Genderqueer

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The Genderqueer flag. The lavender stripe, mixing blue and pink (traditional male and female colors, also present on the trans flag) is meant to represent those under the GQ umbrella who feel they are both male and female in identity as well as “queerness.” Lavender has long been associated with homosexuality and bisexuality. Dark chartreuse green, the inverse of the lavender color, is meant to represent GQ individuals who feel they are neither male nor female in identity. The white stripe is meant to represent GQ individuals falling completely outside of the gender binary.
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Genderqueer (GQ; alternatively non-binary) is a catch-all category for gender identities other than man and woman, thus outside of the gender binary and cisnormativity.[1] People who identify as genderqueer may think of themselves as one or more of the following:

  • having an overlap of, or blurred lines between, gender identity and sexual and romantic orientation.[2][3]
  • both man and woman (bigender, trigender, pangender);
  • neither man nor woman (nongendered, genderless, agender);
  • moving between genders (genderfluid);[4]
  • third gender or other-gendered; includes those who do not place a name to their gender;[5]

Some genderqueer people[6][7] also desire physical modification or hormones to suit their preferred expression. Many genderqueer people 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 person.[8] Gender identity is defined as one's internal sense of being a woman, man, both, or neither, while sexual identity refers to an individual's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to others.[7] As such, genderqueer people may have a variety of sexual orientations, as with transgender and cisgender people.[9]

In addition to being an umbrella term, genderqueer has been used as an adjective to refer to any people who transgress distinctions of gender, regardless of their self-defined gender identity, i.e. those who "queer" gender, expressing it non-normatively.[10] Androgynous is frequently used as a descriptive term for people in this category, though genderqueer people may express a combination of masculinity and femininity, or neither, in their gender expression and not all identify as androgynous. However, the term has been applied by those describing what they see as a gender ambiguity.[11]

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Gender terms [edit]

Some genderqueer people prefer to use gender-neutral pronouns such as one, ze, sie, hir, co, ey or singular "they", "their" and "them", while others prefer the conventional binary pronouns "her" or "him". Some genderqueer people prefer to be referred to alternately as he and she (and/or gender neutral pronouns), and some prefer to use only their name and not use pronouns at all.[12]

Many[citation needed] genderqueer people prefer additional neutral language, such as the title "Mx" instead of Mr or Ms.[13]

In July 2012, Gopi Shankar, a gender activist and a student at The American College in Madurai coined the regional[citation needed] terms for genderqueer people in Tamil during Asia's first Genderqueer Pride Parade. See Third gender#India.

Gender neutrality [edit]

Main article: Gender neutrality

Gender neutrality is the movement to end discrimination of gender altogether in society through means of gender-neutral language, the end of sex segregation and other means.

Out genderqueer people [edit]

  • Chris Pureka, an American folk music singer-songwriter, came out publicly as genderqueer in a 2005 interview with Off Our Backs.[14]
  • Rae Spoon, a Canadian singer-songwriter, identified as a trans man for many years before adopting a gender-neutral identity in 2012.[citation needed]
  • Jiz Lee, a pornographic actor, reported in a personal blog post that they became more candid about being genderqueer at about age 29.[15]
  • Andrej Pejic, an Australian fashion model, does not use the term genderqueer, but has publicly stated that they identify as neither male nor female.[16][17]
  • Kate Bornstein, an American gender theorist, transsexual person, and author of Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (a book about being dissatisfied with binary models of gender) identifies as neither male nor female.[citation needed]
  • Agness England, a Mexican Agender person, and creator of Ageneros group in facebook topics and news of non binay gender people.[citation needed]

Discrimination [edit]

Main article: Discrimination towards non-binary gender persons

In an analysis of respondents to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey who chose 'A gender not listed here', the majority of whom are genderqueer, it was found that Q3GNLH (Question 3 Gender Not Listed Here) respondents were 9% more likely to forgo healthcare due to fear of discrimination than the general sample (36 per cent compared to 27 per cent). 76% reported being unemployed, 90% had experienced anti-trans bias at work, and 43% had attempted suicide.[18]

See also [edit]

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Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Usher, Raven, ed. (2006). North American Lexicon of Transgender Terms. San Francisco. ISBN 9781879194625. OCLC 184841392. 
  2. ^ Stringer, JAC (2009). "GenderQueer and Queer Terms". Educational Materials. Cincinnati: Midwest Trans & Queer Wellness Initiative. Retrieved 3 May 2012. 
  3. ^ Brill, Stephanie A.; Pepper, Rachel (28 June 2008). The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals. San Francisco: Cleis Press. ISBN 9781573443180. OCLC 227570066. 
  4. ^ Winter, Claire Ruth (2010). Understanding Transgender Diversity: A Sensible Explanation of Sexual and Gender Identities. CreateSpace. ISBN 9781456314903. OCLC 703235508. 
  5. ^ Beemyn, Brett Genny (2008). "Genderqueer". glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. Chicago: glbtq, Inc. Retrieved 3 May 2012. 
  6. ^ "Transgender (adj.)". Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology. National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Retrieved 25 May 2011. 
  7. ^ a b "Transgender Glossary of Terms". GLAAD Media Reference Guide. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Retrieved 25 May 2011. 
  8. ^ Walsh, Reuben (December 2010). "More T, vicar? My experiences as a genderqueer person of faith". All God's Children (Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement) 2 (3). 
  9. ^ Stryker, Susan (2008). Transgender History. Berkeley: Seal Press. ISBN 9781580052245. OCLC 183914566. 
  10. ^ Dahir, Mubarak (25 May 1999). "Whose Movement Is It?". The Advocate (Here Media): 52. 
  11. ^ Girshick, Lori B. (2008). Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men. Hanover: University Press of New England. ISBN 9781584656456. OCLC 183162406. 
  12. ^ Feinberg, Leslie (1996). Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807079409. OCLC 33014093. 
  13. ^ Ruth Pearce (July 21, 2011). "Non-gendered titles see increased recognition". Lesbilicious. Retrieved 29 August 2012. 
  14. ^ Young, Angie (1 July 2005). "An Interview with Chris Pureka". Off Our Backs (Arlington). 
  15. ^ Lee, Jiz (15 December 2010). "What Is Genderqueer?". Jiz Lee – Blog. jizlee.com. Retrieved 4 May 2012. 
  16. ^ Criger, Erin (26 October 2011). "Fashion model straddles gender divide". CityNews Toronto. Rogers Communications. Retrieved 4 May 2012. 
  17. ^ "Guy AND Doll: Man Models Women's Clothes (segment)". ABC News Nightline. 13 September 2011. American Broadcasting Company. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/guy-doll-man-models-womens-clothes-14524558. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  18. ^ http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/release_materials/agendernotlistedhere.pdf.  Missing or empty |title= (help)

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