This group represents a spectrum of identities that diverge from conventional gender norms. According to scholar Finn Enke, not all agender individuals may self-identify astransgender.[11] While there is no universally accepted set of pronouns for agender people,singularthey is commonly used, although many agender people accept the use of any pronoun.[12][4] The A inLGBTQIA+ stands for agender, alongsideasexual andaromantic.[13]
A 2017 analysis of surveys of gender identity found that, of the transgender participants, 14% identified as agender.[14] Gender Census, an international survey of non-binary people, found in 2025 that 25% of participants identified as agender.[15]
A 1997 paper inInternational Journal of Transgenderism (later renamedInternational Journal of Transgender Health) states that "An individual of any genetic sex may also regard him-herself as [...] an ungendered person, who does not or will not identify with any conventional gender".[17]
The first known use of the term "agender" without the hyphen was on a Usenet forum referring to thegender of the Christian God.[18] The Oxford English Dictionary points to usage of the word as far back as 2005 on the Usenet newsgroup "alt.politics.democrats":
Cultures can have transgender, agender, and hypergender individuals.
— Re: Homosexuality & Bible in alt.politics.democrats[16]
A 2013 New York Times Article talked about anon-binary person who used the termagender to describe themself.[18] The agender flag was created in 2014 by Salom X, aTumblr user.[19] The same user created thedemiboy anddemigirl flags. The black and white represent the absence of gender, the gray represents people who are semi-genderless, the green is fornon-binary genders.[20]
"Agender" and "neutrois" were among the custom gender options added toFacebook in February 2014 and toOkCupid since November 2014.[21][22] In 2017, Judge Amy Holmes Hehn ruled that Patch, an agender resident ofPortland, Oregon, could be legally identified as agender.[23] The first agender pride day was celebrated on May 19, 2019 and is celebrated annually on that day.[20]
Many identities overlap and there are some non-binary people who consider the agender experience to be a spectrum,[24] encompassing other forms of expression.[25][26] Apogender,[27] for example, is defined as not only the rejection of gender,[28] but also feeling removed from the concept of gender entirely.[29] Gendervoid can be described as being devoid of gender.[30] And there are multigender individuals experiencing other genders,[31] including agender identity, or being fluid between agender and another gender.[32][33]
^Vargo, Marc E. (2011). "A Review of "Please select your gender: From the invention of hysteria to the democratizing of transgenderism"".Journal of GLBT Family Studies.7 (5):493–494.doi:10.1080/1550428x.2011.623982.S2CID142815065.
^Schorn, Johanna."Taking the 'Sex' out of Transsexual: Representations of Trans Identities in Popular Media"(PDF). Inter-Disciplinary.Net. Cologne, Germany:University of Cologne. p. 1. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 25 October 2014. Retrieved23 October 2014.The term transgender is an umbrella term 'and generally refers to any and all kinds of variation from gender norms and expectations' (Stryker 19). Most often, the term transgender is used for someone who feels that the sex assigned to them at birth does not reflect their own gender identity. They may identify as the gender "opposite" to their assigned gender, or they may feel that their gender identity is fluid, or they may reject all gender categorizations and identify as agender or genderqueer.
^Anne Enke, ed. (2012). "Note on terms and concepts".Transfeminist Perspectives In and Beyond Transgender and Gender Studies.Temple University Press. pp. 16–20 [18–19].ISBN978-1-4399-0748-1.
^Eyler, A.E.; Wright, K. (1997). "Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender-Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence".International Journal of Transgenderism.
