Gender spectrum
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Gender spectrum or gender continuum[1][2] is a term often used as a metaphor to help explain nonbinary identities.
In its most simplistic form, the gender spectrum is a line going from male on one end to female on the other end. However, this does not fully adequately include all genders; many nonbinary genders are not "between male and female".
The phrase "on the gender spectrum" is sometimes used as a synonym for "nonbinary" or "gender nonconforming".[3]
Gender Spectrum is also the name of a USA-based gender inclusion organization.
History
The phrase "gender spectrum" dates back at least to the 1980s. For example, in a 1985 issue of the crossdressing/transsexualism magazine "Tapestry", a listing for a therapy group is described as including "transsexuals, transvestites and persons who are trying to find themselves on the gender spectrum."[4]
References
- ↑ Keig, by Zander (27 September 2012). "Gender Continuum". Campus Pride. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
because now I feel able to express myself, along the gender continuum, without reservation
- ↑ Cabaj, Robert Paul. "Working with LGBTQ Patients". psychiatry.org. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
The gender continuum breaks down into separate, but not mutually exclusive masculine and feminine continuums.
- ↑ "Sexuality and Gender: Locked in, and Out". Women and Prison. 2020. p. 90.
- ↑ "Tapestry Issue 46 (1985)." Periodical. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/6682x4006 (accessed October 02, 2020).
