Avril Lavigne announced on Wednesday, Sept. 2, that she and her husband Chad Kroeger are separating after two years of marriage. Credit: Taylor Hill/Getty Images. Things really are so complicated. Avril Lavigne announced on Wednesday, Sept. 2, that she and her husband, Chad Kroeger, are separating after two years of marriage.
The term queer includes, but is not exclusive to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transpeople, and intersex persons, traditionally, this term is derogatory and hurtful, however, many people who do not adhere to sexual and/or gender norms use it to self-identify in a positive way.
A Primer by Danica Nuccitelli, of Sphere. (For the purpose of this info sheet, I have used the term queergendered to mean people who are transsexual and transgendered but particularly those who are bigendered (identifying as both, or more, genders), non-gendered (not identifying with any gender) and third-gendered (constructing their own gender).