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Genderqueer (GQ), gender fluid and intergender are catch-all terms for gender identities other than man and woman. People who identify as genderqueer may think of themselves as being both man and woman or as being neither man nor woman and therefore falling completely outside the gender binary. They may express a combination of masculinity and femininity or neither. Many genderqueers 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.[1] Gender fluid people often find that neither male or female fits themselves physically or mentally. Gender identity is defined as one's internal sense of being male, female, both, or neither, while sexual identity refers to an individual's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to others.[2] Some genderqueers also identify as transgender. Androgynous is frequently used as a descriptive term for people in this category.
Some genderqueers see their identity as one of many possible genders other than man or woman, while others see "genderqueer" as an umbrella term that encompasses all of those possible genders. Still others see "genderqueer" as a third gender to complement the traditional two, while others identify as genderless or agender. The term "genderqueer" can also be used as an adjective to refer to any people who transgress distinctions of gender, regardless of their self-defined gender identity.
Gender and pronouns
Some genderqueers prefer to go by the conventional binary pronouns "he" or "she", while others prefer gender-neutral pronouns such as one (pronoun), "ze", "sie", and "hir" or singular "they","their" and "them", instead of her/his. Some genderqueers 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.[3]
See also
- List of transgender-related topics
- Bash Back
- Butch and femme
- Drag king
- Drag queen
- Girlfags and guydykes
- Pomosexual
- Queer
- Transcending Boundaries Conference
- Two-spirit
Notes
- ^ Walsh, Reuben More T Vicar? My experiences as a genderqueer person of faith, published in All God's Children, the magazine of the LGCM, December 2010 vol 2.3
- ^ Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. ‘’GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 8th Edition. Transgender Glossary of Terms”, ‘’GLAAD’’, USA, May 2010. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.
- ^ Feinberg, L. (1996). Transgender warriors: Making history from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. Beacon.
References
- Gender Queer. Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary, Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, Riki Wilchins (2002) Alyson Books, New York.
- The Transgender Studies Reader, Susan Stryker, Stephen Whittle (2006) Routledge, New York.
External links
- United Genders of the Universe a genderqueer organisation
- Androgyne Online: non-binary gender variants/variance
- T-Vox – International resource and information wiki.
- Qvox.org – Web resource on queer gender and sexuality.
- Polygender.co.uk – Includes 'A Queergendered FAQ'.
- Genderfork – Photos and anonymous thoughts from the genderqueer community
- What is Gender? – "A support forum for transgendered, non_binary, and significant others."