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[[File:Maveriqueflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The maverique flag.]]
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[[File:Maverique symbol.jpg|thumb|An alternate maverique symbol. Unicode: U+2604 ☄]]
'''Maverique''' is a [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] gender that is defined as being completely independent from [[Man|male]], [[Woman|female]], [[masculine]], [[feminine]], [[neutral]], or anything in between or derived from any of them. It is also not a lack of gender. It is characterized by autonomy and inner conviction regarding a sense of gender which is unorthodox, unconventional and entirely independent of conventional concepts of gender. Despite this maveriques have a distinct and firm sense of gender.
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The term maverique was coined by Tumblr user Queerascat after being dissatisfied with the term neutrois on June 15, 2014<ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/88861493366/maverique-why-i-coined-the-word</ref>.
== Flag and Symbols ==
The flag was also designed by Queerascat on the same day<ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/88853893401/this-is-the-flag-that-ive-designed-for-maverique</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.
The maverique symbol was designed by Tumblr user Sneer in February 2017.<ref>https://maveriques.tumblr.com/post/157742422210/my-new-version-of-the-maverique-gender-symbol</ref> The outer circle represents the gender binary and the inner, filled in circle represents maveriques not being any part of it. The sun symbol is also somewhat incorporated into the symbol.
== Etymology ==
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