genderqueer
/ˈdʒɛndəkwɪə
/adjective
Denoting or relating to a person who does not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identifies with neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders: the genderqueer community...
- Even though I am a genderqueer person and despite my growing uneasiness with the system, it still works pretty well for me.
- I realized our "lesbian nation" has expanded to include multiple cultures and backgrounds, and our definitions of "lesbian" have expanded beyond the nuclear model to queer and genderqueer and beyond.
- According to the new constitution, the collective will "strive to be an anti-oppression organisation that welcomes queer, two-spirited, transgender, transsexual, and genderqueer people."
noun
A person who does not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identifies with neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders: a younger generation of self-proclaimed genderqueers explicitly reject ‘transgender’ as an identifier...
- Like many young "genderqueers," Korey doesn't believe a male physique is necessary to be "male."
- It is wrong to characterize the Stonewall Inn as having been a sanctuary for genderqueers (unless that term encompasses non-transgendered gay men).
- The film bridges old drag stereotypes and an emerging wave of films that take gender issues seriously and offer genderqueers who are fully human.
Origin
1990s: from gender + queer (used as a neutral or positive term of self-reference).