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Members used the community to introduce themselves, ask for information and advice related to gender identity and expression, and to inquire about other genderqueer people in their area. | Members used the community to introduce themselves, ask for information and advice related to gender identity and expression, and to inquire about other genderqueer people in their area. | ||
A linguistic analysis of journal entries and comments from the community suggested that the most common term for a person outside the binary was "genderqueer", followed by "genderfuck". "Bigender", "genderfluid", "polygender", and "agender" also appeared in the dataset (listed here in descending order of popularity).<ref name=":4">Zimman, Lal, and Hayworth, Will. "How we got here: Short-scale change in identity labels for trans, cis, and non-binary people in the 2000s". 2020. Proc Ling Soc Amer 5(1). 499–513. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v5i1.4728</nowiki></ref> | |||
Gender neutral language was a recurring topic of discussion. In 2008, user hundun advocated for the use of singular they, arguing that objections stemmed from linguistic prescriptivism and inviting others to join them in using it going forward, even if some people may find it awkward.<ref>hundun. "Anyone up for a little cultural change?". Genderqueer Livejournal community. January 12 2008. https://genderqueer.livejournal.com/985013.html</ref> Users generally agreed with hundun's pro-singular they position; however, user montrealais found hundun's use of singular verb forms ("they is") in examples unnecessary, pointing out that "you are" sounds perfectly natural.<ref>montrealais. Comment on "Anyone up for a little cultural change?", Genderqueer livejournal community, January 13 2008.https://genderqueer.livejournal.com/985013.html?thread=8230837#t8230837</ref> | Gender neutral language was a recurring topic of discussion. In 2008, user hundun advocated for the use of singular they, arguing that objections stemmed from linguistic prescriptivism and inviting others to join them in using it going forward, even if some people may find it awkward.<ref>hundun. "Anyone up for a little cultural change?". Genderqueer Livejournal community. January 12 2008. https://genderqueer.livejournal.com/985013.html</ref> Users generally agreed with hundun's pro-singular they position; however, user montrealais found hundun's use of singular verb forms ("they is") in examples unnecessary, pointing out that "you are" sounds perfectly natural.<ref>montrealais. Comment on "Anyone up for a little cultural change?", Genderqueer livejournal community, January 13 2008.https://genderqueer.livejournal.com/985013.html?thread=8230837#t8230837</ref> | ||
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=== ftm === | === ftm === | ||
This community used "ftm" as an umbrella term referring to AFAB people who felt this assignment was "incorrect or incomplete", making it inclusive of people who may call themselves "non-binary" today.<ref>"Profile". FTM Livejournal Community. Livejournal.com.https://ftm.livejournal.com/profile/</ref> | This community used "ftm" as an umbrella term referring to AFAB people who felt this assignment was "incorrect or incomplete", making it inclusive of people who may call themselves "non-binary" today.<ref name=":5">"Profile". FTM Livejournal Community. Livejournal.com.https://ftm.livejournal.com/profile/</ref> | ||
As of 2025, the community had 3003 members and 25,450 journal entries.<ref name=":5" /> | |||
A linguistic analysis of entries and comments conducted by Lal Zimman and Will Hayworth suggests that "genderqueer" was the most popular term in this community for people outside the binary, followed by "genderfuck".<ref name=":3" />. "Non-binary", "agender", "bigender", "polygender", and "genderfluid" also appear in the dataset, but | A linguistic analysis of entries and comments conducted by Lal Zimman and Will Hayworth suggests that "genderqueer" was the most popular term in this community for people outside the binary, followed by "genderfuck".<ref name=":3" />. "Non-binary", "agender", "bigender", "polygender", and "genderfluid" also appear in the dataset, but are less common.<ref name=":3" /> "Non-binary" overtook "genderqueer" and became the most common term in around 2007.<ref name=":4" /> | ||
== Removal of "Unspecified" Gender Option == | == Removal of "Unspecified" Gender Option == | ||