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[[File:Genderqueerflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The genderqueer flag.|alt=]]
[[File:Genderqueer Symbol 2.png|thumb|198x198px|The genderqueer symbol.]]
[[File:Nb symbol.gif|thumb|180x180px|The genderqueer/non-binary symbol.]]
'''Genderqueer''' is a term for people who feel that they have a queer or non-normative experience with gender, either through their gender identity, their [[Gender Presentation|gender presentation]], or other experiences of gender. It is often used interchangeably with [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] to mean a gender that is not strictly [[Man|male]] or [[Woman|female]]. This definition can be used as a gender identity on its own or as an [[Umbrella Term|umbrella term]].▼
▲'''Genderqueer''' is
Genderqueer includes anyone who "queers" their gender, regardless of gender identity. Because of this, genderqueer may be used to describe [[Binary Genders|binary]] individuals (both [[cisgender]] and [[transgender]]) who have a non-normative experience with gender presentation or other aspects of gender.
One may also identify as genderqueer as a political statement. Terms like [[Gender Non-Conforming|gender non-conforming]], which relates specifically to gender presentation, may be used to describe some of these individuals as well.
Genderqueer may be considered a [[gender modality]] for one who queers or subverts gender and expectations related to gender, irrespective of [[assigned gender]].<ref>Andrew Pegoda (15 July 2020). [https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/not-cis-not-trans-genderqueer Not cis. Not trans. Genderqueer].</ref><ref name=":0">queeranarchism (16 February 2014). [https://queeranarchism.tumblr.com/post/76889334992/yeah-but-can-you-explain-the-cis-gender-thing "Yeah, but can you explain the cis gender thing?"]. ''Tumblr''. Retrieved 28 January 2021</ref> Sometimes it may also apply as an [[orientationgender]].
Genderqueer is sometimes used interchangeably with [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] to describe individuals who do not identify as strictly [[Man|male]] or [[Woman|female]]. This definition can be used as a gender identity on its own or as an umbrella term.
== History ==
Genderqueer was first used in the 1990s as "gender queer", used by anyone who experienced or expressed gender with the non-normative connotations of the Queer Movement. The earliest known use of "genderqueer" as a single word and identity is by Riki Anne Wilchins in the Spring 1995 newsletter of Transexual Menace.<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer</ref> Wilchins stated they identify as genderqueer in their 1997 autobiography.
By 1999 and 2000, online communities were using the term genderqueer as an umbrella to unite a number of non-binary identities and identifications. Over the next decade, genderqueer developed as a standalone identity with particular connotations.
== Flag and Symbols ==
The genderqueer flag was designed by Marilyn Roxie
[[File:Genderqueer1.png|thumb|The first proposed genderqueer flag.|alt=]]▼
▲The genderqueer flag was designed by Marilyn Roxie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The first design for the flag was posted in June 2010;<ref>http://genderqueerid.com/post/48778828472/on-the-genderqueer-and-non-binary-flag-and</ref> the flag was later changed in September 2010.<ref>http://genderqueerid.com/post/1065961491/the-september-2010-genderqueer-flag-is-a-design</ref>
The flag was changed again in June 2011, producing the final flag.<ref>http://genderqueerid.com/about-flag</ref> The colors represent the following: lavender, the mixing of blue and pink, traditional male and female colors, is meant to represent genderqueer
The most common genderqueer/non-binary symbol was created by Johnathan R in 2012.<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/27216986889/cakemeister-because-people-seem-to-like-it</ref> It is similar to the male or female symbols, but instead of a cross on the female symbol or arrow on the male symbol, it uses an X or a star on the end. The use of the X denounces both binary genders, and the letter X is commonly used in non-binary pronouns and titles. The position, pointing straight up, also deviates from the positions of the male and female symbols.
An alternate genderqueer flag was designed by Reddit user u/ultra_cricket_boy on February 20, 2020.
An alternative symbol was created by wiki user WiiFyneLM consisting of a lambda with a line through it and an arrow at the tip. This is because the lambda is a commonly used [[queer]] symbol and the line and arrow resemble the venus (female) and mars (male) symbols. This symbol was created to provide a more distinct differentiator from [[Non-Binary|nonbinary]].<gallery>
File:Genderqueer2.png|The second genderqueer flag.
File:Genderqueer redesign.png|Redesigned genderqueer flag by Reddit user u/ultra_cricket_boy.
File:Alt gq flag.jpg|An alternate genderqueer flag.
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== Resources ==
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# [https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/f728di/i_accidentally_redesigned_the_genderqueer_flag/ i accidentally redesigned the genderqueer flag : QueerVexillology (reddit.com)]
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