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So I know on one hand this is a Very Serious Blog™️ but also...

We need more non-binary memes in the world

Show me the enby memes

It's 2 am and I should be sleeping, but

YES THESE ARE GREAT

Nonbinary sapphics, you don't have to sacrifice either part of your identity to be accepted. You can be very proudly nonbinary and still sapphic, and vice versa! Nonbinary lesbians, nonbinary woman-aligned bisexuals, and people who aren't entirely sure are extremely important to our communities and completely valid, wlw can have a complicated relationship with gender and nonbinary people can use binary terminology! You know who you are, and you don't have to water down any part of your identity to be more palatable to anyone.

(Image description: the inclusive lesbian, bisexual, aromantic, asexual, rainbow, nonbinary, demisexual, demiromantic, genderfluid, and intersex pride flags with the words “pride is for all of us” centered in white text.)

PSA: Yesterday's new character Shep is voiced by Indya Moore, who is also non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. 👌👌👌

How to Write Non-binary Characters: a three part guide.

Disclaimer: While this guide is written by a non-binary person in collaboration with many other non-binary writers and readers, it does not necessarily cover the views of all people within the non-binary community.

PART ONE: the basics.

First off, what is this thing you call non-binary?

Non-binary genders are any gender identity that isn’t covered in the Western idea of woman (girl) and man (boy). This identity has nothing to do with which chromosomes or sexual organs a person has. Some non-binary people also identify as being trans (which is technically an umbrella term containing non-binary), while others only identify as being non-binary. Some commonly use the slang term enbie (which comes from the pronunciation of the initials for non-binary, aka N.B.) while others don’t. Some break down their gender further than simply non-binary, while others choose not to.

Some terms for common non-binary genders:

Agender: having no gender.

Bigender: having both binary genders, or aspects of two different genders, usually simultaneously. (Much like the bi in bisexual, non-binary people may also claim this term if they have any number of genders, especially if they can’t quite tell where one ends and the other begins, or they may claim the term pangender instead.)

Demi-(boy/girl/man/woman): being partially (but not wholly) binary.

Gender-fluid: transitioning between genders, which may include both binary and non-binary genders.

Gender-queer (or just queer): not of a binary gender. May be used when someone does not feel that any other terms fit them quite right, when they’re still trying to determine their gender and don’t yet wish to choose a term, or simply because the person finds it to fit them best.

There are also genders similar to what Western cultures call non-binary in many non-Western cultures, which are wonderfully diverse and all incerdibly valid, but as someone from an exclusively Western cultural heratage, I don’t feel I have the right or the knoweldge to talk about them.

So then, who are these non-binary people in real life?

The only thing that differentiates a non-binary person from a binary person is that they don’t identify as having a binary gender.

Their non-binary-ness could influence their lives in an infinite number of ways:

Each non-binary person (and character) is unique, and their non-binary-ness is just one tiny part of who they are.

The basic do’s and don’ts for writing non-binary characters respectfully if you’re a binary person…

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Genderqueer/non-binary celebrities

Amandla Stenberg: non-binary actress and singer (The Hate U Give, The Hunger Games) [she/her; they/them]

Ezra Miller: genderqueer actor (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Justice League) [prefers he/him but is comfortable with all pronouns]

Chella Man: genderqueer YouTuber, actor & model (Titans) [he/him]

Brigette Lundy-Paine: non-binary actor (Atypical, The Glass Castle) [they/them]

Angel Haze: agender rapper & singer (Battle Cry, Cleaning out my Closet) [she/her; he/him]

Indya Moore: non-binary actor & model (Pose, Queen & Slim) [they/them]

Ruby Rose: genderfluid actress, model, talk show host, DJane (Batwoman, OitnB) [she/her]

Asia Kate Dillon: non-binary actor (Billions, OitnB) [they/them]

Quintessa Swindell: non-binary actor (Trinkets, Euphoria) [they, them]

Jonathan Van Ness: non-binary television personality, podcaster & hairdresser (Queer Eye) [prefers he/him but is also okay with they/them & she/her]

Feel free to add other celebrities or to correct me if I’ve got something wrong!

Lachlan Watson: Nonbinary actor (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) [they/them]

Liv Hewson: Nonbinary actor (Santa Clarita Diet, Let It Snow) [they/them]

Bex Taylor-Klaus: Nonbinary actor and voice actor [Voltron, Scream]

sam smith (they/them) - singer

gerard way (he/they) - member of mcr

dorian electra (they/them) - singer

sonicfox (they/them) - esports player

Rebecca Sugar! (they/them she/her) - Cartoon show-runner: “Steven Universe”

Jacob Tobia - non-binary voice actor (they/them) played Double Trouble on She-Ra!

Jay Harper- andro/gender-fluid actor and singer (they/them but comfortable with he/him and she/her), jayisjo (@jayhoward_official on twitter), performer in ‘Ultimate Storytime’

Karin Dreijer (Xe): non-binary/genderfluid, queer, Swedish singer/musician/songwriter and co-founder of the Knife. Also has solo project called Fever Ray (which is very queer). Feverray on Instagram and @feverray on Twitter.

Andrea Gibson (they/them): Non-binary slam poet and activist

I don’t identify as “male” or “female”. I identify as a problem

“The Switch” is the first transgender sitcom in history starring trans/non-binary lead cast, this is EVERYTHING

wait wait did I just watch a trailer for a show where a woman gets fired for being trans, loses her apartment and then moves in with her best friend who is an NB… environmental… assassin??

I… I need to watch this show

Okay but this looks hilarious and I wanna watch it

Okay so the first season is already out and they have to sell 100k copies to get the green light for season 2 so go here http://www.welovetheswitch.com and give them your money

I can’t buy it because I’m Australian, that sucks. This looks awesome, “then why do you have a crossbow” made me laugh harder then I thought I would. Ethical consumption laughter.

Please shere!!!

The trans clinics of Finland have decided to denide non-binary people from getting treatment.

Someone in the tags asked to make a transscript of this so it’s easier to read so I ended up doing so.

“The new scheme By Trans clinics to screw non-binary folks out of care and sanity.

Comic by Kimmo Lust

Hi! I’ve got some news for you about the new policies of the finnish trans clinics.

I mean, we’re pretty much at the point where things are really fucked up.

To summarise, the situation at the moment is that if you’re non-binary you have to lie at the transclinic.

We should be crystal clear that absolutely no-one should ever have to lie to get the treatment they need.

Let’s go through some background.

Even though our culture would like us to believe, gender is not a black and white thing.

Between men and women (Both trans and cis) lies many shades of gray.

Trannswomen and -men are given diagnosis for transseaxuality, F64.0.

And for those who don’t belong to a binary gender are given F64.8, other specified gender dysphoria. That is, non-binary gender identity.

There are no binding rules for standardised treatment, but the trans clinics have written referrals to hormone replacement therapy and for some specific surgical treatments from 2008.

There are two trans clinics in Finland, HUS and TAYS.

Early 2018 we learned that HUS has stopped giving referrals to any treatments for those who have been diagnosed with F64.8.

Some people who are not so familiar with the situation might wonder why this is so important.

Well let me tell you:

Non-binary people can feel just as uncomfortable in their bodies, that is to say they feel dysphoria, just as bad as binary trans people.

The dysphoria of non-binary people is exactly as valid as binary trans people.

Non-binary people who suffered from dysphoria need access to healthcare just as bas as binary trans people.

The fact that non-binary people are denied access to the care they need means that they are extremely susceptible psychological effect like anxiety, depression and possibly lead people toward self-harm and alienation from society.

This puts non-binary people into a position where they are forced to lie to get the healtcare that they require.

And it should go without saying that nobody should be forced to lie so that they get life-saving healthcare.

TRASEK RY, the trans patient advocacy organisation has been in touch with the trans clinics and the national institute for healt and welfare.

(Their demands regarding the care of non-binary people are clear. TRASEK’s demands from their press release on 17.8)

The care should be individualised, based on the needs of the patient and the decisions about the care should be transparent and happen in conjuction with the person being treated.

Diagnostics and treatment shouldn’t be concentrated on the gender identity of the individual, but rather be dictated by the needs of the person being treated.

The desire to acces tgese treatments should be handled as a question or self-determination and the confirmation of ones identity, not as a psycho-pathological symptom.

The availability of resources should be ensured so the patiens aren’t subjected to unreasonable waiting periods.

There should be nothing unusual about any of this. We should not have to fight for such basic human rights in this millenium.

It is a massive embarrassment to the whole finnish healthcare system that we have taken such colossal steps backwards after all the work we’ve done to establish these rights to gender minorities.

There are no alternatives than to get this fixed as soon as possible. ”

Hope this helped for those who can’t read the comics.

nonbinary pansexual and dragons

No one ever tells enbies that they don’t have to choose between masculine, feminine and androgynous

No one ever tells enbies they don’t have to use “passing” terminology

No one ever tells us that we can look however we want

No one ever told me that I don’t have to be stuck in cis and binary ideas of what it’s like to be nonbinary and that I don’t have to use their words for myself

Respect the fact that not everyone wants binary ideas of presentation and passing forced on them

Respect the fact that replacing the male/female binary with the masc/fem/andro trinary doesn’t help anyone

If you are a British citizen you should totally sign this petition to legally recognise non-binary identities:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/209325

I’m not from the UK but it might be interesting for some of you folks ! - Mod Leo

This needs 100,000 signatures by July 17th.

Not in the UK but sharing for people who are!

^^

Just signed this! Anyone else who can, please do so as well!

@thebibliosphere I know you’re not in the UK any longer, but I thought you might be interested in helping spread this (unless you’ve already reblogged in which case I haven’t seen your reblog yet so don’t mind me).

Not living there perhaps, but still very much a citizen, and wish my home country to be better than what it is <3

For yall in the UK!!!

Hey! Petitions can be great, but since the government is already considering this it’s kinda pointless in this case! It’s much more helpful for you to respond to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act and tell the government ALL the changes they should make for trans people in the UK, including recognising non-binary identities!

there’s a link via Stonewall here: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/our-work/campaigns/come-out-trans-equality?mc_cid=e80f275c36&mc_eid=6a98809db0

Stonewall also have a quick run-down on that page on what the most important questions are and what answers best support trans people! if ur in the UK pls go fill this out (tagging @thebibliosphere again since u were so nice and reblogged it last time)

Thank you for that piece of information! Happy to boost again.

Sign it guys!