Editing Non-binary (section)

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{{Short description|Gender identities that are neither exclusively male nor female}}
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{{Infobox gender and sexual identity
| title            = Non-binary
| image            = Nonbinary_flag.svg
| alt              = The flag consists of four horizontal stripes: yellow at the top, white, purple, and black at the bottom.
| caption          = [[Non-binary pride flag]]
| definition       = 
| classification   = [[Gender identity]]
| abbreviations    = {{hlist|NB|Enby{{efn|name="abbreviation"|The abbreviation "enby" is based on the phonetic pronunciation of the initialism "NB", standing for "Non-Binary".}}}}
| symbol           = Asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg
| synonyms         = Genderqueer
| associated_terms = {{hlist||[[Third gender]]||[[genderfluid]]|[[two-spirit]]|[[gender nonconforming]]}}
}}
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'''Non-binary'''{{efn|name="spelling"|Also spelled '''nonbinary'''. The term '''enby''', derived from the abbreviation '''NB''', is also used.<ref name="BergmanBarker">{{cite book |last1=Bergman |first1=S. Bear |last2=Barker |first2=Meg-John |editor1-last=Richards |editor1-first=Christina |editor2-last=Bouman |editor2-first=Walter Pierre |editor3-last=Barker |editor3-first=Meg-John |title=Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders |date=2017 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |isbn=978-1-137-51052-5 |page=43 |chapter=Non-binary Activism |series=Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity}}</ref>}} (also '''nonbinary''', without a hyphen<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gender Census 2018: Non-binary vs. nonbinary – Gender Census |url=https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2018-spelling-nonbinary/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |language=en-GB}}</ref>) or '''genderqueer'''  [[Gender identity|gender identities]] are those that are outside the male/female [[gender binary]].<ref name=richardsetal/><ref name=aap>{{cite web |title=Supporting & Caring for Transgender Children |url=https://www.aap.org/en-us/Documents/solgbt_resource_transgenderchildren.pdf |publisher=[[Human Rights Campaign]] |access-date=April 8, 2021 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724123917/https://www.aap.org/en-us/Documents/solgbt_resource_transgenderchildren.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> Non-binary identities often fall under the [[transgender]] umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a [[gender]] that is different from the [[Sex assignment|sex assigned to them at birth]],<ref name=aap/> although some non-binary people do not consider themselves transgender.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetrevorproject.org/trvr_support_center/trans-gender-identity |title=Trans + Gender Identity |website=[[The Trevor Project]] |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704175733/https://www.thetrevorproject.org/trvr_support_center/trans-gender-identity |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ennis2021">{{cite news |last1=Ennis |first1=Dawn |title=New Research Reveals Insights Into America's Nonbinary Youth |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2021/07/13/new-research-reveals-insights-into-americas-nonbinary-youth |access-date=January 6, 2022 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=July 13, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106234315/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2021/07/13/new-research-reveals-insights-into-americas-nonbinary-youth |url-status=live}}</ref>

Non-binary people may identify as an intermediate or separate [[third gender]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/genderqueer.html |title=Genderqueer |last=Beemyn |first=Brett Genny |year=2008 |encyclopedia=glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=glbtq, Inc. |access-date=May 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425081046/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/genderqueer.html |archive-date=April 25, 2012}}{{page needed|date=January 2024}}</ref> identify with more than one gender<ref name="Bosson-2018"/><ref name=Whyte/> or no gender, or have a [[Genderfluid|fluctuating gender identity]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Understanding Transgender Diversity: A Sensible Explanation of Sexual and Gender Identities |last=Winter |first=Claire Ruth |year=2010 |publisher=CreateSpace |location=Scotts Valley, California |isbn=978-1-4563-1490-3 |oclc=703235508}}{{Page needed|date=August 2021}}</ref> Gender identity is separate from [[sexual orientation|sexual]] or [[romantic orientation]];<ref name="glaad_transgender">{{cite web |url=http://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender |title=Transgender Glossary of Terms |work=GLAAD Media Reference Guide |publisher=[[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] |access-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530061657/http://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender |url-status=live}}</ref> non-binary people have various sexual orientations.<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Susan Stryker |title=Transgender History |last=Stryker |first=Susan |publisher=[[Seal Press]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-58005-224-5 |location=[[Berkeley, California]] |oclc=183914566}}{{Page needed|date=August 2021}}</ref>

Non-binary people as a group vary in their [[gender expression]]s, and some may reject gender identity altogether.<ref name=Schorn/> Some non-binary people receive [[gender-affirming care]] to reduce the mental distress caused by [[gender dysphoria]], such as [[gender-affirming surgery]] or [[Transgender hormone therapy|hormone replacement therapy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hastings |first=Jennifer |date=June 17, 2016 |title=Approach to genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and gender nonbinary people |url=https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines/gender-nonconforming |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006101614/https://transcare.ucsf.edu/guidelines/gender-nonconforming |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=October 10, 2021 |website=UCSF Transgender Care}}</ref>