#cultural gender

[indigenous-gender]

Nah cuz I been clockin the hatred of men as anti-Black anti-Indigenous and transphobic from day one. I’m HORRIFIED by the beliefs/attitudes and mistreatment of (trans, queer, third and cultural gender) men of color that I witness from radfems and TERFs, AND everyday (predominantly yt) queer ppl. Queer men of color and third gender men have been subjected to this abusive treatment for so long that we have become ashamed to be queer ashamed to be proud as men who are attracted to men. I shouldn’t have to hide the fact that I’m attracted to men. I shouldn’t have to feel shame for the fact that I’m attracted to men, have relationships with men, and love being with and identifying as a man. being a man of color is beautiful. Being a man does not make you evil, an abuser, or a bad person. Being a man does not have to be restricted to colonial gender binaries and constructs. We can build our own cultural, traditional masculinities and manhoods that are liberating, not oppressive. claiming that manhood and masculinity are inherently violent is race and gender essentialism.

[clowncary]

Soul (also referred to as Two Soul or Du/Bisoul)

digital recreation by this user.

Soul is a pan-african identity that revolves around distinct black and african american experiences where one’s identity is made up of two warring souls, the gender and the body.

From the creator, "my cognition (...) is male and is acting upon my female body (...) finding a way for them to just coexist is my personal gender journey in a lot of ways (...) I feel like i want to learn to live in her, I feel like I am in her, but I am he."

He refers to the gender while Her refers to the body, both being separate souls that exists within the identity.

Soul in this case can be described deeper by examining how black people are denied gender roles due to being black and being classified as hyper-masculine. Soul is the accumulation of experiences of both gender and blackness that intertwine and create complex considerations when questioning and living as a transgender person. Soul is the creation of black roles that do not conform to the binary and do not establish a patriarchy or matriarchy.

Pinkparthenon says that his gender is being a black trans man, but his body is a black woman, and he has no ambition to "fight being female". He states that he might be masculinizing himself because he is black and not because he is a man, but confirms in a later video that he is a trans man of Soul, and that the two halves of the identity are influenced heavily by blackness.

When describing it further, he says "You are not America, you are the black person. America acts upon you in such a way it almost is you in some ways," (vice versa) which may mean that Soul, in addition to meaning that you are two halves, can mean that you are the black body and your gender acts upon your body.

my rendition of the flag.

Soul as a term originated from a personal therapy session Pinkparthenon had, inspired by a quote from W.E.B Dubois' book called The Souls of Black Folk, and realized with the connection to Soul music and Soul food.

The language tied to Soul is Black English (or African American English), and people of Soul have experiences with code switching which sometimes feels as though they are othered by people who do not understand them - futhering themselves from the aspects of western gender.

When referring to someone who is "of Soul" and mentioning the identity, Soul as an identity will always be capitalized. Someone can also be Soul, and does not have to adhere to the convention of saying "blank of Soul". Other terms like Soul sib, Soul sista, Soul brotha, or Soul man/woman, are used as descriptors alongside Soul.

@radiomogai @beyond-mogai-pride-flags

[dhddmods]

Enneagender: a term for someone on the multigender spectrum, that experiences nine genders. They may experience these genders simultaneously, or be fluid between them.

This term was coined to fill the missing space between octagender and decagender. The label is derived from the word ennéa, which is greek for nine. (Credit to u/zaxfaea for the name idea!)

We were extremely frustrated that we couldn't find a term for this before, so after some searching, we decided to just take it into our own hands.

The Enneagender flag uses nine spikes to represent each gender experienced, all meeting in the middle to form a whole (that "whole" being the person experiencing those genders.) This can also be seen as a reference to the number 9 being associated with completeness/balance.

Red represents womanhood and/or passion. Pink represents femininity and/or self-love. Purple represents androgyny and/or rarity (as in, how rare and unique this experience is between each individual.) Blue represents manhood and/or wisdom gained through the many experiences an enneagender individual has with the gender spectrum. Teal represents masculinity and/or peace in one's identity. Green represents neutrality and/or how natural one's experience is (in a way, countering the "you're unnatural" comments from transphobes/exclusionists.) Yellow represents xeninity and/or joy in self-expression. Orange represents aporinity and/or warmth within one's community. White represents genders that are exclusive to specific communities, such as intergenders, neurogenders, cultural genders, etc and/or being being free from the constraints of the gender binary.

[shternflags]

mahut flag

I made it because couldn’t find anything for this term created before, it is partly inspired by @/themogaidragon 's rekani flag (because both terms have common features idk)

[plutoniuminjection47]

Reminder to not push your regular gender binary stuff onto cultural genders. They tend to be way more complex and differ to each person's experience. Thanks !!

- Sincerely an ay'lonit person

[andean-deer]

unveiling my take on the quariwarmi* flag!

edit: my sincere thanks to @ayachaska for the helpful feedback!

Quariwarmi is typically spelled this way when translated, but our languages don’t use the QU sound. Some people spell it qhariwarmi, and there are variations, I use qariwarmi.

Qariwarmi + Tinkuy Flag

please DO NOT USE MY DESIGN TO FURTHER YOUR PRODUCTS IF YOU ARE NOT QARIWARMI URSELF. ahem,

I have designed this one in the vein of a sunrise, or a dawn. As qariwarmi were historically entrusted with bringing about the dawning of new days, and with it, the watering of fields. It could be likened to the Paqari / dawn version of a flag.

EDIT: This was made possible with input from fellow qariwarmi people. Thank you, paylla!!!

It follows a tricolor pattern: sky blue, sunny yellow, and a peachy orange shade. They represent Hanaq Pacha , Kay Pacha, and Uku Pacha.

Symmetrical symbols as follows,

ONE : CHAKANA , gray to black in the center.

TWO : CONDOR FEATHERS , representing the messenger of the heavens.

THREE: EYES OF THE GREAT CHUQUI CHINCHAY , shining down from that liminal dwelling within kay pacha. it’s eyes are silver with copper pupils and gold stars twinkling, a nod to Chuqui Chinchay’s multi-gendered nature.

FOUR : THE WRITHING MACH’AQWAY based off watapuñuq (the boa), dweller of uku pacha and subterranean land.

It is an identity spanning from the convergence of two rivers, the Mosna and the Huanchesca at the sacred site known today as Chavín de Huantar / Chawpin Wantar.

I really don’t feel the need to explain the complexities with this identity, but you should know that it is an identity that originated within the Quechua language, and belongs to people in the Andes who are native to the region. However, it is not just a Quechua identity and has applications for other language speaking groups as long as they are in the Andes.

Tinkuy people, this is yours to use as well, just y’know credit me, pretty please.

[uncanny-tranny]

Not everybody's gender will fit into the western man/woman dichotomy, and we must respect this, I think.

In fact, there exists more than the man/woman dichotomy and it's imperative that we don't force people to use the man/woman dichotomy. The western man/woman model is not uniquely more rational than other models, nor is it "more natural".

Additionally, the trans/cis dichotomy also will not apply to everybody. It is also imperative that we don't force the trans/cis dichotomy onto people.

[crippled-native]

I made this to empower myself :)))))

[ID: Two psychedelic neon rainbow swirls with first white, then black text, each reading, "Embrace cripple punk". End ID.]

[the-questioning-system]

identifying. documenting. mapping. tedious. laborious. indigenous. dissociative. self medication. modalities. spirituality. it’s all coming together. who are we? who are you? where are we? when are we? what are we? we are a collective

-Pågo 🌺 Narcisa 🌔 and Apathy ❓

[indio-politics]

If you participate in electoral politics, if you campaign or vote for colonizers, if you support the illegitimate colonial entity that is the United States, if you support the illegitimate colonial power that controls the lives, lands, and resources of Indigenous peoples (US territories and others) you are an enemy of Indigenous people, directly undermining our sovereignty, and participating in our genocide. “Vote blue no matter who” is anti-indigenous violence. Shaming, harassing, dehumanizing, and daring to BLAME indigenous people for our oppression if we exercise our right to not vote is anti-indigenous violence. You have no right to control Indigenous lands and peoples. If you vote or support voting, ESPECIALY if you dare to weaponize Black and Brown oppression and lives to justify harming us by voting, you are anti-indigenous and signing off on our genocide, so DO NOT INTERACT WITH ME. You are NOT WELCOME on my page.

[exilley]

I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits

[indigenous-gender]

If you were wondering why many lesbians of color are fighting back against identity policing and rightfully calling it out as white supremacy, it is because this rhetoric is dangerous, harmful, and antithetical to our liberation. Invalidating lesbian manhood is rooted in antiBlackness and antiIndigeneity. Excluding lesbians of color for our race and culture is colonization in action. Excluding trans lesbians of color for our cultural gender and sexuality and for being trans in a way that subverts colonial gender systems is racist and transphobic. here is a fantastic article that talks about African gender and sexuality and highlights the existence of male lesbians or lesbian men. As an Indigenous person of triracial descent, I am proud of my Indigenous cultural gender and sexuality, and I will not allow white supremacists and queer assimilationists to erasure the history and cultures of my ancestors. Male lesbians and lesbian men are STILL HERE. We are proudly Black, Brown, and Indigenous! This is our tradition!

https://africasacountry.com/2014/03/africa-has-always-been-more-queer-than-generally-acknowledged

[blvvdk3ep]

I love you people going into "useless" fields I love you classics majors I love you cultural studies majors I love you comparative literature majors I love you film studies majors I love you near eastern religions majors I love you Greek, Latin, and Hebrew majors I love you ethnic studies I love you people going into any and all small field that isn't considered lucrative in our rotting capitalist society please never stop keeping the sacred flame of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and understanding humanity and not merely for the sake of money alive

[butchlifeguard]

we need to destroy the idea that girls should wear makeup. normalize bare faces on prom queens and flower girls and cheerleaders. no products at all instead of '7 product simple makeup routine.' no more 10 step skincare and regular facials and dermablading and gua sha just to be comfortable with yr natural face. i want to see eye bags on the funny librarian and acne on the swim coach and wrinkles on all our adult role models. i want to see a 16 year old girl that has never tried putting on eyeshadow. i want to see a 7 year old girl who doesn't have to go out and buy powder for her dance recital. i want to see trans women and girls everywhere to never have to wear makeup, regardless of how well they 'pass.' no more 'contouring to look masc' either. a post-beauty industry world is possible

reblogs are on but if you bring up the stage makeup point that i have addressed three times yr blocked on sight ☹️

[ciderjacks]

Rule #2: The locksmith will not be required to participate in battle

(read this post and this post for more context lol)

[kingsandbastardz]

So for basically my whole life I'd grown up with and was resigned to accept that the chinese concept of formal/nice clothing of my and the previous generation has been western clothes. So at any awards ceremonies or performances, entertainers would show up mostly in western suits/dresses and maaaaaybe you'll spot the occasional cheongsam if they're going for a Wong Fei Hong vibe. Which, you know, kinda sucks if you have any concept of western cultural imperialism in asia.

So when the hanfu revivalist movement started, I was waiting to see when it would enter the mainstream -- my hope was for fashion designers to integrate traditional/dynastic elements into their work and make it common place enough that I can buy this shit online for ME. Because I WANT.

Though some of the designs can be a bit hit or miss, I am LOVING what various stars and entertainers are wearing out and about now.

Anyway - here's a collection of Xiao Shunyao's modern hanfu inspired/hybridized stage outfits from the last couple years. For his MLC performances, his stylists seem to be borrowing inspiration from his Di Feisheng and possibly other character costume silhouettes.

I'd been seeing a few comments about how his outfits play with gender - and some of his outfits do! But I think the interesting thing to discuss is from which standard is he playing with gender? Because from a western perspective, the things he does with his western suit tops, belting on top of the jacket for a tightly cinched waist, and the addition of a trailing skirt = femme. But if you're talking from a hanfu-hybridized pov, that's just a modern take on hanfu and having any of those elements is not inherently femme and would often read masc to me.

So these things aren't necessarily gendered because they exist traditionally in chinese men's clothing or costume designs (ie video games, comics, historical fiction illustrations and film, etc, so therefore in the modern lexicon of masculine/acceptable for men):

presence or lack of a skirt

silky, velvety, gauzy or sparkly material choice, esp in formal or stage clothing

short or long length of skirt

embroidery

flowers/floral/bird designs

folding fans

certain styles of makeup

beading, gold, tassels, jewels

non-chunky jewelry

headbands

widely flowing silhouettes

What XSY's stylists are doing with some western clothing items are interesting. I'm convinced there have been one or two western jacket tops made of thinner material that they're folding over the front, and belting down instead of buttoning (which then matches with his other outfits that are designed specifically to do this). Then they're adding a skirt, cloak or bracer element to it.

The western portions often bring a military minimalist feel which they balance with a more gauzy material in the skirt or cloak portions.

Things I think are playing with gender:

row 1 - image 1: red di feisheng-inspired outfit

The lace-up girdle is there to match the bracers in both material and style. And it's positioned to be similar to the heavy belt that Di Feisheng wears. HOWEVER. That style of girdle/corset-like clothing item can't be divorced from the modern idea of sexy leather corsets. So imo, this waist piece on that outfit was a choice. Especially when paired with his allergic-to-collars-higher-than-his-sternum necklines. And if you take into context how masculine yet female coded his character is in the drama, the whole look evokes that.

row 2, image 1: black western suit with belt on top, hat, cloak, black boots and not-visible but also a black tassel fringe skirt

Hat and cloak moves the intention of the outfit from western toward a more Asian slant, because alone, it looks like a western black suit with western heeled boots, cinched waist with a lady's belt (seated photoshoot) and western style tassel skirt. The suit top consists of a vest and a shrug-like sleeve portion that appears masculine at first glance. But take the shrug and pair it with the tassel skirt (I can't find the red carpet photos but here is a better view of the skirt when seated), and I think you got a look that's both intentionally edging toward the femme in a western sense but also confusing matters by hiding within the parameters of both western and chinese traditional male styling.

row 2 - image 2 : white asymetrical western jacket styled in a front fold-over style, gauze skirt, trailing pearl embellishments

The more traditional leaning version of this is the white outfit in row 3 that he wears to the Hi6 Hello Saturday variety show -- the skirt portion on that outfit is one I'd consider non-gendered. Row 1, images 2 and 3 are examples of masculine/neutral uses of gauze that plays with flow of form but isn't inherently femme. This stage outfit is very western-appearing masculine suiting, until you hit the skirt which is giving me long ballerina tie-on skirt with the additional swan/mermaid pearl strings. Imo, another example of deliberately using traditional masculine styling but switching it up with the combination of material choice and make that is feminine.

row 2, image 3: black space military boots, black suiting, black -silver ombre sequin trailing skirt and white gauzy shawl with black floral design

The over all design is going for a masculine military-feel. (think this outfit for shen langhun) But instead of a thicker military cloak, it's replaced with a woman's gauze shawl and a skirt that trails behind him very much like the back of a woman's formal fish-tail gown when he moves around. If you take into context Wang Herun's outfit is a white-silver sequined dress cut in a way to also give a space-military-queen vibe, imo they both coordinated their outfits to balance out with both femme and masc qualities.

Thoughts? I'm curious what others think about this.

While I wait for the CNY photoshoot for XSY's red and black look, here's him with his stage collaborators with a nice range of skirt lengths, period influences and material choices. The woman in the center is the one with the most military-fighter design out of the bunch. The dudes are all in variations of formal-wear-with-good-kicking-boots (and lots of crotch space).