Alterhumanity
Kattavampi termi identiteeteille, jotka koetaan vaihtoehdoiksi perinteiselle ihmisen kokemukselle. Tämä sisältää therians, otherkin, fictionkin ja muut identiteetin kokemukset, jotka sisältävät syvän tunteen ei-inhimillisyydestä tai muusta kuin inhimillisyydestä.
Syvällisesti
Alterhumanity (also written as alterhuman identity) is an umbrella term that encompasses all identities experienced as alternative to the conventional human experience. This includes therians (who identify with real animals), otherkin (who identify with mythical or fictional beings), fictionkin, phytanthropes (who identify with plants), and other identity experiences that involve a deep sense of being non-human or other-than-human.
The term was coined to provide an inclusive framework that respects the diversity of non-human identity experiences without erasing the distinctions between them. A therian, an elf-kin, and a dragon-kin may have very different experiences, but they share the common thread of having an identity that extends beyond the conventional human norm.
Alterhumanity is not about belief systems, mental health diagnoses, or lifestyle choices. It is a descriptive term for a category of identity experiences. People within the alterhuman community emphasize self-discovery, honest introspection, and mutual respect for the wide variety of ways in which non-human identity can be experienced.
Esimerkkejä
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A community forum for alterhuman individuals includes subsections for therians, otherkin, fictionkin, and other alterhuman identities, providing resources and support for all.
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A researcher studying non-human identity uses "alterhuman" as an inclusive academic term that covers the full spectrum of experiences without privileging one community over another.
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An individual who identifies with both a real animal (theriotype) and a mythical creature (kintype) finds the alterhuman label useful for describing their overall identity experience.
Yleisiä kysymyksiä
Is alterhuman a new term?
The term is relatively recent, emerging in the 2010s as the community sought inclusive language that could encompass the growing diversity of non-human identity experiences beyond the traditional therian and otherkin labels.
Do all therians identify as alterhuman?
Not necessarily. While therianthropy falls under the alterhuman umbrella, some therians prefer to use only the term "therian" and do not actively identify with the broader alterhuman label. The choice is personal.
What types of identities fall under alterhumanity?
Alterhumanity includes therianthropy, otherkin identities (dragons, elves, fae, etc.), fictionkin (identification with fictional characters), phytanthropy (plant identification), voidpunk, and other non-standard identity experiences. The umbrella is intentionally broad and inclusive.
Liittyvät termit
Therianthropy
Syvä, sisäsyntyinen samastuminen ei-inhimilliseen eläimeen. Peräisin kreikan sanoista θηρίον (therion, "peto") ja ἄνθρωπος (anthropos, "ihminen"). Therians kokevat eläimellisen identiteettinsä olennaisena osana itseään, ei valinnaksi tai harrastukseksi.
Lue lisää →Otherkin
Laajempi yhteisö yksilöistä, jotka samastuvat ei-inhimillisiin entiteetteihin — mukaan lukien mytologiset olennot (keijut, lohikäärmeet), fiktiiviset hahmot tai muut maailmanjärjestelmän ulkopuoliset olennot. Therians katsotaan joskus otherkin-joukon osajoukoksi, vaikka yhteisöt limittyvät.
Lue lisää →Kintype
Erityinen entiteetti, johon otherkin samastuu, samalla tavalla kuin "theriotype" käytetään therianien kohdalla. Kintype voi olla mytologinen olento, fiktiivinen hahmo tai mikä tahansa ei-inhimillinen olento.
Lue lisää →Species Dysphoria
Tunne epämukavuudesta tai ahdistuksesta, joka syntyy oman fyysisen ihmisruumiin ja theriotypyn ruumiin välisestä epäsopivuudesta. Kaikki therians eivät koe species dysphoriae, ja sen voimakkuus vaihtelee suuresti.
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