multigenderism

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ gender +‎ -ism.

Noun

multigenderism (uncountable)

1. The belief in and acceptance of more than two gender identities (i.e. more than male and female).
   • 1996 October 19, Rosalind Hengeveld, “Transgender Warriors”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

     While I'll acknowledge that 'communal/matriachial' societies have traditionally supported transgenderism and multigenderism, I'm uncertain that it can be attributed to the 'communal' nature of teh culture (that Leslie seems to imply).

   • 2002 July 9, fasgnadh, “Is Multiculturalism worth it?”, in aus.politics (Usenet):

     Multigenderism has CLEARLY FAILED! and only immigrants of the SAME GENDER should be allowed in.

   • 2013, George Crowder, Theories of Multiculturalism: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 208:

     Here Garton Ash argues that when liberals extended their thinking to embrace the rights of workers and women, for example, they did not find it necessary to address 'multiclassism' or 'multigenderism'. So, why bother with 'multiculturalism'?

   • 2016 June, Y Kolesnikova, “Culturalist criticism of queer doctrine”, in CAES, volume 2, number 2:

     True liberation of gender/sexuality would be multigenderism, but not postgenderism, ie: in current conditions settling niches for more than two genders would be much more helpful than complete elimination of gender.