Gender & Sexuality dictionary
proxvir
[proks-veer]
What does聽proxvir mean?
Proxvir is a gender created on Tumblr. It’s similar to boy and isn’t connected to the binary, standing by itself. It can be encapsulated in the phrases “boyish, but not boy” and “masculine, but not male.”
Where does proxvir come from?
笔谤辞虫惫颈谤听is a gender identity created by Tumblr user wulfgendur in 2016. In the blog post, they describe聽proxvir as “a gender relative to male, but is something separate and entirely on it鈥檚 own. it is not outside the gender spectrum [prox from 鈥減roximus,鈥� latin adjective for near, 鈥渧ir鈥� from masculine latin noun].”
To clarify聽proxvir‘s meaning, it is closer to the more established聽demiboy: someone who identifies as only partly male regardless of their assigned gender.
Since its creation,聽proxvir has been added into a community-run gender wiki, and referenced on various other Tumblr blogs. 2016 saw many people on Tumblr “creating” gender identities for themselves and for others to use. Satire website Age of Shit Lords published a long list of them in 2016; the list included聽proxvir.
Examples of proxvir
Who uses proxvir?
Proxvir continues to live on Tumblr and gender-related blogs. There are some differences within the community as to whether proxvir lies within or outside of the gender spectrum, but it seems to be considered a nonbinary gender. As of late 2017, there’s been an increase of talk around聽辫谤辞虫惫颈谤听 and its equivalent,聽juxera聽(girlish, but not girl).
Proxvir resonates most with people who don’t consider themselves to align completely with maleness. This could mean having some feminine aspects, or being nonbinary but presenting in a way that is vaguely male.
Note
This is not meant to be a formal definition of proxvir like most terms we define on 亚洲网紅露点, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of proxvir that will help our users expand their word mastery.