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1999, a zinester named [[Micah Bazant]] created ''TimTum: A Trans Jew Zine'', taking for their title a word used in early rabbinic literature for people of unclear/hidden sex. Noting that "timtum" accumulated pejorative uses over time, including "stupid" and "ineffectual" in Yiddish, Micah intervenes with their own definition, "a sexy, smart, creative, productive Jewish [[genderqueer]]".<ref name=":0">Bazant, Micah. ''TimTum - A Trans Jew Zine''. 1999. Accessed October 22 2024 via Queer Zine Archive Project. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/408</ref> Micah also addresses the binary gender expectations of the reader, imploring them to "Please see me beyond gender. Please know that I don't fit into this stupid fucking system. Please remind me that there have always been people like me. Creatures who are not 'men' or 'women'".<ref name=":0" /> | 1999, a zinester named [[Micah Bazant]] created ''TimTum: A Trans Jew Zine'', taking for their title a word used in early rabbinic literature for people of unclear/hidden sex. Noting that "timtum" accumulated pejorative uses over time, including "stupid" and "ineffectual" in Yiddish, Micah intervenes with their own definition, "a sexy, smart, creative, productive Jewish [[genderqueer]]".<ref name=":0">Bazant, Micah. ''TimTum - A Trans Jew Zine''. 1999. Accessed October 22 2024 via Queer Zine Archive Project. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/408</ref> Micah also addresses the binary gender expectations of the reader, imploring them to "Please see me beyond gender. Please know that I don't fit into this stupid fucking system. Please remind me that there have always been people like me. Creatures who are not 'men' or 'women'".<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In another zine from 1999, ''Mutate'' (issue 2), creator Milo Miller uses [[ze/hir]] pronouns for a person they dated and bemoans the lack of recent, high-quality zines for "kweer kids of all genders".<ref>Miller, Milo. Mutate issue 2. Published 1999. Accessed via Queer Zine Archive Project. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/166</ref> In an interview from the fifth issue of the series, Angelique (a member of the band Venus Bleeding), mentions dating a "crossdresser" who was "the sweetest man but a difficult girl". She using they/them pronouns to refer to her ex, noting that the relationship had problems because "they were still learning about themselves".<ref>Angelique. Interview with Milo Miller. ''Mutate'', issue 5. 2001. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/294</ref> | In another zine from 1999, ''Mutate'' (issue 2), creator Milo Miller uses [[ze/hir]] pronouns for a person they dated and bemoans the lack of recent, high-quality zines for "kweer kids of all genders".<ref>Miller, Milo. Mutate issue 2. Published 1999. Accessed via Queer Zine Archive Project. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/166</ref> | ||
In an interview from the fifth issue of the series, Angelique (a member of the band Venus Bleeding), mentions dating a "crossdresser" who was "the sweetest man but a difficult girl". She using they/them pronouns to refer to her ex, noting that the relationship had problems because "they were still learning about themselves".<ref>Angelique. Interview with Milo Miller. ''Mutate'', issue 5. 2001. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/294</ref> In a piece by Seeley Quest which also appeared in this issue, Quest talks about how they enjoy getting read as male and being "difficult to categorize".<ref>Quest, Seeley. "The Sexual Underground". In ''Mutate'', issue 5, edited by Milo Miller. 2001. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/294</ref> They also express a desire for an androgynous body. | |||
In 2005, a short piece called "The End of Genderqueer" appeared in issue 2 of Rocko Bulldagger's zine ''Bleached Blonde Bimbos'', lamenting what the author saw as an exclusionary move away from an expansive and solidaristic definition of "genderqueer" to a narrower definition (not identifying as male or female). She observed that this newer, identity-based scene was only friendly to a small range of gendered embodiments and expressions, generally young, white, masculine female-assigned people who had not "fully" transitioned, conformed to specific fashion trends, and did not use she/her pronouns.<ref>Bulldagger, Rocko. "The End of Genderqueer". From ''Bleach Blonde Bimbos'', vol. 2. 2005. New York City, USA. Accessed via Queer Zine Archive Project on October 22 2024. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/112</ref> | In 2005, a short piece called "The End of Genderqueer" appeared in issue 2 of Rocko Bulldagger's zine ''Bleached Blonde Bimbos'', lamenting what the author saw as an exclusionary move away from an expansive and solidaristic definition of "genderqueer" to a narrower definition (not identifying as male or female). She observed that this newer, identity-based scene was only friendly to a small range of gendered embodiments and expressions, generally young, white, masculine female-assigned people who had not "fully" transitioned, conformed to specific fashion trends, and did not use she/her pronouns.<ref>Bulldagger, Rocko. "The End of Genderqueer". From ''Bleach Blonde Bimbos'', vol. 2. 2005. New York City, USA. Accessed via Queer Zine Archive Project on October 22 2024. https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/112</ref> | ||