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'''{{tp|tonsi}}''' is a [[post-pu|post-{{tp|pu}}]] word mainly relating to {{wpw|non-binary gender}}, coordinate with {{tp|[[meli]]}} for femininity and {{tp|[[mije]]}} for masculinity. It was coined in 2019 by {{tok|jan inwin}}.<ref name="inwin2019">{{tok|jan inwin}} (@orsetto) (17 July 2019). [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/600881974172712962 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|sona-musi}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''.</ref>
==Etymology==
The word {{tp|tonsi}} is derived from {{wpw|Mandarin Chinese}} {{lang|zh|{{wt|同志}}}} (''{{lang|zh|tóngzhì}}''), originally meaning "comrade" as in a member of the {{wpw|Communist party}}, but nowadays also used to mean a member of the {{wpw|LGBT community}}. The word was coined by {{tok|jan inwin}} on 17 January 2019 as a proposal for a {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} for non-binary gender.<ref name="inwin2019"/> It was informally voted on in a series of polls in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} Discord server.<ref>{{tok|jan inwin}} (@orsetto) (18 July 2019). [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/601234123763482626 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|sona-musi}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} DIscord server]. ''Discord''.
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==Semantic space==
{{tp|tonsi}} generally means non-binary or {{wpw|gender-nonconforming}}.
Some speakers use {{tp|tonsi}} with the alternative meaning of {{wpw|transgender}}. This is contentious as some non-binary people do not identify with the trans label, and they and binary trans people may not want their experiences to be conflated. Due to the core definition of {{tp|tonsi}}, describing binary trans people as {{tp|meli tonsi}} or {{tp|mije tonsi}} might be construed to imply that they are not fully women or men, especially as there is no coordinate term to specify {{wpw|cisgender}} {{tp|meli}} and {{tp|mije}}.
According to the data in the {{ku|en}}, {{tp|tonsi}} has also been used to describe {{wpw|intersexuality}}.{{cite ku|381}}
==Adoption==
=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
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The {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyph for {{tp|tonsi}} is simplified from the {{w|transgender symbol}}. The glyph was decided by a poll on Reddit, together with 12 other suggestions.<ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (u/AcipenserSturio) (10 May 2020). [https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gh7275/survey_how_would_you_rank_these_glyphs_for_tonsi/ Survey: how would you rank these glyphs for "tonsi"?]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved 9 October 2022.</ref> The original creator of the glyph is unknown. According to {{tok|kala Asi}} while making the poll, she encoutered it and made a stylized version herself.<ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (@kala_asi) (10 May 2020). [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/708990800658300948 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|toki-pona}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''.</ref><ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (@kala_asi) (10 May 2020). [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/708992721536417812 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|toki-pona}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''.</ref> ▼| style="vertical-align: top;" | [[File:Gender sign (bold).svg|200px|thumb|Transgender symbol]]
| style="vertical-align: top;" | [[File:Tonsi - Nonbinary in Toki Pona.svg|200px|thumb|The glyph for {{tp|tonsi}} with the nonbinary colors]]
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