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* '''[[bigender]], or bi-gender'''. A bigender person feels they have two gender identities, at the same time, or at different times.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611"></ref><ref name="Schneider APA 2008">Schneider, M., et al, American Psychological Association, ''APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions'', 2008 [http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.pdf Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity, And Gender Expression] (PDF), date unknown, captured April 2016.</ref> A bigender person may move between their gender expressions based on their situation or their feelings.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611" /> These two genders might be female and male, or they might be a different pair of genders. Bigender was in use before 1997, when it was described in ''International Journal of Transgenderism''.<ref name="Eyler">{{cite journal|last1=Eyler |first1=A.E.|last2=Wright |first2=K.|year=1997|url=https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|title=Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender-Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence.|journal=International Journal of Transgenderism|quote=}}</ref> The American Psychological Association (APA) recognizes bigender as one type of transgender person.<ref name="Schneider APA 2008" /> A 1999 survey conducted by the San Francisco Department of Public Health observed that, among the transgender community, less than 3% of those who were [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]] and less than 8% of those who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] identified as bigender.<ref>Clements, K. "The Transgender Community Health Project." San Francisco Department of Public Health. 1999. [http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-02-02 http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-02-02]</ref> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 123 of the 3055 respondents (4%) were bigender.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 3.72% (419) of the respondents were bigender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> Notable bigender people include the top-charting musician [[B-Complex]],<ref name="denn_Prel">{{Cite web |title=Prelomil/a B-complex: Keď som muž, tak som Maťo, keď žena, tak Matia |trans-title=B-complex explained: When I'm a man, I'm Mato, when a woman, Matia |last=Pecíková |first=Laura |work=Denník N |date= |access-date=28 March 2020 |url= https://dennikn.sk/321936/prelomila-b-complex-muz-mato-zena-matia/ |language=sk}}</ref> the speculative fiction writer [[R.B. Lemberg]],<ref name="RBL-about">http://rblemberg.net/?page_id=16</ref><ref name="RBL-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=RB_Lemberg|number=1022283262906048513|date=July 25, 2018|title=@bogiperson is my spouseperson and Mati the Child is our childperson. We are all #ActuallyAutistic :) I forgot to mention that I am bigender and use the pronoun "they." Good to see you here - come say hello if you feel like it! <3}}</ref> and the young adult novelist [[Mia Siegert]].<ref name="dive_Writ">{{Cite web |title=Writing from a Place of Truth |author= |work=Diversity in YA |date= |access-date=2 May 2020 |url= https://diversityinya.tumblr.com/post/143740997531/writing-from-a-place-of-truth |quote=I’m bigender, identifying as both a mostly-hetero female and a gay male. }}</ref> | * '''[[bigender]], or bi-gender'''. A bigender person feels they have two gender identities, at the same time, or at different times.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611"></ref><ref name="Schneider APA 2008">Schneider, M., et al, American Psychological Association, ''APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions'', 2008 [http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.pdf Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity, And Gender Expression] (PDF), date unknown, captured April 2016.</ref> A bigender person may move between their gender expressions based on their situation or their feelings.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611" /> These two genders might be female and male, or they might be a different pair of genders. Bigender was in use before 1997, when it was described in ''International Journal of Transgenderism''.<ref name="Eyler">{{cite journal|last1=Eyler |first1=A.E.|last2=Wright |first2=K.|year=1997|url=https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|title=Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender-Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence.|journal=International Journal of Transgenderism|quote=}}</ref> The American Psychological Association (APA) recognizes bigender as one type of transgender person.<ref name="Schneider APA 2008" /> A 1999 survey conducted by the San Francisco Department of Public Health observed that, among the transgender community, less than 3% of those who were [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]] and less than 8% of those who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] identified as bigender.<ref>Clements, K. "The Transgender Community Health Project." San Francisco Department of Public Health. 1999. [http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-02-02 http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-02-02]</ref> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 123 of the 3055 respondents (4%) were bigender.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 3.72% (419) of the respondents were bigender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> Notable bigender people include the top-charting musician [[B-Complex]],<ref name="denn_Prel">{{Cite web |title=Prelomil/a B-complex: Keď som muž, tak som Maťo, keď žena, tak Matia |trans-title=B-complex explained: When I'm a man, I'm Mato, when a woman, Matia |last=Pecíková |first=Laura |work=Denník N |date= |access-date=28 March 2020 |url= https://dennikn.sk/321936/prelomila-b-complex-muz-mato-zena-matia/ |language=sk}}</ref> the speculative fiction writer [[R.B. Lemberg]],<ref name="RBL-about">http://rblemberg.net/?page_id=16</ref><ref name="RBL-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=RB_Lemberg|number=1022283262906048513|date=July 25, 2018|title=@bogiperson is my spouseperson and Mati the Child is our childperson. We are all #ActuallyAutistic :) I forgot to mention that I am bigender and use the pronoun "they." Good to see you here - come say hello if you feel like it! <3}}</ref> and the young adult novelist [[Mia Siegert]].<ref name="dive_Writ">{{Cite web |title=Writing from a Place of Truth |author= |work=Diversity in YA |date= |access-date=2 May 2020 |url= https://diversityinya.tumblr.com/post/143740997531/writing-from-a-place-of-truth |quote=I’m bigender, identifying as both a mostly-hetero female and a gay male. }}</ref> | ||
* '''[[boi]]'''. A queer masculine identity which is not cis-heteronormative.<ref>{{cite book|title=The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality|page=56|year=2019|isbn=9781784506636}}</ref> Boi originated in African American culture during the 1990s. It covers a wide variety of alternative masculine identities in emo, BDSM, gay male, lesbian, and genderqueer communities. For some, but not all, boi is an identity outside the gender binary. Not all who use it are people of color. Definitions of "boi" vary widely.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 612.</ref><ref>http://genderqueerid.com/post/52144260437/hello-i-once-heard-somebody-say-the-term-boi</ref><ref>"bklyn boihood." https://prezi.com/ybttsym4mewd/bklyn-boihood/</ref><ref>Riley, "Don't call me butch: What kind of lez are you?" September 21, 2011. ''Lez Get Real.'' http://web.archive.org/web/20140116213509/http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/ (archive)</ref> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 3 of the 3055 respondents said their gender was boi.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 76 of the 11,242 respondents (0.68%) said their gender was boi, or used boi as part of a word for their gender identity, such as femme boy, femboi, tomboi, or demiboy.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | * '''[[boi]]'''. A queer masculine identity which is not cis-heteronormative.<ref>{{cite book|title=The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality|page=56|year=2019|isbn=9781784506636}}</ref> Boi originated in African American culture during the 1990s. It covers a wide variety of alternative masculine identities in emo, BDSM, gay male, lesbian, and genderqueer communities. For some, but not all, boi is an identity outside the gender binary. Not all who use it are people of color. Definitions of "boi" vary widely.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 612.</ref><ref>http://genderqueerid.com/post/52144260437/hello-i-once-heard-somebody-say-the-term-boi</ref><ref>"bklyn boihood." https://prezi.com/ybttsym4mewd/bklyn-boihood/</ref><ref>Riley, "Don't call me butch: What kind of lez are you?" September 21, 2011. ''Lez Get Real.'' http://web.archive.org/web/20140116213509/http://lezgetreal.com/2011/09/dont-call-me-butch-what-kind-of-lez-are-you/ (archive)</ref> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 3 of the 3055 respondents said their gender was boi.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 76 of the 11,242 respondents (0.68%) said their gender was boi, or used boi as part of a word for their gender identity, such as femme boy, femboi, tomboi, or demiboy.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
[[File:Butch Femme Society by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|350px|Lesbian Butch/Femme Society march in New York City's Gay Pride Parade (2007).]] | |||
* '''[[butch]]'''. Butch is a queer masculine identity.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> It originated in working-class lesbian bar culture in the 1940s and 50s.<ref name=LevittSR>{{Cite journal|last=Levitt|first=Heidi|date=February 2003|title=The Misunderstood Gender: A Model of Modern Femme Identity|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225274019|journal=Sex Roles|volume=48|issue=3/4|pages=99–113|doi=10.1023/A:1022453304384|pmid=|access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Kennedy1993_82>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Elizabeth Lapovsky|author2=Madeline D. Davis|title=Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community|year=1993|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=0-415-90293-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bootsofleathersl00kenn_0/page/82 82–86]|url=https://archive.org/details/bootsofleathersl00kenn_0/page/82}}</ref> [[Leslie Feinberg]], who was a butch of the 1950s onward and a trans person,<ref name="trans warriors x">Leslie Feinberg, ''Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul.'' Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. p. x.</ref> defines butch as a category of gender identity, neither male nor female. From the mid-20th century, there has been a tradition of roles of queer butch-femme couples.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> Butch-femme couples are not a rule, especially not after cultural changes in lesbian culture in the 1970s.<ref name="selfmade 79">Henry Rubin, ''Self-Made Men: Identity and Embodiment Among Transsexual Men.'' Vanderbilt University Press, 2003. P. 79.</ref> Butch-femme couples are not an imitation of heterosexuality.<ref>Jack Halberstam, ''Female Masculinity'', Durham: Duke University, 2018. p. 122.</ref> Masculinity or butchness is neither the same as nor an imitation of manhood. As one trans man interviewed by sociologist Henry Rubin put it, the butch lesbian women he knew "were much more butch than me. But I was much more male than they were."<ref name="selfmade 24">Henry Rubin, ''Self-Made Men: Identity and Embodiment Among Transsexual Men.'' Vanderbilt University Press, 2003. P. 24.</ref> Though butch most often means a lesbian woman, not all are.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> Queer theorist and butch [[Jack Halberstam]] defines its indefinability: "The butch is neither [[cisgender|cis-gender]] nor simply transgender [...] Butch is always a misnomer-- not male, not female, masculine but not male, female but not feminine".<ref>Jack Halberstam, ''Female Masculinity'', Durham: Duke University, 2018. p. xi.</ref> Butch is a diverse category. Some people choose to call themselves butch.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 6 of the 3,055 respondents said they were butch.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 105 of the 11,242 respondents (0.93%) called their identity butch, or some form of it, such as soft butch.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> Notable people who call themselves butch as an identity outside the gender binary include writer [[Ivan E. Coyote]],<ref>[https://www.ted.com/talks/ivan_coyote_why_we_need_gender_neutral_bathrooms/transcript Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms], Ivan Coyote, November 2015</ref><ref name="case_Gend">{{Cite web |title=Gender Landmines: Trans Masculinities, Femininities, and Binaries: A Review of Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon's Gender Failure |author= |work=Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian |date=7 July 2014 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.com/2014/07/07/gender-landmines-trans-masculinities-feminities-and-binaries-a-review-of-ivan-coyote-and-rae-spoons-gender-failure/}}</ref><ref>https://abcbookworld.com/writer/coyote-ivan-e/</ref> comedian [[Kelli Dunham]],<ref name="Guerrero">{{Cite web |title=Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery |last=Guerrero |first=Desirée |work=The Advocate |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery}}</ref> and social worker [[Sonalee Rashatwar]].<ref name="IGbio">https://www.instagram.com/thefatsextherapist/</ref> | * '''[[butch]]'''. Butch is a queer masculine identity.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> It originated in working-class lesbian bar culture in the 1940s and 50s.<ref name=LevittSR>{{Cite journal|last=Levitt|first=Heidi|date=February 2003|title=The Misunderstood Gender: A Model of Modern Femme Identity|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225274019|journal=Sex Roles|volume=48|issue=3/4|pages=99–113|doi=10.1023/A:1022453304384|pmid=|access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Kennedy1993_82>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Elizabeth Lapovsky|author2=Madeline D. Davis|title=Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community|year=1993|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=0-415-90293-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bootsofleathersl00kenn_0/page/82 82–86]|url=https://archive.org/details/bootsofleathersl00kenn_0/page/82}}</ref> [[Leslie Feinberg]], who was a butch of the 1950s onward and a trans person,<ref name="trans warriors x">Leslie Feinberg, ''Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul.'' Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. p. x.</ref> defines butch as a category of gender identity, neither male nor female. From the mid-20th century, there has been a tradition of roles of queer butch-femme couples.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> Butch-femme couples are not a rule, especially not after cultural changes in lesbian culture in the 1970s.<ref name="selfmade 79">Henry Rubin, ''Self-Made Men: Identity and Embodiment Among Transsexual Men.'' Vanderbilt University Press, 2003. P. 79.</ref> Butch-femme couples are not an imitation of heterosexuality.<ref>Jack Halberstam, ''Female Masculinity'', Durham: Duke University, 2018. p. 122.</ref> Masculinity or butchness is neither the same as nor an imitation of manhood. As one trans man interviewed by sociologist Henry Rubin put it, the butch lesbian women he knew "were much more butch than me. But I was much more male than they were."<ref name="selfmade 24">Henry Rubin, ''Self-Made Men: Identity and Embodiment Among Transsexual Men.'' Vanderbilt University Press, 2003. P. 24.</ref> Though butch most often means a lesbian woman, not all are.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> Queer theorist and butch [[Jack Halberstam]] defines its indefinability: "The butch is neither [[cisgender|cis-gender]] nor simply transgender [...] Butch is always a misnomer-- not male, not female, masculine but not male, female but not feminine".<ref>Jack Halberstam, ''Female Masculinity'', Durham: Duke University, 2018. p. xi.</ref> Butch is a diverse category. Some people choose to call themselves butch.<ref name="Trans Bodies 612" /> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 6 of the 3,055 respondents said they were butch.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 105 of the 11,242 respondents (0.93%) called their identity butch, or some form of it, such as soft butch.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> Notable people who call themselves butch as an identity outside the gender binary include writer [[Ivan E. Coyote]],<ref>[https://www.ted.com/talks/ivan_coyote_why_we_need_gender_neutral_bathrooms/transcript Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms], Ivan Coyote, November 2015</ref><ref name="case_Gend">{{Cite web |title=Gender Landmines: Trans Masculinities, Femininities, and Binaries: A Review of Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon's Gender Failure |author= |work=Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian |date=7 July 2014 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.com/2014/07/07/gender-landmines-trans-masculinities-feminities-and-binaries-a-review-of-ivan-coyote-and-rae-spoons-gender-failure/}}</ref><ref>https://abcbookworld.com/writer/coyote-ivan-e/</ref> comedian [[Kelli Dunham]],<ref name="Guerrero">{{Cite web |title=Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery |last=Guerrero |first=Desirée |work=The Advocate |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery}}</ref> and social worker [[Sonalee Rashatwar]].<ref name="IGbio">https://www.instagram.com/thefatsextherapist/</ref> | ||
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* '''[[fa'afafine]]'''. In Samoa, the Fa'afafine are people who were [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth]], have a feminine gender expression, and don't think of themselves as female or male.<ref name="Kremer">{{Cite web |title=The evolutionary puzzle of homosexuality |author=William Kremer |work=BBC News |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26089486}}</ref> It has been estimated that 1–5% of Samoans identify as fa'afafine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37227803|title=Samoa's 'third gender' beauty pageant|first=Yvette|last=Tan|date=September 1, 2016|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> ''Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'' estimates that there are 500 fa’afafine in Samoa, and the same number in the Samoan diaspora in New Zealand,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/160363|title=3. – Gender diversity – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|last=Taonga|website=teara.govt.nz}}</ref> while according to SBS news, there are up to 3,000 fa'afafine currently living in Samoa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/07/16/faafafine-boys-raised-be-girls| title=Fa'afafine: Boys Raised to be Girls ten minute news video about faafafine in Australia|date=26 August 2013| }}</ref> Although there are many fa'afafine today, there were no fa'afafine respondents to the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey,<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> or the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | * '''[[fa'afafine]]'''. In Samoa, the Fa'afafine are people who were [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth]], have a feminine gender expression, and don't think of themselves as female or male.<ref name="Kremer">{{Cite web |title=The evolutionary puzzle of homosexuality |author=William Kremer |work=BBC News |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26089486}}</ref> It has been estimated that 1–5% of Samoans identify as fa'afafine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37227803|title=Samoa's 'third gender' beauty pageant|first=Yvette|last=Tan|date=September 1, 2016|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> ''Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'' estimates that there are 500 fa’afafine in Samoa, and the same number in the Samoan diaspora in New Zealand,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/160363|title=3. – Gender diversity – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|last=Taonga|website=teara.govt.nz}}</ref> while according to SBS news, there are up to 3,000 fa'afafine currently living in Samoa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/07/16/faafafine-boys-raised-be-girls| title=Fa'afafine: Boys Raised to be Girls ten minute news video about faafafine in Australia|date=26 August 2013| }}</ref> Although there are many fa'afafine today, there were no fa'afafine respondents to the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey,<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> or the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
* '''[[femme]]'''. | * '''[[femme]]'''. From the French word for "woman," femme originated as a queer feminine identity in 1950s working-class lesbian bar culture.<ref name=LevittSR /> Traditionally, femme was the counterpart of the butch role. Today, queer people who choose to call themselves femme do not necessarily seek a butch-femme relationship.<ref name="Trans Bodies 613">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 613.</ref> Femme does not simply mean a conventionally feminine woman, and is instead a culturally transgressive queer identity. Surveys show that a significant percentage of nonbinary and genderqueer people identify as femme. Or, to put it another way, that many femmes consider themselves nonbinary or genderqueer. In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 20 of the 3055 respondents (0.65%) called themselves a femme, a nonbinary femme, or othe variations.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 1.35% of the respondents identified as some form of femme.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> Some notable people who identify as femme outside the binary include author [[Kate Bornstein]],<ref name="Raymond">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Kate Bornstein on Their Broadway Debut in Straight White Men |last=Raymond |first=Gerard |work=Slant Magazine |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2020 |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/interviews/pretty-damn-bowie-kate-bornstein-on-their-broadway-debut-in-straight-white-men/}}</ref> journalist [[Sassafras Lowrey]],<ref>{{cite tweet|user= sassafraslowrey|number= 1182723625448685568|date=11 October 2019|title=and to have made a core aspect of my career around writing the queerest books and stories I can imagine. Happy #NationalComingOutDay Queerly yours a: #runaway, formerly #homeless, #genderqueer, #trans, #femme, #queer, #polyamorous, #asexual, #little, #leather boy}}</ref> disability rights activist [[Sharon daVanport]],<ref name="ECE">{{Cite web |title=PEOPLE: Why Sharon daVanport built a support network for autistic women and nonbinary people |author= |work=Echo Chamber Escape |date=May 26, 2020 |access-date=May 28, 2020 |url= https://echochamberescape.com/2020/05/26/people-why-sharon-davanport-built-a-support-network-for-autistic-women-and-nonbinary-people}}</ref> and multimedia artist [[Dev Blair]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Dev_Blair|number=956701170503954432|title=Starting 2 prefer "they" pronouns because so many people wanna equate "she" pronouns w/ me being a woman n that's not really what I mean when I say non-binary femme-what I mean is my gender is neither male nor female but I do strongly align with femininity|date=25 January 2018}}</ref> | ||
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* '''[[genderfluid]]''', '''gender fluid,''' or '''fluid gender'''.<ref name="NBGQ2016"></ref> A gender identity that often changes, so that a person may feel one day like a boy, and another day like a girl, or some other gender.<ref name="Trans Bodies 614">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 614.</ref> It has been in use since at least the 1990s.{{Citation needed}} In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 947 of the 3,055 respondents (31%) called themselves genderfluid, or otherwise called themselves "fluid."<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 2,446 of the 11,242 respondents (21.76%) were genderfluid, or otherwise called themselves "fluid."<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | * '''[[genderfluid]]''', '''gender fluid,''' or '''fluid gender'''.<ref name="NBGQ2016"></ref> A gender identity that often changes, so that a person may feel one day like a boy, and another day like a girl, or some other gender.<ref name="Trans Bodies 614">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 614.</ref> It has been in use since at least the 1990s.{{Citation needed}} In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 947 of the 3,055 respondents (31%) called themselves genderfluid, or otherwise called themselves "fluid."<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 2,446 of the 11,242 respondents (21.76%) were genderfluid, or otherwise called themselves "fluid."<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
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* '''[[gender neutral]]'''. This can mean having nothing to do with gender, or is inclusive of any gender. It can mean having no gender identity, being [[genderless]]. Or it can mean having a gender identity that is neutral: not female, not male, not a mix; compare [[neutrois]].<ref name="Trans Bodies 614" /> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 420 of the 3,055 respondents (13.75%) called themselves neutral.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 1,390 of the 11,242 respondents (12.36%) said they were neutral, transneutral, gender neutral, neutral gender, or other similar words.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | * '''[[gender neutral]]'''. This can mean having nothing to do with gender, or is inclusive of any gender. It can mean having no gender identity, being [[genderless]]. Or it can mean having a gender identity that is neutral: not female, not male, not a mix; compare [[neutrois]].<ref name="Trans Bodies 614" /> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 420 of the 3,055 respondents (13.75%) called themselves neutral.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 1,390 of the 11,242 respondents (12.36%) said they were neutral, transneutral, gender neutral, neutral gender, or other similar words.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
[[File:Anjali gopalan.jpg|thumb|Asia's first genderqueer pride parade in Madurai, 2012. The [[genderqueer flag]] can be seen here, with stripes of purple, white, and green.]] | |||
* '''[[genderqueer]]''' Any gender identity or expression which is queer, in and of itself. That is, a gender which is transgressive and non-normative. This can be an umbrella term, or a specific identity.<ref name="Trans Bodies 614" /> The earliest known recorded use of genderqueer was in 1995, in the ''Transsexual Menace'' newsletter.<ref>"Answering gender questions concerning genderqueer." ''Genderqueer ID.'' http://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer</ref> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 1,244 of the 3,055 respondents (40.72%) called themselves genderqueer.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 3,274 of the 11,242 respondents (29.12%) called themselves genderqueer.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | * '''[[genderqueer]]''' Any gender identity or expression which is queer, in and of itself. That is, a gender which is transgressive and non-normative. This can be an umbrella term, or a specific identity.<ref name="Trans Bodies 614" /> The earliest known recorded use of genderqueer was in 1995, in the ''Transsexual Menace'' newsletter.<ref>"Answering gender questions concerning genderqueer." ''Genderqueer ID.'' http://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer</ref> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 1,244 of the 3,055 respondents (40.72%) called themselves genderqueer.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 3,274 of the 11,242 respondents (29.12%) called themselves genderqueer.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
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* '''[[neutrois]]'''. Coined by a neutrois person named H. A. Burnham in 1995.<ref>Axey, Qwill, Rave, and Luscious Daniel, eds. “FAQ.” Neutrois Outpost. Last updated 2000-11-23. Retrieved 2001-03-07. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010307115554/http://www.neutrois.com/faq.htm]</ref> Having one non-binary gender identity that is neutral. Not female, not male, and not a mix. Some neutrois people are transsexual, experience gender dysphoria, and want to get a physical transition.<ref>''[http://neutrois.me/neutrois Define]'', Neutrois Nonsense, date unknown, captured April 2016.</ref><ref>Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 616.</ref> In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 208 of the 3,055 respondents (6.8%) were neutrois.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 398 of the 11,242 respondents (3.54%) were neutrois.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | |||
[[File:Marche des Fiertés Paris 02 07 2016 06.jpg|thumb|200px|Photograph taken during the Paris Gay Pride March in 2016. The banner is printed with the colors of the nonbinary flag. The big letters say "My gender is nonbinary," with dozens of names of specific nonbinary identities listed in smaller letters in the background.]] | [[File:Marche des Fiertés Paris 02 07 2016 06.jpg|thumb|200px|Photograph taken during the Paris Gay Pride March in 2016. The banner is printed with the colors of the nonbinary flag. The big letters say "My gender is nonbinary," with dozens of names of specific nonbinary identities listed in smaller letters in the background.]] | ||
* '''[[nonbinary]]'''. An umbrella term for all who don't identify as just female or male. Though there are innumerable kinds of nonbinary identities, some people identify as "nonbinary" only. In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 1,980 of the 3,055 respondents (64.81%) called themselves nonbinary.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 68.37% (7686) of the responses used the word nonbinary for their identity, or for part of their identity.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | * '''[[nonbinary]]'''. An umbrella term for all who don't identify as just female or male. Though there are innumerable kinds of nonbinary identities, some people identify as "nonbinary" only. In the 2016 Nonbinary/Genderqueer Survey, 1,980 of the 3,055 respondents (64.81%) called themselves nonbinary.<ref name=NBGQ2016 /> In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 68.37% (7686) of the responses used the word nonbinary for their identity, or for part of their identity.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||
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* '''[[xenogender]]'''. Coined by Baaphomett in 2014. "A gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things."<ref>"Masterpost of genders coined by Baaphomett." 2014. MOGAI Archive. [http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett]</ref> An umbrella term for many nonbinary gender identities defined in reference to very different ideas than female or male. In the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, 0.35% (40) of the responses called themselves "xenogender." Far more called themselves by specific genders under the xenogender umbrella, though that is hard to quantify or differentiate.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | |||
[[File:Yuu_Watase.jpg|thumb|X-gender manga artist Yuu Watase at Lucca Comics 2004 in Italy.]] | [[File:Yuu_Watase.jpg|thumb|X-gender manga artist Yuu Watase at Lucca Comics 2004 in Italy.]] | ||
* '''[[X-gender]] (Ｘジェンダー, ekkusujendā)'''. In Japan, this is a common transgender identity that isn't female or male, much as the words "genderqueer" and "nonbinary" has come to be in the English-speaking world, to such a degree that "X-gender" is typically used as the Japanese translation for these.<ref name="RoxieSelected">Marilyn Roxie. "Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan." March 28, 2013. [http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan]</ref> Therefore, a person does not need to be Japanese to be X-gender. The term "X-gender" began to be used during the latter 1990s, popularized by writings published by queer organizations in Kansai, in Osaka and Kyoto.<ref>"【ＸラウンジからNEWS！】参議院議員の尾辻かな子さんへのレインボー・アクションの陳情で、Ｘラウンジから要望書を提出しました。([NEWS from X Lounge! ] We submitted a request form from the X Lounge in response to a petition of Kanae Otsuji, a member of the House of Councilors, about the rainbow action.)" ''NPO Rainbow Action.'' May 30, 2013. http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122651/http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html</ref><ref>S.P.F. Dale. "An Introduction to X-Jendā: Examining a New Gender Identity in Japan." ''Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific'' Issue 31, December 2012. http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm</ref> Notable X-gender people include manga artist [[Wikipedia:Yuu Watase|Yuu Watase]] (渡瀬 悠宇), who created the comics ''Fushigi Yūgi'' and ''Ceres, Celestial Legend.''<ref>{{cite tweet|user=wataseyuu_|author=Yuu Watase|number=1130461270358908928|title=ブログでもここでも呟いたけど、再度。 漫画にも影響してると思うから。 私はXジェンダーと医師に診断されてて、中身は、男にも女にも寄れるし男でも女でもない。 見た目はちゃんと(20代後半から社会に合わせて)どうせやるならやるでメイクもオシャレもする、それだけ。 女性の身体は否定しないが→|trans-title=I blogged here and again, but again. I think it also affects manga. I have been diagnosed by X-gender and a doctor, and the contents are neither men nor women, nor men or women. It looks just fine (according to society from the late 20s), and if you do it, you can make and be fashionable. I do not deny the female body |date=2019-05-20}}</ref> In April and May of 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey. It collected a total of 348,000 valid responses from people aged 20 to 69, not all of whom were LGBT. 2.5% of the respondents called themselves X-gender.<ref>{{cite web|title=Most people in Japan know LGBT but understanding limited.|work=Kyodo News|date=December 11, 2019|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html|access-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606152406/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html|archive-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref> This identity term was underrepresented in the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, in which 4 of the responses called themselves X-gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | * '''[[X-gender]] (Ｘジェンダー, ekkusujendā)'''. In Japan, this is a common transgender identity that isn't female or male, much as the words "genderqueer" and "nonbinary" has come to be in the English-speaking world, to such a degree that "X-gender" is typically used as the Japanese translation for these.<ref name="RoxieSelected">Marilyn Roxie. "Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan." March 28, 2013. [http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan]</ref> Therefore, a person does not need to be Japanese to be X-gender. The term "X-gender" began to be used during the latter 1990s, popularized by writings published by queer organizations in Kansai, in Osaka and Kyoto.<ref>"【ＸラウンジからNEWS！】参議院議員の尾辻かな子さんへのレインボー・アクションの陳情で、Ｘラウンジから要望書を提出しました。([NEWS from X Lounge! ] We submitted a request form from the X Lounge in response to a petition of Kanae Otsuji, a member of the House of Councilors, about the rainbow action.)" ''NPO Rainbow Action.'' May 30, 2013. http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200221122651/http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html</ref><ref>S.P.F. Dale. "An Introduction to X-Jendā: Examining a New Gender Identity in Japan." ''Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific'' Issue 31, December 2012. http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm</ref> Notable X-gender people include manga artist [[Wikipedia:Yuu Watase|Yuu Watase]] (渡瀬 悠宇), who created the comics ''Fushigi Yūgi'' and ''Ceres, Celestial Legend.''<ref>{{cite tweet|user=wataseyuu_|author=Yuu Watase|number=1130461270358908928|title=ブログでもここでも呟いたけど、再度。 漫画にも影響してると思うから。 私はXジェンダーと医師に診断されてて、中身は、男にも女にも寄れるし男でも女でもない。 見た目はちゃんと(20代後半から社会に合わせて)どうせやるならやるでメイクもオシャレもする、それだけ。 女性の身体は否定しないが→|trans-title=I blogged here and again, but again. I think it also affects manga. I have been diagnosed by X-gender and a doctor, and the contents are neither men nor women, nor men or women. It looks just fine (according to society from the late 20s), and if you do it, you can make and be fashionable. I do not deny the female body |date=2019-05-20}}</ref> In April and May of 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey. It collected a total of 348,000 valid responses from people aged 20 to 69, not all of whom were LGBT. 2.5% of the respondents called themselves X-gender.<ref>{{cite web|title=Most people in Japan know LGBT but understanding limited.|work=Kyodo News|date=December 11, 2019|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html|access-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606152406/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html|archive-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref> This identity term was underrepresented in the 2019 Worldwide Gender Census, in which 4 of the responses called themselves X-gender.<ref name="2019 Gender Census" /> | ||