"Ah Yes The Three Genders"

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About

"Ah Yes, the Three Genders" refers to a popular catchphrase used on message boards and image macros to make comment on gender identity.

Origin

The earliest known uses of the phrase was posted on the website FunnyJunk on July 2nd, 2014. That day, FunnyJunk friedgreenpomatoes commented on an image of an anime character saying, "I'm actually Hideyoshi gender" with "Ah yes, the three genders: Male, Female, and Hideyoshi." The post (shown below) received more than 30 upvotes in three and a half years.

Spread

The following month, on August 6th, Tumblr ^[2] user thebellsofmoscow posted, "cis ally voice: ah, yes. the three genders. boy, girl, and trans*." The post (shown below, left) received more than 10,000 notes as of November 2017.

On July 16th, 2016, Tumblr^[3] user peachdoxie posted an image of various "pocket guide to" books. Next to the books on girl and boy was the one on mischief. The post (shown below, right) was captioned "Ah yes, the three genders: Girl, Boy, and Mischief." As of November 2017, the post had amassed more than 73,000 notes.

The following year, on October 7th, Twitter user @mckelldogs posted an image entitled gender with a boy watching a girl read a book on it and the captioned "ah yes, the three genders." The post (shown below) received more than 7,600 retweets and 22,700 likes one month.