genderqueer

American  

[jen-der-kweer] / ˈdʒɛn dərˌkwɪər /

Or gender queer,

adjective

1. relating to or having a gender identity that is other than male or female, is a combination of those two genders, or is on a continuum between those two genders.

   She identifies as genderqueer.

2. relating to or having a gender presentation that does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms.

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noun

1. a person whose gender identity is something other than male or female or whose gender presentation does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms.

Sensitive Note

See gender ¹.

Etymology

Origin of genderqueer

First recorded in 1995–2000; gender ¹ + queer (in the slang sense “outside the norm of heterosexuality”)

Example Sentences

So Molina, in my view, is what we would consider in 2025 genderqueer.

From Los Angeles Times

Zero, Santi’s new friend and life guru played by Lilli Kay, is a self-described “genderqueer, anticapitalist, postcolonial feminist,” and the series manages to have fun with her without making fun of her.

From Los Angeles Times

It also says that “some use the term exclusively, while others may use it interchangeably with terms like genderqueer, genderfluid, gender non-conforming, gender diverse, or gender expansive.”

From Los Angeles Times

There are also newer queer titles that have been subject to bans, such as Maia Kobabe’s “Genderqueer,” and sweet books for queer kids that I wish had been available to me in middle school, such as Alice Oseman’s “Heartstopper” series and Becky Albertalli’s “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.”

From Los Angeles Times

Then they traced the scars of top surgery, asking their father to sew a line through the chest tissue that helped Man, 25, embody their transmasculine, genderqueer identity.

From New York Times