The 'x' also comes into play specifically in Indigenous languages that have always had or have lost their third gender.This sentiment extends to Black Americans as well: Malcolm X changed his surname from'Little' (the name of his ancestors' slave owner) to 'x' in 1952 to recognize the history of anti-Black violence embedded in his surname, according to the African American Intellectual History Society. For example, communities in Mexico call themselves Chicano/Xicano/a/x as opposed to 'Mexican' because it signals identification with Indigenous roots more so than what Spanish colonizers have named them. For many colonized communities - whether Latinx, Black, or other Indigenous groups - the 'x' also stands for all that has been taken away from them by colonizers.For example, in the use of 'xe' or 'xem' in neopronouns, a category of new pronouns that can be used for anyone, regardless of gender.

As a variable (such as in algebra), so it acts as a fill-in-the-blank term for each person.To represent trans and gender non-conforming people.To avoid having to assign gender within a word.

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