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'''Nonbinary''' (also hyphenated as '''non-binary''')<ref>"[http://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/173182166480/gender-census-2018-the-spelling-question Gender Census 2018 - the spelling question]." ''Gender Census.'' April 22, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2020.</ref> means any [[gender identity]] that is not strictly male or female all the time, and so does not fit within the [[gender binary]]. For some people, "nonbinary" is as specific as they want to get about labeling their gender. For others, they call themselves a more specific gender identity under the nonbinary umbrella. Many people who call themselves nonbinary also consider themselves [[genderqueer]]. However, the terms have different meanings and connotations: genderqueer means any gender identity or [[gender expression|expression]] which is, itself, queer.

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The word ''enby'' (plural ''enbies'', derived from "N.B.," the initialism of "non-binary") is a common noun meaning "nonbinary person." It was coined by Tumblr user vector (revolutionator) in 2013 as the nonbinary common noun equivalent of "boy" or "girl."<ref name="enby cassolotl" /><ref name="enby revolutionator" /><ref name="enby archeart" /> Due to that wording, some nonbinary people question whether it can also be used as a nonbinary common noun equivalent of "man" or "woman." The 2020 Gender Census shows that older nonbinary people less often call themselves enbies.<ref name="GC2020-enbyandage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2020-enby-and-age/|title=On “enby” and age|date=15 June 2020|website=Gender Census|access-date=18 May 2026}}</ref>

*'''[[Agender]]''', also called '''[[genderless]]''' or '''[[non-gendered]],''' means having no gender identity.<ref name="Trans Bodies 611">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 611.</ref>{{Gender Census|2019}}<ref name="trans bodies 617">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 617.</ref>

*'''[[Bigender]]''' people feel they have two genders at the same time, or moving back and forth between them 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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306005418/http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

*'''[[Genderfluid]]''' people move between different gender identities, and sometimes expressions, at different times.<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>{{Gender Census|2019}}

*'''[[Gender neutral]]''' or '''[[neutrois]]''' can mean being genderless, or it can mean having a gender identity that is not female, not male, and not a mix, but simply neutral.<ref name="Trans Bodies 614" />

*'''[[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. The word comes from 1995.<ref>"Answering gender questions concerning genderqueer." ''Genderqueer ID.'' http://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer [https://web.archive.org/web/20230525021313/https://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Trans Bodies 614" />  

*'''Nonbinary''' means any gender outside the gender binary. That is, any identity which is not solely male or female all the time. Though there are many kinds of nonbinary identities, many people use this as the only name for their gender.{{Gender Census|2019}}