Gender alignment: Difference between revisions
imported>TXJ mNo edit summary |
imported>TXJ No edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
A. '''Gender alignment''' is terminology used by some [[nonbinary]] people to describe their experience of gender. For instance, a [[genderless]] person may identify as female-aligned because they have experiences in common with [[women]], or a [[demiboy]] may identify as male-aligned because they are partly a [[man|boy]], or a [[maverique]] may identify as unaligned because they have no ties to manhood or womanhood. | A. '''Gender alignment''' is terminology used by some [[nonbinary]] people to describe their experience of gender. For instance, a [[genderless]] person may identify as female-aligned because they have experiences in common with [[women]], or a [[demiboy]] may identify as male-aligned because they are partly a [[man|boy]], or a [[maverique]] may identify as unaligned because they have no ties to manhood or womanhood. | ||
The meaning of alignment terminology differs from person to person. Mod Lune on the tumblr blog We Don't Care About Your Binary put it this way: | |||
{{quote|Some people use (wo)man-aligned to mean “the social category I belong to is (wo)men”.<br>Some people use it to mean “I present as a (wo)man.”<br>Some people use it to mean “I am read by other people as a (wo)man.”<br>Some people use it to mean “my gender is somehow, in some way, related to (wo)manhood.”<br>Some people use it to mean “I am closeted and outwardly identify as a (wo)man.”<br>Some people use it to mean “I experience [[queer]] sexuality like a (wo)man.”<br>Some people use it to mean “I interact with [[sexism|patriarchy]] like a (wo)man.”<ref>[https://wedontcareaboutyourbinary.tumblr.com/post/169860045173/what-the-fuck-do-people-mean-by-male-aligned What the fuck do people mean by "male-aligned" / "woman-aligned" / whatever?], 18 January 2018</ref>}} | |||
Someone's gender alignment does not tell you anything about what they were [[assigned at birth]] or how they like to [[Gender expression|express their gender]], including what [[pronouns]] they use. | Someone's gender alignment does not tell you anything about what they were [[assigned at birth]] or how they like to [[Gender expression|express their gender]], including what [[pronouns]] they use. | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 8 September 2020
 |
This article is a stub. You can help the Nonbinary wiki by expanding it! Note to editors: remember to always support the information you proved with external references! |
Gender alignment has two meanings.
A. Gender alignment is terminology used by some nonbinary people to describe their experience of gender. For instance, a genderless person may identify as female-aligned because they have experiences in common with women, or a demiboy may identify as male-aligned because they are partly a boy, or a maverique may identify as unaligned because they have no ties to manhood or womanhood.
The meaning of alignment terminology differs from person to person. Mod Lune on the tumblr blog We Don't Care About Your Binary put it this way:
| « | Some people use (wo)man-aligned to mean “the social category I belong to is (wo)men”. Some people use it to mean “I present as a (wo)man.” Some people use it to mean “I am read by other people as a (wo)man.” Some people use it to mean “my gender is somehow, in some way, related to (wo)manhood.” Some people use it to mean “I am closeted and outwardly identify as a (wo)man.” Some people use it to mean “I experience queer sexuality like a (wo)man.” Some people use it to mean “I interact with patriarchy like a (wo)man.”[1] |
» |
Someone's gender alignment does not tell you anything about what they were assigned at birth or how they like to express their gender, including what pronouns they use.
B. The term gender alignment is also used to describe a person's status as cis, trans, or nonbinary (As in "does their assigned gender at birth align with their gender identity or not?"), for example in the phrase Marginalized Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Intersex.