Oblimasculine



Contributions by: Rust&Stardust

Definitions and Usage
Oblimasculine describes an individual who has a tie to masculinity and/or malehood because of abuse or brainwashing. Usually, this is an AMAB person, but not inherently; it could be an CAMAB, or coercively-assigned-male-at-birth intersex individual. The kinds of abuse resulting in an oblimasculine identity can vary. For example: sexual abuse can lead to an androgyne feeling as if they have to be a "perfect" male, causing a trauma-induced tie to that image; religious abuse can force a nonbinary person to conform to rigid masculinity, and may have been told that the only way to thrive is to be that masculine ideal; transphobic emotional abuse from parents making a transwoman unhealthily connected to her maleness to survive. It comes from the word "obligation", as it is an obligation to be and present as ones assigned sex.

Related Terms
Oblimasculine falls under the neurogender umbrella with other trauma-related genders, like aclarus or lazuligender. The overall label is obligender, and the specifically-female version is oblifeminine.

Flags
According to the designer, the blue represents the coerced malehood. The yellow is for self-discovery and healing, as well as being a gender-neutral color. Trauma caused gender confusion is represented in the black stripes.