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    {{uncommon identity}}
    A '''triangle''' is a three-sided [[geometric]] [[shape]].
    {{infobox identity
    In [[Euclidean geometry]], each side of a triangle is perfectly straight, and the sum of the internal angles of a triangle is always 180º.
    | flag = trigender.png
    A triangle is defined by any three points that are not [[collinear]].
    | related = [[Polygender]] and [[Bigender]]
    | umbrella = [[Multigender]]
    | frequency = 0.1%
    | gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Trigender
    }}
    '''Trigender''' people experience three [[gender]]s, at the same time, or moving between the three at different times.<ref name="feinberg trans lib">Leslie Feinberg, ''Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink Or Blue'', page 53-4, Beacon Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8070-7951-0, ISBN 978-0-8070-7951-5.</ref><ref>Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, "[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers For the young, gender is fluid]", ''Chicago Tribune'', November 18, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517225626/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-11-18/news/0911180173_1_gender-born-layers Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> These three genders can be any gender, either binary or nonbinary.<ref>Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, Pat Griffin, ''Teaching for diversity and social justice'', page 224,CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 0-415-95200-X, 9780415952002.</ref> A trigender person may change from expressing one gender to another, depending on that person's mood or situation.<ref name="Herdt">Gilbert H. Herdt, ''Third sex, third gender: beyond sexual dimorphism in
    culture and history'', Zone Books, 1996, ISBN 0-942299-82-5, ISBN 978-0-942299-82-3.</ref> Someone who identifies as trigender may feel that their gender is a combination of several genders happening at the same time.<ref>Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, "For the young, gender is fluid", ''Chicago Tribune'', November 18, 2009.</ref> Trigender falls under the general categories of [[multigender]] (having many genders) and sometimes [[genderfluid]] (having genders that change from time to time). It can also be considered a type of [[genderqueer]] or [[nonbinary]] identity, which goes beyond the Western [[binary gender]] system,<ref name="Herdt"/> much as can be seen in cultures that recognize individuals' right to define their own sense of self<ref name="Bentz">Leslie Bentz, "The Neurobiology of Gender Bending", Bryn Mawr , 2005.</ref>


    ==Naming conventions==
    In most Western societies, straying outside of the gender dichotomy is seen as socially unacceptable to the patriarchy.<ref name="Bentz"/><ref>Stephen Marc Beaudoin,  "And Another Barrier is Broken: Meet Silverton, Oregon’s Gender-Fluid, Trans-Identified Mayor-Elect, Stu Rasmussen", ''Just Out'', November 6th, 2008.</ref> The term [[third gender]] has been applied to to many kinds of people, even to white Westerners themselves, who do not conform into rigid categories of heterosexual roles and gender-conforming men and women. The phrase "third gender" has been used for a wide variety of meanings: [[intersex]] people whose bodies do not fit outdated Western medical concepts of binary sex, [[gender-variant identities worldwide|hundreds of indigenous societal roles]] as described (and often misrepresented) by Western anthropologists (including indigenous identities such as south Asian [[hijra]]s, Hawaiian and Tahitian [[māhū]], and Native American identities now called [[Two-Spirit]]s),<ref>Julia Serano, ''Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity.'' Unpaged.</ref> transgender people who are [[nonbinary]], homosexual people even in Western societies,<ref name="Trumbach">Trumbach, Randolph. (1998) ''Sex and the Gender Revolution. Volume 1: Heterosexuality and the Third Gender in Enlightenment London''. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1998. (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society)</ref><ref name="The Social Studies C">{{cite book |last=Ross |first=E. Wayne |title=The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2006|isbn= 978-0-7914-6909-5 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4qFMqjxte9IC }}</ref><ref>Kennedy, Hubert C. (1980) ''The "third sex" theory of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs'', Journal of Homosexuality. 1980–1981 Fall–Winter; 6(1–2): pp. 103–1</ref> and women who were considered to be [[gender-nonconforming]] because they fought for [[feminism|women's rights]].<ref>{{cite journal | jstor=407320 | pages=582–599 | last1=Wright | first1=B. D. | title="New Man," Eternal Woman: Expressionist Responses to German Feminism | volume=60 | issue=4 | journal=The German Quarterly | year=1987 | doi=10.2307/407320  }}</ref> A significant number of nonbinary people have adopted "third gender" to describe themselves. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 2.17% (244) of the 11,242 respondants called themselves third gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census">"Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR." ''Gender Census.'' March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr</ref>
    Usually, the vertices of a triangle are counter-clockwise denoted by big Latin letters, while small Latin letters are used for the sides: Each side will have the same letter as the opposite vertex.
    The angles are denoted by Greek letters, if possible, the letter of an angle will correspond to the letter of the adjacent vertex.
    Often, the sides will be referenced by the adjacent vertices: in the triangle on top of this page, we have <math>a = \overline{BC} = \overline{CB}, b = \overline{CA} = \overline{CA}, c = \overline{BA} = \overline{AB} </math>.
    Similarly, the angles are denoted as <math>\alpha = \angle CAB, \beta = \angle ABC, \gamma = \angle BCA</math>.


    ==History==
    The word "trigender" was in use at least before 1999.<ref name="feinberg trans lib" /> Trigender was mentioned as one of many valid nonbinary identities in the 2013 text ''Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide''.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=9781446293133|title=Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide|last1=Richards|first1=Christina|last2=Barker|first2=Meg|year=2013|publisher=SAGE Publications}}</ref> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 14 respondents called themselves trigender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" />


    ==Types of triangles==
    == See also ==
    A [[right triangle]] has one 90º angle. Right triangles have special properties (see [[trigonometry]]).
    * [[Multigender]]
    * [[Genderfluid]]
    * [[Bigender]]


    An [[isosceles triangle]] has two equal angles, and two equal sides.
    == References ==
     
    <references />
    An [[equilateral triangle]] has three equal sides, and three 60º angles.
    [[Category:Nonbinary identities]]
     
    If a triangle is not one of the above, it is a '''scalene triangle''' -- that is, a triangle with no [[congruent]] angles.
     
    An '''obtuse triangle''' has one angle that measures more than 90<sup>o</sup>.
     
    {| class="wikitable"
    |-
    |<!--col1-->[[Image:Right-triangle.png|150px]]
    |<!--col2-->[[Image:Isoscles-triangle.png|150px]]
    |<!--col3-->[[Image:Equilateral-triangle.png|150px]]
    |<!--col4-->[[Image:Obtuse-triangle.png|150px]]
    |-
    |<!--col1-->Right Triangle
    |<!--col2-->Isosceles Triangle
    |<!--col3-->Equilateral Triangle
    |<!--col4-->Obtuse Triangle
    |-
    |<!--col1--><math>\angle CBA =90^\circ = \pi/2</math>
    |<!--col2--><math>\angle BCA = \angle CAB </math>
    |<!--col3--><math>\angle ABC = \angle BCA = \angle CAB</math>
    |<!--col4--><math>\angle ACB > 90^\circ</math>
    |}<!--end wikitable-->
     
    ==Congruence of triangles==
    Triangles can be proven [[congruent]] in the following ways:
     
    '''Side-Angle-Side (SAS)''': If two sides are equal and the included angle is equal to another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.<br>
    '''Side-Side-Side (SSS)''': If three sides of one triangle are equal to three sides of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.<br>
    '''Angle-Side-Angle (ASA)''': If two angles and the included side of one triangle are equal the ones of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.<br>
    '''Angle-Angle-Side (AAS)''': If two angles and a side that is not included are equal to the ones of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.<br>
    The SSA (Side-Side-Angle) cannot prove triangles congruent unless it is a right angle, where it is known as the HL (Hypotenuse-Leg) Theorem. AAA (Angle-Angle-Angle) cannot prove triangles congruent either. In [[hyperbolic geometry]], however, it does prove congruence.
     
     
    ==See also==
    *[[polygon]]
    *[[Pascal's triangle]]
    *[[Sierpinski triangle]]
    *[[Bermuda Triangle]]
     
    [[Category:Geometry]]

    Latest revision as of 15:57, 17 July 2023

    Exclamation mark white icon.svg This page is about a gender identity that is not widely used among gender-variant people. This does not mean that the identity is not valid, but that very few people are known to use this term.
    More information on uncommon identities...
    Trigender
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    Related identities Polygender and Bigender
    Under the umbrella term Multigender
    Frequency 0.1%
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    Trigender people experience three genders, at the same time, or moving between the three at different times.[1][2] These three genders can be any gender, either binary or nonbinary.[3] A trigender person may change from expressing one gender to another, depending on that person's mood or situation.[4] Someone who identifies as trigender may feel that their gender is a combination of several genders happening at the same time.[5] Trigender falls under the general categories of multigender (having many genders) and sometimes genderfluid (having genders that change from time to time). It can also be considered a type of genderqueer or nonbinary identity, which goes beyond the Western binary gender system,[4] much as can be seen in cultures that recognize individuals' right to define their own sense of self[6]

    In most Western societies, straying outside of the gender dichotomy is seen as socially unacceptable to the patriarchy.[6][7] The term third gender has been applied to to many kinds of people, even to white Westerners themselves, who do not conform into rigid categories of heterosexual roles and gender-conforming men and women. The phrase "third gender" has been used for a wide variety of meanings: intersex people whose bodies do not fit outdated Western medical concepts of binary sex, hundreds of indigenous societal roles as described (and often misrepresented) by Western anthropologists (including indigenous identities such as south Asian hijras, Hawaiian and Tahitian māhū, and Native American identities now called Two-Spirits),[8] transgender people who are nonbinary, homosexual people even in Western societies,[9][10][11] and women who were considered to be gender-nonconforming because they fought for women's rights.[12] A significant number of nonbinary people have adopted "third gender" to describe themselves. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 2.17% (244) of the 11,242 respondants called themselves third gender.[13]

    History[edit | edit source]

    The word "trigender" was in use at least before 1999.[1] Trigender was mentioned as one of many valid nonbinary identities in the 2013 text Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide.[14] In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 14 respondents called themselves trigender.[13]

    See also[edit | edit source]

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leslie Feinberg, Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink Or Blue, page 53-4, Beacon Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8070-7951-0, ISBN 978-0-8070-7951-5.
    2. ↑ Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, "For the young, gender is fluid", Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2009. Archived on 17 July 2023
    3. ↑ Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, Pat Griffin, Teaching for diversity and social justice, page 224,CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 0-415-95200-X, 9780415952002.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gilbert H. Herdt, Third sex, third gender: beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history, Zone Books, 1996, ISBN 0-942299-82-5, ISBN 978-0-942299-82-3.
    5. ↑ Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, "For the young, gender is fluid", Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2009.
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Leslie Bentz, "The Neurobiology of Gender Bending", Bryn Mawr , 2005.
    7. ↑ Stephen Marc Beaudoin, "And Another Barrier is Broken: Meet Silverton, Oregon’s Gender-Fluid, Trans-Identified Mayor-Elect, Stu Rasmussen", Just Out, November 6th, 2008.
    8. ↑ Julia Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Unpaged.
    9. ↑ Trumbach, Randolph. (1998) Sex and the Gender Revolution. Volume 1: Heterosexuality and the Third Gender in Enlightenment London. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1998. (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society)
    10. ↑ Ross, E. Wayne (2006). The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-6909-5.
    11. ↑ Kennedy, Hubert C. (1980) The "third sex" theory of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Journal of Homosexuality. 1980–1981 Fall–Winter; 6(1–2): pp. 103–1
    12. ↑ Wright, B. D. (1987). ""New Man," Eternal Woman: Expressionist Responses to German Feminism". The German Quarterly. 60 (4): 582–599. doi:10.2307/407320. JSTOR 407320.
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Gender Census 2019 - the worldwide TL;DR." Gender Census. March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200118084451/https://gendercensus.com/post/183843963445/gender-census-2019-the-worldwide-tldr
    14. ↑ Richards, Christina; Barker, Meg (2013). Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781446293133.
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