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Gender beyond he and she

There are a lot of ways to express masculinity and femininity. Just walk through any shopping mall in America today, and you’ll see dozens of ways that boys and girls, men and women express themselves through fashion and in other manners. But for some people, the categories of man and woman, no matter how elastic, just don’t seem to fit. That’s where nonbinary gender identities come in.

Western societies have traditionally understood gender in binary terms, meaning just two distinct options—masculine or feminine, man or woman. But many cultures and communities have long recognized three, four, or even more genders. Recently, people who don’t see themselves as a man or a woman have become more assertive about their identities, here in the US and around the world. And researchers have begun to do more to explore the broad spectrum of gender identities beyond he and she.

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Gender beyond he and she

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

Gender beyond he and she

Featured Content

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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