Non-binary gender

A genderqueer is someone who claims to be neither male nor female. Gender queers are part of a very small group of people who reject the traditional two-gender system. Some believe they are a little of both, while others claim to have no gender at all.

A "genderqueer" is a person living outside the confines of the socially accepted bi-polar gender system. The term describes a person who redefines or plays with gender, or who refuses gender altogether. It is a label for people who break the rules of gender and blur the boundaries.

This can (but does not necessarily) include any transgender person. These individuals challenge the social norms of gender definition, in much the same way as homosexual and bisexual individuals challenge the social norms of sexuality.

Some genderqueers prefer that one use gender-neutral pronouns to refer to them, such as "hir" or singular "they" instead of her/his, and some prefer the use only of their name and no pronouns at all.

See: butch, femme, Queer, list of transgendered people