nonbinary

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non·bi·na·ry | \ ˌnän-ˈbī-nə-rē

, -ˌner-ē, -ˌne-rē \

Definition of nonbinary

: not binary: such as

a : not restricted to two things or parts nonbinary voting

b : of, relating to, or being a system of numbers that does not use 2 as its base nonbinary math

c : relating to or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that is neither entirely male nor entirely female … an effort to create more equality for nonbinary and transgender students across campus.— Phoebe Roe … many people with nonbinary genders use "they" and "their" pronouns …— Lucy Brisbane

Examples of nonbinary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Voters also gave at least eight transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming state candidates victories on Election Day, including tapping the nation's first openly transgender state senator. — Editors, USA TODAY, "Michigan officials, Georgia results, Transgender Day of Remembrance: 5 things to know Friday," 20 Nov. 2020 From Sarah McBride in Delaware to Mauree Turner in Oklahoma, there were a record number of trans and nonbinary people elected this week. — Charlotte Clymer, Glamour, "Don’t Just Celebrate the End of the Trump Era. Savor the Beginning of Something Better," 9 Nov. 2020 Johns hopes that the nation will remember trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people who have passed on–including longtime activist and griot, Monica Roberts, to all the Black trans lives that mattered. — Donna M. Owens, Essence, "Today Is Transgender Day Of Remembrance," 20 Nov. 2020 Britain allows those who have inherited dukedoms created half a millennium ago to sit in our Parliament, while recording on the legislature’s official website how many of them are nonbinary. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, "Earldoms for Girldom," 14 Nov. 2020 In Kansas and Oklahoma, trans and nonbinary people of color made history by being elected to their state’s legislature. — NBC News, "LGBTQ people of color keep breaking election barriers. And it 'feels amazing.'," 10 Nov. 2020 Since then, the independent, nonbinary Los Angeles bass producer has released their Revenge of the Unicorns EP on Never Day Die. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "21 Under 21: See Who Made the 2020 List," 6 Nov. 2020 Turner is nonbinary, meaning their gender identity is not strictly male or female. — Carmen Forman, USA TODAY, "Oklahoma elects Mauree Turner, the nation's first Muslim, nonbinary state legislator," 5 Nov. 2020 Covid-19 and the resulting closures of government offices are a new front in fighting voter disenfranchisement of trans and nonbinary people. — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, "The Quiet Suppression of Trans Voters," 30 Oct. 2020

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