I highly agree with your first statement, i used to be a strict gender abolitionist. That changed when my aunt came out and was willing to have a discussion about what gender meant to her. I still definitely do not understand gender, it seems alien to me to identify with something so restrictive, but I now understand that for some people it does seem to be important to them. Thats all anecdote though, heres my question:
What is enby? Ive always identified as agender ever since i discovered that gender is important to some people. Is there a difference? Also thanks for your comment, ive always suspected that my refusal to participate in masculinity might be tied to low t, now it seems i should definitely get checked. Also is agender genderqueer?
Enby or NB (non-binary) is just a catch-all category for those of us who are genderqueer, whether two spirited, neither, alternating, both, third-gender or whatever, it all falls under enby.
Enby (from NB, from non-binary) is kind of an umbrella term to refer to anyone who doesn’t strictly identify with one of the binary genders (male/female). Agender would certainly fall in that category, as would other identities such as genderfluid, pangender, and many more. There are also plenty of people who don’t want and/or care to have a more specific label, and just refer to themselves as non-binary, full stop.
To the best of my understanding, genderqueer is also an umbrella term which means pretty much the same thing as non-binary, but has a somewhat more “radical” nonconformist connotation. There is significant overlap between the two terms and whether someone identifies with one term or the other or both is pretty subjective. Is agender genderqueer? If you identify with both terms, then it is :)
I highly agree with your first statement, i used to be a strict gender abolitionist. That changed when my aunt came out and was willing to have a discussion about what gender meant to her. I still definitely do not understand gender, it seems alien to me to identify with something so restrictive, but I now understand that for some people it does seem to be important to them. Thats all anecdote though, heres my question:
What is enby? Ive always identified as agender ever since i discovered that gender is important to some people. Is there a difference? Also thanks for your comment, ive always suspected that my refusal to participate in masculinity might be tied to low t, now it seems i should definitely get checked. Also is agender genderqueer?
Enby or NB (non-binary) is just a catch-all category for those of us who are genderqueer, whether two spirited, neither, alternating, both, third-gender or whatever, it all falls under enby.
OH enby = nb makes it click for me. Appreciate it
Enby (from NB, from non-binary) is kind of an umbrella term to refer to anyone who doesn’t strictly identify with one of the binary genders (male/female). Agender would certainly fall in that category, as would other identities such as genderfluid, pangender, and many more. There are also plenty of people who don’t want and/or care to have a more specific label, and just refer to themselves as non-binary, full stop.
To the best of my understanding, genderqueer is also an umbrella term which means pretty much the same thing as non-binary, but has a somewhat more “radical” nonconformist connotation. There is significant overlap between the two terms and whether someone identifies with one term or the other or both is pretty subjective. Is agender genderqueer? If you identify with both terms, then it is :)
Ah cool, that makes sense. Appreciate it!