The term genderqueer has also been applied by those describing what they see as gender ambiguity. People may express gender non-normatively by not conforming into the binary gender categories of 'man' and 'woman'. In addition to being an umbrella term for non-binary gender identities, genderqueer has been used as an adjective to refer to people who are perceived to transcend or diverge from traditional distinctions of gender, regardless of their gender identity. People who challenge binary social constructions of gender often self-identify as genderqueer. The internet allowed the term genderqueer to spread even further than zines, and by the 2010s the term was introduced to the mainstream via celebrities who publicly identified under the genderqueer umbrella. Wilchins was also one of the main contributors to the anthology Genderqueer: Voices Beyond the Sexual Binary published in 2002. Wilchins used the term in a 1995 essay published in the first issue of In Your Face to describe anyone who is gender nonconforming, and identified as genderqueer in their 1997 autobiography. It gained wider use in the 1990s among political activists, especially Riki Anne Wilchins. The term genderqueer originated in queer zines of the 1980s as a precursor to the term non-binary. Terms, definitions, and identitiesĪ non-binary pride flag at a parade in Paris reading 'Mon genre est non-binaire' ('My gender is non-binary') Some non-binary people are medically treated for gender dysphoria with surgery or hormones, as trans men and trans women often are. Non-binary people as a group vary in their gender expressions, and some may reject gender identity altogether. Being non-binary is also not the same as being intersex most intersex people identify as either male or female. Gender identity is separate from sexual or romantic orientation: non-binary people have various sexual orientations. Non-binary people may identify as an intermediate or separate third gender, identify with more than one gender, no gender, or have a fluctuating gender identity.

Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gender that is different from the sex assigned to them at birth, though some non-binary people do not consider themselves transgender. Non-binary and genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are not solely male or female (identities outside the gender binary).

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