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| flag = genderqueer.png | |||
| meaning = Lavender: mixture of pink (female) and blue (male); White: gender neutral or agender; Dark green: inverse of lavander, meaning the third gender | |||
| related = [[Nonbinary]] | |||
| umbrella = [[Transgender]] | |||
| frequency = 35% | |||
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Genderqueer | |||
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{{Personal story | {{Personal story | ||
| quote = <translate><!--T:3--> There's a real pressure on nonbinary folks to present a front of absolute security and certainty about their identities. You have to project confidence at all times, so no one ever has the space to question your gender. And I think that's too bad, really, because we run the risk of putting more importance on certainty than we do on exploration. The only times we can be vulnerable is with other queer people, who understand that gender is a journey and a process.</translate> | | quote = <translate><!--T:3--> There's a real pressure on nonbinary folks to present a front of absolute security and certainty about their identities. You have to project confidence at all times, so no one ever has the space to question your gender. And I think that's too bad, really, because we run the risk of putting more importance on certainty than we do on exploration. The only times we can be vulnerable is with other queer people, who understand that gender is a journey and a process.</translate> | ||
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As an umbrella term, Genderqueer has a similar scope to [[nonbinary]], with many nonbinary-identifying individuals also considering themselves genderqueer. However, the terms have different historical scopes and connotations. The word genderqueer was used at least ten years before nonbinary. | As an umbrella term, Genderqueer has a similar scope to [[nonbinary]], with many nonbinary-identifying individuals also considering themselves genderqueer. However, the terms have different historical scopes and connotations. The word genderqueer was used at least ten years before nonbinary. | ||
Genderqueer Visibility Day is observed annually on April 25th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/westtnlgbtq/posts/april-25th-is-genderqueer-visibility-day-this-is-an-umbrella-term-so-however-you/548419837471298/|title=April 25th is Genderqueer Visibility Day! This is an umbrella term, so however you identify, we hope you have a great day! |author=West Tennessee LGBTQ+ Support |date=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ask_educator/p/Crd5TgzB_Ca/ |title=Today is Genderqueer Visibility Day! |author=Jess (@ask_educator) |date=25 April 2023}}</ref> | |||
==History== <!--T:6--> | ==History== <!--T:6--> | ||
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A 1990 book titled "The Welcoming Congregation Handbook" defined "Gender Queer" as "A person whose understanding of her/hir/his gender identification transcends society's polarized gender system".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Welcoming Congregation Handbook |page=120 |publisher=Unitarian Universalist Association |date=1990 |last=Alexander |first=Scott W. |edition=2nd}}</ref> | |||
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Another early usage of the term was by [[Riki Anne Wilchins]] in the Spring 1995 newsletter of [[Transexual Menace]]: | |||
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{{quote|...this is not just one more civil rights struggle for one more narrowly-defined minority. It's about all of us who are genderqueer: diesel [[dyke]]s and [[stone butch]]es, leatherqueens and radical fairies, nelly fags, [[Crossdressing|crossdressers]], [[intersex]]ed, [[transsexual]]s, [[transvestite]]s, [[transgender]]ed, transgressively gendered, and those of us whose gender expressions are so complex they haven’t even been named yet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Answering Gender Questions: Coining Genderqueer, Queer Fluidity, Gender-Normative |author= |work=GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY IDENTITIES |date=11 August 2011 |access-date=24 January 2022 |url= https://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525021313/https://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}} | |||
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Genderqueer comes with the anti-assimilationist political connotations of [[queer]], | Genderqueer comes with the anti-assimilationist political connotations of [[queer]], a reclaimed slur word that has strong associations within and without the LGBT community as well as a countercultural sexuality movement that sets itself apart from the mainstream [[LGBT]] community. (Note that the word "queer" is still actively used as a pejorative and hate speech in many regions.) As such genderqueer implies a similar counterculture, setting itself apart from mainstream nonbinary and [[transgender]] discourse. Many genderqueer people also consider themselves to be queer and there is a strong trend of rejecting the gender binary and normative [[gender roles]] with in the Queer Movement as a whole. | ||
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By contrast, nonbinary is more politically neutral in its connotations. Nonbinary was coined as a descriptive term, originally simply 'nonbinary gender', used to describe the range of experiences that fall outside of the binary gender model. There is no countercultural | By contrast, nonbinary is more politically neutral in its connotations. Nonbinary was coined as a descriptive term, originally simply 'nonbinary gender', used to describe the range of experiences that fall outside of the binary gender model. There is no countercultural discourse connotation, nor is there a connotation of association with the wider Queer Movement. Nonbinary is intended to simply cover the widest range of identities and experiences without intending to describe their political or cultural philosophies and affiliations. | ||
===Observed differences between people who hold each identity=== <!--T:15--> | ===Observed differences between people who hold each identity=== <!--T:15--> | ||
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Some notable people who specifically describe themselves with the label "genderqueer" include: | Some notable people who specifically describe themselves with the label "genderqueer" include: | ||
* musician [[JD Samson]] | * musician [[JD Samson]] | ||
* model [[Rain Dove]] | * model [[Rain Dove]] | ||
* drag performer [[Violet Chachki]] | * drag performer [[Violet Chachki]] | ||
* internet personality [[Jeffrey Marsh]] | * internet personality [[Jeffrey Marsh]] | ||
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For more, see this wiki's [[:Category:Genderqueer people|genderqueer people category]]. | For more, see this wiki's [[:Category:Genderqueer people|genderqueer people category]]. | ||
==Genderqueer characters in fiction== | ==Genderqueer characters in fiction== <!--T:36--> | ||
There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction|characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the word genderqueer, either in their canon, or by their creators. | There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction|characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the word genderqueer, either in their canon, or by their creators. | ||
*In [[Rhiannon Collett]]'s play ''Wasp'', the protagonist Wasp is genderqueer.<ref name="mqli_Wasp">{{Cite web |title=Wasp |author= |work=Marquis Literary |date= |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/}}</ref> | <!--T:37--> | ||
*In [[Rhiannon Collett]]'s play ''Wasp'', the protagonist Wasp is genderqueer.<ref name="mqli_Wasp">{{Cite web |title=Wasp |author= |work=Marquis Literary |date= |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034647/http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
* In Ann Roberts' young adult book ''In The Silences'', the protagonist Kaz describes themself as nonbinary and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Silences|year=2019|last=Roberts|first=Ann|publisher=Bella Books|ISBN=9781642471267}}</ref> | * In Ann Roberts' young adult book ''In The Silences'', the protagonist Kaz describes themself as nonbinary and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Silences|year=2019|last=Roberts|first=Ann|publisher=Bella Books|ISBN=9781642471267}}</ref> | ||
* Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>Hatfield, N. K. (2015). TRANSforming Spaces: Transgender Webcomics as a Model for Transgender Empowerment and Representation within Library and Archive Spaces. Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies, 1(1). Page 64. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g</ref> | * Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>Hatfield, N. K. (2015). TRANSforming Spaces: Transgender Webcomics as a Model for Transgender Empowerment and Representation within Library and Archive Spaces. Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies, 1(1). Page 64. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g</ref> | ||
* ''Whirlwind'', by Reese Morrison, is a collection of interconnected short romance/sex stories. One of the main characters, Carla, describes himself as genderqueer and [[masculine-of-center]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Whirlwind |last=Morrison |first=Reese|year=2020|edition=Kindle}}</ref> | |||
==See also== <!--T:27--> | ==See also== <!--T:27--> | ||
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*[http://genderqueerid.com/post/11617933299/the-non-binary-vs-genderqueer-quandary Genderqueer Identities: The Non-binary vs Genderqueer Quandary] | *[http://genderqueerid.com/post/11617933299/the-non-binary-vs-genderqueer-quandary Genderqueer Identities: The Non-binary vs Genderqueer Quandary] | ||
*[http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2003/10/19/riki-wilchins-on-the-tg-spectrum/ Riki Wilchin's essay on the origins of Genderqueer from the 2002 anthology GenderQueer] | *[http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2003/10/19/riki-wilchins-on-the-tg-spectrum/ Riki Wilchin's essay on the origins of Genderqueer from the 2002 anthology GenderQueer] | ||
*[https://www.autostraddle.com/genderqueer/ A Gender by Any Other Name: What Does the Term Genderqueer Mean to Us in 2021?] | |||
==Further reading== <!--T:30--> | ==Further reading== <!--T:30--> | ||
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[[Category:Nonbinary identities]] | [[Category:Nonbinary identities]] | ||
[[de:nichtbinär_und_genderqueer]] | [[de:nichtbinär_und_genderqueer]] | ||
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