History of nonbinary gender: Difference between revisions
→2018
imported>TXJ (→2019) |
imported>TXJ (→2018) |
||
| Line 239: | Line 239: | ||
*In January, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents<ref name="Jackman">{{Cite web |title=Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move |last=Jackman |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/}}</ref>, with the law stating that {{quote|"X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, [[intersex]], [[agender]], [[amalgagender]], [[androgynous]], [[bigender]], [[demigender]], female-to-male, [[genderfluid]], [[genderqueer]], male-to-female, [[neutrois]], [[nonbinary]], [[pangender]], [[third gender|third sex]], [[transgender]], [[transsexual]], [[Two Spirit]], and unspecified.<ref name="washington">{{Cite web |title=WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate. |author= |work=Washington State Legislature |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075}}</ref>}} | *In January, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents<ref name="Jackman">{{Cite web |title=Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move |last=Jackman |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/}}</ref>, with the law stating that {{quote|"X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, [[intersex]], [[agender]], [[amalgagender]], [[androgynous]], [[bigender]], [[demigender]], female-to-male, [[genderfluid]], [[genderqueer]], male-to-female, [[neutrois]], [[nonbinary]], [[pangender]], [[third gender|third sex]], [[transgender]], [[transsexual]], [[Two Spirit]], and unspecified.<ref name="washington">{{Cite web |title=WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate. |author= |work=Washington State Legislature |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075}}</ref>}} | ||
*In July, well-known creator [[Rebecca Sugar]] came out as a [[nonbinary woman]]. | *In July, well-known creator [[Rebecca Sugar]] came out as a [[nonbinary woman]]. | ||
*In September, Merriam-Webster Dictionary added the gender-inclusive term "Latinx".<ref name="Brammer2018">{{Cite web |title=The Gender-Neutral Term 'Latinx' Is Now Officially in the Dictionary |last=Brammer |first=John Paul |work=them. |date=7 September 2018 |access-date=21 June 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/latinx-is-officially-in-the-dictionary}}</ref> | |||
*In October, the first [[International Pronouns Day]] took place with participation in 25 countries. | *In October, the first [[International Pronouns Day]] took place with participation in 25 countries. | ||
*In October, New York City passed a law (taking effect January 1, 2019) allowing [[Recognition (USA)|"X" gender markers on birth certificates]], and allows the marker to be changed without medical documentation.<ref name="Ohara2018">{{Cite web |title=New York City Just Passed a Gender-Neutral Birth Certificate Law |last=O'Hara |first=Mary Emily |work=them. |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=21 June 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/gender-neutral-birth-certificate-law-nyc}}</ref> | |||
====2019==== | ====2019==== | ||