By: Stella

Stella
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:28:59 +0000

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Queer usually refers to general LGBTQIA+ umbrella, but it really is a nebulous term that varies by individual. Usually just refers to “non-straight,” and/or “non-cisgendered” (cisgendered meaning identifying as the gender one was assigned at birth)

Nonbinary gender means that this person’s gender does not fit into the traditionally binary/mutually-exclusive masculine versus feminine gender identities. This could mean they don’t identify as either, identify with no gender at all, identify as some degree of both, identify as a “third”/outside gender, or experience gender fluidity.

Transgender is anyone who is not cisgendered. The two categories of transgender identity are binary (within the woman/man dynamic) and nonbinary. For instance, a trans woman who has been declared as male at birth, but lives as a woman would be a transgender person who fits in the binary dichotomy. Whereas, as an example, a person who was been declared male at birth, but does not identify with or feel they present as any gender, would be a nonbinary transgender person.

I hope this helps.