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[[File:Nonbinary-recognition-map.svg|thumb|600px|right|Map of recognition of nonbinary gender. (Graphic may not be as up to date as the rest of this article.)<br>
[[File:World_map_nonbinary_gender_recognition.svg|thumb|600px|right|Map of recognition of nonbinary gender. (Graphic may not be as up to date as the rest of this article.)<br>
Green: Safe or allows recognition. <br>
* Dark blue: Non-binary / third gender option available as voluntary opt-in
Light green: Somewhat recognised. <br>
* Yellow: Opt-in for intersex people only
Pink: Good transgender laws, but nonbinary people are still unrecognised. <br>
* Orange: Mandatory for some born intersex, and opt in
Red: Not recognised, or intrusive or bad transgender laws.]]
* Red: Mandatory for some born intersex
* Grey: Nonbinary / third gender option not legally recognized / no data]]


'''Recognition of [[Nonbinary gender|non-binary gender identities]]''' in law and other paperwork is an important issue confronting modern society. This also deals with policies about [[transgender]] people in general and related policies about [[intersex]] people. Recognition here means whether an organization acknowledges that such people exist and have valid identities, and the organization does this by routinely giving them a place where they aren't forced into being wrongly categorized as a [[gender]] that doesn't match their [[gender identity]]. In the case of recognition of nonbinary people, this means the system doesn't force them to wrongly say they are one of the [[binary genders]] ([[female]] or [[male]]). Through networking and [[activism]], people can find out which organisations acknowledge non-binary genders, and can ask for acknowledgement from organisations that still need to do so.
'''Recognition of [[Nonbinary gender|non-binary gender identities]]''' in law and other paperwork is an important issue confronting modern society. This also deals with policies about [[transgender]] people in general and related policies about [[intersex]] people. Recognition here means whether an organization acknowledges that such people exist and have valid identities, and the organization does this by routinely giving them a place where they aren't forced into being wrongly categorized as a [[gender]] that doesn't match their [[gender identity]]. In the case of recognition of nonbinary people, this means the system doesn't force them to wrongly say they are one of the [[binary genders]] ([[female]] or [[male]]). Through networking and [[activism]], people can find out which organisations acknowledge non-binary genders, and can ask for acknowledgement from organisations that still need to do so.
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