Genderqueer

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
Someone who is genderqueer.
"I am a FAAB (female-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer, and I have a good friend who is a MAAB (male-assigned-at-birth) genderqueer."

Verb

1
(sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer. transitive

Adjective

1
Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary. not-comparable, offensive, sometimes

Synonyms

enby enby non binary non-binary

Antonyms

Example

"I used to be really cis, but by now I've become pretty genderqueer."

Etymology

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

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gender binary gender identity sworn virgin two spirit

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