Agender people (‘a-‘ meaning “without”), also called genderless, gender-free, non-gendered, or ungendered, are those who identify as having no gender or being without a gender identity.

According to experts, around 1.7% of the population is born with intersex traits – comparable to the number of people born with red hair. Despite this, the term intersex is still widely misunderstood, and intersex people are massively underrepresented.

Bigender: Someone who identifies as both man and woman. Non-binary: Someone who rejects the binaries of male and female. Genderfluid: Someone whose gender identity changes.

Unisex is an adjective indicating something is not sex-specific, i.e. is suitable for any type of sex. The term can also mean gender-blindness or gender neutrality. The term ‘unisex’ was coined as a neologism in the 1960s and was used fairly informally.

Someone who’s asexual experiences little to no sexual attraction. Sexual attraction is about finding a specific person sexually appealing and wanting to have sex with them. However, everyone has a different experience with being asexual, and asexuality can mean different things to different people.

Someone who is asexual doesn’t experience sexual attraction and/or doesn’t desire sexual contact. Asexuals may also use shorthand like “Ace” to describe their sexual orientation. An asexual person can be straight, gay, bisexual or queer because sexual attraction is only one kind of attraction.

If you suddenly find out you’re asexual, more than likely you were since birth. However, you can become asexual. If you had a traumatic experience, either with sex itself or with relationships, you can become asexual and “lose” sexual attraction.

While some asexual people have trauma histories, sexual trauma does not cause asexuality. The right sexual experience or partner will not change someone’s asexual orientation.

A person who identifies as biromantic can be romantically attracted to multiple genders. When a person is asexual, they are not sexually attracted to anyone. Biromantic asexuals seek romantic, but not sexual, relationships with people of different gender identities.

No. Bro is for guys, as it’s short for “brother.” “Sis” us for gals.

Womxn? The Buzzfeed article above seems to set one thing straight – the only noun you should ever use to describe woman-presenting people as a whole is ‘woman/women’. A more inclusive alternative is the more recent ‘womxn’. Personally, this is my term of preference.

If you need to refer to someone who prefers gender-neutral pronouns in a formal context, you can use the gender-neutral honorific “Mx.” If you’re inviting me to your fancy dinner party, you can address the invitation to “Mx.

Singular they has become the pronoun of choice to replace he and she in cases where the gender of the antecedent – the word the pronoun refers to – is unknown, irrelevant, or nonbinary, or where gender needs to be concealed. It’s the word we use for sentences like Everyone loves his mother. But that’s nothing new.

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What is nonbinary? it’s an identity that is separate from male and female. Think of it this way—there are not only two genders, but many, and nonbinary is one. A nonbinary individual would most likely use they/them pronouns instead of he/him or she/her.

13. Agender / Gender-Neutral.

When asking about sex as a category, words like male, female and intersex should be used. Gender identity refers to the internal/psychological sense of self, regardless of what sex a person was assigned at birth. When asking about gender as a category, words like woman, man, and trans* should be used.

Turkish is a gender-neutral language except for a few sex-specific words (mostly naming professions or different sexes of livestock). The English third-person singular pronouns she, he, and it all correspond to a single Turkish pronoun, o.