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Some genderqueers also identify as [[transgender]], and may or may not wish for physical modification or hormones to suit their preferred expression. 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<ref>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</ref>. 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 <ref>Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. [http://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender ‘’GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 8th Edition. Transgender Glossary of Terms”], ‘’[[GLAAD]]’’, USA, May 2010. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.</ref>. As such, genderqueers may be a variety of sexual orientations, as with transgender and [[cisgender]] people. Genderqueer identification may also occur for political reasons<ref>Sycamore, Mattilda B. ''Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity''. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006.</ref><ref>Stryker, Susan. ''Transgender History''. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2008. </ref>.
Some genderqueers also identify as [[transgender]], and may or may not wish for physical modification or hormones to suit their preferred expression. 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<ref>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</ref>. 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 <ref>Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. [http://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender ‘’GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 8th Edition. Transgender Glossary of Terms”], ‘’[[GLAAD]]’’, USA, May 2010. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.</ref>. As such, genderqueers may be a variety of sexual orientations, as with transgender and [[cisgender]] people. Genderqueer identification may also occur for political reasons<ref>Sycamore, Mattilda B. ''Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity''. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006.</ref><ref>Stryker, Susan. ''Transgender History''. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2008. </ref>.


The term "genderqueer", aside from being an umbrella term, 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<ref>Dahir, Mubarak. "Whose Movement Is It?" Editorial. ''The Advocate'' 25 May 1999: 52.</ref>. [[Androgynous]] is frequently used as a descriptive term for people in this category, though genderqueers may express a combination of masculinity and femininity, or neither, in their [[gender variance|gender expression]], but the term has be applied by those describing what they see as a gender ambiguity<ref>Girshick, Lori B. Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2008</ref>.
The term "genderqueer", aside from being an umbrella term, 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<ref>Dahir, Mubarak. "Whose Movement Is It?" Editorial. ''The Advocate'' 25 May 1999: 52.</ref>. [[Androgynous]] is frequently used as a descriptive term for people in this category, though genderqueers may express a combination of masculinity and femininity, or neither, in their [[gender variance|gender expression]], but the term has be applied by those describing what they see as a gender ambiguity<ref>Girshick, Lori B. ''Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men''. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2008</ref>.


==Gender and pronouns==
==Gender and pronouns==

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Genderqueer (GQ; alternatively non-binary) is a catch-all term for gender identities other than man and woman, thus outside of the gender binary and heteronormativity[1]. People who identify as genderqueer may think of themselves as one or more of the following:

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

Some genderqueers also identify as transgender, and may or may not wish for physical modification or hormones to suit their preferred expression. 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[6]. 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 [7]. As such, genderqueers may be a variety of sexual orientations, as with transgender and cisgender people. Genderqueer identification may also occur for political reasons[8][9].

The term "genderqueer", aside from being an umbrella term, 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 genderqueers may express a combination of masculinity and femininity, or neither, in their gender expression, but the term has be applied by those describing what they see as a gender ambiguity[11].

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.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Usher, Raven. North American Lexicon of Transgender Terms. San Francisco: GLB Publishers, 2006.
  2. ^ Winter, Claire R. Understanding Transgender Diversity: A Sensible Explanation of Sexual and Gender Identities. CreateSpace, 2010.
  3. ^ Beemyn, Brett Genny, "Genderqueer", "glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender, and Queer Culture". 2008. Retrieved April 16 2011.
  4. ^ Stringer, JAC, "GenderQueer and Queer Terms", "Trans & Queer Wellness Initiative". 2009. Retrieved April 16 2011.
  5. ^ Brill, Stephanie A, and Rachel Pepper. The Transgender Child. San Francisco, Calif: Cleiss Press, 2008.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Sycamore, Mattilda B. Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006.
  9. ^ Stryker, Susan. Transgender History. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2008.
  10. ^ Dahir, Mubarak. "Whose Movement Is It?" Editorial. The Advocate 25 May 1999: 52.
  11. ^ Girshick, Lori B. Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2008
  12. ^ 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

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