This article examines how individuals who identify with genders outside a male/female binary make use of the semiotic material available to them in the environment to interactively construct non-binary gender(s). Through microinteractional analysis of the speech produced by individuals who identify as genderqueer, the article demonstrates how individuals draw on an array of signs to create and perform non-normative genders. The article argues that the implementation of embodied signs can be understood using a model of semiotic agency, which reveals how the signs themselves vary in their durability and manipulability in time and space. The article further exemplifies how these semiotic displays are used to perform gender as non-binary, mutable, and changing in time. The article uncovers how genderqueer individuals both challenge and maintain a binary gender system in their daily interactions. Moreover, the article demonstrates how individuals draw on available semiotic material available in the environment in ways that allow gender to emerge dynamically in interaction and transform over time. keywords: semiotics; agency; non-normative genders; genderqueer; performativity; embodiment

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新兴性别：符号学机构和性别酷儿个体的性别表现

本文研究了在男性/女性二元之外认同性别的个人如何利用环境中可供他们使用的符号材料来交互式地构建非二元性别。通过对自认为是性别酷儿的个人发表的演讲进行微观交互分析，文章展示了个人如何利用一系列符号来创造和执行非规范的性别。本文认为，可以使用符号学代理模型来理解具身符号的实施，该模型揭示了符号本身如何在时间和空间上的持久性和可操作性方面发生变化。这篇文章进一步举例说明了这些符号显示如何被用来将性别表现为非二元的、可变的和随时间变化的。这篇文章揭示了性别酷儿个体如何在日常互动中挑战并维持二元性别系统。此外，本文还展示了个人如何利用环境中可用的符号材料，以允许性别在互动中动态出现并随着时间的推移而转变。关键词：符号学；机构; 非规范性别；性别酷儿；表演性；体现