genderqueer

genderqueer is most commonly used to describe a person who feels that his/her gender ident-ty does not fit into the socially constructed “norms” -ssociated with his/her biological s-x.
genderqueer is an ident-ty that falls anywhere between man/boy/male and woman/girl/female on the spectrum of gender ident-ties.
mary doesn’t feel that s/he fits the mold of any one particular gender; therefore, mary identifies as genderqueer.
any position in a wide variety of gender ident-ties, spanning the spectrum between male and female. a person who is genderqueer is not transgendered, though the option is open to transition. being genderqueer has no bearing on s-xual ident-ty or orientation.
eli might have a woman’s body, but ze doesn’t feel like a woman or a man. eli is genderqueer.
refers to people who do not fit within the traditional 2 gender role of male or female. this may be someone who feels they have some of both genders or someone who feels they have no gender.
‘cory was born a female but prefers to be called a he because he is gender queer’
“genderqueer” describes a category of gender that is neither traditionally “female” or “male.” many different, nontraditional gender ident-ties fall under the umbrella term “genderqueer.” genderqueer individuals may identify as having a gender somewhere between female and male or, more commonly, out of the gender binary all together.

unless told otherwise, polite pr-nouns for genderqueer individuals are the singular they and ze/hir pr-nouns. most genderqueer individuals take offense being referred to as “it.”
“is dakota a girl or a boy?” “they’re genderqueer!”

“so, because she’s genderqueer, it means she’s a sl-t and sleeps with everyone, right?” “haha, no. genderqueer just means their gender ident-ty. it has nothing to do with their s-xual orientation.”

“i’m a dude, so i don’t really want to take home ec.” “dude, i’m genderqueer! i’ll take whatever the h-ll i want and not worry about it.”
gender queer can be a term to describe a gender ident-ty that is not encomp-ssed by traditional roles of male and female.
this could be a person whose sense of self is the opposite of their perceived gender, such as a transgendered person who is a “male to female” (t to f), or “female to male” (f to m).

additionally, the term can be used for someone who is poorly described by traditional labels, and also not completely described by the term “transgendered”. thus, someone whose sense of self is not wholly male or female, but embodies elements of each gender could also be described as gender queer.

a gender queer person might respond to a question about their gender in many, many ways. some might say, “there are male aspects to who i am, and female aspects to who i am. i value all those aspects of my sense of self and do not want to separate myself from the different parts of who i am.” others might be crystal clear about their sense of self relating to gender, and find that the perception of society as to their gender is frequently wrong, and be totally okay with that. still others may be on a journey to identifying their sense of self, and be perceived as one gender or another, sometimes correctly and other days not so much.

the overarching reality is that the way of identifying as either all male or female, or m to f or f to m, has has paved the way for the current level of comfort with gender being a more fluid, and less concrete concept.
genderqueer people are people whose gender is not exclusively male or female. a similar term is nonbinary.

while genderqueer could be an ident-ty of itself, some common genders that fall under the genderqueer umbrella are: agender, bigender, genderfluid, androgyne, ambigender, and neutrois.
genderqueer is usually seen as falling under the trans umbrella, and some genderqueer people will call themselves trans.
fallon: you’re mtf, right?
skylar: no, i’m actually genderqueer.
someone who does not feel that they fit the societal norms of binary gender, usually identifying as both male and female, neither male nor female, or a separate gender altogether (“other”). gender-queers are not necessarily transgender or transs-xual, but often act or think in a non-stereotypical way regarding their physical gender. some gender-queers have a rigid idea of what their gender is, while others feel that their gender is fluid, changing from day to day or even from one situation to another. gender-queers are sometimes drag kings or drag queens, dressing as the opposite biological s-x and acting out stereotypical gender behavior as a form of parody. the chosen appearance of gender-queers varies, but in general they choose to maintain an androgynous look. biologically female gender-queers sometimes wear cologne, have manly or gender-neutral haircuts, and/or bind their br–sts in an attempt to present as gender-queer, or as someone who doesn’t conform to typical gender behavior. biologically male gender-queers may or may not wear make-up, dresses or skirts, or otherwise publicly show that they are connected to both their masculine and feminine sides. gender-queers are usually h-m-s-xuals, but not all of them are.
matt identifies as gender-queer, and would like to be referred to as “zie,” (gender-neutral pr-noun), rather than “he”.

elsie (traditionally a female’s name), a gender-queer, changed her name to jack (traditionally a man’s name) in order to publicly show that she is more than just a female.

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