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genderqueer

adj

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *terkʷ-✻ — “to turn, twist, wind”
  2. derived from *þwerhaz✻
  3. derived from *þwerh✻
  4. derived from thwerh
  5. compounded as genderqueer — “gender + queer”

Definitions

  1. Not exclusively male or female

    Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.

  2. 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.

  3. (sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA