Demiqueer, sometimes demigenderqueer, is a label within the demigender umbrella that describes people who do not feel like a gendered term like -boy or -girl can be added to demi- to describe themselves. Demiqueer people are both demigender and genderqueer.
History
The first known use of the term is by Tumblr user feylavie-blog on November 19, 2014.[1] The modern definition of demiqueer comes from a Tumblr anon whose message was posted on September 30, 2018. [2]
In 2015, a transphobic meme emerged stringing together multiple non-binary genders, xenogenders, and kingenders, often including demiqueer, to mock the MOGAI community on Tumblr.[3][4] Exclusionists on Tumblr have used the term in a derogatory and transphobic way.[5]
Flag
The first demiqueer flag was created by Tumblr user pride-color-schemes on July 28, 2016.[6] The color scheme is a reference to the demigender pride flag.
The second demiqueer flag was created by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt on January 9, 2017.[7]
On January 30, 2019, Tumblr user imoga-pride designed a simplified alternative to previous demiqueer flags.[8]
On March 5, 2020, another simplified version of the demiqueer pride flag was created by Tumblr user the-gender-collector-emself.[9]
References
- ↑ Tumblr post tagged demiqueer.
- ↑ Tumblr post on the validity of using demiqueer as a label.
- ↑ Explanation of the meme (content warning for transphobia).
- ↑ Urban Dictionary entry based on the meme. Content warning for transphobia.
- ↑ Tumblr post comparing the use of the meme by anti-MOGAI people from outside Tumblr and exclusionists on Tumblr.
- ↑ Tumblr post displaying the demiqueer flag.
- ↑ DeviantArt post featuring a demiqueer flag.
- ↑ Tumblr post by imoga-pride with the simplified demiqueer flag.
- ↑ Tumblr post by the-gender-collecter-emself with another simplified demiqueer flag.