An androgyne is a person who does not fit cleanly into the typical masculine and feminine gender roles of their society. Many androgynes identify as being mentally "between" male and female, or as entirely genderless. The former may also use the term bigender or ambigender, the latter non-gendered or agender. They may experience mental swings between genders, sometimes referred to as being gender fluid. The word masculine can refer to: the property of being biologically male masculinity, a traditionally male gender role the masculine grammatical gender This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Venus symbol, symbol of femininity Femininity comprises the physical and mental attributes associated with the female sex. ... A bagpiper in military uniform. ... Bigender (bi+gender) is a tendency to move between masculine and feminine gender-typed behaviour depending on context, expressing a distinctly male persona and a distinctly female persona. ...

Intergender is also a word that androgynes can use to describe being between or beyond genders. Look up Intergender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Androgyne used to be primarily used as a synonym for hermaphrodite (a term since replaced by the word intersex), but this usage has fallen out of favor. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... An intersexual is a person (or individual of any unisexual species) who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine features of both sexes. ...

Traits

Androgyny can be either physical or psychological; it does not depend on birth sex. A person who identifies as an androgyne may have been born intersexed, or may have typical sexual organs, either male or female. Antonym of psychical. ... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul and logos = word) is the study of mind, thought, and behaviour. ... An intersexual or intersex person (or organism of any unisexual species) is one who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sex characteristics determined as neither exclusively male nor female, or which combine features of the male and female sexes. ...

Occasionally, people who do not actually define themselves as androgynes adapt their physical appearance to look androgynous. This outward androgyny has been used as a fashion statement, and some of the milder forms of it (women wearing men's pants, for example) are not perceived as transgendered behavior. If referring to a flower, see disambiguation under bisexual Androgyny is the state of indeterminate gender, or characteristics of gender. ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ...

Various alchemical, magical and metaphysical traditions had an allegorical figure named variously the Alchemical Androgyne ^[1] and the Divine Androgyne. All these concepts are derived from the sense of unity that a combination of femininity and masculinity in one being implies. For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ... Magic/magick and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical or paranormal means. ... Plato and Aristotle, by Raphael (Stanza della Segnatura, Rome). ...

A recently-coined word, often used to refer to androgynes, is genderqueer. However, this term can be used to refer to anyone who identifies as transgender, or even someone who identifies as cisgender but whose behavior falls outside the stereotyped masculine/feminine gender binary. An androgyne may be attracted to people of any gender, though many identify as pansexual or asexual. Use of terms such as bisexual, heterosexual, and homosexual are irrelevant for someone who is not male or female to begin with. Infrequently the words gynephilia and androphilia are used, which refer to the gender of the person someone is attracted to, and do not imply any particular gender on the part of the person who is feeling the attraction. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Transgender (IPA: , from trans (Latin) and gender (English) ) is an overarching term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... The adjective pansexual refers to equal acceptance of all of the major human sexual orientations and identities, including heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, as well as transgender, transsexual and intersex people. ... This article is about human asexuality; asexual reproduction is a separate topic. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Gynephilia (or gynophilia) (From Greek gunē, women, + -philia, love) is the romantic and/or sexual attraction to adult females, and its counterpart Androphilia (from Greek andro-, male, + -philia, love) is attraction to adult males. ...

Androgynes sometimes refer to themselves using gender-neutral pronouns or the singular they, and use a nongendered title such as Mx instead of Mr., Ms. or Mrs. Many take steps toward transitioning from their birth gender into a physically androgynous form. Most cultures only recognize the male and female, however, and it is generally impossible for an androgyne to have their gender legally recognized. In non-sexist language, gender-neutral or epicene pronouns neither reveal nor imply sex or gender when referring to people, animals or things. ... Singular they, sometimes called epicene they, is the usage in the English language of the gender-neutral third-person plural pronoun they and its inflected forms — they, them, their, theirs, themselves (or themself) — to refer to a single person, often of indeterminate sex, as for example in: Have you ever... A title is a prefix or suffix added to a persons name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. ... MX can refer to either: Mexico MX record MX (newspaper) Mx (an ambiguous gender title) See intersex, androgyne or genderqueer MX missile the IATA code for Mexicana Motocross Letter beacon Macromedia Studio MX, an edition of the Macromedia Studio desktop publishing software suite made by Macromedia This is a disambiguation... Mr. ... Ms or Ms. ... Mrs. ...

Famous androgynes

Brett Lewis Anderson (born September 29, 1967) is a singer-songwriter, and former lead vocalist for British indie band Suede. ... Glady Bentley (12 August 1907-18 January 1960) was a famous butch lesbian African-American Blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Mark Feld (September 30, 1947 – September 16, 1977), better known as Marc Bolan, was a singer and songwriter for the band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later called T. Rex), from 1967 until his death in a car crash in 1977. ... Leigh Bowery (March 26, 1961, in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia – December 31, 1994, in London, United Kingdom) was an extraordinary homosexual performance artist and designer of outfits that might loosely be called clothes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Peter Gezzepe Burns, (born August 5, 1959, Port Sunlight, England) is a singer/songwriter and the frontman of the New Wave band Dead or Alive, most famous for their number one single, You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) in 1985. ... Claude Cahun (25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French photographer and writer. ... Jaye Davidson (born Alfred Amey on March 21, 1968) is a Oscar-nominated former actor. ... Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born actress, entertainer and singer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Boy George George Alan ODowd, better known as Boy George, (born June 14, 1961, in London, England) is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame with his group Culture Club during the 1980s. ... Merrill Beth Nisker (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Norman Iceberg (born Norman Joseph Bédard on July 30, 1962) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. ... For other people named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). ... Cover of Grace Jones 1981 album Nightclubbing. ... Kamenashi Kazuya - member of KAT-TUN. ... k. ... Annie Lennox Annie Lennox (born Griselda Ann Lennox on 25 December 1954 in Aberdeen, Scotland), is an Oscar, Brit, Grammy and Golden Globe award-winning British rock musician and vocalist. ... Marilyn Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969) is an American musician and the lead vocalist of the band Marilyn Manson. ... Shirley Manson Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1968) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage. ... Katherine Sian Moennig (born December 29, 1976) is an American actor. ... To meet Wikipedia quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Omahyra Mota or sometimes just Omahyra (also known as Omyhra Mota and Omarah Mota) born Omahyra Mota Garcia on November 30th, 1984 is a Dominican model and actress. ... Gary Numan (born Hary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer and electropop pioneer. ... Rozz Williams (November 6, 1963 - April 1, 1998) was the lead singer and founder of Christian Death. ... Carole Pope (born August 6, 1950 in Manchester, England) is a Canadian rock singer, whose provocative blend of hard-edged new wave rock with explicit homoerotic and BDSM-themed lyrics made her one of the first openly lesbian pop stars in the world. ... Phranc Phranc (born Susan Gottlieb in 1958) is an influential singer-songwriter from California whose career has spanned several decades. ... Susan Powter is a motivational speaker, dietician and personal trainer who rose to fame in the 1990s with her mantra Stop the Insanity!. She is an accomplished author with several best-selling books. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... The L Word cast members Sarah Shahi (left) and Daniela Sea (right), in the February 2006 edition of Curve Magazine Daniela Sea (born 1977) is an American musician, performance artist, former circus juggler, and actress. ... Steve Strange (born Steven John Harrington on May 28, 1959) is a British singer and pop icon, best remembered as an influential party promoter and as the frontman and lead singer for Visage. ... Tilda Swinton Katherine Mathilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960), better known as Tilda Swinton, is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• Androgyny
• Asexuality
• List of transgender-related topics
• Pangender

Androgyny is a term derived from the Greek words andras (άνδρας) (meaning man) and gyne (γυνή) (meaning woman) that can refer to two concepts regarding the mixing of both male and female genders or having a lack of gender identification. ... Asexuality is a general term or self-designation for people who find sexual behavior unappealing. ... Transgender is a very complex topic, where consensual and precise definitions have not yet been reached. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pansexuality. ...

References

1. ^ Alchemical Androgyne

External links

• Androgyne Online
• Discussion group
• Neutrois
• Sphere
• The Two-Spirit Tradition
• A Different Da Vinci Code The missing pieces of Leonardo's puzzle point to plain and simple Hermeticism (altreligion.about.com article).
• Susan's Place Transgender Forums: Anrogyne Talk Section