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'''Genderqueer''', also called '''GenderQueer''', '''gender queer''', is an umbrella term covering non-normative [[Gender Identity|gender identity]] and [[Gender Expression|gender expression]].
'''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 scope and connotations. The word genderqueer was used at least ten years before nonbinary.
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 created 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.
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]].
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