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'''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 [[
The terms [[feminine]] aligned and [[masculine]] aligned are also sometimes used but these are not interchangeable with woman/man aligned. Someone with a feminine gender is not necessarily a woman or related to women, and someone with a masculine gender is not necessarily a man or related to men. Additionally some non-binary people feel a connection to womanhood/manhood but their gender does not feel feminine/masculine.
There is no consistent definition of gender alignment. The term is intentionally vague and it can be used to describe several different things. Possible meanings can include:
*Someone who is partially a man/woman ([[demigender]]).
*Someone who is a man/woman in addition to other genders ([[bigender]], [[trigender]], or otherwise [[multigender]].)
* Someone who connects to manhood/womanhood through experiencing man/woman specific attraction. For example, someone may be feminine aligned because they are a [[lesbian]]/feel attraction to women as a woman.▼
*Someone with a vague or partial connection to manhood/womanhood without being a man/woman.
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▲* Someone who connects to manhood/womanhood through experiencing man/woman specific attraction. For example, someone may be
*Someone with a gender similar to, but not the same as a man/woman ([[proxvir]]/[[juxera]]).
*Someone with a vague or partial connection to masculinity/femininity without being a man/woman.
* A non-binary person who [[Gender Presentation|presents]] masculinely/femininely (regardless of their actual gender).
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* Someone who is treated as/seen as a man/woman in society, or someone who interacts with society in a way similar to men/women. This includes interacting with the patriarchy as a man/woman.
Gender alignment is something that one may identify as, but not all non-binary people use gender alignment. Just because someone identifies themself as a certain alignment doesn't mean that someone with a similar gender and/or experience will also identify with the same alignment or even identify with alignment at all.
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