Lack of understanding of genderqueer

imperfect_cupcake · 01-09-2015, 02:00 AM

I understand your take on the word. However, I know people locally who ID as genderqueer in their 40s who used to ID as butch and now see themselves as although likely seen as Butch and "masculine to the core" - but because they occupy what they see as a separate gender - not woman, not man, but their own masculine gender of their own making, with their own rules, and none of the "baggage" (aka rules) of "Butch"... They see it as a " grown up" version of their own gender. I also know people in their late 40s that ID as boi. And those are dominants in the BDSM community. They personally see it as having more "room" for themselves than butch does (as they see the term).
I think its very individual, rather than a gender of immaturity.

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01-09-2015, 02:00 AM	#8
imperfect_cupcake Senior Member How Do You Identify?: feminine dolly dyke Preferred Pronoun?: Your Grace Relationship Status: I put my own care first Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In a gauze of mystery Posts: 1,776 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,426 Thanked 9,712 Times in 1,611 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I understand your take on the word. However, I know people locally who ID as genderqueer in their 40s who used to ID as butch and now see themselves as although likely seen as Butch and "masculine to the core" - but because they occupy what they see as a separate gender - not woman, not man, but their own masculine gender of their own making, with their own rules, and none of the "baggage" (aka rules) of "Butch"... They see it as a " grown up" version of their own gender. I also know people in their late 40s that ID as boi. And those are dominants in the BDSM community. They personally see it as having more "room" for themselves than butch does (as they see the term). I think its very individual, rather than a gender of immaturity.