Genderqueer / Gender Queer

Genderqueer is an umbrella term, and sometimes a specific identity, for people whose gender falls outside the binary of man and woman or who reject fixed gender categories. It overlaps closely with non-binary and is sometimes used interchangeably with it. The word emerged in the 1990s out of queer theory and activist writing, borrowing the reclaimed word queer to signal a rejection of conventional norms. A genderqueer person might experience a blend of genders, no gender, a gender that shifts over time, or one entirely outside familiar frameworks. People who identify this way may use any pronouns, so the respectful approach is simply to ask.