Bigender

Disclaimer: People can experience identities in different ways. As such, people can identify with a label without exactly matching the definition because identities are fluid.

Bigender is a term used by people who experience two distinct gender identities. Bigender people can be both genders at once and/or alternate between them (in which case they might also identify as genderfluid). Bigender only refers to a person's gender, so bigender people can be any sexuality or romantic orientation. Bigender people can use any pronouns they like or no pronouns, since pronouns don't equate gender. Bigender people can present in any way they like; they do not have to present in a specific way to be bigender.

Bigender people can be any two genders, including binary and nonbinary ones. They do not have to experience both genders in equal amounts, so one or both of a their genders can fluctuate or be fluid. A bigender person may or may not also identify as transgender, nonbinary, and/or multigender for various reasons.

The original bigender pride flag was created by no-bucks-for-this-doe on July 9, 2014. However, the use of this flag is controversial due to allegations of the creator being transphobic and abusive, so alternative flags have been created. One of the alternative flags was created by fireprincette on June 13th, 2014.

Each color of fireprincette's bigender flag has a proposed meaning (or multiple):

• Pink: people who are partially female, femininity
• Yellow: people who are partially nonbinary
• White: people who are partially agender, embracing more than one gender
• Purple: people who are both male and female, fluidity between genders
• Blue: people who are partially male, masculinity

Another alternate bigender flag was created by camp-mlm on August 8, 2019.

Each color of camp-mlm's bigender flag has its own meaning (although some stripes are grouped together and some stripes of the same color mean different things):

• Pink and blue: the feeling of one's identities (feminine, masculine, androgynous, etc.) and their presentation
• Top white stripe: good relationships of all kinds
• Purple: one's unique bigender experience (how it feels and what it's like), being understanding of each other within the community
• Bottom white stripe: pride, self-respect, and being true to oneself

• Bigender.net is a forum that provides support, information, and community to bigender people.
• Seventeen's "What Is Bigender Identity?" explains what being bigender is like and answers a few questions about it.
• In "What You Didn't Know About Bigender People", Stormy Talks on YouTube debunks misconceptions about being bigender.

Sources:

• LGBTQIA+ Wiki's "Bigender" page
• LGBTQIA+ Fandom Wiki's "Bigender" page
• Gender Fandom Wiki's "Bigender" page

Images:

• "Bigender pride flag" by Pastelkittyqq, public domain
• "Bigender flag" by Pradejoniensis, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
• "Bigender flag" by Nikki, licensed under CC0 1.0