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'''Genderfuck''' is a [[portmanteau]] which refers to the self-conscious effort to "[[fuck]] with" or play with traditional notions of [[gender identity]], [[gender role]]s, and gender presentation.<ref name="lawless">{{cite journal
| last =Lawless
| first =Elaine J.
| title =Claiming Inversion: Lesbian Constructions of Female Identity as Claims for Authority
| journal =The Journal of American Folklore
| volume =111
| issue =439
| pages =3–22
| date =Winter 1998
| url =http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8715%28199824%29111%3A439%3C3%3ACILCOF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X
| accessdate =2007-08-30
| month =Dec
| year =1998
| doi =10.2307/541317 }}</ref> It falls under the umbrella of the [[transgender]] spectrum.
==Genderfucking==
Genderfuck, as a form of gender identity or gender expression, uses [[parody]] and exaggeration to call attention to its transgression of gender roles, seeking to expose them as artificial<ref>Wilkinson, Sue and Celia Kitzinger (1996). "The Queer Backlash". In {{cite book | last = Bell | first = Diane | authorlink = | coauthors = Renate Klein (eds) | title = Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed | publisher = Zed Books | date = 1996 | location = London | pages = 375-382 }} Quoted in {{cite book | last = Weedon | first = Chris | title = Feminism, Theory, and the Politics of Difference | publisher = Blackwell Publishers | location = Cambridge, MA | year = 1999 | pages = 74-75 | isbn = 0-631-19824-5 | oclc = | doi = }}</ref>, oftentimes by manipulating one's appearance to create gender dissonance or ambiguity in stark opposition of the [[gender binary]]. In this way, genderfuck shares many characteristics with [[genderqueer]], although they are two separate concepts.
Examples of genderfuck in relation to physical performance or appearance include people prominently displaying [[secondary sex characteristic]]s of different sexes together, such as [[breasts]] ''and'' a [[beard]].
Genderfuck is generally an intentional attempt to present a confusing [[gender identity]] which contributes to dismantling the perception of a [[gender binary]].{{Or|date=September 2007}}
Genderfuck implies not only the instigation of confusion for the sake of breaking down the binary, but also leaving more fluid room to be self-expressive and self-explorative with less expectations of a norm and more room to play via being radically honest. Though genderfuck is often associated with [[queer]] identities such as [[homosexuality]] and [[bisexuality]], people of any [[sexual orientation]] may practice genderfuck.
== History ==
Genderfuck is a politics of identity stemming from the [[identity politics]] movements of the 1950s and 1960s, a guiding principal of which is the idea that the personal is political.<ref>Elisa Glick. Sex Positive: Feminism, Queer Theory, and the Politics of Transgression. Feminist Review, No. 64, Feminism 2000: One Step beyond?. (Spring, 2000), pp. 19-45.</ref>
The term dates at least to 1974, when an article by [[Christopher Lonc]], entitled "Genderfuck and Its Delights", appeared in the magazine ''Gay Sunshine''. Lonc wrote "I want to criticize and poke fun at the roles of women and of men too. I want to try and show how not-normal I can be. I want to ridicule and destroy the whole cosmology of restrictive sex roles and sexual identification."<ref>Quoted in {{cite book
| last = Bergman
| first = David
| title = Camp Grounds: Style and Homosexuality
| publisher = University of Massachusetts Press
| location = Amherst
| year = 1993
| pages = 7
| isbn = 0-87023-878-7
| oclc =
| doi =
}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Boi (gender)]]
* [[Drag king]]
* [[Drag queen]]
* [[Cross dress]]
* [[Crossplay]]
* [[Faux queen]]
* [[Gender and sexuality studies]]
* [[Gender bender]]
* [[List of transgender-related topics]]
* [[Queer]]
== References ==
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*Altman, D. (1996). Rupture or Continuity? The Internationalization of Gay Identities. ''Social Text'' 48:77-94.
*Coviello, P. (2007) review of "World Enough Sex and Time in Recent Queer Studies", ''GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies'' 13:387-401.
*Glick, E. (2000) Sex Positive: Feminism, Queer Theory, and the Politics of Transgression, ''Feminist Review'' 64:19-45.
*McKenna, Jack (2000). "How I Became a Queer Heterosexual", p.65.
*{{Citation
| last =Stepp
| first =Meredith
| title =Playing our parts in ‘genderfuck’
| newspaper =[[Southern Voice]]
| date =2005-07-15
| url =http://www.sovo.com/2005/7-15/view/columns/playing.cfm }}
*Reich, J.L. (1992) Genderfuck: the law of the dildo. ''Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture'' 15:112-27.
*Thomas, Calvin, ed. (2000). ''Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality''. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06813-0.
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