Gender fluidity explained

Genderfluid
Classification:Gender identity
Abbreviations:GF
Parent:Non-binary

Gender fluidity (commonly referred to as genderfluid) is a non-fixed gender identity that shifts over time or depending on the situation. These fluctuations can occur at the level of gender identity or gender expression. A genderfluid person may fluctuate among different gender expressions over their lifetime, or express multiple aspects of various gender markers simultaneously.[1] [2] Genderfluid individuals may identify as non-binary or transgender, or cisgender (meaning they identify with the gender associated with their sex assigned at birth).[3] [4]

Gender fluidity is different from gender-questioning, a process in which people explore their gender in order to find their true gender identity and adjust their gender expression accordingly.[5] Gender fluidity continues throughout lives of genderfluid people.[6]

History

See main article: articles and Transgender history. Transgender people (including non-binary and third gender people) have existed in cultures worldwide since ancient times. The modern terms and meanings of "transgender", "gender", "gender identity", and "gender role" only emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.[7] [8] [9] As a result, opinions vary on how to categorize historical accounts of gender-variant people and identities, including genderfluid individuals.

The 1928 Virginia Woolf novel features a main character who changes gender several times, and considers gender fluidity:

The first known mention of the term gender fluidity was in gender theorist Kate Bornstein's 1994 book Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us.[10] It was later used again in the 1996 book The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader.[11]

Symbols

See also: Non-binary flag and LGBT symbols. The genderfluid pride flag was designed by JJ Poole in 2012. The pink stripe of the flag represents femininity, the white represents lack of gender, purple represents androgyny, black represents all other genders, and blue represents masculinity.[12] [13]

See also

Further reading

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cronn-Mills . Kirstin . Transgender Lives: Complex Stories, Complex Voices . 2015 . Twenty-First Century Books . 978-0-7613-9022-0 . Minneapolis, Minnesota . 24.
  2. News: McGuire . Peter . 9 November 2015 . Beyond the binary: what does it mean to be genderfluid? . . live . 1 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151122121336/http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/beyond-the-binary-what-does-it-mean-to-be-genderfluid-1.2418434 . 22 November 2015.
  3. Book: Bosson . Jennifer K. . The Psychology of Sex and Gender . Vandello . Joseph A. . Buckner . Camille E. . Sage Publications . 2018 . 978-1-5063-3134-8 . Thousand Oaks, California . 54 . 1038755742 . 4 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200528040645/https://books.google.com/books?id=XStGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT54 . 28 May 2020 . live.
  4. Whyte . Stephen . Brooks . Robert C. . Torgler . Benno . 25 September 2018 . Man, Woman, "Other": Factors Associated with Nonbinary Gender Identification . . Heidelberg, Germany . . 47 . 8 . 2397–2406 . 10.1007/s10508-018-1307-3 . 30255409 . 2 out of 7479 (0.03 percent) of respondents to the Australian Sex Survey, a 2016 online research survey, self-identified as trigender. . 52823167.
  5. Web site: Katz-Wise . Sabra . December 3, 2020 . Gender fluidity: What it means and why support matters . Harvard Health Publishing . April 12, 2023 . April 12, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230412025353/https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/gender-fluidity-what-it-means-and-why-support-matters-2020120321544 . live .
  6. Jolly . Divya . Boskey . Elizabeth R. . Thomson . Katharine A. . Tabaac . Ariella R. . Burns . Maureen T.S. . Katz-Wise . Sabra L. . 2021-03-12 . Why Are You Asking? Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Assessment in Clinical Care . Journal of Adolescent Health . 69 . 6 . 891–893 . 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.08.015 . 34629230 . 238580640 . 1054-139X. free .
  7. Book: Oliven, John F. . Sexual Hygiene and Pathology: A Manual for the Physician and the Professions . 1965 . Lippincott . en.
  8. Janssen . Diederik F. . April 21, 2020 . Transgenderism Before Gender: Nosology from the Sixteenth Through Mid-Twentieth Century . Archives of Sexual Behavior . en . 49 . 5 . 1415–1425 . 10.1007/s10508-020-01715-w . 0004-0002 . 32319033 . 216073926.
  9. Book: Mesch, Rachel . Before trans : three gender stories from nineteenth-century France . May 12, 2020 . 978-1-5036-1235-8 . Stanford, California . 1119978342.
  10. Book: Bornstein, Kate . Gender Outlaw On Men, Women and the Rest of Us. . 2016 . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group . 978-1-101-97461-2 . 1155971422 . 2023-01-22 . 2022-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220110092813/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1155971422 . live .
  11. Book: Hernandez, Michael M. . "Boundaries: Gender and Transgenderism". The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader. . Alyson . 1996 . 757653724.
  12. Web site: Flags and Symbols . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510154054/https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/Flags%2520and%2520Symbols.pdf . 10 May 2017 . 20 December 2016 . . Amherst, Massachusetts.
  13. News: Gender-fluid added to the Oxford English Dictionary . LGBTQ Nation . live . 2016-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025023342/http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/09/gender-fluid-added-oxford-english-dictionary/ . 25 October 2016.

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