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Even if you don’t understand,
you can still support and stand by us.

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Our identity is still real and valid.

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[Non-binary Stories]

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My name is Cami, I’m 22

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And I’m here to talk about 
my non-binary identity.

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Non-binary is an umbrella term
for any gender identity

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that isn’t exclusively masculine
or exclusively feminine.

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That could be agender

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“a” indicating 
the absence of gender

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which is neutral

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Or it could be a fluid identity.

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If we imagine gender 
as a spectrum

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with two poles:
masculine and feminine

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A fluid identity might
move around that spectrum.

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This includes people who are gender fluid,

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demigender, pangender, etc.

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I never really identified with femininity.

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At 18, I was already
questioning my gender identity

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and I met a trans man
who I dated for a while.

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Together, we put my identity into words: 
non-binary.

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I think that because he was
much more informed than me

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He was able to help me 
find the words to describe my identity

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Gender identity is who you are.

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It’s the gender you feel, 
that you live, that you experience.

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And gender expression
is what you present to the world.

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It’s the way you express your identity.

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For example, you could have
a masculine gender identity:

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So you’re a man,

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And your gender expression
could be feminine,