Libragender: Meaning, Agender Identity, and Partial Gender

They may feel:

• mostly agender and slightly feminine;
• mostly agender and slightly masculine;
• mainly genderless with a neutral gender connection;
• mostly agender while another gender changes;
• that gender exists for them but remains secondary to genderlessness.

The smaller gender component may stay stable or change over time. Not every libragender person experiences gender in exactly the same proportion.

• libra-, associated within this identity family with balance or a limited gender connection;
• gender, referring to a person’s internal experience of gender.

Libragender usually functions as an adjective or identity label:

• Alex identifies as libragender.
• They are a libragender person.
• Her gender identity is libragender.
• He uses libragender because he feels mostly agender.

When referring to a group, libragender people is generally more natural than libragenders.

Common usage patterns include:

• identify as libragender;
• come out as libragender;
• describe oneself as mostly agender;
• experience a partial gender connection;
• use libragender as an umbrella label;
• combine libragender with a more specific term.

Because the word is unfamiliar outside some nonbinary communities, a brief explanation may be helpful when it first appears.

• a strong and continuing agender identity;
• a faint connection to one additional gender;
• several minor gendered qualities;
• a connection that becomes stronger or weaker;
• a stable gender component alongside genderlessness;
• difficulty describing the smaller gender component precisely.

The word does not require a mathematical division. A person does not need to prove that they are a particular percentage agender.

“Mostly agender” is a general description of the experience rather than a measurement.

More specific terms may describe the additional connection. Examples include:

• Librafeminine: mostly agender with a partial connection to femininity or a feminine gender;
• Libramasculine: mostly agender with a partial connection to masculinity or a masculine gender;
• Librafluid: mostly agender with another gender component that changes;
• other personally defined libragender identities.

A person may use only libragender when the additional gender is unclear, private, complex, or unnecessary to specify.

Libragender generally describes being mostly agender while retaining a smaller connection to another gender.

A simplified distinction is:

• Agender: no gender or a genderless identity.
• Libragender: primarily agender with an additional partial gender connection.

The boundary is personal. Some people may identify as both agender and libragender because agender remains the central part of their experience.

Libragender places greater emphasis on genderlessness. The person is usually described as mostly agender, with another gender forming a smaller part of the identity.

For example:

• A demigirl feels partly connected to girlhood or womanhood.
• A librafeminine person feels primarily agender with a smaller feminine connection.

A person may relate to both terms, but they should not be treated as automatically interchangeable.

Libragender more specifically identifies agender as the main component while allowing a smaller gendered component.

A greygender person may not experience a strong agender identity. Their gender may simply feel faint or difficult to define. A libragender person usually understands genderlessness as central.

The experiences may overlap, especially when the additional gender connection is weak.

A libragender person may have a stable additional gender, while a librafluid person experiences fluidity in that component.

For example:

• A libramasculine person may remain mostly agender with a continuing masculine connection.
• A librafluid person may remain mostly agender while the smaller component moves between feminine, masculine, neutral, or other genders.

Some people use both labels.

Gender expression is how someone presents through clothing, voice, hairstyle, behavior, movement, or appearance.

A libragender person may present as:

• masculine;
• feminine;
• androgynous;
• gender-neutral;
• mixed;
• consistent over time;
• different in different situations.

A mostly agender identity does not require an androgynous or neutral appearance. Someone may enjoy strongly feminine or masculine expression while still identifying as libragender.

Appearance alone cannot reveal whether someone is libragender.

• they/them;
• she/her;
• he/him;
• neopronouns;
• multiple pronoun sets;
• pronouns that change over time.

Some people choose pronouns connected to the smaller gender component. Others prefer neutral pronouns because agender is central to their identity.

Names and titles may also be neutral, masculine, feminine, or personally selected. The respectful approach is to use the language requested by the individual.

Possible choices include:

• changing a name or pronouns;
• using gender-neutral or flexible language;
• changing clothing, hairstyle, or voice;
• modifying official records where possible;
• taking hormones;
• choosing selected procedures;
• making no transition-related changes.

Some people may want a more neutral or androgynous body. Others may want features associated with the smaller gender component. No treatment, appearance, or transition path is required.

Libragender and agender are identical.
No. Libragender usually includes an additional partial gender component.

Every libragender person has the same secondary gender.
No. The connection may be feminine, masculine, neutral, fluid, or otherwise nonbinary.

Libragender people must look androgynous.
No. Gender expression does not determine identity.

A libragender person must change pronouns.
No. They may use any pronouns and may keep them consistent.

Libragender determines sexual orientation.
No. Gender identity and attraction are separate.

1. Alex identifies as libragender because they feel mostly agender with a slight connection to femininity.
2. A libragender person may use any pronouns.
3. Can someone identify as both agender and libragender?
4. Her libragender identity does not require a neutral appearance.
5. The glossary distinguishes libragender from demigender and greygender.
6. Being libragender does not reveal a person’s anatomy or transition choices.
7. Sam uses libragender because genderlessness remains the strongest part of his identity.
8. Understanding libragender helped the family recognize that a person may be mostly genderless while retaining a limited gender connection.

However, libragender describes gender identity rather than sexual or romantic attraction. A libragender person may be asexual, bisexual, gay, lesbian, pansexual, straight, queer, or use another orientation label.

Understanding libragender supports respectful discussions of identity and intimacy. It allows people to communicate about pronouns, bodies, attraction, and relationships without assuming that everyone experiences gender as a complete or strongly defined category.