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The gender binary (also known as gender binarism) [1] [2] [3] is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system, cultural belief, or both simultaneously. [A] Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women). [4] [5] [6]
Accounts of transgender people (including non-binary and third gender people) have been uncertainly identified going back to ancient times in cultures worldwide. The modern terms and meanings of transgender, gender, gender identity, and gender role only emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.
Binary opposition is an important concept of structuralism, which sees such distinctions as fundamental to all language and thought. [2] In structuralism, a binary opposition is seen as a fundamental organizer of human philosophy, culture, and language. Binary opposition originated in Saussurean structuralist theory. [3]
Some countries now legally recognize non-binary or third genders, including Canada, Germany, [182] Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan. In the United States, Oregon was the first state to legally recognize non-binary gender in 2017, [7] and was followed by California and the District of Columbia. [9] [13]
The definition given above includes binary trans men and trans women and may also include people who are non-binary or genderqueer. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Other related groups include third-gender people, cross-dressers , and drag queens and drag kings ; some definitions include these groups as well.
Being non-binary isn’t new, and both queer allies and the LBGTQ+ community can come together to understand the nuances of what this term means and to make life better for all gender-diverse people.
It came with a red plaid skirt and tie, a navy bejeweled tank top and a fiddler hat. To my surprise and disappointment, I received everything but the tie—the only thing that I was really after.
Gender binary is the classification of sex and gender into two distinct, opposite, and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine. Gender binary is one general type of a gender system. Sometimes in this binary model, "sex", "gender" and "sexuality" are assumed by default to align. [2]