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'''Gender nonconformity''' (also called '''gender nonconforming''', '''GNC''', or '''gender atypical''') involves not conforming to a given culture's gender norm expectations. Gender nonconforming is a phrase for someone whose [[gender expression]] doesn't match their society's prescribed gender roles or gender norms for their gender identity. Gender nonconformity transgresses societal or psychological expectations for perceived [[sex#Assigned Gender At Birth|gender assignment]], through presentation, behavior, identity, or other means. | '''Gender nonconformity''' (also called '''gender nonconforming''', '''GNC''', or '''gender atypical''') involves not conforming to a given culture's gender norm expectations. Gender nonconforming is a phrase for someone whose [[gender expression]] doesn't match their society's prescribed gender roles or gender norms for their gender identity. Gender nonconformity transgresses societal or psychological expectations for perceived [[sex#Assigned Gender At Birth|gender assignment]], through presentation, behavior, identity, or other means. | ||
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Although it is a gender expression, "Gender nonconforming" was among the 56 genders made available on Facebook in 2014.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref> | Although it is a gender expression, "Gender nonconforming" was among the 56 genders made available on Facebook in 2014.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref> | ||