Gendertrash
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 People of gender identities or gender expressions not represented by the gender binary or conventional conceptions of gender. derogatory, humorous, uncountable
"From this viewpoint, transgendered bodies and genders are that outside; and it is precisely by discarding us as “gendertrash” if you will, by stigmatizing us or delegitimating us off the grid as merely “aberrant” or “deviant” or (Virginia Prince here) “defective” or “pathological,” which enables the binary grid to continue to appear as immaculate, uncontaminated, and “natural.”"
Example
More examples"From this viewpoint, transgendered bodies and genders are that outside; and it is precisely by discarding us as “gendertrash” if you will, by stigmatizing us or delegitimating us off the grid as merely “aberrant” or “deviant” or (Virginia Prince here) “defective” or “pathological,” which enables the binary grid to continue to appear as immaculate, uncontaminated, and “natural.”"
Etymology
From gender + trash. The first known use was as the title of a transgender-interest zine published out of Toronto from 1993-1995. The first attested use as an independent word was in two magazine articles by Riki Wilchins in 1995.
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