Gender Identity and Expression

Your gender is how you feel about yourself and what your identity is.

You may feel more like a boy, girl, man, woman, neither, both, or somewhere in between.

Your gender is different to your sex. It can be about how you like to dress (gender expression), or how you like to act (gender role). There are lots of different ways that people experience and express their gender.

Non-binary typically means your gender identity is outside of being a woman or a man. Being non-binary can look like:

• Still being a woman or a man, or both of these
• Being not quite a woman or a man
• Being a woman or a man in some parts, and having other parts that are not these
• Not being a woman or a man at all
• Not having a gender at all.

There are lots of different ways to be non-binary. You may also use other words to describe your gender. You can also use a different set or multiple different sets of pronouns if you are non-binary (words like she, he, or they). You can ask someone for their pronouns if you are unsure. You can tell someone your pronouns to make sure they get them right.