Identity Vocabulary: Nonbinary Edition8/14/2019 41 Comments Photo byrawpixel.comfromPexels The nonbinary community is a branch of the trans community that is often less known among members of the queer community. Here’s a few of the most common nonbinary identities: 1. Nonbinary/Genderqueer
Nonbinary and Genderqueer are both umbrella terms for people who identify as not strictly Male or Female. A Nonbinary or Genderqueer person might feel both Male and Female, neither Male or Female, partially Male, partially Female, etc. Other slang words for Nonbinary are nb and enby. 2. Agender
Agender people do not identify with being Male or Female in any amount whatsoever. Agender people often use the They/Them pronoun set. 3. Androgyne/Bigender
Androgyne and Bigender people identify with both of the binary genders. They might relate to both equally, or might favor one over the other. Androgyne and Bigender people often use the They/Them set of pronouns, both He/Him and She/Her sets, or They/Them, He/Him, and She/Her sets. 4. DemiMale/DemiBoy/DemiMan/DemiGuy, etc.
DemiMales partially identify with being Male, and partially identify with being Agender. They might relate to both equally, or might favor one over the other. DemiMales often use the The/Them and He/Him pronoun sets. 5. DemiFemale/DemiGirl/DemiWoman/DemiGal, etc.
DemiFemales partially identify with being Female, and partially identify with being Agender. They might relate to both equally, or might favor one over the other. DemiFemales often use the The/Them and She/Her pronoun sets. 6. Genderfluid
A common misconception is that Genderfluid is a gender in and of itself. However, Genderfluid is not actually a gender but rather a descriptor to use instead of agender, as someone who is Genderfluid has a gender that changes over time. In other words, Genderfluid isn’t a standalone gender. Genderfluid isa label that describes agender that changes over time. As an example, a Genderfluid person might feel Female one day, then Male another day, then Agender the day after that. Genderfluid people often use the They/Them pronoun set, or all of the They/Them, He/Him, and She/Her sets. *** Please keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive list. There are many otherless common and more specific Nonbinary identities. These are just some of the most common ones. The pronouns listed here for each gender identity area generalization. Many nonbinary people use nonstandard pronouns or neopronouns, such as the Xe/Xem or Ze/Hir sets. (As always with pronouns, the best way to find out the pronoun set a person uses is just to ask.)
41 Comments Acelink 4/13/2021 02:28:31 pm I am just so happy that you guys are doing this especially in bakersfield california I live here and it is a very hom*ophobic at school and other places in my opinion and I finally came out last year and it feels so nice and I educate people about trump,abortion,lgbtq+ia Reply Eleanore 5/4/2022 06:53:37 pm I am so sorry you have to go through that! I hope that you know that there are people out there who will love and support you!🌈❤ Reply Semia 2/12/2023 12:15:59 am Aw. Me, too. I'm glad you came out, tho. It's so freeing, isn't it? Hehe. I'm so happy for you. An Androgyne/Bigender bitch 6/13/2023 03:13:15 pm O.M.G same! I grew up being LGBTQIA. Everyone was either fascinated or disgusted by me, because of that I hadn't come out to my parents until almost a year of dating the same gender. Semia 2/12/2023 12:16:44 am Hehe yeah. Prince 6/9/2021 07:08:39 am Appreciate that you wrote this article, but I highly advise you to take down most/ all of the content. Many of the information is wrong/ harmful. For example, demiboy absolutely does NOT mean half male half agender. Also, the pronouns are completely wrong. Pronouns do not equal gender. By saying " most () use they/them " etc is very harmful as it enforces the stereotype that you use certain pronouns when you are a certain gender. Please get your facts right before writing another article. Reply Tuff 9/26/2021 08:31:24 pm As an active member in r/demiboy I can vouch that demiboy/demigirl isn't always part agender. The other part can be any gender, or nothing at all. It really just means a partial connection to manhood/womanhood. A lot of people use demiboy interchangeably with masc-alinged enby, although if you take the definition seriously this isn't technically true. A masc-aligned enby may not feel any connection to manhood, which is actually why I'm probably changing to that as my label but that's besides the point. Reply Harl 3/23/2022 02:22:47 am Thanks Tuff. I agree with most of what you said there. archer 4/7/2022 03:50:57 am I agree with TUFF,this article is spreading misinformation.As a demigirl myself,I can say that to be demigirl is to be part female and part a diffrent gender or no gender,It isn't always Agender that demigirls and demiboys Identify with. Makayla 6/22/2022 08:49:20 pm Really? Ah, thank you so much! I’m currently on a journey to figure out my gender identity and I’m pretty certain it’s a mix of mostly female and part male. I figured that would be what demigirl is, but everywhere I look, it’s described as half female half agender. So now I’ve been looking everywhere for something else to match how I feel and I was starting to give up hope that I would ever find it. So thank you again for this!😊 Cade 7/27/2022 03:59:33 pm @Makayla You might be bigender , go check it out! And of your not, no worrys i just hope you find a title that fits you! Sincerly, Cade Katie 6/22/2021 07:09:36 pm Thank you for this! It helped explain this to me better and now I feel more comfortable with calling myself a demigirl. It helps a lot and it also helps me with explaining it to my family as well. Reply Lock 7/19/2021 11:59:29 am I really love that this is here! Thanks for helping me learn about the LGBTQIA+ community. Reply liam 8/13/2021 04:54:25 am so what if I was demienby, and still attached to my sex at birth. Would that mean I could go by she/her and they/them and still be demienby, or something else?? I'm confused :') Reply eli 8/16/2021 08:22:15 pm so i use she/they pronouns but wasn’t sure what i would really identify as and i was told to research demigirl. from what i’ve seen, it suits me the best and those pronoun sets are in fact used by many demigirls. i hope this helped :) Reply Ali 2/26/2022 06:35:05 am If you feel DemiEnby but want to use different pronouns that’s entirely okay! Genders don’t have pronouns attached to them, so use whatever you want! If you want to use She/They but still feel Partially Non-binary, go at it! Whatever makes you comfortable. I hope this helps, Reply Ali 2/26/2022 06:31:01 am Well, technically A Demiboy/Demigirl feels partially like a boy/girl and partially another gender. This gender doesn't have to be agender, for me it’s non-binary. And Agender doesn’t just mean they don’t feel man or woman, it’s feeling not gender. Also, putting pronouns for each gender isn’t the best thing to do, since it’s assigning each gender pronouns, when a Demigirl could use he/him pronouns, or a non-binary could use she/her. Also, a Bigender person doesn’t have to be a mix of male and female, it could be any two genders. Please research places like A Gender Wiki or ask people who identify with that gender, especially before posting misconceptions on a page made for LGBTQIA+ Genders and Sexualitys. Reply Harl 3/23/2022 02:25:54 am Thanks, Ali. I totally agree with that. Reply Megara 7/3/2022 11:21:00 am "Also, putting pronouns for each gender isn’t the best thing to do, since it’s assigning each gender pronouns..." -- Ali Yes! Thank you for saying this! I use multiple sets of pronouns: they/them; I have found a neopronoun that really feels like me (fae/faer/faers/faerself), but it's so unusual that I would feel strange saying "refer to me this way" because it's a whole new pronoun set people would need to learn, neopronouns seem to often just be a "thing of the Internet" so to speak, but at the same time, is it too much to ask people to try to respect me and my pronouns? Especially if I tell them I will help them if they forget? ("It helps to remember that fae/faer rhymes with much of the they/them pronouns set" or whatever). I mean, my parents gave me an unusual name (Megara) and I hate when people just call me "Meg" when I always introduce myself saying "I know my name is unusual. I will never be offended if you need to ask me to remind you how it's pronounced." So is it too much to ask people to use fae/faer if I promise I won't get offended if they need help remembering it? So often people speak of "preferred" pronouns. I speak against "preferred pronouns"; these are my pronouns--they're not a preference. They're my pronouns. Period. End of story. Ya know? Reply Semia 2/11/2023 11:27:02 pm Well, that last part's not actually true. I agree with you mostly though. But it's just a pet peeve of mine when people use the wrong pronouns for themselves. Now bare with me - I'm not being biased or anything. I'm a Demigirl, too. But "he/him" means male. And "she/her" means female. And if they do not identify as female, and I mean at all, not even a little bit, then they can't use the female pronouns. And the same goes for if they aren't male, they can't use the male pronouns, because they mean male. And I identify as both female and nonbinary, too. It's just, they're not assigning pronouns to the genders, they're assigned by the English language. That's all I wanted to say. But neopronouns do work, and I do like them. In fact, I just recently came up with some - "shey/shem", "hey/hem", "shey/hem", and "hey/shem". Demigirl, demiboy, some mixture of female, male, and nonbinary/agender with more female than male, and some mixture of male, female, and nonbinary/agender with more male than female. In that order. So the first one's Demigirl, the second one's demiboy, and so on, so forth. If you like them, tell me. I'd really like to know. Reply Grayson 3/19/2022 07:05:30 pm hcdejhcr I thought I may identify as demiboy but I still have no clue-- like, I like being a female, but I like masculine terms. Does that just make me Cisgender with a preference of masculine terms? Or does it change my gender completely? Because my prefered pronouns are He/Her/It, and its been like this for awhile-- Reply Harl 3/23/2022 03:20:35 am You can very well identify as demimale or demifemale and still be fine with whatever pronouns you like. 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FAQs
What does non-binary mean on a birth certificate? ›
If your gender is different from the “male” or “female” label on your original birth certificate, you may identify as transgender. If your gender doesn't fit into the gender binary, you may identify as nonbinary.
What do you fill in gender identity? ›Gender identity refers to the internal/psychological sense of self, regardless of what sex a person was assigned at birth. When asking about gender as a category, words like woman, man, and trans* should be used. Sexual orientation refers to a person's emotional, physical, and sexual attraction to other people.
What are the 7 gender pronouns? ›Gendered pronouns include she and he, her and him, hers and his, and herself and himself. "Personal gender pronouns" (or PGPs) are the pronouns that people ask others to use in reference to themselves. They may be plural gender-neutral pronouns such as they, them, their(s).
What is a Demi Fae gender? ›DemiFemale/DemiGirl/DemiWoman/DemiGal, etc.
An identity that describes someone who identifies with both Female and Agender genders. They do not necessarily identify with both equally, but always identify with both and only Female and Agender.
It's important to accept your child and let them know you love and support them, whatever their gender identity is. If you feel anxious or uncomfortable, you're not alone. Many young people and parents find talking to other parents and children who have had similar experiences a great help.
How do you address a non-binary child? ›Use their preferred pronouns and/or name
A non-binary person may want to be addressed by gender neutral pronouns like “they” and “them” instead of she/her or he/him. They may also choose a new name, especially if their given name is often associated with a traditional gender.
Gender identity is each person's internal and individual experience of gender. It is a person's sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person's gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex.
What are the most inclusive gender options? ›If it is appropriate to use gendered language, terms like woman and man are more inclusive and preferred, as male and female are indicative of sex — not gender. If you are specifically referring to sex, for example in the context of a medical study, male and female can be appropriate.
What do you call a person who identifies as both genders? ›Bigender: Someone who identifies with both male and female genders, or even a third gender. Biological sex: Refers to anatomical, physiological, genetic, or physical attributes that determine if a person is male, female, or intersex.
What are the gender pronouns for straight men? ›Most people think of pronouns as they fall within the gender binary– with men using he/him/his and women using she/her/hers. However, gender neutral pronouns such as they, ze, xe, and others exist and are often used by non-binary people, who do not associate themselves with genders of man or woman.
What is a gender-fluid person? ›
Fluid is a form of gender identity or gender expression, rather than a sexual orientation. Fluid relates to how a person identifies themselves internally and presents themselves to the world. A person who is gender fluid may identify as male one day, female the next, both male and female, or neither.
When did gender pronouns become a thing? ›When did gender pronouns become a thing? Believe it or not, English speakers' dissatisfaction with binary, gendered language was documented as early as 1795. Use of “they” as a gender-neutral pronoun predates this discussion by some three or four hundred years.
Is Demi actually Nonbinary? ›Demi Lovato is non-binary and is changing their pronouns from she/her to they/them, the singer has told fans. Non-binary people don't identify as male or female, and tend not to conform to gender norms of either. "Today is a day I'm so happy to share more of my life with you all," Demi, who's 28, wrote on Twitter.
What is gender fairy? ›The Gender Fairy is about two transgender children who are not fluid and make the choice to socially transition. It's up to children to decide where they are on the gender spectrum. As the Gender Fairy says, “No one can tell you. ”
What is the demigender flag? ›The Demiboy Flag (pronounced demmy-boy) is a symbol for people who identify as demigender/a demiboy. This means someone identifies partially as a man, but not fully. Their gender is 'man-adjacent'.
What does non-binary gender marker mean? ›This gen- der-neutral option is available for people with a “non-binary” gender, meaning the person has a gender identity which is not described as simply “male” or “female.” While these people may also identify as transgen- der, not all transgender people consider themselves non-binary.
What is the title for a non-binary parent? ›Nonbinary parents can still go by “mom” or “dad” if they want to, just as some nonbinary people still enjoy wearing dresses or ties. Your name, like your outfits and pronouns, is yours to decide. Papa and Mama.
What is a non-binary gender classification? ›3 - Non-binary person
This category includes persons whose reported gender is not exclusively male or female. It includes persons whose reported gender is, for example, agender, pangender, genderqueer, genderfluid, or gender-nonconforming.
A child that is born neither male or female is a rare occurrence but babies born with some form of Disorder of Sex Development (DSD) happens in one in every 1,500 births, according to the support group Accord Alliance.