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'''Gender alignment''' is an aspect of [[gender]] referring to the way a [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] individual's gender may intersect with the [[gender binary]].
'''Gender Alignment''' is a term used by some [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] individuals to describe the way their experiences and/or [[gender]] may intersect with the [[gender binary]]. Related terms include [[female]]-aligned and [[male]]-aligned, and sometimes also [[Abinary|unaligned]], [[neutral]]-aligned, and [[Xenic|xeno-aligned]]. An individual can also identify with multiple alignments at the same time or their alignment may be fluid and change over time. ▼
▲'''Gender Alignment''' is a term used by some [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] individuals to describe the way their experiences and/or [[gender]]alignment may intersectbe withdescribed theusing [[genderterms binary]].such Related terms includeas [[female]]-aligned and [[male]]-aligned, and sometimes also [[ Abinary|unalignedneutral]] -aligned, [[ neutral]]Xenic|xeno-aligned ]], and [[ XenicAbinary| xeno-alignedunaligned]]. An individual canmay also identify with multiple alignments at the same time or their alignment may be fluid and change over time.
The terms [[feminine]] aligned and [[masculine]] aligned are also sometimes used but these are not interchangeable with female-aligned and male-aligned. Someone with a feminine gender is not necessarily female or related to girls, and someone with a masculine gender is not necessarily male or related to boys. Additionally some individuals may be female/male but their gender does not feel feminine/masculine. ▼
▲The terms [[feminine]] -aligned and [[masculine]] -aligned are also sometimes used but these are not interchangeable with female-aligned and male-aligned. Someone with a feminine -aligned gender is not necessarily female or related to women/girls, and someone with a masculine -aligned gender is not necessarily male or related to men/boys. Additionally some individuals may be female / or male but their [[Gender Identity|gender identity]] does not feel feminine / or masculine.
Some folks use the term woman-aligned to include [[binary]] [[women]] together with [[fiaspec]] non-binary individuals, and man-aligned to include binary [[men]] with [[miaspec]] non-binary individuals.
ThereThe is no consistent definition ofterm gender alignment. The term is intentionally vague and it can be used to describe several different things. Possible meanings can include:
*SomeoneAn individual who is partially amale or girl/boyfemale ([[demigender]]).
*SomeoneAn individual who is amale girl/boyor female in addition to other gendersgender identities ([[bigender]], [[trigender]], or otherwise [[multigender]].)
*SomeoneAn individual with a vague or partial connection to boyhood/girlhoodmaleness or femaleness, regardless of actualtheir gender identity.
*A [[genderfluid]] or [[genderflux]] individual who is only sometimes amale girl/boyor female or is sometimes partially amale or girl/boyfemale.
* SomeoneAn individual who connects to boyhood/girlhoodmaleness or femaleness through experiencing girl/boymale or female specific attraction (eg. Foran example, someoneindividual may be female-aligned because they are a [[lesbian]]/ or feel attraction to other girlswomen as a girlwoman).
*SomeoneAn individual with a gender identity similar to, but not the same as amale or girl/boyfemale ([[juxera]]/[[proxvir]]).
*SomeoneAn individual with a vague or partial connection to masculinity/femininity, regardless of actualtheir gender identity.
* A non-binaryAn individual who [[Gender Presentation|presents]] masculinely/femininely (regardless of their actual gender) identity.
*SomeoneAn individual who has experiences similar to that of a girl/boyman or woman ([[lunarian]]/[[solarian]]).
* SomeoneAn individual who is treated as/seen or perceived as amale girl/boyor infemale by society, or someone who interacts with society in a way similar to girls/boysmen or women. This includes interacting with the patriarchy as a girl/boyman or woman.
*SomeoneAn individual who has a [[Gender Identity|gender identity]] different from their gender alignment ([[Cross-Aligned|cross-aligned]]).
*SomeoneAn individual who has a fluid gender alignment ([[aurorian]]/[[alignedfluid]]).
*SomeoneAn individual who is [[Woman-Related|woman-related]]/[[man-related]].
Gender alignment is somethinga thatpersonal one may identify as, but not all non-binary individuals use gender alignmentexperience. Just because one identifies themselves as a certain alignment doesn't automatically mean that someone else with a similar gender and/or experience will also identify with the same alignment or even identify with an alignment at all.
Terms such as masculine -aligned and feminine -aligned as often misused and misunderstood by individuals who are not non-binary, and are sometimes use to imply that non-binary individuals arecan actuallybe female/male. They are also misused as a way to try and associate or categorize non-binary individualscategorized using the [[Binary Genders|gender binary]]. The [[Galactian Alignments|galactian alignment system]] was created as less easily misunderstood alternative to gender alignments that use words based languageoff of the gender binary.
[[MOGAI]] and [[COGAP]] acronyms use the term gender alignment to mean what today is called [[gender modality]].
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