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[[File:Genderqueerflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The genderqueer flag.|alt=]]
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[[File:Nb symbol.gif|thumb|180x180px|The genderqueer/non-binary symbol.]]
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'''Genderqueer''' is a term for individuals 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.
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[[File:Alt gq flag.jpg|thumb|An alternate genderqueer flag.]]▼
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.
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== Flag and Symbols ==
[[File:Genderqueer1.png|thumb|The first proposed genderqueer flag.|alt=]]▼
[[File:Genderqueer2.png|thumb|The second genderqueer flag.]]▼
[[File:Genderqueer redesign.png|thumb|Redesigned genderqueer flag by Reddit user u/ultra_cricket_boy]]▼
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>
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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>
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