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A 2021 court ruling, Centre for Gender Advocacy et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, has struck down six legal provisions considered discriminatory towards trans and non-binary Quebecois, including one forbidding the use of non-binary gender designations, and another one prohibiting non-citizens to obtain a change of name and sex designation. [65]
Legal recognition of non-binary gender [when?] (The recognition of non-binary people by provincial governments varies across Canada. All provinces and territories have removed requirements for surgery, but many still do rely on a medical model of transness.) Legal recognition of non-binary gender on Canadian passports (Since 2019)
In May 2021, the UK government rejected a petition calling for the legal recognition of non-binary as a gender identity. [183] Over 130,000 people signed the petition, [184] which stated allowing non-binary as a gender identity would ease gender dysphoria and protect non-binary people from transphobic hate crimes. [183]
Being non-binary isn’t new, and both queer allies and the LBGTQ+ community can come together to understand the nuances of what this term means and to make life better for all gender-diverse people.
Genderqueer: Estefan Cortes-Vargas, 2015 [31] Cortes-Vargas publicly identified as a lesbian woman at the time of their election to the legislature, [32] and came out as non-binary during a debate in the legislature later in the year. Female: Janis Irwin, 2019; Two-spirit: Brooks Arcand-Paul, 2023 [33] Manitoba. Male: Jim Rondeau, 1999
15. Non-binary "Non-binary describes a person who does not identify clearly or exclusively as male or female," says Alexandra Bausic, MD, a board-certified OB-GYN, and sex educator at Let’s Talk ...
[22] Some non-binary identities are inclusive, because two or more genders are referenced, such as androgyne/androgynous, intergender, bigender, trigender, polygender, and pangender. [27]: 101 Some non-binary identities are exclusive, because no gender is referenced, such as agender, genderless, neutrois, and xenogender. [27]: 101–102
Non-binary “Non-binary describes a person who does not identify clearly or exclusively as male or a female, says Alexandra Bausic, M.D., a board-certified OBGYN, and sex educator at Let’s Talk ...