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[[File:Genderqueerchicago.jpg|alt=A group portrait of 16 people in 3 rows. Many are smiling or making silly poses for the camera. |thumb|Genderqueer Chicago members circa 2018.]] | [[File:Genderqueerchicago.jpg|alt=A group portrait of 16 people in 3 rows. Many are smiling or making silly poses for the camera. |thumb|Genderqueer Chicago members circa 2018.]] | ||
Genderqueer Chicago | '''Genderqueer Chicago''' was an in-person community group that hosted discussions and clothing swaps. | ||
Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, genderqueer, and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref> | Meetings were "open to anyone... wanting to talk and think about gender" (except reporters and researchers).<ref name=":0">"Blog". Genderqueer Chicago. Captured by Wayback Machine January 8, https://web.archive.org/web/20180108203705/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/blog/</ref> A former member described the group's attendees circa 2009 as "pink-haired, pierced and denim-clad mischief-makers" who were often loud by the standards of the library where they convened.<ref name=":1">White, Ro. "Take Me Back to Standees". ''Autostraddle''. August 9, 2022. https://www.autostraddle.com/take-me-back-to-standees/ </ref> Another member described GQC members as "mostly queer, [[genderqueer]], and/or trans-identified".<ref name=":2">Ryan. "Thank You, Genderqueer Chicago." Beyond Bryn Mawr. April 13, 2011. <nowiki>https://beyondbrynmawr.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thank-you-genderqueer-chicago/</nowiki></ref> | ||
The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref> | The group's website said they sought to give people a place to discuss new perspectives on gender, to create visibility for gender variant people, and to make Chicagoans in general aware of the concerns of gender variant people.<ref>"About". Genderqueer https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111222/http://www.genderqueerchicago.org/</ref> | ||