Genderqueer Genderqueer Colin Kennedy Donovan is a (dis)abled queer, transgender, and genderqueer identified anti-racist educator, activist, performer, and writer. S/he is the creator of the radical Queer (dis)ability zine, Fuck Pity. In 2000 s/he cofounded RESYST Seattle with Qwo-Li Driskill. Hir work has been published in several publications including Revolutionary Voices, Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action, and XCP: Streetnotes. Donovan is also a practicioner of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed work. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colin Kennedy Donovan"
Gender bender is an informal term used to refer to a person who transgresses, or "bends," expected gender roles in some way. Gender benders may self-identify as transgendered or genderqueer, feeling that the gender assigned to them at their birth is an inaccurate or incomplete description of themselves; some are transsexual and desire to change their physical sex through hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery, while others were born intersexual. Still others may identify as Two-Spirit or members of a third gender. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gender bender"
A genderqueer person is part of a group of people who do not fit into the traditional two- gender or gender-binary system. As with any other groups that may be aligned with transgender identities, the reasons for identifying as genderqueer vary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Genderqueer"
Judith Halberstam is Professor of English and Director of The Center for Feminist Research at University of Southern California. She is one of the best-known current gender and queer theorists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Judith Halberstam"
Leslie Feinberg is a transgender activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg is known to be a high ranking member of the Workers World Party. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leslie Feinberg"
A number of noted individuals are or were transgendered. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of transgendered people"
Qwo-Li Driskill is a Cherokee Two-Spirit and Queer poet, activist, and educator also of African, Irish, Lenape, Lumbee, and Osage ancestries. S/he is the author of Walking with Ghosts: Poems ( Salt Publishing: 2005). ...more on Wikipedia about "Qwo-Li Driskill"
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"S/he," a gender neutral pronoun akin to sie, and increasingly used by some genderqueer individuals. ...more on Wikipedia about "S/he"
Sie and hir are inflected forms of a proposed gender-neutral third person singular personal pronoun for the English language (see gender-neutral pronouns). This neologism is used by some people who feel that there are problems with gender-specific pronouns because they imply sex and/or gender (see non-sexist language). However, sie and hir are very rare compared to other solutions and most commentators feel that it is unlikely that they will catch on. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sie and hir"
Transgender is generally used as an overarching term for a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies along the gender continuum that are opposite to or in divergence with the assigned biological sex: woman or man. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transgender"
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