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Some nonbinary people don't feel right about being called words that give an idea of being female or male. Many words for family titles and relationships do: mother, brother, husband, girlfriend, and so on. Nonbinary people who prefer to be called by gender-neutral words can ask to be instead called parent, sibling, spouse, datemate, and so on. See the page [[Gender neutral language in English#Family and relationship words]] for a long list. This includes some new words that are not just gender-neutral, but specifically for nonbinary people only.
Some nonbinary people don't feel right about being called words that give an idea of being female or male. Many words for family titles and relationships do: mother, brother, husband, girlfriend, and so on. Nonbinary people who prefer to be called by gender-neutral words can ask to be instead called parent, sibling, spouse, datemate, and so on. See the page [[Gender neutral language in English#Family and relationship words]] for a long list. This includes some new words that are not just gender-neutral, but specifically for nonbinary people only.
==Being a nonbinary parent==
Nonbinary Parents Day is celebrated on April 18; this date was chosen by nonbinary parent and educator Johnny Blazes.<ref name="fami_Cele">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes |author= |work=Family Equality |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605072918/https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="transfamilies">{{Cite web |title=Happy Nonbinary Parents Day! |author=debi |work=Trans Families |date=18 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://transfamilies.org/happy-nonbinary-parents-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125031633/https://transfamilies.org/happy-nonbinary-parents-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
In the US state of North Carolina, December 6 is formally recognized as Gender Expansive Parents' Day since 2020.<ref name="news_Aday">{{Cite web |title=A day to celebrate all parents, including LGBTQ parents, in NC |last=Vaughan |first=Dawn Baumgartner |work=The News & Observer |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |url= https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115202935/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
Nonbinary parents might also celebrate Trans Parents Day (the first Sunday of November) if they identify with the trans label. See the [[Holidays]] page for a list of other observances related to trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people.
In 2021, a nonbinary [[transmasculine]] person named Krys Malcolm Belc published a [[Books|book]] titled ''The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood''.


==Family trees==
==Family trees==


A diagram of a person's family is called a genogram or pedigree. These diagrams use a symbols for different kinds of people and relationships. This includes some standard [[gender symbols|symbols]] for a person's [[sex]] or [[gender]]. A square represents a [[men|man]] or boy, and a circle represents a [[women|woman]] or girl. The standard genogram symbol for a person whose gender is unknown is a rhombus or triangle. Some nonbinary people, if they are put into a family tree diagram, may prefer to have themselves represented by a genderless symbol.
A diagram of a person's family is called a genogram or pedigree. These diagrams use a symbols for different kinds of people and relationships. This includes some standard [[gender symbols|symbols]] for a person's [[sex]] or [[gender]]. A square represents a [[men|man]] or boy, and a circle represents a [[women|woman]] or girl. The standard genogram symbol for a person whose gender is unknown is a rhombus/diamond or triangle. Some nonbinary people, if they are put into a family tree diagram, may prefer to have themselves represented by a genderless symbol.


In the Journal of Genetic Counseling in 2020, a group of scientists proposed a downward-pointing equilateral triangle to be the pedigree symbol for a nonbinary or [[gender questioning]] person, with additional markings to indicate [[assigned sex]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Tuite et al.|title=Beyond circles and squares: A commentary on updating pedigree nomenclature to better represent patient diversity|year=2020|doi=10.1002/jgc4.1234|journal=Journal of Genetic Counseling}}</ref>
In the Journal of Genetic Counseling in 2020, a group of scientists proposed a downward-pointing equilateral triangle to be the pedigree symbol for a nonbinary or [[gender questioning]] person, with additional markings to indicate [[assigned sex]].<ref name="TuiteDalla PiazzaBrandi2020">{{cite journal | last1 = Tuite | first1 = Allysa | last2 = Dalla Piazza | first2 = Michelle | last3 = Brandi | first3 = Kristyn | last4 = Pletcher | first4 = Beth A. | title = Beyond circles and squares: A commentary on updating pedigree nomenclature to better represent patient diversity | journal = Journal of Genetic Counseling | date = 27 February 2020 | volume = 29 | issue = 3 | pages = 435–439 | issn = 1059-7700 | eissn = 1573-3599 | doi = 10.1002/jgc4.1234 | pmid = 32103563 | url = | archive-url = False | archive-date = 17 July 2023 }}</ref> However, other scientists have recommended using the rhombus/diamond, because of "the historical use of inverted triangles to designate certain prisoner groups in Nazi concentration camps".<ref name="BennettFrenchResta2022">{{cite journal | last1 = Bennett | first1 = Robin L. | last2 = French | first2 = Kathryn Steinhaus | last3 = Resta | first3 = Robert G. | last4 = Austin | first4 = Jehannine | title = Practice resource‐focused revision: Standardized pedigree nomenclature update centered on sex and gender inclusivity: A practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors | journal = Journal of Genetic Counseling | date = 15 September 2022 | issn = 1059-7700 | eissn = 1573-3599 | doi = 10.1002/jgc4.1621 | pmid = 36106433 | url =https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jgc4.1621 }} (Free-access article)</ref>


==Marriage==
==Marriage==


Nonbinary people who have a [[legal gender]] of "X" (or something else besides M or F) may face barriers to marriage, especially in places that define marriage as "between a man and a woman", as happened in Australia for intersex nonbinary person [[Tony Briffa]]. Additionally, some jurisdictions offer M and F as the only options on applications for marriage, requiring nonbinary people to misgender themselves even if they have other documents recognizing their nonbinary gender.<ref name="Sosin">{{Cite web |title=Can You Actually Get Married With a Non-Binary ID? |last=Sosin |first=Kate |work=NewNowNext |date=4 August 2019 |access-date=12 November 2020 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/non-binary-id-married/04/2019/}}</ref>
Nonbinary people who have a [[legal gender]] of "X" (or something else besides M or F) may face barriers to marriage, especially in places that define marriage as "between a man and a woman", as happened in Australia for intersex nonbinary person [[Tony Briffa]]. Additionally, some jurisdictions offer M and F as the only options on applications for marriage, requiring nonbinary people to misgender themselves even if they have other documents recognizing their nonbinary gender.<ref name="Sosin">{{Cite web |title=Can You Actually Get Married With a Non-Binary ID? |last=Sosin |first=Kate |work=NewNowNext |date=4 August 2019 |access-date=12 November 2020 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/non-binary-id-married/04/2019/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018191551/http://www.newnownext.com/non-binary-id-married/04/2019/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Intimacy]]
* [[Intimacy]]
* [[Coming out]]
* [[Coming out]]
* [[Fertility preservation]]


==References==
==References==
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