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[[X-gender]] (Xジェンダー ''x-jendā'', or エックスジェンダー ''ekkusu-jendā'') is a common [[transgender]] identity that isn't [[binary genders#female|female]] or [[binary genders#male|male]].<ref name="RoxieSelected">Marilyn Roxie. "Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan." March 28, 2013. [http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan]</ref> The word X-gender is used in Japan in the same way that [[genderqueer]] and [[nonbinary]] are used in English. | [[X-gender]] (Xジェンダー ''x-jendā'', or エックスジェンダー ''ekkusu-jendā'') is a common [[transgender]] identity that isn't [[binary genders#female|female]] or [[binary genders#male|male]].<ref name="RoxieSelected">Marilyn Roxie. "Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan." March 28, 2013. [http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan]</ref> The word X-gender is used in Japan in the same way that [[genderqueer]] and [[nonbinary]] are used in English. How many people call themselves X-gender? In April and May of 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey. It collected a total of 348,000 valid responses from people aged 20 to 69. 2.5% of these respondents called themselves X-gender.<ref>"Most people in Japan know LGBT but understanding limited." ''Kyodo News.'' December 11, 2019. Accessed July 5, 2020. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html </ref> | ||
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In addition to the above, it is thought that there are various gender identities. In addition, male gender identity is dominant in neutral or bigender X-gender as male X-gender, whereas when female gender identity is dominant, it is sometimes referred to as female X-gender. Furthermore, there can be differences in the proportion of the male and female they feel, and since there are also X-gender and others with neutral or bigender identities other than the concept of men and women, even among those belonging to either one, it is said that there are no two people with the same gender identity in X gender. | In addition to the above, it is thought that there are various gender identities. In addition, male gender identity is dominant in neutral or bigender X-gender as male X-gender, whereas when female gender identity is dominant, it is sometimes referred to as female X-gender. Furthermore, there can be differences in the proportion of the male and female they feel, and since there are also X-gender and others with neutral or bigender identities other than the concept of men and women, even among those belonging to either one, it is said that there are no two people with the same gender identity in X gender. | ||
X-gender is a gender identity, not a [[romantic orientation|romantic]] or [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation. X-gender people may feel attraction to men, women, both, and/or other X-gender people, or they may be asexual. | X-gender is a gender identity, not a [[romantic orientation|romantic]] or [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation. X-gender people may feel attraction to men, women, both, and/or other X-gender people, or they may be [[asexual]] (feeling no sexual attraction to anybody). | ||
Sonja Dale, a researcher of gender issues at Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University, says that X-gender people often suffer from discrimination, abuse, and pressure to conform to gender norms.<ref name="miyuki">Tokoi Miyuki and Mochizuki Mami. "Pushing for 'X-gender' recognition." June 11, 2019. Accessed October 5, 2020. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/576/</ref> This makes them "almost twice as likely to suffer from depression or anxiety disorders as those who identify as male or female," according to a survey conducted by Tokyo's International Christian University.<ref name="miyuki" /> | |||
==Online communities== | ==Online communities== | ||