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The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s. In the 1990s and 2000s, it might have been more common for genderfluid people to call themselves [[bigender]] or [[genderqueer]]. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves [[cross-dresser]]s. | The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s. Transgender advocate Michael M. Hernandez wrote in 1996: | ||
{{quote|Gender-fluid means that their gender identity and/or expression encompass both [[masculine]] and [[feminine]]. Gender fluidity is becoming commonly known as transgenderism: the ability to transcend gender, whether biological, emotional, political, or otherwise; truly mixing male and female.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader|year=1996|last=Hernandez|first=Michael M.|chapter=Boundaries: Gender and Transgenderism}}</ref>}} | |||
In the 1990s and 2000s, it might have been more common for genderfluid people to call themselves [[bigender]] or [[genderqueer]]. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves [[cross-dresser]]s. | |||
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