According to young developer Eric Cervini, most social networking and dating apps that cater to the LGBTQ community rigidly categorise their users by gender identity, sexual orientation and physical appearance.
"When we log on, we're constantly told to be a man, to have a perfect body, to act or to talk a certain way, to be someone other than who we truly are," California-born Cervini said in a statement.
His app "Q" lets users choose from over 20 genders to include all those who identify as queer, a term used by some to encompass the many facets of gender identity and sexual orientation.
In the United States and beyond, a growing movement views gender as a complex, mainly psychological phenomenon in which a person's external anatomy is no longer the defining factor.
According to Cervini, Q is "a community-driven social networking app for humans - of all genders and sexual orientations - who identify as queer."
The app still allows some filtering and requires members to display first names and faces while encouraging them to describe themselves in "memoirs" that have no character limit.
"Q is...about creating a queer community that is devoted to making its members of any gender or background feel welcome," said Cervini.
If the Kickstarter campaign to fund a polished version of Q for release is successful, the app will be available for iPhone and Android in June.
© Thomson Reuters 2015
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