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[–]Anna_Nym 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know the intended difference either. But I do know why genderfree is now associated with gender critical women. A gender critical woman came out on Twitter as "genderfree" some time ago based on her workplace's provided LGBT+ identity definitions. This made her eligible for an LGBT+ award (which I believe she won, but I don't remember her name so can't fact check. Also, this was on Twitter so it's always possible she made everything up. I don't think she did.)

Because she was previously known as a TERF, trans activists were convinced she was trolling and appropriating the "genderfree" identity. They were almost certainly correct in the sense that I, too, am positive she continues to identify as a woman. But they were wrong in the sense that she was absolutely not appropriating the genderfree identity. She 100% fit the provided definition. By their own rules, it was her identity to claim and use. Other gender critical women adopted genderfree as a similar troll/not troll.