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A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common in the English-speaking world, especially in the United States. By contrast, some countries have laws preventing unisex names, requiring parents to give their children sex-specific ...
Vivian. Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine Vivianus and feminine Viviana, which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop.
In May 2021, the UK government rejected a petition calling for the legal recognition of non-binary as a gender identity. [ 182 ] Over 130,000 people signed the petition, [ 183 ] which stated allowing non-binary as a gender identity would ease gender dysphoria and protect non-binary people from transphobic hate crimes. [ 182 ]
While Charles, a more traditionally male-gendered name, ranked 50th for boys (chosen 5,983 times) gender-neutral variant Charlie was chosen 4,217 times (2217 times for girls, and 2000 times for boys).
When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.
Johns Hopkins University. John William Money (8 July 1921 – 7 July 2006) [ 8 ] was a New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University known for his research on human sexual behavior and gender. Believing that gender identity was malleable within the first two years of life, Money advocated for the ...
L. Carole LaFavor an Ojibwe novelist, activist and nurse [38] Richard LaFortune, a two spirit activist, author, community organizer, and artist [39] Olivia Laing, a British trans/nonbinary writer, novelist, and cultural critic [40] R. B. Lemberg, a bigender, queer author, poet, and editor of speculative fiction [41]
Dysphoria: Dysphoria, or gender dysphoria, refers to the pain, impairment, and stress one experiences, often interfering with everyday life, when their sex assigned at birth does not match their ...