#me when I can yap abt my silly little flags

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( id. a series of tags which say "#This is most probably similar to unlabelled #But I think I love how it's somehow maths themed #Indirectly #But I can feel it from the texts and the sign. End ID. )

@plzdon1tmindme ( sorry for the tag, this is mainly an excuse for me to elaborate and talk abt being Dichotomyless / Non-Dichotomy generally. )

So I would agree that this can have overlap with being Unlabeled, as I know many Unlabeled individuals who avoid Labels specifically because they get twisted into Dichotomies or Binaries or Trinaries and all that Good Stuff ( sarcasm here ). This even happens to labels which were coined to try and avoid being "boxed in" like that, sadly.

However I don't think they're synonymous, as there are quite a few examples of being Dichotomyless / Non-Dichotomy without being Unlabeled / while being Labeled.

These can include Genders ( Femache / Manwoman / etc. and many Multigender identities ), Orientations ( Absrose, Greyspec, Mspec Monos, etc. ), Modalities ( Transmascfem ), Presentations ( Futch, Parsic ), and even labels for Attractions and Partnerships ( Alterous, Queerplatonic, etc. ) The list goes on and on.

( I do want acknowledge as well that there does exist a very prevalent dichotomy of "Labeled vs. Unlabeled", which is not relevant or applicable to everyone ( as with every other existing dichotomy! ) Especially those with Fluid / Flux / Fluix experiences / identities. This is also open to those individuals if they find it useful. )

As for it being somewhat Math-themed, you're right! I was workshopping a few different math symbols until I settled on "≅" and the references to Recursion were intentional ( I almost used the Sierpiński triangle as the symbol for Recursive Gender / Recursigender but I like Ouroboros / Uroboros too much... Big Snake. )

Dichotomyless / Non-Dichotomy

A representative flag for those who are totally outside of dichotomy categorization of any kind ( Dichotomyless ) and / or not conforming to the orientation / gender / etc. dichotomy in any way ( Non-Dichotomy. )

These terms were not coined by me, but were defined by Anon via my inbox. This was requested as Anon wanted something more specific than Absrose.

The symbol on the flag is "≅". I believe this is a great symbol to represent being Dichotomyless / Non-Dichotomy as it means "approximately equal to" in mathematics. The antonyms of "Dichotomy" are "equality, similarity, harmony, and agreement". This represents those concepts, but avoids exact sameness.

( I want to avoid the creation of a new dichotomy of "similar vs. dissimilar" via the modifier "approximate", which means "close but not exactly the same" aka both and also neither. This can be conceptually similar to or the same as Recursion if you find that useful to describe your experience! )

The symbol itself can also represent the experience of being one who is Dichotomyless / Non-Dichotomy, with the tilde representing the individual(s) in question being literally above or removed from any or a Dichotomy ( represented by the two parallel lines ), but also not totally removed ( again, to avoid another dichotomy of "removed vs. attached". )

I've also chosen "≅" because it's already easily available / accessible as a text symbol, so one could easily put it in their bio, their icon, or recreate it irl for handmade pride accessories and the like.

The flag itself has the blue and purple-pink stripes at the top / bottom to represent any relevant dichotomy or all dichotomies. These colors are often used to show "opposites". The orange-yellow stripe is a color intentionally removed from blue/pink/purple and is "above" the dichotomy stripes, but still slightly overlapping with both ( as well as neither / the rest of the flag. )

The grey expanse is meant to show the "grey area" of every dichotomy, people often think in "black and white" when I've found that every established dichotomy has it's grey areas or those who are literally unable to be fit into "either/or" systems. It is both removed from the other stripes but touching all of them, again representing a lack of dichotomy.

The teal stripe/circle holding the symbol is above but overlapping with the orange-yellow stripe to represent how, even if one were to try and make any Dichotomyless / Non-Dichotomy experience / identity into a Dichotomy ( via "label crunching" and the like ), one would still be Dichotomyless / Non-Dichotomy even in relation to that newly created dichotomy. ( Again, you may related this to the concept of recursion if you'd like. )

I'm sorry if this is a little high-concept or if i've repeated myself somewhat here. These are intentionally broad terms and I want to make sure I'm properly explaining all of my thoughts and reasonings. I'm happy to tweak any language if something isn't totally clear! ( I may have made a few typos, this was a lot to type. )

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