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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/}}</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/}}</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}}</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 = }}</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>

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>