Even if you don’t understand, you can still be there for us.
Our identity is valid.
It's real and it matters.
I'm Camille, I'm 22, non-binary.
I'm here to talk to you about non-binarity.
Non-binarity is an umbrella term for gender identities
beyond male/female.
That could mean being agender,
having no gender, being neutral.
Or identities that shift.
Imagine gender as a spectrum with male and female poles.
Some people move along the spectrum.
Like genderfluid, demigender, pangender people, and so on.
I never really felt connected to femininity.
At 18, I began questioning my gender identity.
I met a trans man I was with for a while,
and together we found the words to name my identity: non-binary.
He had more knowledge than I did,
so he helped me find the words.
Gender identity is who we are.
It’s how we feel and experience.
Gender expression is what we show to others.
It's how we express our gender identity.
Someone might identify as male,
but express their gender in a feminine way
with markers seen as feminine in society.
Like Bilal Hassani, a man with a feminine gender expression.
I told my parents I was non-binary.
I also said I wanted to change my name.
I was 20, so that was two years ago.