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Genderqueer vs Asexual - What's the difference?

genderqueer | asexual |

As adjectives the difference between genderqueer and asexual

is that genderqueer is neither exclusively male nor female; identifying as (having a gender identity which is) outside of the gender binary while asexual is not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.

As nouns the difference between genderqueer and asexual

is that genderqueer is someone who is genderqueer while asexual is a species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.

genderqueer

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (LGBT, of a, person) Neither exclusively male nor female; identifying as (having a gender identity which is) outside of the gender binary.

    • Related terms

    * genderfluid * bigender * third gender * agender * genderfuck * cisgender * transgender

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who is genderqueer.

    • Usage notes

    * Usage of this word as a noun may be offensive. See the usage note at transsexual regarding the use of words of this type as nouns.

    See also

    * androgyne * * hermaphrodite * intersex * two-spirit

    asexual

    English

    (Asexuality)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
  • * 2010 , Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality , fourth edition, pages 357–358:
    • Many asexual' people experience attraction, but feel no need to act out that attraction sexually. Because they don't see a lack of sexual arousal as a problem to be corrected, ' asexual people focus their energy on enjoying other types of arousal and pleasure.
  • Not sexual in nature, not marked by sexual activity. (Compare Platonic .)
  • * 2004 , Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928 , page 150:
    • The central paradox of Linton's writing was her inability, or unwillingness, to imagine an asexual friendship between women.
  • (biology) Having no distinct sex, having no sexual organs.
  • (biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
    • asexual reproduction

    Synonyms

    * (not experiencing sexual attraction) ace (slang), asexy (slang) * (not of marked sex) epicene

    Antonyms

    * sexual, horny

    Derived terms

    * asexual reproduction

    Related terms

    * asexuality

    Coordinate terms

    *

    See also

    * fission * gemmation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
  • * 2009 , Isa Schön, Giampaolo Rossetti, Koen Martens, Darwinulid Ostracods: Ancient Asexual Scandals or Scandalous Gossip?'', published as Chapter 11 of ''Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis , Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 221:
    • 11.2 Demonstrating the Status of Long-Lived Asexuals
    [...] Indeed, if sex has so many advantages, then which special adaptations - if any - allow long-term survival without it? However, the main task of the research teams dealing with such putative ancient asexuals has thus far been to demonstrate that their respective groups (mainly bdelloids, darwinulids and certain lineages within orbatid mites) indeed merit the status.
  • A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.

    • Antonyms

    * (biology) sexual * (person) sexual

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