Androgyne and/vs Genderqueer

[Ephilei]

Me too. But many times I don't look androgynous which is one reason androgyne doesn't fit me.

One can be an androgyne (internal sense of gender) without necessarily having an androgynous presentation (external expression of gender).

Z

Yes and no. No because "androgynous" is the adjective form of "androgyne," so regardless of the official meaning, people will have a conotation of androgynous. That conotation even pervades previous parts of this thread!

[Shana A]

Me too. But many times I don't look androgynous which is one reason androgyne doesn't fit me.

One can be an androgyne (internal sense of gender) without necessarily having an androgynous presentation (external expression of gender).

Z

Yes and no. No because "androgynous" is the adjective form of "androgyne," so regardless of the official meaning, people will have a conotation of androgynous. That conotation even pervades previous parts of this thread!

True enough. When I first heard the term androgyne, I wasn't sure whether to use it sonce my presentation isn't always androgynous (although not for lack of preference).

Z

[V M]

When people began referring to me as androgynous, I didn't know what it meant at the time. I was too preoccupied by other things and didn't really think about it. But the term kept coming up from time to time. So I started to investigate. This lead to understanding human behavior better in general. I still have allot to learn. Funny how a particular term can influence a study and then one study leads to another.

[Jaimey]

Yes and no. No because "androgynous" is the adjective form of "androgyne," so regardless of the official meaning, people will have a conotation of androgynous. That conotation even pervades previous parts of this thread!

Well, to be perfectly honest, 'androgyne' isn't in any standard dictionary, so I would say it is derived from the term 'androgynous'.  I know that seems persnickety, but I do think it's important as far as understanding goes. One way to look at it is to say that a person who identifies as androgyne is psychologically androgynous.  It has more to do with how you feel on the inside than what you look like or how you dress.

[Shana A]

Androgyne is in my widget dictionary, states the origin as 16th century.

Z

[Jaimey]

Androgyne is in my widget dictionary, states the origin as 16th century.

Z

then why does firefox keep underlining it? 

[V M]

They'll do that!!

[Shana A]

Androgyne is in my widget dictionary, states the origin as 16th century.

Z

then why does firefox keep underlining it? 

Maybe it isn't in Firefox's dictionary?

I also notice underlines for the word transgender, which is annoying.

Z

[Pica Pica]

I have a book of literary criticism called, 'the androgyne imagination', and uses the term as if it is expecting other literary critics to understand the term.

[V M]

  Yup they'll do that too  Don't you just love critics?