The Transgender Dictionary

Demiboy

(also: Demiman, Demiguy, Demibloke, Demidude, Demimale)

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Introduction

This page describes a gender identity which falls under the umbrella of demigender, which, in turn, falls under the umbrella of nonbinary. Not everyone with this gender identity will have the same gender presentation or agab.

Different people with this gender identity will have different transition goals, and that's great! The world runs on diversity.

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General Information

This term refers to the experience of identifying partially, but not entirely, as a boy/man. Someone who identifies as a demiboy may describe themself as only having a partial connection to being a boy. He may also describe themself as both male and agender or genderless.

While it is most common for demiboys to use the pronoun he alongside a gender neutral pronoun, this is not always the case.

The earliest known usage of the term "demiguy" originates from a comment written by user Bad Patient on August 12, 2010 on the website asexuality.org in the forum "TransWhatevers of AVEN". This user discussed simply putting the prefix "demi-" in front of masculine words to define gender. This is also the earliest known usage of any demigender as inspired by the term demisexual.

The prefix "demi-" means half or partially, and comes from the old French word "demi" meaning "half." This prefix combined with the word "boy" or "man" means "half boy" or "half man."

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Demiboy Pride Flag

The demiboy flag was created in 2014 by tumblr user transrants. The flag has seven stripes and is symmetrical in color.

This flag is a great way for demiboys to show their pride and identify one another, especially at pride events, or June 22nd - demiboy pride day!

The light blue stripes in the demiboy flag represent the spectrum of manhood and masculinity.

The white stripe in the demiboy flag represents nonbinary and agender identities.

The light grey and dark grey stripes in the demiboy flag represent partial connections with genders apart from male, or a lack of gender.

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