Day 19: Pangender Pride

As some nearby stagehands prepare a few brightly colored flags, Gaystripe is nowhere to be seen. However, nobody seems that worried, because he's always late, and everyone'll just shove coffee in his face when he finally gets to the stage. So, things continue as normal. 

Cats set up a popcorn machine and bring some bowls out to the audience members, whereas others set up the graphics for the day. The backstage is silent and pleasant while the crowd murmurs softly, and then Gaystripe bursts through the door.

He screams something incoherently and whips out a bucket of coffee, dumps it on himself, and quickly grooms his pelt. From there, he grins at the cats, grabs some cat-hair gel, and then screams at the nearby stagehands, not knowing the concept of an inside voice.

Gaystripe: HI GUYS, I'M FINALLY HERE. SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG!

Stagehand: It's fine, just get onstage whenever you're able to

Gaystripe: OKAY BYE

The stagehand rolls their eyes and he bursts onstage, and instantly confetti sprays around him as yellow, orange, pink, and white flashing lights immediately cover the area.

Gaystripe: HELLO EVERYONE and welcome to 30 DAYS OF PRIDE with me, your WONDERFULLY ALWAYS LATE HOST, GAYSTRIPE!

The crowd goes wild, throwing popcorn already as they scream for him. 

Gaystripe: Thank you, thank you. Now, today's Day of Pride is DAY NINETEEN, which means we'll be learning about what PANGENDER is.

Gaystripe: To start off, let me just say that pangender and pansexuality aren't the same thing. Despite the fact that they may sound the same, that doesn't mean they are the same thing.

Some Cat: Well what do they mean?

Gaystripe: *slipping on a monocle and taking out a small book* Pansexuality was day five, and stick around for pangender. *throwing the monocle into the crowd* Understood?

Some Cat: Yep!

Gaystripe: Okay, good! Firstly, the Greek prefix "pan" means "everything" or "all". So, pangender means "having all genders it's possible to have" and other definitions that are similar. A lot of people consider it to be very expansive, as there are many genders!

Gaystripe: There are so many genders that it's impossible to list them all. Some who are pangender experience gender fluidity, similarly to how someone would be genderfluid, but not in the same way. They may flow between a few genders, such as agender. 

Gaystripe: Generally, those who experience fluidity commonly report it as fluidity from agender to pangender and vice-versa. 

Random Cat #2: Hey Gaystripe, I've heard of something called omnigender, what's that?

Gaystripe: Omnigender is a synonym of pangender. Easy!

Random Cat #2: Oh cool, thanks!

He bows momentarily and the crowd yells excitedly.

Gaystripe: Essentially, pangender is binary genders, as well as known and unknown genders. Because there are so many genders, it's hard to list them all and file them under this gender.

Gaystripe: Pangender can be someone who is every gender it's possible for them to be, someone who is the entire gender spectrum they can be, someone who is all genders available to them, or someone who is an immense number of genders.

Gaystripe: There are a lot of other definitions, though it's hard to pin one down in specific. One thing that's clear is that it isn't the same thing as polygender. The two gender identities are different.

Gaystripe: Overall, polygender is generally described as many genders, whereas pangender is mostly described as all, as I already mentioned- having all genders it's possible to have is the most common description used.

Some Cat Backstage: *peeks out from backstage, nearly getting blinded by the lights that are flashing around* Do we have a QueerClan cat??

Gaystripe: No, I don't think so!

The crowd screams in agony and he rolls his eyes, whisking his paws as he surveys the crowd once more.

Gaystripe: Don't worry about it, today's almost over anyways. QueerClan's cool but we don't need them.

Audience: WHAT??

Gaystripe: Just kidding, we kind of do. *glances backstage and waves a paw, and then the area lights up brightly with a bunch of yellow, orange, pink, and white lights*

Gaystripe: I think that's all for today, yep! *glances at a fake watch* Okay, that's all for today. We've only got a specific amount of times anyway! 

Gaystripe: THANK YOU ALL for tuning in to DAY NINETEEN of 30 DAYS OF PRIDE. With that, have a wonderful rest of your day, and GOODNIGHT!

With this, he screams and jumps into the crowd, and the daily party begins.

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