genderqueer means not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why “genderqueer” is a great word
GENDERQUEER — [Adjective] Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary. From gender + queer, the term first circulated in the queer zines of the 1980s and was popularized in the 1990s, including by activist Riki Wilchins. Unlike "nonbinary," which primarily charts a position outside the male/female poles, or "transgender," a vast umbrella for those who journey from their sex assigned at birth, genderqueer is the banner flown for the territory itself—an identity that is often a politics, a rejection of the system's very grammar. It is the deliberate blur in a charcoal sketch, the sartorial alchemy of a suit worn with a skirt, and the quiet, stubborn truth of a body that is its own country.
adj
- Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is not represented by the gender binary.
noun
- 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.”
verb
- (sometimes considered offensive) To make genderqueer.