Another term often used for genderqueer people would be "third gender," or as Native Americans refer to it "two spirits." While these terms are both merely labels, it's difficult to describe this phenomenon any other way; humans are attached to labels. As Nemo pointed out, gender identity exists on a spectrum...& it's important to realize that one's sexual identity (male or female) is quite different from one's gender identity. The first refers to what's between one's legs, while the second takes place between one's ears.

I consider myself to be of "third gender." I don't know how to describe this other than it's like a switch that goes on & off in your head...like a bipolar mixed state, only it's about gender identity. It was only about three years ago that I came to terms with it myself. I went on estrogen for two years & it cleared up the confusion in my head...I don't know why, but it did. I never lived fully as a woman, and never contemplated having any surgeries. I was just confused...& still am some days, weeks, & sometimes months at a time. My gender identity isn't static, that's all. It slides on a spectrum.

I went off estrogen because my body was changing to the point where there was no turning back...again...it's about what's between my ears, not about what's between my legs, or resting on my chest. If you think people discriminate because of mental illness, you can only imagine what kind of prejudice transgendered people (a blanket term that covers a wide range of the gender spectrum) face on a daily basis. I know my description is probably one of those "you just had to be there" things. Just as folks who aren't bipolar (as I am) can't fully understand what goes on between my ears in a psychological sense, any description of my fluid gender identity will never be truly understood by so-called "normies" (whoever the hell they are!).

So...Are you thoroughly confused now? Good! So am I! But that's a part of my being "genderqueer," or "third gendered." Again...those are merely labels.