posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 01:47am on 2003-03-26
The term "genderqueer" is meant to encompass folks who aren't trying to change their body as well as some who are. "...demand that nobody limit them to only one set of behaviors" pretty much sums it up, or at least starts it. It's interesting that the site has as much emphasis on body-change as it does, but I also find it interesting that most of the folks I see on LiveJournal who identify as "genderqueer" seem to be transsexuals rejecting the notion that they have to go polar-opposite when the switch (and disproportionately FTM). They certainly do fit the definition of genderqueer; it's just a little surprising to me that relatively few of the "not planning any changes, just want to live as something-in-between" folks are visible. (Relatively few. They're there. As are people simply questioning their gender.)

(I've also noticed some folks identifying as genderqueer who appear to me (caveat: I'm not inside their skulls) to be less genderqueer and more conventionally transgendered, but unwilling to identify as trans because they're not changing their bodies. The label may look more apropriate to someone who knows them from more than just their LiveJournal posts though.)

So I think that even if the genderqueers.com web site doesn't feel like it's quite for people like you, that shouldn't stop you from wearing the T-shirt if it fits, or throwing your voice into the "why do we have to limit ourselves?" chorus.

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