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. Despite more visibility and public awareness, the nonbinary community, their identities, and the term itself are still widely misunderstood.
According to the Trevor Project’s definition, nonbinary “is a term used to describe people whose gender identity does not fit within the traditional construction of gender as a binary choice between exclusively male or exclusively female.”, “Being nonbinary is not a ‘third gender,’ but a stance and viewpoint that gender is a spectrum.”
Nonbinary identities have typically been grouped under the umbrella term of “transgender” , though the Trevor Project’s new research shows that only 50% of LGBTQ youth who identified as nonbinary also identified as transgender. It’s also important to note that the study’s rates of youth identifying as nonbinary were relatively comparable across races, ethnicities, and age groups, showing that nonbinary identities emerge regardless of someone’s background.
“Young people are using a variety of language to describe the nuances of their gender identity outside of the binary construction of gender,” said Jonah DeChants, research scientist for the Trevor Project, in a statement. “These data emphasize that, while there is certainly an overlap, youth understand ‘transgender’ and ‘nonbinary’ as distinct identity terms — and you cannot assume one’s identity simply based on the pronouns they use.
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