neutrois
adjUK /ˈnjutɹɑː/ · US /ˈnjutɹɑː/
Etymology Apparently a blend of French neu(tre) (“neuter”, adjective) or its etymon Latin neu(ter) (“neuter”, adjective) + French trois (“three”) (referring to the third gender), coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995 as a self-description.
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Rare Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.
- "To question my behavior is to deny your own." –Holly A. Burnham […] Gender Punk. Gender Anarchy. Gender Terrorism. Neutrois Revolution! [email signature]1996 December 3, <GoSpangs@aol.com>, “You Can Never Go Home”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):
- It [the word transgender(ed)] can also refer to those who present as androgynous or do not define themselves by gender at all. In some cases, these people self-identify as genderqueer, genderless, or neutrois.2005, Matt Kailey, “Trans-lations”, in Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual Experience, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 167:
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- A social-media site famously proposes seventy-one gender options—neutrois, two spirit, bigender … any colour you like, Mr Ford. Biology is not destiny after all, and there's cause for celebration.2016, Ian McEwan, chapter 15, in Nutshell […], Toronto, Ont.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf Canada, →ISBN, page 144:
- Being neutrois is living completely outside the gender binary. For me, neutrois is a gender identity exactly in the middle of the spectrum, but without any female- or maleness within it. […] Because of my neutrois identity, I am honored by they/them/their pronouns, and prefer to be referred to with gender-neutral words such as "person" and "sibling".2016, Ashley Mardell, “Gender”, in The ABC’s of LGBT+, [Coral Gables, Fla.]: Mango Media, →ISBN, page 126: