gender nonconformity
Beyond binary norms
Gender nonconformity is behavior, appearance, or identity that doesn't match conventional expectations for one's assigned sex.
A boy who wears dresses or a woman with a crew cut and masculine demeanor exhibits gender nonconformity.
The term is neutral and descriptive, used in clinical and social contexts: Gender nonconformity in childhood doesn't predict adult sexual orientation.
Some people embrace gender nonconformity as an identity; others simply live in ways that happen not to fit traditional gender roles.
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- they themThird-person neutral pronouns
- LGBTQ+ rightsProtections for sexual minorities
- androgyneBeing of mixed sex
two-spirit · drag · masculinity · femininity · transgender rights · genderfluid · sexual orientation · anti-discrimination laws · bigender · visibility · clothing · dress codes · presentation · liberation · boundaries · queerness · freedom · expression
- gender identitynonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, bigender, agender
- androgynyandrogyne, epicene, unisex, genderqueer, nonbinary
- gender rolesmasculinity, femininity, traditional roles, domestic roles, family roles
gender nonconformitygender conformity
Matching expected sex-based behaviors
heteronormativity · fitting in · traditional masculinity · passing
gender nonconformityconventionality
Adherence to accepted customs
conformism · social conformity · fitting in · orthodoxy · conservatism