Gender Non-Binary
A person who embraces a gender identity along a continuum or spectrum of gender identities and expressions is often based on the rejection of the gender binary’s assumption that gender is strictly an either/or option based on sex assigned at birth.
(Check also the following terms: Gender Binary and Sex Assigned at Birth/Biological Sex)
“We mentioned at the beginning that if you’re a woman, you have to be soft, with the children, in the kitchen. whereas if you are a man, “bring home the money.” And if you’re neither, you don’t exist.”
“We are talking about something purely binary, male-female. There is nothing in between and nothing more than that. This, however, clashes with the fluidity—the fluidity—that exists and the notion of sexuality and gender identity as a spectrum. And what is a spectrum? That we can’t define precise points and differentiation. So, the transition from one to the other is accompanied by fluidity.”
-Wikipedia
Resources:
- Understanding Nonbinary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive – TransEqualityOrg
- WHAT IT MEANS TO BE NON-BINARY – LGBT Foundation
- Meet young non-binary Australians who do not identify as either male or female | Four Corners
