The majority of people are either male or female, including the majority of transgender individuals. However, some individuals do not cleanly fall into the classifications of “man” or “woman,” or “male” or “female.” Some people, for instance, have a gender that is distinct from either male or female or that combines aspects of being a man and a woman. Some people don’t have a gender identity. Over time, some people’s gender shifts. Nonbinary is one of the most common terms used by people who identify as neither male nor female (often written with a hyphen as “non-binary”). Genderqueer, agender, bigender, genderfluid, and other terminology are also used. While the meanings of these terms differ, they all refer to a gender experience that is neither male nor female. Generally, you can ask nicely if you don’t know what a word means.
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