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Demi-intergender and inter-demigender

I’ve been thinking about how the order of morphemes matters for coining intergenders and how demi-intergender is not the same as inter-demigender, and made some flags!

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Demi-intergender: when one feels partly intergender. This is a term specifically for intersex people, who feel that their gender is somewhat or partially connected to or influenced by being intergender, but not so much that they feel intergender. They thus feel somewhere in between intergender and extergender.

The flag design takes the demigender flag, and replaces the middle three stripes with the intergender flag. This is a pattern used by other demigender flags: e.g. the demiandrogyne flag replaces the middle three stripes with the androgyne flag, the demimaverique flag replaces the middle three stripes with the maverique flag, the demipangender flag does so with the pangender flag, etc.

Meanings: dark & light grey for partiality. Purple & yellow: being intersex & intergender.

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Inter-demigender: when one feels demigender in a way that feels connected to or influenced by being intersex. As this is a gender linked to being intersex, this is a kind of intergender.

This flag design takes the demigender flag, and adds intersex yellow stripes to the top and bottom, in the style of some other intergender hybrid flags like the interfluid flag.

Meanings: same as demigender flag (greys: partial, yellow: any gender, white: no gender) plus golden yellow for intersex/intergender.

Personal connections to new flags: I would myself identify as inter-demigender. I identify as fully intergender and so the demi-intergender flag is not for me, but I do know at least one person who feels partly intergender.