You ask, we answer!

We keep a list of Frequently Asked Questions to keep everyone up to speed on what we’re doing, why and how.

This will be an occasionally changing list with the most recent question at the top.

• 01: FAQ
• Article: genderqueer meanings
• Basics: How many are gender-questioning or genderqueer?
• FAQ: are genderqueer people mostly women?
• FAQ: What’s the website actually for?
• FAQ: Why ‘peeps’?
• FAQ: Why aren’t you inclusive of all gender variations?
• FAQ: Why aren’t you using the genderqueer colours?
• FAQ: Why no Transgender resources?

I have a burning desire to find out why…

If you’ve got a question that needs answering, ask below and we’ll do our best to direct you to the answer and record your query here!

Gender 101 | What is gender? | What is genderqueer? | Genderbread person

We’ve had this as a search term to find Genderqueer Australia so we thought it worthwhile to answer the question.

First, putting aside the self identity of female, the gender assignment of female, the gender identity of female and the physical characteristics that are used to define females, the answer is still complex.

For instance, would you consider a tomboy – a girl who is more rough and tumble – genderqueer identified?

How about a transgendered person who is in the middle of transition from male to female. Are they genderqueer?

What about a butch or stonebutch lesbian? Are they genderqueer?

Ultimately it all hinges on the definition of genderqueer, which is – in our opinions – self-identified.

Surfing – by Rose Moore

Well, the website is here for a number of reasons.

First, it’s to inform people about what gender actually is, and to provide information on the difficulties facing gender-question and genderqueer peeps. But together with that, it’s also here to provide information for the family and friends of these peeps, and the professionals who help them.

Second, there’s a lot of information out there on the internet, and we are collecting relevant articles and websites together for the benefit of the above-mentioned people.

Third, there’s a lot of support groups in Australia who can be of service to all these peeps.

And finally, there’s all sorts of resources, research and booklets out in the world (both in Australia and elsewhere) that are of relevance to these peeps. The trouble facing many is that there isn’t a centralised place to find such information and we’re working towards rectifying that with the site.

However, one thing we’re not trying to do is replace the need for other sites and organisations.

Urban Dictionary definition | Ask.yahoo.com origin of “peeps” | The other kind of “peeps”!

‘Peeps’ is used to refer to people of indeterminate gender on the GQA website; we use it instead of Boys/men or Girls/Women.

Its a simpler collective way of describing genderqueer people!

Like many things, though, it’s very much context-driven, as “peeps” also refers to an apparently indestructible marshmallow confectionery in America.

Gender Pirate – by Rose Moore

We’ve deliberately excluded specific terms around the term “genderqueer” simply because it covers so much ground. So things like gender-fucked, gender-pirate, etc aren’t mentioned anywhere on the site.

Everyone at Genderqueer Australia subscribes to the idea that your identity is your concern, therefore the only person in a position to define you is, in fact, you.

By explicitly naming every definition that people who are genderqueer use to define themselves, we would, unfortunately, exclude those who are outside these and identify differently. Simply putting “and other gender identities” isn’t particularly good solution to this problem in our opinion.

The key to a good definition is to make it clear yet not absolute. Explicitly naming every definition a genderqueer person could and currently uses to define themselves is being logically exclusive.

So in short, we ARE inclusive. We’re just leaving it up to you to come up with your own definition of who you are!

Genderqueer flag | Brand new day wordpress theme | Theme developer Caroline Moore

Genderqueer colours

Genderqueer colours are described as Lavender, white and green. Lavender, a mixture of blue (male) and pink (female) representing androgyny, white representing gender neutrality and green, an inverse of lavender, meaning a third gender.

They were created by Marilyn Roxie and are held under a creative commons license.

Why didn’t we use them?

With the Genderqueer Australia site, we decided to create something different, a site which would create a sense of welcoming.

So to do this, we decided to step completely away from the genderqueer colours, the old site’s harsh lines and contrasts, and instead build a site which was lighter in tone, both visually with colours, and functionally with the layout and curved images and buttons.

After many weeks of searching fruitlessly, we came upon the Brand New Day theme, by Caroline Moore. And suddenly we had our long-sought-after goal!

We’ve made a deliberate effort to focus on Gender Questioning, Genderqueer resources and those for Parents and Friends and professionals.

The reasoning is that, to date, there are no organisations in Australia focussing on these areas. There are lots of Trans resources out there however, and the ones in Australia that we like the best are:

FTM Australia

Zoe Belle Gender Centre

Sydney Gender Centre

Ygender Melbourne

There’s still stuff here that’ll help though!

There’s a lot here on the GQA site that can help Transgender people work out what you really want out of life. Transgender is a point in your life, but you will logically pass through at least a “gender questioning” stage. And the parents, friends and professionals who treat Trans people also need resources, and they’ll find them here.

We pride ourselves of being inclusive and respectful of all human beings. If you identify as transgender, you’re welcome to attend our events, chat with us and even get involved. We’ve got several trans-people as volunteers and we always welcome others!