Gender

Gender is the way one identifies along the gender gradient. Although gender is not specified for third person pronouns like it is for most other languages, toki pona does include a few ways to indicate gender. Gendered language is still being created as the conlang evolves, and there's debate if toki pona needs to include gendered language at all.

Gender words

Typically, mije is used describe any primarily masculine gender, and meli is used to describe any primarily feminine gender. tonsi is then used to describe any non-binary gender. These words have lots of overlap, so a person with a masculine non-binary gender may describe himself as tonsi mije, or a bigender person may describe themselves as mije and meli. This method isn't perfect though, as it makes it harder to describe oneself as masculine of feminine outside of gender. Additionally, tonsi has several other meanings, like gender non-conforming or transgender, which not all non-binary people identify as.

Transgenderism

There's typically two ways to specify someone's transgender. The first way is the use of kule to say some's gender is within the LGBT label. The second way is using tonsi, which has a less common meaning of "non-cisgender". This second way is riskier, as it could suggest someone's non-binary when they're not.

Gendern't

Many tokiponists use Gendern't, a nasin that avoids the use of mije, meli, and sometimes even tonsi. Gendern't typically does not refer to gender at all for a variety of reasons.

Headnouns

Often, the purpose of gender is taken up by the use of headnouns. Headnouns are placed before a proper noun to describe what the noun is. Typically, tokiponists use the headnoun jan, although other headnouns are used for several reasons.

List of genders in toki pona

Although there's several ways to describe one's gender within toki pona, the following are some of the most common ways to express genders. Most of them are in the form of adjectives that are meant to be used with a person's headnoun. For example: a man who uses the headnoun jan can describe themselves as a jan mije. You can contribute to this table by adding ways you've heard people express their gender in toki pona, or adding other languages to the chart.

English	Toki Pona
Man	mije
Woman	meli
Demiboy
Demigirl
Non-binary	tonsi
Agender
Gender Fluid
Bigender
Pangender
Omnigender
Polygender