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Maverique is a nonbinary gender that is defined as being completely independent from male or female, masculine or feminine, or anything in between or derived from them. It is also not a lack of gender or gender neutrality. Maveriques have a distinct and firm sense of gender, independent from the gender binary entirely.

A multigender or genderfluid maverique person may identify with the gender binary, genderlessness, etc, but the gender on its own does not have those traits. Maverique is considered an anthrogender, and is under the nonbinary, abinary, and atrinary umbrellas.

Alternate Names

 * Maverique is sometimes shortened to "mav."

Etymology
The word maverique is a combination of the word maverick and the French suffix -ique, meaning "similar to." The gender is 'maverick-like', in that it is unorthodox due to being unrelated to the gender binary, but is still not completely 'maverick-like' in that the gender is not a conscious choice of the maverique individual, nor is it a political stance against the gender binary.

Pronunciation

 * Phonetic: [mAv-rEEk], or [mAv-uh-rEEk]
 * IPA: /mav-rēk/, or /mav-ə-rēk/

Definitions

 * "A non-binary gender characterized by an unconventional and unorthodox internal sense of self and the interrelationship between that sense of self and society. Maveriques feel no connection with concepts of femininity or masculinity, but instead feel a sense of gender which is completely independent of conventional ideas of gender; a sense of gender which is entirely its own. A maverique’s sense of gender is strong, leaving little room for apathy or neutrality. There is no middle ground, as maverique is a point between nothing. There is no gray area, as maverique is not a shade on a palette. Maveriques are mavericks, plain and simple, but please– don’t forget the -ique." - QueerAsCat, 2014


 * "A gender characterized by autonomy and inner conviction regarding a sense of self that is entirely independent of male/masculinity, female/femininity or anything which derives from the two while still being neither without gender nor of a neutral gender." - QueerAsCat, 2014

Additional commentary about what makes this gender unique here. If this gender's ever been accidentally recoined by the same name with a different definition, talk about that here too.

History
The term maverique was coined by Vesper H. on their Tumblr blog QueerAsCat on May 31, 2014. Soon after they designed the flag, and provided a simplified definition.

Community
A wide range of things can be mentioned here, this section is for general impacts that people who identify as this term have on society. Wikipedia's similar section can be used as inspiration.This section can mention things specific to this identity's community, like ace rings to asexuals, or miscellaneous things that people of this group have achieved and contributed to that don't fall into the other sections, or be left blank.

Statistics
According to the 2020 Gender Census, 0.42% of participants were maverique.

Controversy
If there's been a specific variety of (this identity)-phobic discourse that has led to discrediting it (examples being pan, ace, etc) or if this identity is potentially genuinely harmful (quasihomo, super, etc), please detail that here. This section can also be renamed called "flag controversy" if there have been similar -phobic discourses around popular flags, examples being the racist claims around the pan flag, or the true racism and biphobia of the pink lesbian flag's creator. Like other sections, this can be left blank or removed if not applicable.

Flags
The flag's color meanings as follows:
 * Yellow (#fff344): primary/elementary* gender; non-binary gender
 * White (#ffffff): autonomy; independence
 * Orange (#f49622): inner conviction; maverick

The creator further explained their choices, quote:

"But of course there is much more to the meanings and color selections than that. Yellow is a primary color (see: subtractive color / CMYK), meaning that it isn’t obtainable from combining any other colors and thus is entirely independent from the other primary colors, cyan (blue) and magenta (pink). *I feel that this is the perfect analogy for maverique’s relationship to male/masculinity and female/femininity. Yellow is also often associated with non-binary gender. White represents autonomy or independence from the gender binary and even from the spectrum of colors (genders) created by combinations of cyan/blue (male/masculinity) and magenta/pink (female/femininity). White represents the figurative blank gender slate upon which maverique is based. Orange represents the deep, burning inner conviction that a maverique feels in regards to their own gender. It also represents the unorthodox and individualistic nature of mavericks, upon which this gender is based." - QueerAsCat, 2014

Other
Any other kind of image (symbols from the flag, people waving pride flags, merchandise with the flags, images used to describe the gender, cube flags, aesthetic edits, MOGAIballs, DNI banners themed after the flag that were used when posting that flag, etc) goes here. If nothing, leave blank.