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Would a transgender person be offended if someone referred to them as genderqueer?

I know I sound really ignorant, but I was thinking about it and was curious if they would be offended... I mean, I know a lot of them would have different reactions, but what would the overall feel be?
 r-pattz posted over a year ago
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Dragonclaws said:
Genderqueer refers to people who don't identify as male or female, possibly both or neither. Transgender people have gender identities contrary to their physical sexual characteristics. I wouldn't be offended by a misidentification like that, as there's nothing wrong with being either and the gender thing can be confusing, but I wouldn't like if they continued after being informed of their mistake.
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I thought genderqueer was sort of a word for anyone who wasn't strictly male or female, and I've heard people who were unsure of their gender refer to themselves like that, which is why I was asking. Are you trans?
r-pattz posted over a year ago
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It's kind of a vague term, but it's different from transgender unless you go by transgender being an overarching term encompassing all gender variancy. Yes, I'm trans, and for a while I considered genderqueer as a gender identity.
Dragonclaws posted over a year ago
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'Kay, thanks for answering! :]
r-pattz posted over a year ago
demonthief said:
They maybe a little hurt. If ur best friend made fun of u 4 being in the LGBT, u would b hurt 2, right?
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