genderqueer meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

genderqueer

adj

Etymology From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins.

Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.

Derived terms: genderqueerness, tenderqueer
Related terms: genderfuck, cisgender, transgender
Hyponyms: genderfluid, bigender, ambigender, trigender, pangender, third-gender, agender, genderless, genderfree, gender-free, neutrois

noun

Etymology From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins.

Someone who is genderqueer.

Sometimes considered offensive

I am a FAAB (female-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer, and I have a good friend who is a MAAB (male-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer.2013, Joe MacDonald, An Autoethnography of Queer Transmasculine Femme Incoherence and The Ethics of Trans Research, Emerald Group, page 145:

verb

Etymology From gender + queer. First known uses were in queer zines of the 1980s. Popularized in the 1990s including by Riki Wilchins.

(sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer.

Related terms: androgyne, trans*, hermaphrodite, intersex, two-spirit, sworn virgin

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