m (found an earlier date for coining, found Vesper's name and blogs. Technically we only know when the term was shared/released, not when it was coined)
The term maverique was coined by Vesper H. on their Tumblr userblog Queer as QueerascatCat after being dissatisfied with the term neutrois onby JuneMay 1531, 2014.<ref>https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/87401571441/this-is-me-attempting-to-further-define-my-own</ref><ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/88861493366/maverique-why-i-coined-the-word</ref>.
== Flag and Symbols ==
The flag was also designed by QueerascatVesper onand thereleased same15 daydays later, on June 15.<ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/88853893401/this-is-the-flag-that-ive-designed-for-maverique</ref><ref>http://queerascat.com/2014/06/maverique-v2-0/#</ref> The colors mean the following: Yellow, meaning primary gender, as yellow is a primary color, meaning entirely independent from the other primary colors, like how maverique is completely separate from masculinity and femininity. Yellow is also often associated with non-binary gender. White represents autonomy and independence, both from the gender binary and from the spectrum of colors. White is the blank gender slate upon which maverique is based. Orange represents a burning inner conviction, and the unorthodox and individualistic nature of mavericks.
The first proposed symbol for maverique was the astrological symbol for the sun (☉), but that had been criticized since the sun is associated with binary genders in many cultures. The comet symbol (☄) was also suggested as a maverique symbol, and is still occasionally used, though it is also used as a general [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] symbol.
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