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== Transition ==
Because their is no single "non-binary look"
== Pronouns ==
Each non-binary person has a unique relationship with pronouns. Some non-binary people may go by she/her pronouns or he/him pronouns. If they're an English speaker they
Among non English speakers many will create new pronouns, as their language does not have a non-gender singular pronoun like the English "them".
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== History ==
The existence of non-binary people has been recorded by many cultures throughout history. Many non-western cultures recognized three or sometimes more genders, however the existence of these genders was often suppressed during colonization.
* Some of the earliest recorded instances of non-binary people comes from Mesopotamia. In Mesopotamian mythology, there are references to types of people who are not men and not women. Many priests or individuals who preformed religious duties were described as a third gender.
* The Buddhist Tipitaka, documents four gender categories: female, male, ubhatobyanjanaka (people with both male and female characteristics), and pandaka (a complex term with no English translation).
* Prior to western contact, some Native American tribes had third-gender roles. European anthropologists usually referred to these people as "berdaches", which Natives considered a slur. In 1990, some Indigenous North Americans adopted the term [[Two Spirit|two-spirit]].
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