Even if you don’t understand, you can still support and stand by us.
Our identity is still real and valid.
[Non-binary Stories]
My name is Cami, I’m 22
And I’m here to talk about my non-binary identity.
Non-binary is an umbrella term for any gender identity
that isn’t exclusively masculine or exclusively feminine.
That could be agender
“a” indicating the absence of gender
which is neutral
Or it could be a fluid identity.
If we imagine gender as a spectrum
with two poles: masculine and feminine
A fluid identity might move around that spectrum.
This includes people who are gender fluid,
demigender, pangender, etc.
I never really identified with femininity.
At 18, I was already questioning my gender identity
and I met a trans man who I dated for a while.
Together, we put my identity into words: non-binary.
I think that because he was much more informed than me
He was able to help me find the words to describe my identity
Gender identity is who you are.
It’s the gender you feel, that you live, that you experience.
And gender expression is what you present to the world.
It’s the way you express your identity.
For example, you could have a masculine gender identity:
So you’re a man,
And your gender expression could be feminine,