Genderqueer

Genderqueer, also known as gender diverse or gender variant, is an umbrella term used to refer to people whose gender experience, identity or presentation do not fit the societal norm. It can be used to describe binary cisgender and transgender people who feel that they have a queer or non-normative understanding of their gender. Much like non-binary, the term can also be used to describe any gender identities other than man and woman.

Examples of genderqueerness

• Identifying as many genders. (Multigender)
• Being gender non-conforming (AKA/or a crossdresser)
• Being trans, cisn't, or another gender modality that is not only cisgender
• Being neither man nor woman (Neutral, Third gender)
• Moving between genders (Genderfluid)
• Not identifying one's own gender (Unlabeled)
• Being cusper
• Having an overlap or blurred lines between gender identity (e.g. A woman who goes by "he")

The term genderqueer may also sometimes be used to describe intersex and other varsex individuals.

Some people only use the genderqueer label to describe their gender identity, while others identify as more labels such as androgyne, bigender etc. Genderqueer people may also identify as transgender and/or nonbinary. Some genderqueer people may wish to transition, either medically or by changing their name and/or pronouns to suit their preferred gender expression (or both). Genderqueer people can have any sexual orientation.

Many genderqueer individuals see gender and sex as separable aspects of a person and sometimes identify as a male woman, a female man, or a male/female/intersex genderqueer. Genderqueer identification may also occur for political reasons.

"Genderqueer", along with being an umbrella term, has been used as an adjective to refer to any people who transgress mainstream distinctions of gender, regardless of their self-defined gender identity, for example, those who "queer" gender, expressing it non-normatively. Androgynous is sometimes also used as a descriptive term for people in this category, but genderqueer is used to indicate that gender norms can be transgressed through a combination of masculinity and femininity, or neither, and because not all genderqueer people identify as androgyne.

Notable Genderqueer people

• Maia Kobabe is a queer author and illustrator who is known for publishing comics based on themes of identity, sexuality, anti-fascism, fairy tales, and homesickness. Kobabe’s published comics include Tom O'Bedlam (2015), The Thief's Tales #1 and #2, and The Non-Binary Bunny. Kobabe has additionally published a graphic novel memoir called Gender Queer: A Memoir. Kobabe refers to e/em/eir pronouns.

Gallery

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  Original enderqueer Pride Flag by Marilyn Roxie
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  Genderqueer Woman Flag by Qenu
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  Alternative Genderqueer Flag by QueerPotato^{[Citation needed]}
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  Spring Genderqueer Flag by Transfeminine
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  Alternative Genderqueer Flag by Krystl123456789
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  Alternative Genderqueer Flag by StillCommonlyconfused

External links

• Genderqueer Identities
• Genderqueer Tumblr
• nonbinary.wiki
• Wikipedia

See Also

• Transgender
• Non-binary
• Gender Non-Conforming
• Gender-variant
• Genderbender