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Since there is no single "non-binary look" there is no "typical" non-binary transition, it depends on one's gender identity and their goals for gender [[Gender Presentation|presentation]]. Some non-binary individuals do not transition and present as the gender assigned to them at birth, others may attempt to look like the "opposite" of their assigned gender, as more masculine or feminine. Others will attempt to look as androgynous or gender neutral as possible.
Some non-binary
===Pronouns===
Each non-binary individual has a unique relationship with [[pronouns]]. If their language has gender neutral pronouns, such as they/them, they may use those. Some non-binary
== History==
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The existence of non-binary individuals has been recorded by many cultures throughout history. Many non-western cultures recognized three or sometimes more genders, dating back to antiquity, however the existence of these genders was often suppressed during colonization.
*Some of the earliest recorded instances of non-binary
* The [[Māhū]] in Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) cultures are third gender persons that traditionally played spiritual roles within the culture. The first written Western description of māhū occurs in 1789, by Captain William Bligh. When stopped in Tahiti he was introduced to a member of a "class of
*The Buddhist Tipitaka documents four gender categories: female, male, ubhatobyanjanaka (
*Prior to western contact, some Native American tribes had third-gender roles. European anthropologists usually referred to
*Across the Indian subcontinent there are several similar gender identities that are collectively known as [[hijra]] in English. Hijra is neither completely male nor female and they typically have a feminine gender expression.
* Jewish sacred texts recognize six genders: zachar (cisgender men), nekeivah (cisgender women), [[ay'lonit]] (transgender men), [[saris]] (transgender women), [[androgynos]] (someone with both male and female characteristics, roughly equivalent to [[androgyne]] or [[bigender]]), and [[tumtum]] (someone whose sex is indeterminate or obscured, roughly equivalent to [[agender]]).
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===Victorian Era (17th-19th Century)===
*In the 17th century, English laws concerning inheritance sometimes referred to
*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>
*The Public Universal Friend (1752-1819) was a genderless evangelist who traveled throughout the eastern United States to preach a theology based on that of the Quakers, which was actively against slavery. The Friend was reanimated by God from a severe illness at age 24 with a new spirit, according to the Friend, which was genderless. The Friend refused to be called by the birth name, even on legal documents, and insisted on being called by [[Nullpronoun|no pronouns]]. Followers respected these wishes, avoiding gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries, and referring only to "the Public Universal Friend", "the Friend" or "P.U.F." The Friend wore clothing that contemporaries described as androgynous, which were usually black robes.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Universal_Friend</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
*[[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
==Flag and Symbols==
The non-binary flag was created by Kye Rowan in February of 2014. It was designed for non-binary
The alternate non-binary flag was created on the LGBTA fandom by user [[User:Blueberryjello|Blueberryjello]] on December 17, 2020. The yellow signifies someone who is not cisgender, the white signifies those who identify as multigender, the black signifies being agender, and the green signifies someone who is without reference to binary<ref>https://lgbta.wikia.org/f/p/4400000000000051180</ref>.
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The most common non-binary/genderqueer symbol was created by Johnathan R in 2012.<ref>https://genderqueerid.com/post/27216986889/cakemeister-because-people-seem-to-like-it</ref> It is similar to the male or female symbols, but instead of a cross on the female symbol or arrow on the male symbol, it uses an X or a star on the end. The use of the X denounces both binary genders, and the letter X is commonly used in non-binary pronouns and titles. The position, pointing straight up, also deviates from the positions of the male and female symbols.
Another non-binary flag was coined by [[User:Cryptocrew|Cryptocrew]] at [[User:Hayden000|Hayden000s]] request on January 15th of 2021 and was first [https://lgbta.wikia.org/f/p/4400000000000094761 published on a post] two days later. In the background of the flag, dark blue is for man-aligned non-binary
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.
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