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By 1999/2000, online communities such as the [[Sphere mailing list]] were using the term genderqueer as an umbrella to unite a number of [[nonbinary]] gender identities and identifications that are now thought of as under the nonbinary umbrella. An example of this use of the word appears on the "Genderqueer Links" page of a personal website from 2002:<ref>"Genderqueer Links." ''Footnotes: where hypertext runs free.'' Archived from the original December | By 1999/2000, online communities such as the [[Sphere mailing list]] were using the term genderqueer as an umbrella to unite a number of [[nonbinary]] gender identities and identifications that are now thought of as under the nonbinary umbrella. An example of this use of the word appears on the "Genderqueer Links" page of a personal website from 2002:<ref>"Genderqueer Links." ''Footnotes: where hypertext runs free.'' Archived from the original December https://web.archive.org/web/20021219060324/http://willow.dyndns.org/footnotes/genderqueerlinks.html</ref> <blockquote>Worthwhile websites by and about third-, bi-, poly-, inter-, other-, un- and non-gendered people. </blockquote> | ||
Around 2002, a college student created genderqueers.com as an educational resource and "artistic, emotional, intellectual, and social outlet" for genderqueer people. They hosted an FAQ, a compilation of links to gender variance-related sites, a library of writing by genderqueer people, profiles of gender variant people, and a peer support forum.<ref>"Writing". Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original June 19 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030609030144/http://genderqueers.com/writing/</ref><ref>"Links." Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original October 17 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021017092718/http://genderqueers.com/links.html</ref><ref>"Profiles". Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original June 09 2003. | Around 2002, a college student created genderqueers.com as an educational resource and "artistic, emotional, intellectual, and social outlet" for genderqueer people. They hosted an FAQ, a compilation of links to gender variance-related sites, a library of writing by genderqueer people, profiles of gender variant people, and a peer support forum.<ref>"Writing". Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original June 19 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030609030144/http://genderqueers.com/writing/</ref><ref>"Links." Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original October 17 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021017092718/http://genderqueers.com/links.html</ref><ref>"Profiles". Genderqueers.com. Archived from the original June 09 2003. | ||
<nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20030609030122/http://genderqueers.com/profiles/</nowiki></ref><ref>Genderqueers Forum. Archived August 5 | <nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20030609030122/http://genderqueers.com/profiles/</nowiki></ref><ref>Genderqueers Forum. Archived August 5 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>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" /> | 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" /> | ||