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'''Genderqueer''', also called '''GenderQueer''' | '''Genderqueer''', also called '''GenderQueer''' or '''gender queer''', is an umbrella term covering non-normative [[Gender Identity|gender identity]] and [[Gender Expression|gender expression]]. | ||
The label may also be used by individuals wishing to identify as holding queer or non-normative gender without being any more specific about the nature of their gender. | The label may also be used by individuals wishing to identify as holding queer or non-normative gender without being any more specific about the nature of their gender. | ||
As an umbrella term, Genderqueer has similar scope to [[nonbinary]] with most nonbinary-identifying individuals also considering themselves genderqueer. However, the terms have different | As an umbrella term, Genderqueer has a similar scope to [[nonbinary|nonbinary,]] with most nonbinary-identifying individuals also considering themselves genderqueer. However, the terms have different historical scopes and connotations. The word genderqueer was used at least ten years before nonbinary. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Genderqueer was | Genderqueer was coined in the 1990s as 'Gender Queer,' and was for a time written as 'GenderQueer' before becoming a single word. The original meaning was literally queer gender, including anyone who felt the way they experienced or expressed gender was queer. The term carries the non-normative and anti-assimilationist connotations of the [[Queer Movement]] and applies these to gender rather than sexuality. | ||
[http://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer The earliest known use of the term] is by [[Riki Anne Wilchins]] in the Spring 1995 newsletter of [[Transexual Menace]]. | [http://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer The earliest known use of the term] is by [[Riki Anne Wilchins]] in the Spring 1995 newsletter of [[Transexual Menace]]. |