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'''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: |
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* both man and woman |
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* neither man nor woman (genderless, agender) |
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* moving between genders (gender fluid)<ref>Winter, Claire R. ''Understanding Transgender Diversity: A Sensible Explanation of Sexual and Gender Identities''. CreateSpace, 2010.</ref> |
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* [[third gender|third gendered]] 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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* having an overlap of, or blurred lines between, gender identity and sexual orientation<ref>Stringer, JAC, "[http://www.genderqueercoalition.org/terms GenderQueer and Queer Terms]", "Trans & Queer Wellness Initiative". 2009. Retrieved April 16 2011.</ref><ref>Brill, Stephanie A, and Rachel Pepper. ''The Transgender Child''. San Francisco, Calif: Cleiss Press, 2008.</ref> |
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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> |
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"Genderqueer", along with 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]] and not all identify as androgynes, 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> |
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==History of the term genderqueer== |
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An early use of ''genderqueer'' in print appeared in [[Riki Wilchins]]' 'A Letter From Your Editrix' in the Spring 1995 issue of ''In Your Face''<ref>Califia, Patrick. ''Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism''. San Francisco, Calif: Cleis Press, 1997.</ref>. Wilchins also edited the anthology ''GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary'', which helped to bring the term into more mainstream usage. Various organizations sprung up through the late 1990s and early 2000s..[elaborate on this, add importance of postmodernism, Judith Butler, pomosexual stuff, Kate Bornstein, etc...] |
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==Genderqueer-associated Identities== |
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These are some of the common identities associated with genderqueer and understood as under the umbrella of non-binary gender, although not all of those identifying with any of the following may self-identify as "genderqueer" ''per se''. |
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'''[[Androgyny|Androgyne]]''' |
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'''Bigender''' |
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'''Gender Fluid''' |
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'''[[Girlfags and guydykes]]''' |
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'''Neutrois''' |
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'''[[Third Gender]]''' |
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'''[[Trigender]]''' |
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==Gender and pronouns== |
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Some genderqueers prefer to go by the conventional binary pronouns "he" or "she", while others prefer [[gender-neutral pronoun]]s such as [[one (pronoun)]], "[[Wiktionary:ze|ze]]", "[[Wiktionary:sie|sie]]", and "[[Wiktionary:hir|hir]]" or [[singular they|singular "they","their" and "them"]], instead of [[gender-specific pronoun|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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Feinberg |first=L. |title=Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman |publisher=Beacon |year=1996}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal box|LGBT|Transgender}} |
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*[[List of transgender-related topics]] |
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* [[Bash Back]] |
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* [[Butch and femme]] |
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* [[Drag king]] |
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* [[Drag queen]] |
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* [[Pomosexual]] |
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* [[Queer]] |
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* [[Transcending Boundaries Conference]] |
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* [[Two-spirit]] |
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== Notes == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== References == |
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* ''GenderQueer. Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary'', Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, Riki Wilchins (2002) Alyson Books, New York. |
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* ''The Transgender Studies Reader'', Susan Stryker, Stephen Whittle (2006) Routledge, New York. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://unitedgenders.org United Genders of the Universe] a genderqueer organisation |
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* [http://androgyne.0catch.com Androgyne Online]: non-binary gender variants/variance |
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* [http://www.genderfork.com Genderfork] – Photos and anonymous thoughts from the genderqueer community |
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* [http://www.polygender.co.uk Polygender.co.uk] – Includes 'A Queergendered FAQ'. |
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* [http://www.neutrois.com/ Neutrois] people who identify as being non-gendered |
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* [http://qvox.org Qvox.org] – Web resource on queer gender and sexuality. |
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* [http://t-vox.org/ T-Vox] – International resource and information wiki. |
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* [http://www.whatisgender.net What is Gender?] – "A support forum for transgendered, non_binary, and significant others." |
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