selfdefined/11ty/definitions/non-binary.md

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title: Non-binary
slug: non-binary
speech: adj
defined: true
excerpt: of, relating to, or characterised by being any gender that does not fit into the male-female gender binary; an umbrella term.
---

of, relating to, or characterised by being any gender that does not fit into the male-female gender binary; an umbrella term.

For example, a non-binary person may have some gender between male and female, have multiple genders, no gender, a culturally-specific gender (e.g., two-spirit).

## Note

Non-binary people may or may not also identify as [transgender](/definitions/transgender).

Although non-binary is commonly used as an umbrella term, just because someone identifies as a term under the umbrella, does not necessarily imply that they identify as non-binary as well. For example, someone may be agender, but not identify with the term "non-binary".