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'''Genderfuck''', also known as '''genderpunk''', can describe a [[gender identity]] and/or [[gender expression]] where [[gender]]ed expectations are deliberately played with to combine gender-specific signals.<ref name="TLP: Genderfuck">{{Cite_web|url=https://translanguageprimer.com/genderfuck|title=Genderfuck|author=[[The Trans Language Primer]]|site=[https://translanguageprimer.com The Trans Language Primer]|archivedate=20211031061633}}</ref><ref name="From Genderfuck to Nonbinary">{{Cite_web|url=https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/157097/ELDER-THESIS-2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=From Genderfuck to Nonbinary: Negotiating Gender in Performance|author=Elder, Katelyn Elizabeth|partialdate=May 2016|format=PDF}}</ref> The act of engaging in this identity or expression is sometimes referred to as genderfucking.<ref name="PCS:genderfuck">{{Cite web|url=https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148276826255/genderfck|title=Genderf*ck (Tumblr)|date=2016-07-31}}</ref><ref name="Dictionary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/genderfuck/|title=genderfuck Meaning|publisher=Dictionary.com|date=2019-04-05|archivedate=20230515165732}}</ref> Individuals who genderfuck are sometimes referred to as genderfucks or genderfuckers.<ref name="Dictionary" /><ref name="GenderCensus2020">{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ePCyWMdorSHAaxNcd1Iv64oLvkdgeoZldTdGZZTHlvY/edit#gid=498446722|title=Gender Census 2020. - the public spreadsheet}}</ref>

Some genderfuck people [[transition]] socially, physically, and/or legally. Individual [[drag]] performers may or may not additionally identify as genderfucks.<ref name="TLP: Genderfuck" /> In the 2020 Gender Census, 42 people described their identity as "genderfuck", 11 described their identity as "genderfucked", and 3 described their identity as "genderfucker".<ref name="GenderCensus2020" />

== Common Definitions ==
{{Quote|Genderfuck is a form of gender expression that seeks to subvert the traditional gender binary or gender roles by mixing traditionally masculine (such as a beard) and traditionally feminine (such as a dress) components. It literally means to "fuck with" or mess with traditional notions of gender expression or gender roles. For some it is their gender identity, for others it is a label for a certain event's clothing or outfit.  This may also extend to the belief that the social construct of gender does not exist.|nonbinary.wiki|10 April 2025<ref name="nonbinary.wiki>[https://nonbinary.wiki/index.php?title=Genderfuck&oldid=44052 nonbinary.wiki page on Genderfuck as of 10 April 2025]</ref>}}

== History ==
Genderfuck is a form of identity politics that stems from the political movement in the 1950s and 1960s, when "the personal is political" became popular.<ref>{{Cite print|title=Sex Positive: Feminism, Queer Theory, and the Politics of Transgression|published=April 1, 2000|auhtor=Elisa Glick|publisher=Feminist Review|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/014177800338936}}</ref>

The term genderfuck is also used for the name of a party event held regularly on the Swarthmore College campus. Similar to the term it was named for, the event has a focus on students wearing gender-bending outfits. It was originally just the after-party for the college's Sager Symposium, which was focused on LGBTQ issues. The event start sometime after 1988, and by 1995 it "became an event featuring gender-bending themes much looked forward to by students". It continues to be held on campus since then, and is seen as "one of Swarthmore’s strangest, most exciting traditions".<ref name="The Phoenix">{{Cite web|title=The History of Genderfuck|author=Mireille Guy|date=2013-04-25|url=https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2013/04/25/the-history-of-genderfuck/|archivedate=20230401010923}}</ref>

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Some binary identifying trans people or nonbinary people may choose to intentionally dress up in a genderfuck outfit for an event or photoshoot. This usually consists of using secondary sexual characteristics of different sexes such as a beard '''and''' breasts, or another expression of traditionally male and female identifiers together. This may be to intentionally confuse the audience and to set traditional gender roles and expression into question, leading to discussion under the umbrella of "what is masculine/feminine?" or similar discourse.<ref name=":1">LGBTIA+ Wiki about Genderfuck: https://lgbt.wikia.org/wiki/Genderfuck [https://web.archive.org/web/20220124160321/https://lgbt.wikia.org/wiki/Genderfuck Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="UD-genderfuck">{{Cite web |title=Urban Dictionary: genderfuck |author=Michelle |work=Urban Dictionary |date=27 April 2003 |access-date=8 July 2020 |url= https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=genderfuck|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616044322/https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=genderfuck |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

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Genderfuck also seeks to break down the rigid binary space and create a new fluid space where people can express and qualities they want of themselves without being ridiculed for "not fitting in your box." More open room to express oneself however you find comfortable. This is also often used by [[Drag]] Queens and Drag Kings when performing as they do not use just feminine or masculine qualities in their outfits and intentionally dress up in a way that cannot be limited to feminine or masculine qualities.<ref>Wiki on Genderbender Drag section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bender#Drag [https://web.archive.org/web/20230228220817/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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Although this is often associated with [[queer]] identities, you do not have to be queer to want to or to participate in genderfucking.<ref name=":1" />

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Genderfuck flag.png|Genderfuck Flag by Tumblr user yo-ho-sebastian<ref name="PCS:genderfuck"/>
Genderfuck by disabled hart.jpg|Genderfuck Flag by [[Wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] user disabled hart{{Icon|Twitter}} {{Citation needed}}
Genderfuck by januceit.png|Genderfuck Flag by Tumblr user januceit{{Icon|Tumblr}}<ref name=januceit>[https://www.tumblr.com/januceit/621295892758183936/made-a-couple-variations-of-a-genderfuck-flag-cos januceit's Alternate Flags (Archive Unavailable)] [[File:Januceit Genderpunk Flags.png|20px]]</ref>
Genderfuck with symbol by januceit.jpg|Genderfuck Flag with symbol by Tumblr user januceit{{Icon|Tumblr}}<ref name=januceit/>
Genderfuck by nihilorenz.jpg|Genderfuck Flag by [[Wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] user nihilorenz{{Icon|Twitter}} {{Citation needed}}
Genderpunk by teja.jpg|Genderpunk Flag by Tumblr user teja-the-moss-gremlin<ref name=teja-the-moss-gremlin>[https://www.tumblr.com/teja-the-moss-gremlin/686695772507521024/genderpunk-anarchogender-alt-flags teja-the-moss-gremlin's Alternate Flags]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20251201020130/https://www.tumblr.com/teja-the-moss-gremlin/686695772507521024/genderpunk-anarchogender-alt-flags Archive]</ref>
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== References ==
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== See Also ==

* [[Gender Bender]]


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