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Non-binary person

(Persona no binaria)

Ilustración de cuatro personas, una al lado de la otra. Unas se abrazan y otras se toman de las manos. Por encima, hay una cinta con los colores del género no binario.

This refers to people whose gender identity does not correspond to the spectrum of female and male gender binaries. Non-binary people can feel that their gender identity is: androgynous, in between feminine and masculine, neutral or unrecognized, multiple, partial, or culture specific. 

Many non-binary people do not use the he or she pronouns because they feel uncomfortable; others might use those pronouns despite not completely identifying with them. In English, they is often used as a gender-neutral pronoun. In Spanish, however, there is no official translation, although in some cases, elle is used (as an alternative that combines él and ella). 

The term non-binary person can be confused with queer person or genderqueer person. However, though they may be similar, they are not the same. The term queer person has a political and social connotation associated with sexual dissidence, while a genderqueer person entails a series of experiences that encompass each one of the gender identities and expressions that are part of it, without specifying which one. Some genderqueer people call themselves a man woman or a woman man to identify themselves and give it a political connotation; that is why it is associated to the trans community.

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