Xジェンダー

Japanese

FWOTD – 14 July 2025

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from X +‎ gender. The X is likely from the sense "Intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents)." First used in the queer communities of Kansai, specifically Osaka and Kyoto[1]. See Xジェンダー.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ックスジェンダー [èkkúsújéꜜǹdàà] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [e̞k̚kɯ̟sɨʑẽ̞nda̠ː]

Noun

X(エックス)ジェンダー • (ekkusu-jendā

  1. non-binary person
    Hyponyms: F(エフ)t( ティー)X( エックス) (efu tī ekkusu), M(エム)t( ティー)X( エックス) (emu tī ekkusu)
    • 2018, 脇優花, 性別違和感を抱く人と 自閉症スペクトラム障害との関連 ―ジェンダーアイデンティティに関する TEM を用いた検討[2], Tokyo: Shirayuri University, page 24:
      A(エー)S(エス)D(ディー) (とく)(せい)(たか)(もの)は,(とく)(せい)としての()()(どう)(いつ)(せい)()(あん)(てい)さからジェンダーアイデンティティが()(あん)(てい)になっているのか,あるいは()(しん)(とく)(せい)(もと)づく()(てき)(おう)反対(はんたい)(せい)(どう)(いつ)()することで()(ゆう)づけしているのか,その()(あい)()(そう)される(せい)()(にん)も,X(エックス)ジェンダー(りょう)(せい)()(せい)(ちゅう)(せい)()(じょう)(せい)など)なのか,トランスジェンダーなのかで(こと)なってくると(かんが)えられる。
      Ēesudī tokusei no takai mono wa, tokusei toshi te no jiga dōitsusei no fuanteisa kara jendā aidentiti ga fuantei ni natte iru no ka, arui wa jishin no tokusei ni motozuku futekiō o hantai no sei ni dōitsuka suru koto de riyūzuke shiteiru no ka, sono bāi wa yosōsareru seijinin mo, ekkusujendā (ryōsei, musei, chūsei, fujōsei nado) na no ka, toransujendā na no ka de kotonatte kuru to kangaerareru.
      People who express high ASD traits may experience instability in their gender identity due to the instability of self-identity as a personality trait, or they may be justifying maladjustment based on their own traits by identifying with the opposite sex. In such cases, their gender identity is called X-gender (such as androgynous, agender, neutral, or indeterminate), or they could be transgender, and this is thought to differ from case to case.

References

  1. ^ S.P.F. Dale. (December 2012) “An Introduction to X-Jendā: Examining a New Gender Identity in Japan.”, in Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific[1], number 31

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