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«	I'm still not sure if I've found the correct label for my identity, and maybe I never will, but I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to learn about myself.	»
— Ramone, 18 (Transmasculine, ambonec, genderfluid)^[1]

Gender identity is someone's gender, regardless of physical characteristics (sex), intentional appearance and behavior (gender expression), or sexual orientation. Most people identify as the gender that they were assigned at birth, which is called being cisgender. Transgender people don't identify as the genders they were assigned at birth.

Binary genders[edit | edit source]

Main article: binary genders

Western society uses the gender binary system of categorizing all people into only one of the binary genders: female (woman) and male (man). The gender binary system is coercive and limiting, but the binary genders themselves are valid identities.

Nonbinary genders[edit | edit source]

Main article: nonbinary gender

Nonbinary gender is any gender that exists outside of the gender binary. That is, any gender not described by just "male" or "female". Even in societies that recognize only two genders, there are still people who find that they don't fit into those two. Despite the lack of recognition of nonbinary genders in Western binarist society, nonbinary genders are still valid identities, and are not a symptom of any mental illness.^[2]

Fluidity[edit | edit source]

Gender identity can remain the same or change over the course of an individual's life. Genderfluid people experience frequent changes in their gender identity, as often as monthly, weekly, or even several times a day. Other people, however, have the same gender identity throughout their entire life, with little to no change. It depends on the individual.

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ This quote is a snippet from an answer to the survey conducted in the year 2018. Note for editors: the text of the quote, as well as the name, age and gender identity of its author shouldn't be changed.
↑ Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence. 2017. ISBN 9781315446783. Certainly there is no evidence to suggest that non-binary genders are pathological.

[story-quote-1] This quote is a snippet from an answer to the survey conducted in the year 2018. Note for editors: the text of the quote, as well as the name, age and gender identity of its author shouldn't be changed.

[2] Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence. 2017. ISBN 9781315446783. Certainly there is no evidence to suggest that non-binary genders are pathological.

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-'''Gender identity''' is the experience of one's own gender, regardless of physical characteristics ([[sex]]), intentional appearance and behavior ([[gender expression]]), or [[sexual orientation]]. Most people identify as the gender that they were [[Sex#gender assigned at birth|assigned at birth]], which is called being [[cisgender]]. [[Transgender]] people don't identify as the genders they were assigned at birth.
+| quote = I'm still not sure if I've found the correct label for my identity, and maybe I never will, but I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to learn about myself.
+| name = Ramone
+| age = 18
+| identity = [[Transmasculine]], [[ambonec]], [[genderfluid]]
+}}
+[[Gender identity]] is someone's gender, regardless of physical characteristics ([[sex]]), intentional appearance and behavior ([[gender expression]]), or [[sexual orientation]]. Most people identify as the gender that they were [[sex#gender assigned at birth|assigned at birth]], which is called being [[cisgender]]. [[Transgender]] people don't identify as the genders they were assigned at birth.
-All societies and cultures have certain categories that people use to express their gender. In western cultures (i.e. Europe, America, Australia...), these categories are typically [[male]] and [[female]] ([[Binarism]]).  There are, however, other societies that have more than two recognized gender identities.
+==Binary genders==
+{{Main article|binary genders}}
+Western society uses the [[gender binary]] system of categorizing all people into only one of the binary genders: [[female]] (woman) and [[male]] (man). The gender binary system is coercive and limiting, but the binary genders themselves are valid identities.
-== Binary genders ==
+==Nonbinary genders==
-''See main article: [[binary genders]]''
+{{main article|nonbinary gender}}
+[[Nonbinary gender]] is any gender that exists outside of the gender binary. That is, any gender not described by just "male" or "female". Even in societies that recognize only two genders, there are still people who find that they don't fit into those two. Despite the lack of recognition of nonbinary genders in Western [[binarism|binarist]] society, nonbinary genders are still valid identities, and are not a symptom of any mental illness.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gender Dysphoria and Gender Incongruence|year=2017|ISBN=9781315446783|quote=Certainly there is no evidence to suggest that non-binary genders are pathological.}}</ref>
-Western society uses the [[gender binary]] system of categorizing all people into only one of the binary genders: [[female]] (woman) and [[male]] (man). The gender binary system is coercive and limiting, but the binary genders themselves are valid identities.
+==Fluidity==
-Masculine and feminine are used interchangeably with Male and Female.
+Gender identity can remain the same or change over the course of an individual's life. [[Genderfluid]] people experience frequent changes in their gender identity, as often as monthly, weekly, or even several times a day. Other people, however, have the same gender identity throughout their entire life, with little to no change. It depends on the individual.
-== Nonbinary genders ==
+== Notes ==
-''See main article: [[nonbinary gender]]''
+<references />
-[[Nonbinary gender]] is any gender that exists outside of the gender binary. That is, any gender not described by just "male" or "female". Even in societies that recognize only two genders, there are still people who find that they don't fit into those two. Despite the lack of recognition of nonbinary genders in Western [[Binarism|binarist]] society, nonbinary genders are still valid identities.
-Nonbinary gender identities are not recognised by most people in the western society, but there are societies where a third (or even more) gender is recognised: for example, [[Two-spirit]] (native Americans), [[Hijra]] (India) or the [[Gender in Bugis society|five genders of the Bugis people]] in Indonesia (''makkunrai'', ''oroané'', ''bissu'', ''calabai'', and ''calalai'').
-== Fluidity ==
-Gender identity can remain the same or change over the course of an individual's life.
-[[Genderfluid]] people experience frequent changes in their gender identity, as often as monthly, weekly, or even several times a day. Genderfluid is a broad category of gender identities that share the characteristic of frequent change. This category can include [[multigender]] identities, such as [[bigender]], depending on how an individual defines themself under those terms.
-However, other people have the same gender identity throughout their entire life, with little to no change. It depends on the individual.
 [[Category:Concepts]]