The term genderqueer originated with the queer zine movement and spread from there into the queer counterculture. The term was a precursor to the word “nonbinary.”
Great read. I was raised by a male chauvinist to identify as a woman. I never thought different. All of my kids are queer and it’s taken a crow bar to open my mind.
Gender isn’t pie; I’m not losing anything if someone amab wants to wear heels and lipstick, but if I’m honest it’s felt like something preciously feminine was taken from women. I felt territorial about traditionally feminine clothing and expression. My ego wanted cis women to own it. But I’ve grown.
Identity and romantic bent are no longer so intertwined for me. Where I used to try to look sexy, it now pisses me off I can’t go out looking my beautiful self without cis men hitting on me. I actually put on weight trying to defend myself against this. I’d love to see you write about this phenomenon- where women try to hide their beauty to avoid predators.
I don’t know if I truly am a cis woman but I feel free to use they/them pronouns. I’m not generally romantically attracted to cis men but have struggled with compulsory hyper sexuality with men. The whole bag is confusing to me and I’m still sorting it out.
Great read. I was raised by a male chauvinist to identify as a woman. I never thought different. All of my kids are queer and it’s taken a crow bar to open my mind.
Gender isn’t pie; I’m not losing anything if someone amab wants to wear heels and lipstick, but if I’m honest it’s felt like something preciously feminine was taken from women. I felt territorial about traditionally feminine clothing and expression. My ego wanted cis women to own it. But I’ve grown.
Identity and romantic bent are no longer so intertwined for me. Where I used to try to look sexy, it now pisses me off I can’t go out looking my beautiful self without cis men hitting on me. I actually put on weight trying to defend myself against this. I’d love to see you write about this phenomenon- where women try to hide their beauty to avoid predators.
I don’t know if I truly am a cis woman but I feel free to use they/them pronouns. I’m not generally romantically attracted to cis men but have struggled with compulsory hyper sexuality with men. The whole bag is confusing to me and I’m still sorting it out.