Hi I'm confused about this post: /post/161001547111/falafellesbian-people-really-need-to-stop I thought nonbinary was a third gender? I understand that gender exists on a spectrum, but I don't understand why NB isn't considered a third gender? Please help
Hey! Nonbinary isn’t considered a third gender because as the post says, there are countless ways to be nonbinary. Every nonbinary person’s gender differs a bit from someone else’s it isn’t exactly the same for everyone. Like, there are different names for nonbinary genders such as genderqueer, agender, and just nonbinary, all of which differ from the other. And nonbinary itself is a spectrum, because you can have neutral-presenting nonbinaries, masculine-presenting nonbinaries, feminine-presenting nonbinaries, nonbinary people that are a mix of feminine and masculine, etc. Gender is a spectrum, and since it is, there are many variations to what “nonbinary” is, and calling it a third gender assumes all nonbinary people’s genders are exactly the same when they aren’t.
-Mod Sunny
