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* In some regions, anti-discrimination laws protect binary trans people, but not nonbinary people. People who were victims of harassment or violence for being nonbinary sometimes find that police and officials refuse to see it as a transphobic hate crime because they aren't what those officials think of as transgender.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | * In some regions, anti-discrimination laws protect binary trans people, but not nonbinary people. People who were victims of harassment or violence for being nonbinary sometimes find that police and officials refuse to see it as a transphobic hate crime because they aren't what those officials think of as transgender.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | ||
* Nonbinary people who have an [[androgynous]] [[gender expression]] get turned away from public places that are divided by gender, such as [[clothing]] departments, [[changing rooms]], and [[public toilets]]. This can mean facing harassment or violence from both women's and men's areas. Androgynous people very often suffer street harassment from people speculating about their sex, which can escalate to suffering violence or rape.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | * Nonbinary people who have an [[androgynous]] [[gender expression]] get turned away from public places that are divided by gender, such as [[clothing]] departments, [[changing rooms]], and [[public toilets]]. This can mean facing harassment or violence from both women's and men's areas. Androgynous people very often suffer street harassment from people speculating about their sex, which can escalate to suffering violence or rape.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | ||
* Organizations that require members to use identification-- such as libraries, schools, banks, businesses, and so on-- often make nonbinary people struggle with limited options for [[titles]] and gender markers, and how these may not match on all their identity documents, such as passports. Nonbinary people can't use any of these services without misgendering themselves, and sometimes the services refuse to take them in any case.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | * Organizations that require members to use identification-- such as libraries, schools, banks, businesses, and so on-- often make nonbinary people struggle with limited options for [[Gender neutral titles|titles]] and gender markers, and how these may not match on all their identity documents, such as passports. Nonbinary people can't use any of these services without misgendering themselves, and sometimes the services refuse to take them in any case.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | ||
* Many regions let binary trans people change their gender markers on their identity documents to M or F, but few allow other options. A nonbinary person who gets a physical transition may find themself stuck with identity documents that don't match their appearance or gender identity. Any situation where they need to use their identity documents means facing officials who treat them with suspicion, make them wait, or refuse to serve them.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | * Many regions let binary trans people change their gender markers on their identity documents to M or F, but few allow other options. A nonbinary person who gets a physical transition may find themself stuck with identity documents that don't match their appearance or gender identity. Any situation where they need to use their identity documents means facing officials who treat them with suspicion, make them wait, or refuse to serve them.<ref>"#SpecificDetriment: what you told us." ''Beyond the Binary''. September 19, 2015. [http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/]</ref> | ||