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'''Genderqueer''' ('''GQ'''; alternatively '''non-binary''') is a catch-all term for [[Gender identity|gender identities]] other than male and female, thus outside of the [[gender binary]] and [[heteronormativity]].<ref>Usher, Raven. ''North American Lexicon of Transgender Terms''. San Francisco: GLB Publishers, 2006.</ref> People who identify as genderqueer may think of themselves as one or more of the following:
'''Genderqueer''' ('''GQ'''; alternatively '''non-binary''') is a catch-all term for [[Gender identity|gender identities]] other than man and woman, thus outside of the [[gender binary]] and [[heteronormativity]].<ref>Usher, Raven. ''North American Lexicon of Transgender Terms''. San Francisco: GLB Publishers, 2006.</ref> People who identify as genderqueer may think of themselves as one or more of the following:
* both male and female ([[bigender]], [[pangender]])
* both man and woman ([[bigender]], [[pangender]])
* neither male nor female ([[genderless]], agender)
* neither man nor woman ([[genderless]], agender)
* moving between genders (genderfluid)<ref>Winter, Claire R. ''Understanding Transgender Diversity: A Sensible Explanation of Sexual and Gender Identities''. CreateSpace, 2010.</ref>
* moving between genders (genderfluid)<ref>Winter, Claire R. ''Understanding Transgender Diversity: A Sensible Explanation of Sexual and Gender Identities''. CreateSpace, 2010.</ref>
* [[third gender]] or other-gendered; includes those who do not place a name to their gender<ref>Beemyn, Brett Genny, "[http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/genderqueer.html Genderqueer]", "glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender, and Queer Culture". 2008. Retrieved April 16 2011.</ref>
* [[third gender]] or other-gendered; includes those who do not place a name to their gender<ref>Beemyn, Brett Genny, "[http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/genderqueer.html Genderqueer]", "glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender, and Queer Culture". 2008. Retrieved April 16 2011.</ref>

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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 (bigender, pangender)
  • neither man nor woman (genderless, agender)
  • moving between genders (genderfluid)[2]
  • third gender 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 genderqueer people[6][7] also identify as transgender, and may or may not wish for 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 male, female, both, or neither, while sexual identity refers to an individual's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to others.[9] As such, genderqueer people may be a variety of sexual orientations, as with transgender and cisgender people. Genderqueer identification may also occur for political reasons.[10][11]

"Genderqueer", in addition to 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.[12] 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 androgynes. However, the term has been applied by those describing what they see as a gender ambiguity.[13]

Gender and pronouns

Some genderqueer people prefer to use gender-neutral pronouns such as one, ze, sie, hir, 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.[14]

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. ^ "Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology transgender (adj.)". National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association website. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  7. ^ "GLAAD Media Reference Guide Transgender Glossary of Terms". Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation website. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Sycamore, Mattilda B. Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006.
  11. ^ Stryker, Susan. Transgender History. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2008.
  12. ^ Dahir, Mubarak. "Whose Movement Is It?" Editorial. The Advocate 25 May 1999: 52.
  13. ^ Girshick, Lori B. Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2008
  14. ^ 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.
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