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genderqueer

as an adjective, this term describes those who do not subscribe to conventional, binary gender distinctions. As a noun, it has the usual problem of seeming to sum up a whole person by one aspect of them. "Nonbinary" is sometimes used instead of "genderqueer." Neither term is a synonym for transgender, and they should only be used only for those who self-identify this way.


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