Unlabeled Gender

Unlabeled gender is a broad umbrella term that can be used as a gender identity label in and of itself. Someone who uses this term to describe themself may do so for various reasons, such as:

  • Being unsure of their specific gender label;
  • Being agender;
  • Being unaware of any label that matches their gender identity;
  • Their primary identification being as human;[1]
  • Disliking labels.
Unlabeled Gender flag
Unlabeled gender flag

Moreover, someone who identifies as unlabeled may use additional terms to specify their experience. Examples of these supplementary labels can be Galactian system labels, transfeminine, transmasculine, non-binary, among many others. Someone whose gender is unlabeled does not necessarily have to be non-binary, though they can be.

ReferencesEdit

  1. Piwetz, Sawyer D.; Stewart, Katricia D.F.; Weisberg, Yanna J.; and Tompkins, Tanya L., "Non-binary Living in a Binary World: The Unlabeled Experience" (2015). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 86. https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2015/all/86/ Archived on 17 July 2023