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Demiboyflag — Demiboy flag by transrants.^{[Image 1]}

A demiboy (also called a demiguy, demiman, demimale, or demidude person) is a gender identity describing someone who partially identifies as a man or boy, regardless of their assigned gender at birth. They may or may not identify as another gender in addition to feeling partially a boy or man.

Demiboy can be used to describe someone assigned male at birth or someone assigned female at birth. The person can feel more or less connected to being a guy but not entirely. Depending on the person, they can expirence physical discomfort or dysphoria.

Demiboys may also identify as demigender, non-binary and/or transgender. The original coiner of the phrases demigirl and demiboy is unknown.

History

The first know recording for someone referring to themself as a demiboy was August 12, 2010 by a user named Bad Patient on AVEN

“...I said to myself that I can any word relate to me if I just stick a "demi-" in front of it. And then I realized that it might actually help me find a word for my gender identity. I've felt for some time that I may have too much of the masculine element in me to call myself agender and feel good about it — so maybe it would be a nice idea to call myself a demiguy. Demidude. Demibloke...” ^{[Cite 1]}

However Bad Patient goes on to say they weren't being serious.

In December of that same year, a user named bristrek87 asked on AVEN about the term demigirl. They were looking for information on the term. The only information they had was from the Yada Wiki. ^{[Cite 2]}

In response, the user Am I Human claimed that the people who worked on the wikis for demigenders had been coined there. But no exact dates can be found, and the definition is slightly different to the most common definition used today. The given definition is "...either someone AMAB who feels the barest association with manhood or an non-binary AFAB person who is transmasculine, and feels a vague association with masculinity".

"Demigirl" and "Demiguy" were added to the AVEN Gender Definitions Masterlist on December 12, 2010. ^{[Cite 3]}

By October 14, 2011, "demigirl" and "demiguy" had been added to the Genderqueer Identities & Terminology page of the popular blog Genderqueerid. ^{[Cite 4]}

The blog owner, Marilyn Roxie, had collected data for a survey of genderqueer people that year, (September 15 - October 15) and added demiboy and demigirl as options. Nine people selected "demiboy", and seven people selected "demigirl". ^{[Cite 5]}

This lead to an increase in awareness and by early 2014 the prefix demi- was commonly known in relation to genders. At an some point between October 2011 and 2014 the common definition of demiboy shifted from the previously stated definition to "someone who is partially a boy".

Image Gallery (in progress)

Demiboy flag alt — Alternative demiboy flag by unknown and reposted by Pride-Flags ^{[Image 2]}

2alt demiboy flag — Alternative demiboy flag by Rockabilly Punk on Tumblr ^{[Image 3]}

3rd Alternative demiboy flag — Alternative demiboy flag by Transrants ^{[Image 4]}

Alternative demiboy flag by unknown user on DeviantArt ^{[Image 5]}

References

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↑ https://optimistminds.com/demiboy/

[2] ttps://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634

[3] ttps://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/?tab=comments#comment-1733093

[4] ttps://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/159465-gender-definitions-masterlist-forum-ettiquette-and-faq/

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111014042115/http://genderqueerid.com:80/gq-terms

[6] ttps://genderqueerid.com/gqhealth

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://transrants.tumblr.com/post/77071883543

[7] ttps://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-2-555850691

[8] ttps://kyriefortune.tumblr.com/post/82794530411/hello-tumblr-i-tried-to-make-flags-for-demiboys

[9] ttps://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/77151700229/transrants-also-by-request-alts-of-my-demigirl

[10] ttps://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-7-620630870

[11] ttps://optimistminds.com/demiboy/

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-[[File:Demiboyflag.png|thumb|220px|Demiguy flag by transrants.<ref>http://transrants.tumblr.com/post/77071883543</ref>]]
+[[File:Demiboyflag.png|thumb|220px|Demiboy flag by transrants.<ref group="Image" name=":0">http://transrants.tumblr.com/post/77071883543</ref>]]
-A '''demiguy''' (also called a demiboy, demiman or demimale person) is a [[gender identity]] describing someone who partially, but not wholly, identifies as a [[man]], boy or otherwise [[masculine]], whatever their [[assigned gender]] at birth. They may or may not identify as another gender in addition to feeling partially a boy or man.
+A '''demiboy''' (also called a demiguy, demiman, demimale, or demidude person) is a [[gender identity]] describing someone who partially identifies as a [[man]] or boy, regardless of their [[assigned gender]] at birth. They may or may not identify as another gender in addition to feeling partially a boy or man.
-Demiguy can be used to describe someone [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]] who feels barely connected or disconnected to that identification, but does not experience a significant enough dissociation to create real physical discomfort or [[dysphoria]]. Demiguy can also describe someone [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] who is [[transmasculine]] but not wholly [[Gender Binary|binary-identified]], so that they feel more strongly associated with "male" than "female," socially or physically, but not strongly enough to want to identify as as a man.
+Demiboy can be used to describe someone [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]] or someone [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]]. The person can feel more or less connected to being a guy but not entirely. Depending on the person, they can expirence physical discomfort or  [[dysphoria]].
-Demiguys may also identify as [[demigender]], [[non-binary]] and/or [[transgender]]. The original coiner of the phrases [[demigirl]] and demiguy is unknown.
+Demiboys may also identify as [[demigender]], [[non-binary]] and/or [[transgender]]. The original coiner of the phrases [[demigirl]] and demiboy is unknown.
-==References==
+== History ==
+The first know recording for someone referring to themself as a demiboy was August 12, 2010 by a user named ''Bad Patient'' on ''AVEN''
-<references />
+'''<big>“</big>'''...I said to myself that I can any word relate to me if I just stick a "demi-" in front of it. And then I realized that it might actually help me find a word for my gender identity. I've felt for some time that I may have too much of the masculine element in me to call myself agender and feel good about it — so maybe it would be a nice idea to call myself a demiguy. Demidude. Demibloke...'''<big>”</big>''' <ref group="Cite">https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-1615634</ref>
+However ''Bad Patient'' goes on to say they weren't being serious.
+In December of that same year, a user named ''bristrek87'' asked on ''AVEN'' about the term demigirl. They were looking for information on the term. The only information they had was from the ''Yada Wiki.'' <ref group="Cite">https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/52633-transwhatevers-of-aven/page/728/?tab=comments#comment-1733093</ref>
+In response, the user ''Am I Human'' claimed that the people who worked on the wikis for demigenders had been coined there. But no exact dates can be found, and the definition is slightly different to the most common definition used today. The given definition is "...either someone AMAB who feels the barest association with manhood or an non-binary AFAB person who is transmasculine, and feels a vague association with masculinity".
+"Demigirl" and "Demiguy" were added to the ''AVEN'' Gender Definitions Masterlist on December 12, 2010. <ref group="Cite">https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/159465-gender-definitions-masterlist-forum-ettiquette-and-faq/</ref>
+By October 14, 2011, "demigirl" and "demiguy" had been added to the ''Genderqueer Identities & Terminology'' page of the popular blog ''Genderqueerid''. <ref group="Cite">https://web.archive.org/web/20111014042115/http://genderqueerid.com:80/gq-terms</ref>
+The blog owner, ''Marilyn Roxie'', had collected data for a survey of genderqueer people that year, (September 15 - October 15) and added demiboy and demigirl as options. Nine people selected "demiboy", and seven people selected "demigirl". <ref group="Cite">https://genderqueerid.com/gqhealth</ref>
+This lead to an increase in awareness and by early 2014 the prefix demi- was commonly known in relation to genders. At an some point between October 2011 and 2014 the common definition of demiboy shifted from the previously stated definition to "someone who is partially a boy".<br />
+== Image Gallery <small>(in progress)</small> ==
+<br />[[File:Demiboyflag.png|thumb|Demiboy flag by transrants <ref name=":0" group="Image" /> |alt=|center|198x198px]]
+[[File:Demiboy flag alt.png|thumb|Alternative demiboy flag by unknown and reposted by Pride-Flags <ref group="Image">https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-2-555850691</ref>|alt=|center|203x203px]]
+[[File:2alt demiboy flag.png|center|thumb|204x204px|Alternative demiboy flag by Rockabilly Punk on Tumblr <ref group="Image">https://kyriefortune.tumblr.com/post/82794530411/hello-tumblr-i-tried-to-make-flags-for-demiboys</ref>]]
+[[File:3rd Alternative demiboy flag.png|center|thumb|205x205px|Alternative demiboy flag by Transrants <ref group="Image">https://pride-flags-for-us.tumblr.com/post/77151700229/transrants-also-by-request-alts-of-my-demigirl</ref>]]
+[[File:Alternative demiboy flag .png|center|thumb|208x208px|Alternative demiboy flag by unknown user on DeviantArt <ref group="Image">https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demiboy-7-620630870</ref>]]
+== References ==
+<references />
 [[Category:Beyond the Binary]]
 [[Category:Nonbinary]]
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 [[Category:Gender Identities]]
 [[Category:Demigender]]
+<ref>https://optimistminds.com/demiboy/</ref>
+<references group="Cite" />
+[[Category:LGBT]]
+[[Category:LGBTQ]]
+<references group="Image" />