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<nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20030609030122/http://genderqueers.com/profiles/</nowiki></ref><ref>Genderqueers Forum. Archived August 5 2002.https://web.archive.org/web/20020805094056/http://www.genderqueers.com/yabb/YaBB.cgi</ref> Per the FAQ:<ref>"FAQ". Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original October 17 2002. <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20021017092126/http://genderqueers.com:80/faq.html</nowiki></ref><blockquote>'''What does the term "genderqueer" actually mean?''' | <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20030609030122/http://genderqueers.com/profiles/</nowiki></ref><ref>Genderqueers Forum. Archived August 5 2002.https://web.archive.org/web/20020805094056/http://www.genderqueers.com/yabb/YaBB.cgi</ref> Per the FAQ:<ref>"FAQ". Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original October 17 2002. <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20021017092126/http://genderqueers.com:80/faq.html</nowiki></ref><blockquote>'''What does the term "genderqueer" actually mean?''' | ||
The term "genderqueer" is a relatively new term in gender theory and identity, only becoming popular within the last couple of years. Basically when used as an identity, genderqueer means that person's gender is not contained within the traditional gender binary -- this means that they might identify as transgendered, transsexual, [[Agender|non-gendered]], [[Polygender|poly-gendered]]...the list is infinite. Genderqueer is to the male/female gender binary (or genderstraight) as being queer is to being straight -- the term queer encompasses anything that is outside the "norm." But, as should be remembered with all identities, it is up to the person to decide what it actually means, and the term genderqueer's definition is unique for every person who uses it to describe themselves.</blockquote>Over the next decade, genderqueer developed as a standalone identity with particular (sub)cultural expectations and connotations, while the tendency to identify particular experiences under its umbrella seemed to diminish. However both uses are still visible in different online and in person communities. | The term "genderqueer" is a relatively new term in gender theory and identity, only becoming popular within the last couple of years. Basically when used as an identity, genderqueer means that person's gender is not contained within the traditional gender binary -- this means that they might identify as transgendered, transsexual, [[Agender|non-gendered]], [[Polygender|poly-gendered]]...the list is infinite. Genderqueer is to the male/female gender binary (or genderstraight) as being queer is to being straight -- the term queer encompasses anything that is outside the "norm." But, as should be remembered with all identities, it is up to the person to decide what it actually means, and the term genderqueer's definition is unique for every person who uses it to describe themselves.</blockquote>Also in 2002, a genderqueer Livejournal community appeared, using a similarly broad definition:<ref name=":0">"Profile". Genderqueer Livejournal community. https://genderqueer.livejournal.com/profile/</ref><blockquote>This community is for those of us who don't feel we fit the binary gender system in use by most of society. Ungendered, many gendered, a gender other than the one society thinks you should be? Do you express your gender(s) in nontraditional ways? You just might fit in here!</blockquote>As of 2024, the community had 2,036 members and 4,030 journal entries; the last post was in January 2017.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Over the next decade, genderqueer developed as a standalone identity with particular (sub)cultural expectations and connotations, while the tendency to identify particular experiences under its umbrella seemed to diminish. However both uses are still visible in different online and in person communities. | |||
==Difference between Genderqueer and Nonbinary== <!--T:11--> | ==Difference between Genderqueer and Nonbinary== <!--T:11--> | ||