List of nonbinary identities

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    This alphabetical list of some of the more common nonbinary identities gives names of many kinds of gender identities that are nonbinary. That is, those other than just female and male, which are the binary genders. This list gives names for nonbinary identities in English-speaking cultures, as well as those that are part of other cultures. (For the latter, please never use a word for your gender that belongs only to a culture or ethnic group that is not yours.) Some of these words for nonbinary genders have been used in writing for thousands of years. Meanwhile, some of these words were created last year. This page lists fewer of the older gender-variant identities than the new ones, because it can be harder to say whether it's accurate to put those in the category of "nonbinary."

    Note to editors: Identities added to this list must demonstrate notability and cite sources (telling who coined them, when, and showing that they're in use by people), or else the entry will be deleted.


    A

    Shown here live at Øyafestivalen 2013, Raeen Roes, better known by their stage name Angel Haze, is a well known agender rapper, as they announced via twitter in February 2015.
    • agender. 1. Some who call themselves agender have no gender identity (genderless). 2. Some who call themselves agender have a gender identity, which isn't female or male, but neutral.[1]
    • agenderflux. Coined by perfectlybrokenbones in 2014. "Where you identify as agender but have fluctuations where you feel feminine or masculine but not male or female".[1]
    • androgyne. This word is used for a wide variety of gender nonconforming and non-binary gender identities and gender expressions.[1]
    • aporagender. Coined in 2014, from Greek apo, apor "separate" + "gender".[2] A nonbinary gender identity and umbrella term for "a gender separate from male, female, and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an absence of gender).[3][1]
    • ashtime. In Ethiopia, the Maale people had a gender role called Ashtime, for assigned-male-at-birth (AMAB) eunuchs who live as women, though later this became an umbrella term for all kinds of gender non-conforming AMAB people.[4]

    B

    Sworn virgin in Rapsha, Hoti, Ottoman Albania, at the beginning of the 20th century.
    • berdache. An old word used by European-American anthropologists as an umbrella term for nonbinary gender roles in Native American cultures. The term was replaced by Two-Spirit in 1990 at an Indigenous lesbian and gay international gathering.[5] Some Native American people can reclaim the word "berdache" for themselves, but it shouldn't be used by people who aren't Native.
    • bi-gender, bigender.[1] Bigender individuals have two gender identities, at the same time, or at different times.[6] These two genders might be female and male, or they might be a different pair of genders.
    • burrnesha. In Albania, the Burrnesha, "sworn virgins," are people assigned female at birth who have a masculine gender expression and role. This tradition goes back to at least the 1400s, and is still practiced.[7][8]
    • butch.[1] A queer masculine gender identity or expression, which some see as a nonbinary gender.

    D

    • demiboy. A gender identity that is male-like, or both male and genderless.[9][1]
    • demigender.[1] An umbrella term for nonbinary gender identities that have a partial connection to a certain gender.
    • demigirl.[1] A gender identity that is female-like, or both female and genderless.[10]

    E

    • enby.[1] Created in 2013 by a non-binary person named vector (revolutionator).[11] Based on an initialism of "non-binary," "NB". A common noun for a person with a non-binary gender identity. This is the nonbinary gender equivalent of the common nouns "boy" or "girl." Plural: enbies.

    F

    • fa'afafine. In Samoa, the Fa'afafine are people assigned male at birth who have a feminine gender expression, and who don't think of themselves as female or male.[12]
    • femme.[1] A queer feminine gender, which some use as a nonbinary identity.
    • Fluidflux. A gender identity that changes over time and also varies in intensity.
    • FTX. Female-to-X, covering people who were assigned female at birth, and who identify as nonbinary or X-gender.[13]

    G

    Asia's first gender queer pride parade in Madurai, 2012.
    • gallae. Originating in Turkey, and spreading to Europe, many of the ancient priestesses of the goddess Cybele were Gallae. The Gallae were eunuchs who were analogous to transgender women. Some see them as a nonbinary gender role. Today, some worshipers of Cybele call themselves Gallae. One of their temples is in New York.
    • genderfluid, or gender-fluid.[1] A gender identity that often changes, so that a person may feel one day like a boy, and another day like a girl. Fluid gender.
    • genderflux.