GENDER COINING: Femqueer and Mascqueer
Femqueer: A feminine gender defined by inherent queerness. A femqueer’s gender is influenced by internal sense of gender, external gender presentation, and queer experience all rolled into one. They may or may not describe their gender as “woman,” as the label may feel too broad, or not exactly synonymous to their experience.
Mascqueer: A masculine gender defined by inherent queerness. A mascqueer’s gender is influenced by internal sense of gender, external gender presentation, and queer experience all rolled into one. They may or may not describe their gender as “man,” as the label may feel too broad, or not exactly synonymous to their experience.
USAGE: Femqueer and mascqueer are nouns, not adjectives. You would say “A mascqueer,” not, “A mascqueer person.”
Purple - representative of queerness
White - Expansive gender and gender expression
Pink - femininity / Blue - Masculinity
The stripes above are all vertical and of equal size, symbolizing the equal importance of all parts of the gender.
Yellow - nonbinary gender
The yellow stripe stretches across the other three colors, symbolizing the nonbinary nature of all the facets of a fem/mascqueer’s gender.
