#salmacian

[genderkoolaid]

what’s a salmacian? :0

It's a term to describe someone who wants/has mixed genitals (both a penis and a vagina). You can check out the r/salmacian subreddit (there's a good mix of afab and amab salmacians & even some folks who have gotten surgery), Salmacian.org, and A Guide to Salmacians (very comprehensive)

[themagicfolfsartgallery]

I'm back bitches

and boy have I been cooking!

I have made so many wavy Star Pride hearts and they are free for you to use, >:3 ALL OF EM!!!

Guide at the bottom

[hadeantaiga]

Getting more hair on my chest is reducing dysphoria I didn't even have.

My tits before: "yes, this painting hanging in my house is nice - I didn't choose it though, it just came with the house. Yes, I can see why everyone loves it and I even occasionally think it's sexy, but I much prefer seeing other people's version of this painting in their own homes. I just don't feel it fully fits the aesthetic of my house, you know?"

Tits with chest hair: "Fucking YES, look at what I added to the painting! Now it REALLY fits the aesthetic of my house!"

[sapphic-boy]

if you hear "altersex people want mixed sex characteristics" and think that means we "want to be intersex" then thats a you problem, thats a problem with you cutting the intersex experience down to just mixed sex characteristics and not thinking about how you have to be born intersex and it often comes with medical issues, non-consensual surgeries, and forced hrt

[intersex-questions]

"Can I identify as intersex if I have no intersex traits?"

"I want to be intersex but I'm not."

"Can I transition to be intersex?"

Questions and feelings like these aren't uncommon. The short answer is, well, no, you can't identify as or transition to be intersex. And, reasonably, many intersex people get frustrated and tired of perisex (non-intersex) people asking them this. But wondering these things, especially if you are experiencing distress or dysphoria over them, is completely okay. I would just like to say that I, as an individual, am okay with any questions of the sort and encourage them, but please do not go around asking any intersex person you find these sorts of questions.

Being intersex is an experience that one is born with or develops over time due to their own natural body and not by the influence of things like being on HRT for trans+ reasons. Some examples include being born with different genitalia than what's acceptable in the widely-spread understood (but false) binary model of biological sex, or experiencing different levels of hormones that are commonly associated with only one of the binary sex.

A lot of people, before realizing they're intersex and have intersex variations in their body, want to be intersex without fully understanding why. I used to be like this. I use to desperately wish that I could be intersex, as it would explain why my body was the way it was, and explain the experiences that I had had for so many years. It turned out I was intersex, and this explained why my body was different from other's!

However, if that isn't you, that's okay. Still, you can't label as intersex. Intersex is more of an experience than it is a label you can simply choose or not choose to be. Although, yes, people who fall under being intersex do not have to call themselves that if they don't wish, much of society at large will still consider them intersex. It is an important term for many to have as it allows them to find community, resources, and explanations to their lived experiences in bodies that are naturally out of what many consider "the norm".

However! The good news is there ARE labels and communities for individuals who "want" to be intersex. (Although avoiding the phrasing wanting to be intersex is important as one cannot become intersex, thus the phrase is generally accepted as offensive.)

Let me introduce you to the term altersex.

Altersex is an umbrella term that can be defined in a few different ways, although I'll be using a personal definition, as many definitions online are unreliable.

Altersex - An umbrella term to describe having or wanting primary or secondary sex traits/characteristics that do not align with the binary sex model that a significant portion of society has adopted. It is primarily used by those who are not intersex and are trans+ and wish to or transition specifically to have a body that does not fit the aforementioned sex model. It can also be applied to fictional characters whose sex is not intersex but still doesn't match the binary sex model and/or human binary sex model.

The term absolutely is open to individuals who wish to use it to explain how their body has changed due to trans+ transitioning or due to being intersex! It's simply not as common, but anyone can use it. An example of someone who might use it in that way could be a trans+ person who has been on testosterone HRT and experienced clitoromegaly because of it, and wishes to have a label/term/community that explains and expresses how they no longer fit binary sex standards.

Some common examples, feelings, or reasons as to why someone would label as or fall under the altersex umbrella includes:

Someone who was born with a vulva/vagina, but wishes to have mixed sex characteristics and wants a vulva as well as a penis

Someone who desires to remove all external genitalia of theirs (gender nullification)

Someone who wants to have genitalia that is nonhuman, such as fantasy genitalia like alien genitalia

Someone who wants to have breasts but have a penis

There is an infinite number of ways to be altersex! Again, it's an umbrella term. Some common queer identities that might align with altersex experiences though include:

Being bigender

Being genderqueer

Being cisgender but desiring to physically transition (significantly seen with femme gay men/achilleans and butch lesbians/sapphics)

Being xenogender

Being nonbinary

Being gendernull

Being genderfluid

Being multigender

Being genderfucked

Being both transmasc and transfem or FTMTF or MTFTM

Of course, that isn't exhaustive! Moving on from that, here are some labels underneath the altersex label.

Salmacian. Salmacian is a label I see most commonly and I think is most relevant to this post. Salmacian refers to one who desires to have mixed sex characteristics. People with salmacian or salmacian-adjacent experiences often do ask if they can transition to be intersex, as there is not much awareness around the label and community. Salmacian is one of the most common altersex experiences. Aphrodisian is an alternate but less commonly used term. Salmacian is also incredibly common of an experience amongst bigenders, and vice versa. Other more common alternate terms for it are bigenital, bisex, or ambisex. Here is a link to some salmacian resources!

Xenogenital. I think xenogenital is what I see most next to salmacian. Xenogenital is a broad term that refers to anyone who desires to have nonhuman sex characteristics or traits. This is very common among those who are xenic/xenogender and those who are otherkin. Some examples include:

Wanting alien genitalia

Wanting animal genitalia (often referred to as faunagenital)

Wanting plant genitalia (often referred to as floragenital)

Wanting genitalia that can change, morph, and/or retract (often referred to as morphisex)

Wanting cyber/digital genitalia or mechanical/robotic genitalia (often referred to as cyberex and machinex respectively)

In conclusion...

Although, no, if you are not intersex, you cannot become or transition to become intersex. Some people wish or desire to be intersex because it explains their intersex experience without them realizing, but for many people, this isn't case. And that's okay! Altersex is a label/term/community that embraces anyone who wishes to have or currently has genitalia and sex traits/characteristics that don't fit the commonly used binary sex model. Altersex has labels/terms underneath it, such as salmacian/bigenital and xenogenital, which are most common.

Additional notes

Some people claim being altersex is inherently intersex. This is completely wrong! Wanting to have a body that fits how you feel and makes you happy in it is not wrong. The only thing that is intersexist is if you phrase or frame being altersex as "desiring to become intersex", as intersex is a lived experience and something you cannot become. If you realize that you are altersex, and people try to give you a hard time for it, ignore it. If it's online, simply block them.

You also never owe anyone information about your body, regardless of what they try to tell you. You do not owe strangers information on if you are intersex or perisex. On if you are altersex or not. Even people you know are not owed this information. Just like how you never have to explain your queer identity to someone, even if they feel like you owe it to them, and even if you know them, you don't. You are you, and what parts of you you share with others are up to you!

I believe that the intersex and altersex community have a lot in common and many shared experiences. I think that, not only do the two communities relate to each other, but, in some cases, people will be both intersex and altersex at the same time.

If anyone has any questions, sees any errors with this post, etc., please let me know! I'm always happy to correct or edit wrong information/typos, and I'm always welcome to any questions that are in good faith. I am not open to discourse about debating the validity of any labels, identities, or experiences. I am not open to debating intersex experiences. My blog is primarily for intersex people, but it's absolutely welcome to anyone with any questions, especially to intersex-adjacent experiences.

[nb-amourous]

Nonbinary language is awesome! It's amazing! Enban, xenic, diamory, maverique, abinary, neopronoun, androgyne, trixic, duosex, enby, exorsexism, ceterosexual, salmacian, there are many such examples of beautiful nonbinary vocabulary.

Our language gets held down and smothered by binary people who call it "cringe" or "weird" or "gen z/alpha" or "artificial" or "too new". All language is created for purposes! Everything has a start, everything was once new.

Use our language! Make it common, make it normal, even if it's only amongst other enben. Don't let exorsexists demoralise you into letting our nonbinary vocabulary fall into obscurity when it's objectively amazing. Erasing a community's language removes their culture, removes their visibility, removes their identity. Don't let exorsexists remove your identity. Our language is not weird, our language is not too new. It may be obscure but with common usage, it won't become obsolete.

💛🤍💜🖤

[angelic-transsexual]

I just wanna make it known that you can have mixed genitalia if you want. You don't have to have one or another. When I was younger I was very adamant about not wanting or needing bottom surgery. This was because I was only aware of one kind of bottom surgery. I wasn't aware that I could have both a penis and a vagina. And now I want bottom surgery for this reason. Getting top surgery also made my want for bottom surgery increase. I simply want to share that this is possible and want to share this information in case there is anyone else who was like me and didn't know that this was an option.

[mogaimagic]

🌈⚦⚥⚦HAPPY FUCKING PRIDE SALMACIANS!!! I LOVE YOU!!⚦⚥⚦🌈

salmacian 1 // salmacian pangender

salmacian girl // salmacian boy

salmacian boygirl // salmacian trans androgyne

salmacian 2 // salmacian 3

[dysphoric-culture-is]

Dysphoric culture is wanting a phalloplasty without a vaginectomy and not being able to find any doctors who've ever done it, and then crying because you know your ideal configuration apparently isn't a thing that happens.

I want to keep my vulva/vagina, but I still want a penis, and I can't tell you the amount of times I've cried because I don't think this type of surgery is even done or, if it is, done in the US at least. It sucks so much.

Dysphoric culture is!

Also anon, great news: this surgery is real! It’s called vagina-preserving phalloplasty or VPP.

There aren’t a ton of surgeons who perform it in the US but some (from the Crane Center in California) are listed here. There’s also someone in New York that talked about getting a vagina-preserving metoidioplasty in a news article but mod doesn’t know who their surgeon was. More info and some more surgeons are here.

More people are getting nonbinary bottom surgeries so there are slightly more resources around now. Good luck anon!

(For those wanting the opposite of this, phallus-preserving vaginoplasty exists too.)

[tjpunkchef]

Who am I?

Well, I’m not 24601. Obviously queer though.

I’ve been asking myself this question a lot lately. Who am I? Do I really have dysphoria? Is my therapist full of shit?

I go back and forth daily. Hourly.

I’m reading books on gender, watching videos on gender, doing the work to dismantle 50 years of socialization telling me I can only buy deodorant or shampoo or lotion from these aisles and goddamit THESE aisles ONLY.

Flowers are for girls; wood is for boys. We are divided in nature.

But what is a forest if not both? I’m like both. “Both” has been a part of my anxiety for decades. I wish the answers were more definitive for me; they never have been.

I, personally, want a label. I want a flag. I want to be able to express who I am in the alphabet, the community. Most of all want acceptance which has never come easy; not from the straights and not from my queer community. Yes, I need to accept myself first.

I live in the middle. I dance in the gray.

Am I trans? Am I non-binary? Am I genderqueer?

What does it truly mean to be any of these?

Who am I?

[trashbirdthoughts]

I wanna be masculine woman or a feminine man. I wanna be so androgynous people get confused. My gender is ice and I’m in a steam room. I do know I just wanna be hot and confuse everyone.

[genderkoolaid]

actually the transsexual thing is kind of funny because I'm fine with my vagina in an explicitly male way. I'm so amused by my own mental gender/sex alignments and how confusing they would be to cis people. My pussy is MALE and my dick is FEMALE no matter how we have sex you are going to be questioning something about yourself

[cyber-therian]

made some userboxes for myself <3!!

[hadeantaiga]

I just saw a post talking about “transintersex” people. The tone of this post was angry, sarcastic, and derogatory.

Now, the reason for that anger is legitimate: if you are perisex, meaning you are not intersex, you cannot “transition” into being intersex. There is a history of perisex trans folks misusing intersex terminology while also managing to completely ignore and dismiss actual intersex people.

I've browsed the tag and also seen some folks who are actually intersex and trans who use this word too, so it seems like it has mixed usage. The following is therefore only aimed at perisex trans people.

Some perisex trans people do in fact want a mix of sex traits. This is not intersexist on its own. It is perfectly ok to want a dick and a vagina, for example. But this does not make you intersex. You cannot transition to become intersex.

If you are perisex and have been identifying as transintersex, I understand that you are probably just trying to find a word that describes your experience. Unfortunately, you’ve been causing harm to our intersex siblings. Fortunately, there’s already a word for how you feel that has been around since 1996 and that doesn’t appropriate from or harm intersex people:

Salmacian.

This identity is for anyone who wants mixed genitals.

If you don’t want mixed genitals, and just want other mixed features, then nonbinary, agender, bigender, genderless, genderqueer or neutrois may work for you.

Stop appropriating intersex language.

[sapphic-boy]

"Altersex is problematic because it's making yourself look intersex!" And what's wrong with that? If a person wants a body that looks similiar to some intersex conditions, why is that a bad thing? Do you think having a body that deviates from the cis perisex standards is... bad? Wrong?

[your-bigender-big-brother]

It is totally fine to want surgery to give yourself alternate sex characteristics. It's okay to want surgery to have atypical genitals. That's fine. But we cannot "want to be intersex" or to wish for a body that "looks intersex". Intersex includes a number of chromosomal conditions that don't always look like a combination of primary and secondary sex characteristics. In fact, you can't always tell by looking that someone is intersex and a lot of intersex conditions can't simply be obtained through physical transitioning. It's not possible.

We need to be better allies to intersex people and listen to them when they say that you can't just change your body to be intersex, because it's something you are born with and not something you can just choose to be. Let's have some better compassion and understanding for intersex people. - Your Bigender Big Brother 💙💚