Transgender: [trans,] not identifying as the gender you were assigned at birth.
Nonbinary: not identifying as 100% male or 100% female. Aka existing outside the binary genders. This is a pretty broad definition- and the term nonbinary can actually mean something different for each person who uses the label!
-> there's also smaller subcategories/diffrent labels underneath it, such as demigender and genderqueer.
Technicly, nonbinary people fall under the trans umbrella and can use the label trans to describe themselves! But not all do.
Nonbinary can mean something different for each individual who identified as such. It doesn't nessiarily even have have be 100% gender nutrual- some people can still have a partial connection with identifying as male or female.
It's an umbrella term, and one that encompasses infinite types of identification outside of the binary. (Such as genderfluid, demigender, etc.)
Gender is weird though- it really is a social construct. Made by people to pidgeonhole us into 2 categories with no outliers. So labels have been created to break away from just male and female. But gender still preexists on a set spectrum: male, female, neither. It still consists of those two poles, those two identities in which we base gender around. It revolves around a preset concept. And honestly, if gender didn't even exist in the first place, we wouldn't even need labels.
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tips for nonbinary + trans folks <3
RandomIn short, this is a compilation of advice, experiences, and writings from your local nonbinary individual. Essentially, a bunch of of tips for trans folks regardless of their gender identity and presentation. This is mainly geared towards nonbinary...
