Non-binaire
![]() Meaning Yellow: gender without reference to the binary; White: many or all genders; Purple: gender between or a mix of female and male; Black: lack of gender. | |
Related identities | Genderqueer |
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Under the umbrella term | Transgender |
Frequency | 66.6% |
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La non-binarité (en anglais non-binary) est un terme générique comprenant toute gender identity (identité du genre) ou expression (expression du genre) n’étant pas comprise dans la gender binary (norme binaire). Cette étiquette peut aussi être utilisée par des individus souhaitant s’identifier comme ne faisant pas partie de la norme binaire sans pour autant préciser leur genre. Pour d'autre, iels utilisent d'autre identités de genre plus spécifique qui sont comprises dans le terme général de la non-binarité. Beaucoup de personnes qui s'identifient comme étant non binaire se considèrent aussi genderqueer. Cependant les deux termes ont des significations et connotations différentes : genderqueer veut dire toute identité de genre ou gender expression (expression de genre) qui est elle même queer.
Nonbinary falls under the umbrella term of transgender (meaning a gender identity different than one's sex assigned at birth). However, for various reasons, individual nonbinary people may or may not consider themselves transgender.[2]
Étant un terme générique, la non-binarité a une dimension similaire au genderqueer la plupart des personnes non-binaires d’Inde tiraient également à l’identité genderqueer. Cependant ces deux termes ont des significations et des connotations bien différentes. Le terme genderqueer précède le terme non-binaire depuis plus d’une décennie.
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Histoire
Photographie prise pendant la Marche des fiertés LGBTQIA+ de Paris en 2016. La bannière porte les couleurs du drapeau non-binaire. En grand est écrit « Mon genre est non-binaire » avec des dizaines de noms d’identités non-binaires spécifiques listées dans le fond.
Voir l’article principal : history of nonbinary gender
Kye Roman crée le drapeau non-binaire (montré à droite) en 2014. Ce drapeau est fait pour « représenter la communauté non-binaire qui ne se sentaient pas représentés par le genderqueer flag (drapeau genderqueer). Le drapeau avait pour but d’être complémentaire au drapeau genderqueer créé par Marilyn Roxie, plutôt que de le remplacer. Le drapeau est constitué de quatre bandes. Du haut vers le bas, elles sont jaune, blanc, violet et noir. Le jaune représente ceux dont le genre se situe sans référence et en dehors de la binarité, car le jaune est souvent utilisé pour distinguer une chose à part entière. Le blanc représente ceux qui ont beaucoup ou tous les genres, car le blanc est la présence photologique de la couleur et/ou de la lumière. La bande violette représente ceux qui identifient leur genre comme entre homme ou femme ou un mélange des deux, le violet étant le mélange des couleurs traditionnellement associées aux filles et aux garçons. Le violet peut aussi être perçu comme la représentation de la fluidité et de l’originalité des personnes non-binaire. Enfin, la bande noire représente ceux qui s’indentifient comme n’ayant pas de genre, le noir étant l’absence photologique de couleur et/ ou de lumière. » Le drapeau non-binaire ainsi que le drapeau genderqueer sont deux options permettant aux personnes non-binaires de se représenter et prendre différentes approches sur la façon de représenter les personnes non-binaires.
En 2013, un utilisateur de la plateforme Tumblr à inventé une abréviation du mot non-binaire ou N.B., "enby" (aussi utilisé en français). Ce mot et comment les gens ont finit par l'utiliser est expliqué dans la conversation ci-dessous@cassolotl on Tumblr (September 2013)</ref>[3][4] (en version anglaise)
Kye Rowan crée le drapeau non-binaire (montré à droite) en 2014. Ce drapeau est fait pour « représenter la communauté non-binaire qui ne se sentaient pas représentés par le genderqueer flag (drapeau genderqueer). Le drapeau avait pour but d’être complémentaire au drapeau genderqueer créé par Marilyn Roxie, plutôt que de le remplacer. Le drapeau est constitué de quatre bandes. Du haut vers le bas, elles sont jaune, blanc, violet et noir. Le jaune représente ceux dont le genre se situe sans référence et en dehors de la binarité, car le jaune est souvent utilisé pour distinguer une chose à part entière. Le blanc représente ceux qui ont beaucoup ou tous les genres, car le blanc est la présence photologique de la couleur et/ou de la lumière. La bande violette représente ceux qui identifient leur genre comme entre homme ou femme ou un mélange des deux, le violet étant le mélange des couleurs traditionnellement associées aux filles et aux garçons. Le violet peut aussi être perçu comme la représentation de la fluidité et de l’originalité des personnes non-binaire. Enfin, la bande noire représente ceux qui s’identifient comme n’ayant pas de genre, le noir étant l’absence photologique de couleur et/ ou de lumière. » Le drapeau non-binaire ainsi que le drapeau genderqueer sont deux options permettant aux personnes non-binaires de se représenter et prendre différentes approches sur la façon de représenter les personnes non-binaires.
In 2014, the social media site Facebook began to allow users to set their profiles as any of 56 genders, one of which was called "nonbinary."[5]
In 2017, in the USA, the state of California passed the 2017 Gender Recognition Act "to ensure that intersex, transgender, and nonbinary people have state-issued identification documents that provide full legal recognition of their accurate gender identity."[6][7]
« | "X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, agender, amalgagender, androgynous, bigender, demigender, female-to-male, genderfluid, genderqueer, male-to-female, neutrois, nonbinary, pangender, third sex, transgender, transsexual, Two Spirit, and unspecified.[9] | » |
In 2019, Collins Dictionary added the word "non-binary".[10]
Enby
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The word enby (plural enbies, derived from "N.B.," the initialism of "non-binary") is a common noun meaning "nonbinary person." It was coined by Tumblr user vector (revolutionator) in 2013 as the nonbinary common noun equivalent of "boy" or "girl."[12][3][4] Due to that wording, some nonbinary people question whether it can also be used as a nonbinary common noun equivalent of "man" or "woman." The 2020 Gender Census shows that older nonbinary people less often call themselves enbies.[11]
Nonbinary identities
There is more information about this topic here: list of nonbinary identities
Some of the more common identities under the nonbinary umbrella include:
- Agender, also called genderless or non-gendered, means having no gender identity.[13][14][15]
- Genderfluid people move between different gender identities, and sometimes expressions, at different times.[19][14]
- Gender neutral or neutrois can mean being genderless, or it can mean having a gender identity that is not female, not male, and not a mix, but simply neutral.[19][14]
- Genderqueer: Any gender identity or expression which is queer, in and of itself. That is, a gender which is transgressive and non-normative. This can be an umbrella term, or a specific identity. The word comes from 1995.[20][19][14]
- Nonbinary means any gender outside the gender binary. That is, any identity which is not solely male or female all the time. Though there are many kinds of nonbinary identities, many people use this as the only name for their gender.[14]
Nonbinary expression
There is not one right way to perform a nonbinary gender. Most nonbinary people are primarily motivated to do what feels comfortable and true to themselves, rather than attempting to follow any particular gender role. Whichever way any particular nonbinary person needs or chooses to present, express, or perform their gender is as valid as any other.
Personnages non-binaires dans la fiction
Voir l’article principal: Nonbinary gender in fiction
Il y a beaucoup plus de nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary (personnages non-binaires qui ont une identité du genre en dehors du binaire. Les personnages suivants sont quelques-uns d’entre eux qui sont désignés par le terme « non-binaire » que ce soit par eux-mêmes, ou par leurs créateurs.
Voir aussi
- Gender-variant identities worldwide
- Gender designation in different cultures
- Gender neutral language
- Glossary of English gender and sex terminology
Références
Nonbinary characters in fiction
See main article: Nonbinary gender in fiction
There are many more characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the word "nonbinary," either in their canon, or by their creators.
- Ben De Backer in I Wish You All The Best is nonbinary. (Their sister is accepting but the rest of the family isn't.)[21] The author, Mason Deaver, is also nonbinary.
- Several characters in Crooked Words, an anthology by K.A. Cook.
- The character Lark in Divided Worlds and The Ascension of Lark, by Jennifer Ridge
- An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon. The author has said of a character in the book, "Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."[22]
- First Spring Grass Fire, by Rae Spoon, tells the story of a nonbinary child growing up.
- Lelia in The Lost Coast, by Amy Rose Capetta, is a nonbinary gray-asexual, and described as such in the text.
- The 2019 YA book In the Silences has many characters who self-define as nonbinary, including the protagonist.[23]
- Robot Hugs - semi-autobiographical webcomic by an author of nonbinary gender, which frequently addresses nonbinary issues and other aspects of gender politics. Also frequently covers the subject of mental health. Updates twice weekly.
- Phoebe and her Unicorn by Dana Simpson has a nonbinary character named Infernus, the Unicorn of Death. Phoebe uses the pronoun "neigh" for Infernus.[24]
- In John Wick 3, the Adjudicator is nonbinary and played by Asia Kate Dillon, who is also nonbinary.[25]
- Bishop in the Fox drama series Deputy is nonbinary canonically, thanks to a suggestion by the character's actor Bex Taylor-Klaus who is also nonbinary.[26]
- Couple-ish, a light-hearted rom-com webseries, features a nonbinary main character (Dee). Dee goes by they/them/their pronouns, and explicitly describes themselves as nonbinary in one episode.
- Invader Zim, Jhonen Vasquez confirmed all irkens are neither male or female, stating "the only IRKEN gender is A55H0LE. all caps." [27]
- Ana On The Edge, by a nonbinary author, tells the story of a teen named Ana who is navigating their gender.
- “A Psalm for the Wild-Built” by Becky Chambers has a non-binary main character named Dex
- The video game Outer Wilds primarily features a species called Hearthians, all members of which use they/them pronouns and present outside of strictly male or female. Physiologically, they are unisex.
- In the Disney show "The Owl House" two characters are confirmed to be non-binary. A character called Masha, who clearly demonstrates that their pronouns are they/them and has their finger nails painted the non-binary colours, and a character called Raine Whispers who is always referred to as they/them.
See also
References
- ↑ This quote is a snippet from an answer to the survey conducted in the year 2018. Note for editors: the text of the quote, as well as the name, age and gender identity of its author shouldn't be changed.
- ↑ Darwin, Helana (2020). "Challenging the Cisgender/Transgender Binary: Nonbinary People and the Transgender Label". Gender & Society. 34 (3): 357–380. doi:10.1177/0891243220912256. ISSN 0891-2432.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 vector (revolutionator). Untitled post, September 2013. revolutionator's blog is password-protected, but the post has been reblogged many times, eg: here, date unknown, captured April 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Queer Etymology: Enby". Androgyne of the Archeart. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ Eve Shapiro, Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age. Unpaged.
- ↑ Bermudez, Nadia P. (November 8, 2017). "California's Gender Recognition Act and Impact on Employers - Klinedinst". Klinedinst Attorneys. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Transgender Law Center (2018). "Fact Sheet: California's Gender Recognition Act (SB 179)". Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Jackman, Josh (5 January 2018). "Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move". PinkNews. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ "WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ↑ McGee, Sarah (7 November 2019). "Collins Dictionary recognise the word 'non-binary'". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Cassolotl (15 June 2020). "On "enby" and age". Gender Census. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 611.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 "Gender Census 2019 - The Worldwide tl;dr." Gender Census (blog). March 31, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 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
- ↑ Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 617.
- ↑ "Androgyne." Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved July 5, 2020. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/androgyne
- ↑ Katz, Jonathan Ned. "Transgender Memoir of 1921 Found". Humanities and Social Sciences Online. N.p., 10 October 2010. Web. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ↑ Schneider, M., et al, American Psychological Association, APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions, 2008 Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity, And Gender Expression (PDF), date unknown, captured April 2016.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 614.
- ↑ "Answering gender questions concerning genderqueer." Genderqueer ID. http://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer
- ↑ Kontis, Alethea (1 June 2019). "A Nonbinary Teen Makes Their Way In The World In 'I Wish You All The Best'". NPR.org. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ↑ Falck, Alex (10 October 2018). "An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon". Archived from the original on 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Roberts, Ann (2019). In the Silences. Bella Books. ISBN 9781642471267.
- ↑ Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 09, 2019
- ↑ "Asia Kate Dillon suggested their John Wick 3 character be non-binary", Pink News, 27 May 2019.
- ↑ Bentley, Jean (14 February 2020). "Bex Taylor-Klaus Hopes Their Nonbinary 'Deputy' Character Will Save Lives". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ "Tweet from Jhonen Vasquez".