Regarding your point about being bigender, I recall that Suri Dao, as I knew them on Tumblr around 2016-2019-ish, identified as bigender, and indeed it was the first time I’d ever heard of the term or concept. I’m not sure I’ve heard anyone else describe themself that way since, and I never really understood the concept then as Dao tried to explain it or since then either. (The closest I can approximate it to a gender identity I do kind of understand is “genderfluid”.) I don’t think Dao ever mentioned the hemispheric stuff in connection to it. Is/was this a widespread gender identity among rationalists or even in the wider population that I’ve been ignorant of? Or is it mainly a concept found among those who subscribe to Ziz’s ideas?
Thanks! That’s both a more coherent explanation of the term than I’ve seen, and solid evidence (even mentioning studies from 2016) that it’s quite independent from Zizianism. Kind of dumb that I didn’t just Google it or Wikipedia it in the first place, in place of my last comment.
Regarding your point about being bigender, I recall that Suri Dao, as I knew them on Tumblr around 2016-2019-ish, identified as bigender, and indeed it was the first time I’d ever heard of the term or concept. I’m not sure I’ve heard anyone else describe themself that way since, and I never really understood the concept then as Dao tried to explain it or since then either. (The closest I can approximate it to a gender identity I do kind of understand is “genderfluid”.) I don’t think Dao ever mentioned the hemispheric stuff in connection to it. Is/was this a widespread gender identity among rationalists or even in the wider population that I’ve been ignorant of? Or is it mainly a concept found among those who subscribe to Ziz’s ideas?
It’s not unique to Zizians or some slightly broader rationalist circle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary_gender#Bigender
Thanks! That’s both a more coherent explanation of the term than I’ve seen, and solid evidence (even mentioning studies from 2016) that it’s quite independent from Zizianism. Kind of dumb that I didn’t just Google it or Wikipedia it in the first place, in place of my last comment.