gender variance
Beyond the binary
Gender variance is the degree to which someone's gender identity, expression, or behavior differs from conventional expectations for their assigned sex.
The term is clinical and neutral, used in psychology and medicine to describe the spectrum of ways people may not conform to traditional gender norms: The study examined gender variance in children.
It encompasses everything from mild nonconformity to transgender identity.
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- androgynyCombined sex characteristics
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
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