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Can someone explain what "genderqueer" means?

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beenandgoneandbackagain · 10/12/2018 11:15

I'm struggling to understand what people mean when they say they identify as "genderqueer".

Just about everything else I can think of in the various debates/discussions in the FWR board can be viewed objectively. e.g. a male who presents in a certain way, I can see how they are presenting, and accept that they may identify in a certain way.

We can subjectively see when something is sexually simulating / attractive to another person, e.g. their sexuality or what turns them on, e.g. BDSM or preferred "kink" or whatever they call it these days.

We can see "gender" in the way things are viewed as male/female by wider society, e.g. lipstick is seen as a female thing, football as a (mostly) male thing. I am in no way saying I agree with "gender" but I "get" what people mean when they use it.

But "queer"? I'm really struggling with that one, especially when combined with the word queer and used by a woman in a heterosexual relationship with a beardy-male. What subjective things are there to help me understand what the term means?

I know this isn't exactly the right board, but it's where the experts of mumsnet are.

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JennyHolzersGhost · 10/12/2018 11:26

Someone who’s too cool for school.

gassylady · 10/12/2018 11:25

Swift answer thanks shouldn’t the + be a ? or a 🔎 then

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 10/12/2018 11:24

That’s about 99.9% of the world population then.

arranbubonicplague · 10/12/2018 11:22

LGBTQIA+

Allegedly: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, aromantic, agender, and intersex individuals, with a “+” for those who are in the process of self discovery,

ErrolTheDragon · 10/12/2018 11:22

** Here's the definition:
a person who does not subscribe to conventional gender distinctions but identifies with neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders.

So... someone who hasn't yet^ realised that they should ditch the 'identifies' with nonsense, and be gender critical and as gender nonconforming as they wish and that there is nothing remotely special about this.^

gassylady · 10/12/2018 11:19

On a related note what do the IA+ stand for in LGBTQIA+ ??

beenandgoneandbackagain · 10/12/2018 11:17

The person using it didn't have blue hair last time I checked Confused but I understand where that comes from. Grin

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PennyMordauntsLadyBrain · 10/12/2018 11:16

It’s another way of saying “I have blue hair”