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Genderqueer is often used to self-identify by people who challenge binary social constructions of gender. In addition to being an umbrella term for non-binary gender identities, genderqueer has been used as an adjective to refer to any people who are perceived to transcend or divert from traditional distinctions of gender, regardless of their gender identity. Individuals may express gender non-normatively by not conforming into the binary gender categories of "man" and "woman".
The final version of Marilyn Roxie's genderqueer pride flag was created in June 2011. It underwent two other versions with the same color scheme in 2010. It originally attempted to represent all non-binary and genderqueer people, however, as the genderqueer community grew the flag became synonymous with "genderqueer", thus leaving many non-binary people feeling forced under a label they didn't want. Rather than try to replace Roxie's flag, the nonbinary flag has come to sit along side it to represent those who wanted it.
The genderqueer flag has three stripes coloured (from top to bottom) purple, white and green.
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Chartreuse green represents those outside the gender binary as it is the inverse color to purple, the combination of pink and blue.
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The white stripe represents agenderness and gender neutrality.
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The third stripe is purple, to represent those whose genders are of, between, or a mix of female and male.
Non-Binary Awareness Week is the week starting on the Sunday or Monday preceding International Non-Binary People's Day on the 14th of July.
