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'''Gender alignment''' is an aspect of [[gender]] referring to the way an individual's gender may intersect with the [[gender binary]]. This concept is often used by [[non-binary]] individuals who do not identify with the gender binary, but may also be used by binary individuals who experience an alignment with a gender that is not expressed by their [[gender identity]].
Gender alignment may be described using terms such as [[female]]-aligned ([[selenian]]) and [[male]]-aligned ([[helian]]), [[neutral]]-aligned ([[stellarian]]), [[Xenic|xeno-aligned]] ([[spacialian]]), and [[Abinary|unaligned]] ([[singularian]]). An individual may also identify with multiple alignments at the same time or their alignment may be fluid and change over time.
The terms [[feminine]]-aligned ([[artemian]]) and [[masculine]]-aligned ([[phoebian]]) 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.
The term gender alignment is intentionally vague and it can be used to describe several different things. Possible meanings can include:<ref>http://archive.today/2022.09.05-174553/https://wedontcareaboutyourbinary.tumblr.com/post/169860045173/what-the-fuck-do-people-mean-by-male-aligned</ref>
*An individual who is partially male or female ([[demigender]]).
*An individual who is male or female in addition to other gender identities ([[bigender]], [[trigender]], or otherwise [[multigender]]
*An individual with a vague or partial connection to maleness or femaleness, regardless of their gender identity.
*A [[genderfluid]] or [[genderflux]] individual who is only sometimes male or female or is sometimes partially male or female.
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[[MOGAI]] and [[COGAP]] acronyms use the term gender alignment to mean what today is called [[gender modality]].
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