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Gender-neutral language, also called gender-inclusive language, is the practice of using words that don't give an idea of someone being female or male. For example, the word "fireman" gives the idea that a person in that work is male. An offer for a job as a "cleaning lady" gives the idea that only a woman should do the job. The gender-neutral alternatives are to say "fire fighter" and "janitor," respectively. Then it is easier to see that these jobs can be done by a person of any gender. Gender-neutral language is important in feminism, because changing the way that people talk can help make sexist ideas less common. For example, the sexist idea that some jobs should only be done by people of certain genders.
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Gender variance in spirituality is a topic that many religions address, whether their view about it is positive, negative, or open to interpretation. This article should collect information about how religions and spiritual paths view gender variance, particularly nonbinary and other transgender people, as well as intersex people. (It can be open to interpretation whether a person described in old religious writings as having both female and male qualities would be intersex, transgender, or nonbinary. It can also be open to interpretation whether a mythological figure described as a woman in men's clothing is a transgender man or a gender nonconforming woman.) It should collect information about gender variant deities and mythological beings, as well as religions' policies about actual gender variant people. Ideally, it should have a practical focus on what nonbinary people need to know in order to safely interact with religion and spirituality.
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The list of fictional depictions of nonbinary gender is for taking note of all examples of nonbinary gender identity in fiction in any kind of media. The media includes animation, board and card games, books and other literature, comics and graphic novels, movies, performance, TV, webseries, and video games. Since most people don't know that people can have a nonbinary gender identity, the way that nonbinary genders are represented in fiction can be a valuable part of nonbinary visibility and awareness. Fiction can also be an outlet for nonbinary people to explore their identities and the possibilities of society's attitudes toward them. These are reasons why representation matters. It's very rare for fiction to have any real representation of nonbinary gender. It's almost as rare for characters to have an undisclosed gender, or to have a fictional sex, which almost but not really counts as nonbinary representation. They're close enough that they are dealt with on this page anyway, since sometimes the distinctions aren't clear.
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Xenogender (coined by Baaphomett in 2014, from xeno alien + "gender") is a nonbinary gender identity "that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things." Xenogender isn't defined in relation to "female" or "male" (the binary genders), but by other kinds of ideas that most people don't think of as having to do with gender. When people talk about nonbinary gender, they often find that there aren't any words for their experiences. This is called a lexical gap. In order to fill a lexical gap, this wiki takes up "xenogender" as an umbrella term for an entire category of nonbinary genders that are defined by characteristics with no relation whatsoever to "female" or "male."
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Recognition of non-binary gender identities in law and other paperwork is an important issue confronting modern society. This also deals with policies about transgender people in general and related policies about intersex people. Recognition here means whether an organization acknowledges that such people exist and have valid identities, and the organization does this by routinely giving them a place where they aren't forced into being wrongly categorized as a gender that doesn't match their gender identity. In the case of recognition of nonbinary people, this means the system doesn't force them to wrongly say they are one of the binary genders (female or male). Through networking and activism, people can find out which organisations acknowledge non-binary genders, and can ask for acknowledgement from organisations that still need to do so.
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Gender dysphoria refers to negative feelings arising from some aspect of gender experience, possibly including but not limited to:
*An assigned gender different from one's gender identity.
*Body dysphoria, where one’s sexual characteristics seem wrong.
*Other’s perceptions of one’s gender.
*Social treatment related to perceived or assigned gender.
The term gender dysphoria can refer to individual instances of gender dysphoria, as in, “Calling someone by the wrong pronouns can evoke gender dysphoria.”
It can also be used diagnostically, referring to persistent and clinically significant discomfort with an assigned gender. Healthcare professionals typically reference either the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) in order to confirm a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
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A gender neutral title is an alternative to the gendered honorifics Miss, Mrs, Ms and Mr, for people who don't fit the gender binary and therefore don't feel that a gendered title fits their identity. It is used in formal situations when it is inappropriate to refer to someone by their first or last name only. However, there is quite a lot of people who would prefer to never be referred to with a title. In the 2018 Gender Census, 32.2% of respondents didn't want to use a title for themselves.
For the most part, gender neutral titles without qualification/career connotations are not recognised by the general public or businesses/organisations. Activists and supporters are working toward awareness and acceptance of alternative titles. The generally accepted gender neutral titles are associated with qualifications and careers, such as Dr (Doctor) and Rev (Reverend).
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From ancient history to the present, many cultures around the world that have established gender-variant identities worldwide, some of which are accepted as an essential part of their societies. These are the gender identities and roles that Western anthropologists have called third gender, because they are different than the Western gender binary idea of cisgender, heterosexual, masculine men and feminine women. Identities that have been called "third gender" are often transgender and nonbinary, and the "third gender" label pushes that interpretation. However, many of the identities that anthropologists call third gender are not nonbinary identities. This is part of why "third gender" is a problematic colonialist label. It can also be colonialist and problematic to call these identities by outside labels such as "transgender" and "nonbinary," in cases where the people in question haven't said that they would call themselves by those words.
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Pronouns are a part of language used to refer to someone or something without using proper nouns. In standard English, some singular third-person pronouns are "he" and "she," which are usually seen as gender-specific pronouns, referring to a man and a woman, respectively. A gender-neutral pronoun or gender-inclusive pronoun is one that gives no implications about gender, and could be used for someone of any gender. Some languages only have gender-neutral pronouns, whereas other languages have difficulty establishing any that aren't gender-specific. People with non-binary gender identities often choose new third-person pronouns for themselves as part of their transition. They often choose gender-neutral pronouns so that others won't see them as female or male.
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Mal Blum

Mal Blum (born July 7, 1988) is an American songwriter, musician, writer and performer from New York. They have described themself as "a #transgender #nonbinary #transsexual #pansexual #bisexual menace."Instagram post, October 11 2018
They spent their early career promoting self-booked DIY solo tours and supporting musicians including Melissa Ferrick, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Jeffrey Lewis. In 2014, they signed to Don Giovanni records and announced they would be working on a new album produced by Marissa Paternoster of the band Screaming Females. Before that point, they had never worked with a record label and fan-funded or self-funded recording costs. After the Don Giovanni release of You Look a Lot Like Me in 2015, Blum began touring nationally as a three piece with a bassist and drummer, contributing to what critics called a "more developed but still gritty, punk" sound. They came out as trans and had top surgery during the four years they were working on their latest album, "Pity Boy", which released in 2019.
==References==
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Mar Hicks

Mar Hicks is a historian of technology, gender and modern Europe, notable for their work on the history of women in computing. They are Associate Professor of History at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
They are the author of Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing, published by MIT Press in 2017.
==Links==
*Website
*Twitter
==References==
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Category: Genderqueer people
Category: Nonbinary people
Maria Munir

Maria Munir is a public speaker and human rights defender who speaks out on a range of discrimination issues, including transgender rights and nonbinary discrimination. 
In April 2016, Munir came out as nonbinary on live television at a question and answer session with former US President Barack Obama during his state visit to the United Kingdom. The decision to declare their nonbinary identity publicly gained significant media discussion of nonbinary rights and Munir was interviewed about their views on the subject by The Guardian, Channel 4, The Telegraph and others. on 17 July 2023
Munir has campaigned so that the UK Equality Act 2010 extend its provisions to nonbinary individuals. Approximately 250,000 people are not recognized by this act.
Munir was born with unilateral facial palsy across the left side of their face. They created a poster campaign highlighting the symptoms of facial palsy, and worked with Fixers UK to broadcast a segment on the television program Calendar on ITV Tyne Tees about the effects of the condition, on 17 July 2023 on 17 July 2023 and addressed a conference of the Royal Society of Medicine in October 2015, to an audience of paediatricians and other professionals.
==Political career==
Munir has been an active member of the Liberal Democrats, standing as a council candidate in their home town of Watford in the 2016 Watford Borough Council election. They stood in the Vicarage ward, a Labour Party stronghold, coming fourth with 279 votes. Munir campaigned for Sal Brinton's election as the Party Chair, and co-wrote the Your Liberal Britain strategy for the Liberal Democrats in September 2017 with Elaine Bagshaw, Duncan Brack, Rory Freckleton, Lee Howgate, Scott Smith, and Stephen Tall.
== Awards ==
In 2016 Munir was shortlisted for the Christine Jackson award by the advocacy group Liberty for their work highlighting the inequality which exists in UK law relating to nonbinary people. They were also named as one of 8 Girls' Champions as part of the BBC's 100 Women series.
==Links==
*Website
*Twitter
==References==
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Marieke Nijkamp

Marieke Nijkamp is a Dutch New York Times bestselling author of novels for young adults. Marieke is queer, nonbinary, and disabled, and is autistic. They are the founder of DiversifYA and a founding member and advisor of We Need Diverse Books.
==Published works==
*This Is Where It Ends (2016)
*Before I Let Go (2018)
*Even If We Break (2020)
*The Oracle Code
*Unbroken: 13 stories starring disabled teens (editor)
*At the End of Everything (2022)
==References==
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Mark Oshiro

Mark Oshiro is a queer nonbinary LatinxInstagram bio, retrieved March 4, 2021 Archived on 17 July 2023 author and activist. Their first novel, Anger is a Gift, won the 2018 Schneider Family Book Award and was nominated for a 2019 Lambda Literary Award.
==Published works==
*Anger is a Gift (2018)
*Each of Us a Desert (2020)
==Links==
*Website
*Instagram
==References==
Category: Activists
Category: Authors
Category: Nonbinary people
Marti Gould Cummings

Marti Gould Cummings or Marti Gould Allen-Cummings is a drag performer living in New York City. They have said that their greatest performance influence is Justin Vivian Bond.
In 2019, they announced their running for a space on the New York City Council in the 2021 election.
==References==
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Masculine of center

Masculine of center (MoC) is a queer masculine identity. As described by the grassroots organization BUTCH Voices, this is a term that was "coined by B. Cole of the Brown Boi Project, that recognizes the breadth and depth of identity for lesbian/queer/womyn who tilt toward the masculine side of the gender scale and includes a wide range of identities such as butch, stud, aggressive/AG, dom, macha, tomboi, trans-masculine etc."
Masculine of center is not a trans-only identity; cis women can also be masculine of center.
The term "masculine of center" has been criticized for oversimplifying "gender expression down to a simple gradiation, with pure femininity on one end and pure masculinity on the other."
== Notable people ==
One notable person who identifies as masculine of center is the American fashion designer and activist Nik Kacy, who also identifies as third sex and genderfluid.
== Masculine of center characters in fiction==
There are many more nonbinary/genderqueer characters in fiction. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called "masculine of center"/"masc of center", either in the canon, or by their creators.
* Whirlwind, by Reese Morrison, is a collection of interconnected short romance/sex stories. One of the main characters, Carla, describes himself as genderqueer and masculine-of-center.
* In the romance/suspense novel A Jade's Diamond, by Char Dafoe, one of the main characters is a stone butch millionaire named Trystan Diamond, who uses singular they pronouns and describes themself as "masculine of centre".
==See also==
*Feminine of center
*Transmasculine
==References==
==Further reading==
*Autostraddle's Masculine-of-Center Roundtable: How We Do It and What It Means To Us
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Masculinity

Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles commonly associated with boys and men. Any gender can exhibit masculine traits and behavior. Those exhibiting both masculine and feminine characteristics can be considered androgynous.
Women can also express masculine traits and behaviors. In Western culture, female masculinity has been codified into identities such as "tomboy" and "butch". Although female masculinity is often associated with lesbianism, expressing masculinity is not necessarily related to a person's sexuality. In feminist philosophy, female masculinity is often characterized as a type of gender performance which challenges traditional masculinity and patriarchy.
The phrase "toxic masculinity" refers to certain masculine cultural norms that are associated with harm to society, such as the social pressures placed upon men to be violent, competitive, independent, and unfeeling.
==Examples of masculinity in modern Western culture==
*Muscular bodies are considered masculine, as well as body movements and postures that "take up space".
* A flat chest is considered masculine.
* Short hair on the head is considered masculine.
* Trousers, suits, bowties and neckties are considered masculine.
==See also==
*Femininity
*Transmasculine
==Further reading==
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Masha Gessen

Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist, author, translator, and activist who has been an outspoken critic of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Gessen holds both Russian and US citizenship.
Gessen writes primarily in English but also in their native Russian. In addition to being the author of several non-fiction books, they have been a prolific contributor to such publications as The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, New Statesman, Granta, Slate, Vanity Fair, Harper's Magazine, The New Yorker, and U.S. News & World Report. Since 2017, they have been a staff writer for The New Yorker.
==Awards==
* 2005: National Jewish Book Award for Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace 
*2012: Stora Journalistpriset (Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism), Guest of Honor
* 2013: Liberty Media Corporation, Media for Liberty award for their article "The Wrath of Putin," published in the April 2012 edition of Vanity Fair
* 2015: University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal, 24th recipient
*2017: National Book Award for Nonfiction for The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
*2018: Hitchens Prize 
==Links==
*Twitter
==References==
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Mason Alexander Park

Mason Alexander Park is a nonbinary actor of stage and screen. They have been in the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the one-person play I Am My Own Wife, the Nickelodeon TV shows Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures and iCarly, the film Before You Know It, and more. In 2020 it was announced that Mason would play the role of Gren in Netflix's live-action version of Cowboy Bebop. They also play Jendrix, a genderqueer character, in the musical podcast Loveville High.https://www.masonalexanderpark.com/ Archived on 17 July 2023
For their role as The Emcee in Olney Theatre Center's production of Cabaret, they won a 2020 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical.
In 2021 they were cast to play Desire – a nonbinary immortal, a sibling of the title character – in the television adaptation of the graphic novel series Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists.
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*Instagram
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Mastectomy

Mastectomy, sometimes called masculine chest reconstruction is a type of top surgery which removes a person's breasts and creates a masculine-appearing "flat" chest area. Mastectomy is sometimes sought by transgender and/or nonbinary people.
Mastectomy as a gender-affirming surgery is not as painful or traumatic as mastectomy to remove breast cancer or lumps, because the latter usually has to remove lymph nodes. Gender-affirming mastectomy is a short, single-stage procedure done under general anesthesia at a surgery clinic or hospital. The patient goes home the same day. The recovery process depends on which method for mastectomy the patient had. 
These are a few of the different methods for mastectomy. These options vary depending on what is possible or best for that patient's anatomy. They also vary from one surgeon to the next, since each has a specialty or a preferred method.
* Double incision with free nipple grafts. In this surgery, both the breast tissue and the nipples are removed. Then, nipples are reconstructed in a typically male position. This usually causes loss of sensation in the nipples and the areolae.
* Inverted-T or T-Anchor: This surgery is similar to the previous one, but the nipple is not removed, which means that the person is much more likely to still have nipple sensation. The nipple stays attached to the body with a piece of skin, and moved higher up on the chest after the breast volume is taken away. This creates a scar on each breast shaped like an upside down capital letter T, with a long horizontal scar below the pectoral muscle, and a vertical scar going up from the middle of that to the nipple. 
* Peri-areolar. In this surgery, the surgeon makes two incisions around the areolae in order to remove the breast tissue. Scarring is minimal, but it often requires further revision surgeries to reduce puckering from extra skin. Only people with medium to small chests are eligible.
* Keyhole. A semi-circular incision is made under the areola, and the breast tissue is removed through it. Otherwise it is similar to peri-areolar.
People with uteruses are still able to get pregnant after having a mastectomy/masculine chest reconstruction. If they do get pregnant, the person can experience swelling in the chest area and may possibly start lactating. These changes may be upsetting but they almost always go away after the pregnancy is over.
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Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is an American author and activist. She is the author of a memoir and three novels, and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies.
Sycamore was born in Washington, D.C. to a Jewish family
 and was raised in the Potomac Highlands neighborhood of Rockville, Maryland. After spending a year in college at Brown University, in 1992 she moved to San Francisco where she became involved in activism with ACT UP.
Sycamore opposed the push among the LGBT movement for same-gender marriage, arguing that it distracts from more pressing issues like the securing of universal health care and housing security for all. Sycamore also opposed the LGBT movement's focus on inclusion in the US military, arguing instead that the movement should be focused on opposing the harmful impacts of the military at home and abroad.
==Quotes==
==Books==
*Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About Their Clients (2000, editor)
*Pulling Taffy (2004)
*Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving (2004, editor)
*That's Revolting: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (2004, editor)
*Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (2006, editor)
*So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (2008)
*Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform (2012, editor)
*Sketchtasy Vancouver (2018)
*The End of San Francisco (2013)
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Mauree Turner

Mauree Nivek Rajah Salima Turnerhttps://www.maureeturner.com/about Archived on 17 July 2023 is an American politician and community organizer. In November 2020, they were elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, making them the first publicly nonbinary USA state-level lawmaker and the first Muslim member of the Oklahoma Legislature. Turner got 71.4% of the vote, handily defeating their opponent, Republican Kelly Barlean.https://ballotpedia.org/Mauree_Turner Archived on 17 July 2023 
Turner campaigned on issues including criminal justice reform, improving public education, raising the minimum wage, and improving healthcare options.https://www.maureeturner.com/community-issues Archived on 17 July 2023
==Links==
*Website
*Twitter
*Instagram
==References==
Category: Nonbinary people