#maverinity

[your-bigender-big-brother]

The Recontextualization and the Disidentification of Gender

(essay under the cut)

Maverinity is an autonomous gender quality that lies outside of masculine, feminine, neutral, and null - this makes it an outherine identity. While it is obvious that the intrinsic categories that maverinity falls into are autonomous and outherine (both at the same time), there are two very distinct features to this autonomy that are specific to the maverine experience: The recontextualization of gender and the disidentification of gender.

Autonomy starts with a separation from any governance, which is why maverique - a “maverick-like” gender - gets its name from being a maverick of sorts. It stands out, existing separately from any pre-established gender category. It isn't masculine, feminine, neutral, or null but is a distinct gendered feeling based on the “personal inner conviction” of one's gender. What this means is that our gender is defined by ourselves with none of the stringencies that come from conventional gender. Maverinity, the gender quality tied to being maverique, exists outside of the norm just the same.

When we recontextualize gender for ourselves, we reshape what it means to be a specific gender and shake up the expectations connected to it. If I were to use my own gender as an example, I would say that my malehood is of a maverine quality. While it may look like traditional malehood from someone else's perspective, its experience is far outside of the binary and is more comparable to abinarity. But it is the reshaping of my malehood that makes this gender experience an autonomous one, not simply an abinary or outherine one.

Maverinity is also the recontextualization of gender itself, rather than relying on existing genders as the context. Most people might think of gender as binary, nonbinary, multigender, neutral, and genderless (as very broad terms for several corresponding genders.) A maverine gender does not fit in with any of these terms, giving us a brand-new category for genders that doesn’t look like typical genderedness. This means that maverinity can recontextualize existing genders as well as gender as a whole: How this manifests will change from person to person depending on what maverinity means to them.

Disidentification is the other part of gender autonomy. It is the rejection of gendered expectations and of the rigidity that comes with being forced into a box. For example, one might have a gender that is not binary, but they may elect to not call themselves nonbinary or abinary either. Just because that person technically fits the definition of nonbinarity or abinarity doesn't mean they should feel obligated to use those terms - they are removed from the categories they would normally be forced into that would correspond with their gender. As for myself: I'm a transgender man but I reject “transmasculine” as an identifier. I am not transmasculine even though the general consensus supports that trans men automatically fall under that category. My transgender identity - my masculinity - is maverine-in-nature, which is why I call myself transmaverine instead.

Disidentification is what makes maverinity not feminine, not masculine, not neutral, and not genderless. It is defined, in this context, by what it is not. It establishes itself as a quality that cannot be forced into any one of these categories and is often not comparable to such. It is removed from specific identifying categories and is, instead, within its own category. Disidentification does not start and end with breaking expectations of specific genderedness, but extends to the idea that maverinity by default and on its own cannot be categorized using conventional means.

It's important to note that maverinity doesn’t just exist as a way to transform or transcend gender conventionality. It is very much outside of existing genders and of any comparison to such and because of this, it doesn't have to use midbinarity to establish itself nor does it need to even be compared to abinarity. When someone is maverine, that more than likely means they have an outherine identity with no proximity to the binary or binary-related concepts. There are plenty of singular maverine genders and specific maverine qualities that are simply based on one’s personal belief of their own gender that can’t be compared to any other gender. The variability of the maverine quality is why it works so well for so many people. Recontextualization and disidentification is only one fraction of how that quality presents itself.

[database-of-maverinities]

What is Maverine?

Maverine (also called verine) is a gender quality typically connected to maverique, a gender that is outside of masculine, feminine, male, female, and neutral while having a distinct gendered feeling. As such, its maverine quality exists outside of masculine, feminine, neutral, and null - this is known as outherine. Maverinity is tied to personal inner conviction of gender and is therefore autonomous.

Maverine falls under the qualities of outherine, itherine, aporine, and abinarine, but it does not fall under xenity. It is maverine-in-nature, or MVIN/mvingender.

Maverine is, by definition, both auingender and ouingender at the same time (that is, both autonomous and outherine) and lacks gender apathy. Other autonomous genders may be described using midbinary concepts or they may include existing qualities in some way, which is what sets maverinity apart from other autonomous qualities and genders.

Maverine is not a gender quality that is unorthodox by choice (which is why the main maverine gender - maverique - is “maverick-like”, a key distinction that differentiates it from the more voluntary gendermaverick identity.) Therefore, it is not related to being genderqueer or genderpunk.

(All of the above links redirect to the YB3 Wiki.)

Why "Maverinities"?

Taking inspiration from @/theoutherlings, a blog that discusses outherinities, I find it valuable to talk about maverinities in the plural. Maverinities make up a galaxy of individual maverine experiences as well as neighboring ones. Maveriquinities are qualities and genders specific to the maverique experience. My goal is to pull the focus away from maverinity as THE quality of maverique and delve into the complexities of maverinity on its own. But maverique is not forgotten here!

Helpful Tags

Maverine/Transmaverine - all posts have the maverine tag, some others will have transmaverine/transmav

Ouiaspec/Xiaspec/Agiaspec/Niaspec/Liaspec - spectra of identities; I might forget to update this, but it's likely there's a tag for whatever is missing

Orientation - juvelic terms, X4X terms, and anything involving orientation labels

Firsthand Experiences - people's firsthand maverine experiences

Text Post - no images, just text

Info - informative posts

Coining Post - coining posts for maverine identities

Art - not just art, but also maverine-inspired stimboards, userboxes, wallpapers, and more

Other Websites - links to info and other content from non-Tumblr websites

I tend to prioritize coining posts, firsthand experiences, and informative posts, but you can tag me in any maverine-related post if you want it reblogged here! You can also contact me if you want any content removed.

See Also

Every maverine gender coined by me

Maverine coining

Transmaverine flags (coining?)

Maverique FAQ (Tumblr page)

What Does Transmaverinity Look Like? (blog post)

A Deep Dive Into Outherinity (blog post)

The introduction of recontextualization and disidentification (sent as an ask to the YB3 blog)

[xxx-ang3l-w1th-a-sh0tgun-xxx]

"this user is maverique" userbox made by me!!

feel free to use but keep my username visible ty!!! :3

[themaveriqueagenda]

dear maverine people & maverique-adjacent people who may identify with maverique but not as maverique,

you will always be welcome on this blog as people who relate to the term. especially because maverique is already so little known that it's currently not that likely to build active spaces around non-maverique maverinity, as maverinity is even less known.

if your gender quality is maverine, if your gender expression is maverine or if you have a gender that makes you relate to maverique but not quite, you belong here.

after all, all of these concepts are related to or based on maverique at least somewhat.

💛🤍🧡

[stormy-talks]

I want to get more in-depth about maverinities and just noticed something. The definition of maverique does not include any mention of xenity. It is outherine, which is "not exactly xenine" (not entirely outside of xenity, but doesn't automatically include it either.) I would assume the maverine gender quality, by extension, would be similar in how it's defined by its not-exactly-xenine-ness but xenity isn't mentioned anywhere where I've seen maverique or maverine defined.

So, what is the overall perspective on maverinity in relation to xenity? How do I discuss maverinities with xenity in mind? Can maverine be more inclusive of xenity because of its unorthodox nature, while outherine is more anthrine in nature?

I'm not great at wording things (which is why all my wiki reference pages and my essays take ten years to put together.) I just want to get all the details right.

[dhfrihfurifh]

OUR MAVERIQUE EXPERIENCE

this is one of those really awesome our-(label)-experience blogs. inspired by blogs like @our-queer-experience , @our-abinary-experience , @our-aroace-experience , and many many more!!

this blog is mostly powered by users like you who send asks, though i will occasionally reblog anything maverique-related if it presents itself!

you can ask here anything related to maverique, doesn't have to be just experiences! questions, labelfinding, whatever :3

off topic posts are tagged with #off topic.

anyways, hi!! i'm cameron/cam. i use any pronouns. i'll see you around!!

[transgendere-gone-away]

maverinity is a very new concept to me (only found out it even is a thing though your post)

I absolutely have no idea what it means, and looking it up confused me more, can you briefly explain it?

hi! so maverinity is defined by "the quality of being maverique".

maverique is a gender coined by @queerascat in 2014. it is defined as "a gender characterized by autonomy and inner conviction regarding a sense of self that is entirely independent of male/masculinity or female/femininity or anything which derives from the two while still being neither without gender nor a neutral gender."

tldr; maverique is a gender completely on its own. not masc, not fem, not neutral or genderless. nothing relating to the binary. it's similar to aporagender, if you've heard of it.

some good blogs that post about maverinity / maverique stuff:

@demimaverique

@themaveriqueagenda

@the-delta-quadrant

feel free to comment more if you find them, and feel free to ask any questions you may have abt maverinity / maverique!!

[demimaverique]

Question For Maveriques (And Others)

So I find that when my gender is maverique, or leaning towards that direction, I have the urge to present that way, but I have a very difficult time imagining what a maverine gender presentation would even look like. It would be a presentation that's not masculine or feminine, but its own thing entirely (and also not genderless or neutral) but I'm not sure what that would look like (and how it would differ from genderless presentation since I'm also genderless.) My question is, what ideas do you have about what a maverine presentation might look like? Cause I'm struggling here.

[rosiethorns88]

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for October! Featuring Evie and the Villain from ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN by @hannahnicolemae ! This was a stinkin' cute book (like the hijinks of The Office meets fantasy and dragons) and a stinkin' cute scene!

[aprill-99]

Assistant: “This whole criminal empire thing takes a lot more paperwork than I thought.”

Boss: “It’s called organized crime for a damn reason Sheryl.”

[theprincessandthebook]

Reading the Assistant to the Villian series and a man panicking over his feelings for a girl will never not be funny-

[your-bigender-big-brother]

self-determination also includes the right to deidentification (disidentification), which doesn't always come with self-identification.

Example: not identifying as binary doesn't imply self identifying as nonbinary

Right?

I haven't heard it described in that way but I really, really like that and I think we need to include it when defining gender autonomy. It helps distinguish it from simple self-identification.

I agree that self-determination should include disidentification. I'm a transgender man but not transmasculine, even though transmasc is often meant to encompass trans men. Maverinity is can mean recontextualizing existing genders and qualities in a personal way, and that idea has to include separating ourselves from the categories that we would normally be forced into.

- 💙💚

[evacrstairs]

assistant to the villain (trystansage) headers. like or reblog if you save or use. 🐸

[xxx-ang3l-w1th-a-sh0tgun-xxx]

maverique bingo i made!! 💛🤍🧡

this is just based on MY experience and what I've read online so this may not be accurate or relatable for everyone who identifies as maverique. if anyone has any suggestions for another bingo i could make then please comment some ideas!! :D

[murasaki-cha]

OH MY GOD!! Cosmopolitan has released chapter 2 of Apprentice To The Villain as a sneek peek!!!!

Obviously they couldn't post chapter 1 since that would be major spoilery because it's from another character's pov neither Evie or The Villain's

I'm gonna go read it now but Hannah just did a LIVE on Tik Tok and there were a lot of people who said that it HURT! So I'm just a teeny bit scared right now. BUT LETS GO!!

Edit:

*sobbing on a pillow* DAMN IT HANNAH!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭

THE FIRST LINE WOMAN!!

Oh god I need to read the rest no BUT NOT COOL HANNAH SO NOT COOL!!!

[nalit-source]

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

"We're all monsters in the end. At least mine lives in the light."