Non-Binary Identity Is Not Just a Quirk or Trend Some non-binary people feel this definition applies to them, but others don’t.ĥ. identifying with a gender other than the one you were assigned at birth. Others equate being non-binary with being transgender, i.e. Intersex people can be non-binary, but so can people who are not intersex. Some equate it with being intersex - that is, having a body not traditionally classified as male or female - but it has nothing to do with your biology. There’s some confusion about what it means to be non-binary. We Are Not All Intersex, Transgender, or Anything Else People Assume We Are 24-year-old Rey Noble identifies as both non-binary and a woman to acknowledge that she loves her female-coded body but doesn’t always feel it accurately represents her.Ĥ. Having more than one gender identity means different things to others, though. I personally identify as a non-binary woman because, to me, this identity acknowledges both that I don’t have an innate identification with any gender and that I’ve been socialized as a woman. Some people identity as non-binary and as a man or woman or trans or something else. Being Non-Binary Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have Any Other Gender Identity Non-binary people have all types of gender presentations just like women and men do.”Ģ. “There is no one specific way that it looks to be non-binary. That doesn't invalidate the fact that I'm non-binary,” agrees 24-year-old Alaina Leary.
“I wear my hair long, and I'm coded as feminine, read as a cis woman. “They need to stop gendering people's presentations.” “I wish that people wouldn't automatically use she/her pronouns just because of how I present,” says 19-year-old Kelley Cantrell. But you can’t tell how someone identifies based on what they look like, which is why it’s so important to ask.
Yet many people seem to believe you need an androgynous style to be non-binary, creating the assumption that I and other non-binary people who wear women’s clothes must be women. Most people understand that you don’t have to wear dresses to be a cis woman or wear pants to be a cis man.