The whole gender spectrum thing is gonna be a pretty touchy subject no matter how sensitive you try to be about it.

I just call stuff like that hybrid gendered or something equally generic and try to ignore anyone who tries to stir up controversy or claim offense.

For what i can think up is Shemale actually. :/
I think that goes into that "herm" subject.

This isn't meant as being offensive to anyone!!!
I apologize if it seems that way.

I've been wondering this for a while, too. I don't like the way "herm" sounds as a word (one mushy syllable, like something you'd mutter under your breath), but I hate, hate, hate the terms "dickgirl" and "cuntboy." I can see how those two words could be defended in the context of self-conscious vulgarity, but they've got very narrow ranges. I don't mind the term intersex, so I guess I can't really be of much help. But you're not alone with this terminology problem.

^{woa you got some kinda gross comments on this for someone just looking for some help..sorry about that......}

i'm really not the most educated person on the subject of gender and genitalia, but i found the word "epicene" while looking?
"having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex." probably not exactly right either though haha..

I'm kinda wondering why some people are getting so offended in the first place?

Meh... if there is no term for it, make one. How about "merm" - male-leaning hermaphrodite.

When did hermaphrodite become offensive? :o I have seen intersex used for hermaphrodites as well, which is also accurate, unless the species is typically hermaphroditic. In which case, you'd use hermaphrodite. :x

Futanari I guess ? I'm so confused at this point...

For fully functioning genitalia, hermaphrodite is scientifically correct. For ambiguous genitalia (something between a cis penis and a cis vagina), intersex would be correct, either male-dominant or female-dominant if you want to get specific. Andromorphic female for "dickgirls" and gynomorphic male for "c-boys"*. For someone surgically transitioning, then transgender would be correct.

This is just what I personally use. Mileage may vary.

*Dickgirl, shemale, cuntboy, etc are all extremely offensive and should never be used to refer to anyone. Even if a person refers to themselves as such, which is their prerogative, you still shouldn't use it. Sort of how black people can use the n-word, but no one else who isn't black themselves should. Dickgirl and shemale are extremely transmisogynistic, while cuntboy is transphobic, and all three terms are objectifying and fetishizing trans and intersex individuals.

Futanari is a Japanese term for hermaphrodites, typically used specifically for human ones of the style you're mentioning. Some people still find it offensive, simply because it's sometimes used to refer to actual trans women, but the word 'newhalf/nyuhafu' has since been adopted in Japanese to describe actual trans women.

Someone on here uses the term "bigender", which usually refers to a gender identity, but it's as close as it gets, I think.

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Honestly, I don't know that there is a better term. I often find myself struggling for non-sexualized or stigmatizing terminology to describe physical configurations used in this kind of fantasy art that are less common in reality. What appropriate term is there for "feminine identifying person that has penis, testicles, and breasts, but is that way naturally and without transition?" People use an ugly term for it, but using trans woman is inappropriate, as sometimes these characters are not about trans narratives. It is a really big grey area and, as some comments have shown, clearly a hot point of contention for people who feel entitled to use the potentially offensive terms.

:I the responses here depress and disgust me.

OK! I know what journal you're talking about, and its true, if you have a character with fully two fully functioning sets of genitals they (I had this conversation with may partner, he too talked how sticky the term is) do fall under that spectrum of terminology but as a functioning hermaphrodite or single sex species if the rest of the characters species funcition the same! Personally, I don't like the use of the term hermaphrodite due to its history, so I stay with Single Sex.

From what I understood, they weren't talking about characters with two functioning sets of sex. It was trans women being mislabeled and fetishized, aswell as general awful words used to fetishize the community.

battleferrets got this one right on the nose for sure

I added "futa" to my journal for suggestions, sorry it wasn't fast enough. Thanks.

"When did hermaphrodite become offensive?"

In a purely scientific context, or a purely fictional/fantastical one, there's nothing offensive about the word 'hermaphrodite'. No-one is seriously proposing or defending real-life transpeople being described as hermaphrodites except in the paranoid nightmares of the SJWs.

Why would you want to find an unclear word to replace one that's used with 100% accuracy? Perhaps the fact that you were unable to find an answer in one journal and still can't get a good one here is evidence enough that you're not going to get what you want unless you go with the futa suggestion and just start speaking another language entirely.

Herm, dickgirl, cuntboy; useful words to describe physical forms without ambiguity. Getting offended over particular words even if they're used innocently, instead of reserving offence for when it is actually intended, is a very childish way to treat language.

After what people tried to explain to me on FA, they told me to just continue to use whatever I think is correct, but refer people IRL as intersex.

I've used "bisexed" on a couple occasions, and will occasionally shorten hermaphrodite to "hermaph" to avoid how awkward "herm" can be as an adjective.

SInce I came out as nonbinary and modified my character to reflect my ideal self I tag er as an androgyne. I find cboy very offensive and it wouldnt describe me anyway if it wasnt seeing as I am neither boy nor girl

The proper term is "intersex".