autigender
English
Etymology
Blend of auti(stic) + gender.
Adjective
autigender (comparative more autigender, superlative most autigender)
- (neologism) Having a gender identity linked to one's autism.
- 2021, Kelly L. Coburn, "Spoken Narratives by Autistic Adults of Under-Represented Genders", dissertation submitted to Pennsylvania State University, pages 123-124:
- Specifically, nonbinary and autigender people were more likely to use gender-neutral terms like “kid” or “person” instead of gendered terms like “boy” or “man.”
- 2021, Sabrina Symington, Coming Out, Again: Transition Stories, unnumbered page:
- Yeah...I'm autistic and my experience of my gender is linked to my experience of autism, and so I identify as autigender.
- 2022, Sarah Cavar & Alexandre Baril, "Disability", in Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities (eds. Laura Erickson-Schroth), page 85:
- Neurogender and autigender people are often met with anger and prejudice, even by some T/GE people who view such new forms of gender identification as threatening to trans respectability.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:autigender.
- 2021, Kelly L. Coburn, "Spoken Narratives by Autistic Adults of Under-Represented Genders", dissertation submitted to Pennsylvania State University, pages 123-124:
Hypernyms
- gendervague
- neurogender