What is the word for the neutral gender?

Gender neutral. (That is the term; I’m not being a smart ass.)

It.

Agender.

Transgender.

@talljasperman Transgender is not the same as gender neutral. Transgender refers to someone born in a male body who identifies and lives as a female and vice versa.

Hermaphrodite?

He she.

@talljasperman A hermaphrodite is someone who is born with both types of sex equipment.

Do you all know there is another OP (mine) with similar words? I didn’t mean to do that. I thought my editing, replacing the word “word” with “pronoun” got through, but it didn’t. My fault I think. http://www.fluther.com/180184/what-is-the-pronoun-for-the-neutral-gender/

I don’t see it as a big problem to not have a specific genderless noun, but some interest groups like from the LGBT-society might view that differently.

In Sweden, for several reasons, the genderless pronoun ‘hen’ [heəʳn] (seriously, no joke) was introduced to accompany the swedish pronouns for he and she, a word inspired by the finnish genderless pronoun ‘hän’ [hæn]. Some newspaper use it, but it’s not very accepted in general.

This suggestion and diskussion first surfaced in the 60’s and re-emerged in the noughties, where media caught on. In my opinion it will likely not stick, but how a language evolves is unpredictable.

Personally, I think it is a good idea to have a word to use when gender has no importance or one needs to include both genders. In written english it is easier, where I sometimes use s/he, but that is less suitable to use in spoken english.

I LIKE THE USE OF AGENDER…
A gender-neutral pronoun is one that gives no implications about gender, and could be used for someone of any gender. Some languages only have gender-neutral pronouns, whereas other languages have difficulty establishing any that aren’t gender-specific. People with non-binary gender identities often choose new third-person pronouns for themselves as part of their transition. They often choose gender-neutral pronouns so that others won’t see them as female or male.

List of kinds of agender identities
It can be difficult to describe and name a gender identity that involves a lack of inner gender identity. In order to do so, some people see the need to make new names for that gender identity, or to distinguish between different but similar genderless identities. A list of these names, in alphabetical order: (THANKS WIKIPEDIA)

anongender. “A gender that is unknown to you and others”.[8]

apogender. Coined by queerspike. “Greek prefix apo, meaning away from, separate, at the farthest point; a subset of agender in which you feel not only genderless but entirely removed from the concept of gender.”[9]

agenderfluid. Coined by pleurocarpus. Basically agender, but also genderfluid. Synonym cancegender.[10]

agenderflux. Coined by perfectlybrokenbones. “Where you identify as agender but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female. ”.[11]

cancegender. coined by prideful-concerto. “An individual is agender as their “base” gender but experiences fluid/fluxing gender feelings in tandem with their emotions. These gender feelings may confuse or upset the individual and cause their emotional state to go haywire, which causes more gender changes.”[12] Synonym agenderfluid.

genderblank. As described by Damloz: Having no gender.[13] Also, as described by anonymous: “a gender so indescribable that the only thought one gets when trying to describe it is a blank space”[14]

gendernull. As described by Baaphomett, “A gender like gendervoid but without the void.”[15]

gendervoid. As described by Baaphomett, “A gender consisting of the void (also/originally used to mean the same thing as genderless).”[16]

librafluid. Coined by otterlyradical and pride-flags-for-us. “Mostly agender, but has a strong connection that fluctuates between masculinity and femininity.”[17]

null gender. Coined by dieselwolfe. “Undefinable, intangible, the uncreation of gender. Its taking everything everyone throws at you, saying male, female, pick one, pick this, pick that, and taking it in, only to expel it, poisonous crystals erupting from your skin, armor against those who don’t listen. A ‘I don’t want a label because labels don’t fit but they help shut people up sometimes, so here have a label’ gender label. A fall-back plan, a red herring to give people who can’t conceptualize the absence, void, nullification of gender. It is, and is not. All and none. Nonexistant but present.”[18]

oneirogender. Coined by anonymous. “Being agender, but having recurring fantasies or dreams of being a certain gender without the actual dysphoria or desire to actually be that gender day-to-day. e.g. oneiroboy, oneirogirl, oneirononbinary, etc.”[19]