Non-binary can be a gender identity on its own, or it can be used as an umbrella term for anyone whose gender is something other than male or female. Some people may also use the term [[genderqueer]] interchangeably with non-binary.
Non-binary peopleindividuals may call themselves enbies or borls (the equivalent of boys or girls) or enben (the equivalent of men or women).<ref>https://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/74102698117/okay-everyone-i-want-your-input-on-this-were</ref><ref>[https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Glossary_of_English_gender_and_sex_terminology#E Glossary of English gender and sex terminology | Nonbinary Wiki]</ref> Non-binary is included in the umbrella of [[transgender]], although some non-binary peopleindividuals choose not to identify as transgender. The word enban is an equivalent of woman or man.
== Non-Binary Identities ==
===Types of Non-Binary Genders===
[[File:Alternate star non-binary flag.png|thumb|Alternate star non-binary flag.]]
Some non-binary can be partly connected to or [[Gender Alignment|aligned]] to one or both of the binary genders. For example, a man-aligned non-binary personindividual ([[solarian]]) may have an experience similar to man or have some connection to manhood, but is not a man or is not fully a man. Non-binary peopleindividuals may also be connection to [[Masculine|masculinity]] and/or [[Feminine|femininity]], but they do not necessarily have to be connected to manhood or womanhood. These types of non-binary identities can be called [[viabinary]], [[ideobinary]], or aligned. Non-binary peopleindividuals who are in between or simultaneously experience masculinity and femininity, and/or maleness and femaleness can be called [[androgyne]], [[androgynous]], or [[mesobinary]].
Other non-binary genders are not connected to the binary genders at all. These genders are not connected to maleness, masculinity, femaleness, femininity, and they are not in between male and female or in between masculine and feminine. However, these genders are also not necessarily a [[Genderless|lack of gender]] or [[agender]]. These genders can be called [[abinary]], unaligned, [[neutral]], [[stellarian]] (neutral-aligned), [[epicene]], or [[exobinary]].
Non-binary peopleindividuals who are not female aligned, feminine aligned, male aligned, masculine aligned, or neutral aligned are called [[atrinary]], [[outherine]]. Many outherine genders are also [[xenogender|xenogenders]].
==Transition==
Since there is no single "non-binary look" there is no "typical" non-binary transition, it depends on the personone's individual gender identity and their goals for gender [[Gender Presentation|presentation]]. Some non-binary peopleindividuals do not transition and present as the gender assigned to them at birth, others may attempt to look like the "opposite" of their assigned gender, as more masculine or feminine. Others will attempt to look as androgynous or gender neutral as possible.
Some non-binary people may socially transition but do not medically transition. Other non-binary peopleindividuals may take elements of binary transgender transitions. For example, an [[AFAB]] (assigned female at birth) non-binary personindividual may take testosterone, or wear a binder. They may only desire a "partial" transition in order to look androgynous.
===Pronouns===
Each non-binary personindividual has a unique relationship with [[pronouns]]. If their language has gender neutral pronouns, such as they/them, they may use those. Some non-binary people may go by she/her pronouns or he/him pronouns. Others will go by it/its pronouns (though, this should only be used if someone asks, as otherwise it is dehumanizing). Others still will go by [[neopronouns]]. Many non-English speakers will create neopronouns, as their language does not have a gender-neutral singular pronoun like the English "they". Additionally, some may go by [[Multipronominal|multiple]] pronoun sets, and others will go by [[Nullpronominal|no pronouns]], using just a name in place of where pronouns would be.
== History==
===Ancient History===
The existence of non-binary peopleindividuals has been recorded by many cultures throughout history. Many non-western cultures recognized three or sometimes more genders, dating back to antiquity, however the existence of these genders was often suppressed during colonization.
*Some of the earliest recorded instances of non-binary people come from Mesopotamia. In Mesopotamian mythology, there are references to the types of people who are not men and not women. Many priests or individuals who preformed religious duties were described as a third gender.<ref>Murray, Stephen O., and Roscoe, Will (1997). ''Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature.'' New York: New York University Press.</ref><ref>Nissinen, Martti (1998). ''Homoeroticism in the Biblical World'', Translated by Kirsi Stjedna. Fortress Press (November 1998) p. 30. ISBN|0-8006-2985-X</ref>
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