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[[File:Enbyflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The non-binary flag.]]
[[File:Static-assets-upload16617388485353815669.png|alt=|thumb|The oldest known non binary flag.]]
[[File:Altérnate Non-binary Flag.
[[File:Nonbinary 3.jpg|thumb|Alternate flag by tumblr user theultravs]]
[[File:Alternate Non Binary Flag.png|thumb|Another alternate flag.]]
[[File:Nonbinary-alt.png|thumb|Another alternate non-binary flag by Kirbirb.]]
[[File:Nonbinary.png|thumb|Cryptocrew's non-binary flag.]]
[[File:Alt nbi flag.png|thumb|Another alternate non-binary flag by FANDOM user Waterbutcold]]
[[File:Nb symbol.gif|thumb|180x180px|The non-binary symbol.]]
[[File:Nonbinary symbol.png|thumb|An alternate version of the non-binary symbol. Unicode: U+1F72C 🜬]]
[[File:Maverique symbol.jpg|thumb|An alternate non-binary symbol. Unicode: U+2604 ☄]]
[[File:L2 A Six Non Binary Flag.png|thumb|200x200px|L2 A Six's alternate flag.]]
[[File:AltNonBinaryFlagByExnoticE.jpg|thumb|Alternate flag by user ExnoticE.]]
[[File:Nonbinary 8 stripe.png|thumb|Alternate Pastel 8 stripe Non-binary flag made by PanDemiBoyPride]]
'''Non-Binary''' or '''nonbinary''' (sometimes shortened to '''NBY, NB,''' or '''enby''') refers to someone whose [[gender]] does not fall strictly within the category of the [[Binary Genders|binary genders]] ([[male]] or [[female]]) that are used in western society. Anyone who is not always, solely, 100% male or always, solely, 100% female can be considered non-binary. Some non-binary may identify with one or both of the binary genders, at least in part, while others are completely unrelated to the binary genders.▼
▲'''Non-Binary''' or '''nonbinary''' (sometimes shortened to '''NBY
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 individuals may also use the term [[genderqueer]] interchangeably with non-binary. ▼
▲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 individuals may also use the term [[genderqueer]] interchangeably with non-binary or something else entirely.
Non-binary individuals 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 individuals may also call themselves an enban, which is the equivalent of woman or man. Non-binary is included in the umbrella of [[transgender]], although some non-binary individuals choose not to identify as transgender.
== Non-Binary Identities ==
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===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 individual ([[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 individuals 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 individuals who are in between or simultaneously experience masculinity and femininity, and/or maleness and femaleness can be called [[androgyne]], [[androgynous]], or [[mesobinary]].▼
[[File:Nonbinary coat of arms.png|thumb|Nonbinary coat of arms.]]
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]]. ▼
▲Some non-binary can be partly connected to or [[Gender Alignment|aligned]] to one or both of the binary genders. For example, a
Non-binary individuals 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]]. ▼
▲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
▲Non-binary individuals who are not female aligned, feminine aligned, male aligned, masculine aligned, or neutral aligned are called [[atrinary]], or [[outherine]].
==Transition==
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===Victorian Era (17th-19th Century)===
*In the 17th century, English laws concerning inheritance sometimes referred to individuals who didn’t fit the gender binary using the pronoun "it". While dehumanizing, it was considered the most grammatically fit answer to gendered pronouns around then. This is an example of individuals being considered legally outside of male and female.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they Singular 'They' | Merriam Webster]</ref>
*Although the "singular they" had been in use in English for hundreds of years in 1745, prescriptive grammarians began to say that it was no longer acceptable. Their reasoning was that neutral pronouns don't exist in Latin, which was thought to be a better language, so English shouldn't use them either. They instead recommended using "he" as a gender-neutral pronoun. This started the dispute over the problem of acceptable gender-neutral pronouns in English.<ref>[https://www.theawl.com/2011/01/our-desperate-250-year-long-search-for-a-gender-neutral-pronoun/ Our Desperate, 250-Year-Long Search for a Gender-Neutral Pronoun | The Awl]</ref>
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===Modern History===
*The earliest known use of the word "[[genderqueer]]" is by Riki Anne Wilchins in the Spring 1995 newsletter of Transexual Menace. In 1995 they were published in the newsletter In Your Face, wherethey used the term genderqueer In the newsletter, the term appears to refer to individuals with complex or unnamed gender expressions. Wilchins stated they identify as genderqueer in their 1997 autobiography.<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/8813994851/answering-gender-questions-coining-genderqueer</ref>
*[[File:Alternative non-binary flag.png|thumb|Alternative non-binary flag made by Twitter user cum_binary.|178x178px]]In 1998, an article from a transgender community on the Internet, Sphere, used the words "queergendered" and "polygendered" interchangeably as umbrella terms for everyone whose gender was outside the gender binary, specifying that these included individuals who were "bi-gendered, non-gendered, or third-gendered," explaining that some faced difficulty in seeking a gender-ambiguous physical transition.<ref>http://gender-sphere.0catch.com/polygenderfaq.htm</ref>
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Another non-binary flag was designed on April 9, 2021 by FANDOM user Waterbutcold. The black represents being genderless, blank genders, null genders and absence of gender, the gray represents partial genders, the white represents multigenders, fluid, and flux genders, the yellow represents unique and abinary genders, and the green represents neutral genders. The blue represents masculine and male genders, as well as masculine gender presentation. This includes being male-aligned, linked with masculinity, connected with it, or having aspects of a masculine/male gender. The purple represents male and female, feminine and masculine, and androgynous genders, as well as androgynous gender presentation. This includes every gender that's linked, aligned, or connected to both binary genders in any way. It includes having aspects of both binary genders. The pink represents feminine and female genders, as well as feminine gender presentation. This includes being female-aligned, linked with femininity, connected with it, or having aspects of a feminine/female gender.
The non-binary coat of arms and its heraldic achievement were first designed by Quark-Nova on November 21, 2021.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/qykcln/nonbinary_coat_of_arms/</ref> The four quarters of the coat of arms bear the four colors of the nonbinary flag (gold, white, purple and black), going clockwise from the top left. The charge is a frog, itself commonly used as a non-binary emblem, in the colors of the agender flag (black, gray, white and green). The achievement embroiders on the escutcheon - the shield bearing the coat of arms - gems in the colors of the genderfluid flag (pink, white, purple, black and blue, from the center outwards). Furthermore, an imperial orb is added as crest, representing the non-binary gender symbol (🜬). The motto reads ''Humanum ante genus'', Latin for "Human before gender". The blazon is as follows:
''"Quarterly Or, Argent, Purpure and Sable, a Frog couchant to dexter Cendrée doubled Argent and crined Vert"''
The astronomical symbol for comets (☄) is also sometimes used as a non-binary symbol. It was proposed because the male and female signs are both signs for planets. The symbols for comets was likely chosen because comets can exist anywhere in the solar system, showing the vast range of possible non-binary identities. This symbol is also sometimes used for [[maverique]] specifically.
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