an unknown point between October 2011 and 2014 the common definition of demiboy shifted from the previously stated definition to "someone who is partially a man".

Flag and Symbols[]

The demiboy flag was created by Tumblr user Transrants on or before July 4, 2015.[5] There is no confirmed color meanings, but it is commonly assumed that the greys represent a partial connection and the grey areas, the blue represents manhood or masculinity, and the white represents agender or non-binary identity.

The demiboy symbol was designed by a group of non-binary Brazilians on October 2, 2014.[6] It is the male/Mars symbol with half of the extending arrow removed.

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