X-Gender

X-gender (Xジェンダー) is a term unique to Japan for a type of LGBTQ person who does not define their gender identity. In other countries, it is mainly referred to as non-binary.

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1 Overview

2 Related Articles

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3.1 English

3.2 Japanese

4 Article in Other Languages

Overview

X-gender (Xジェンダー, x-jendā) is primarily a Japanese term for LGBTQ people are those who feel a discrepancy between their physical appearance and their self-identified gender, but who do not have a fixed gender identity, or whose self-identified gender is neither female nor male, or both. It is sometimes treated as a umbrella term for transgender in a broad sense.

In other countries, there are various classifications and more detailed definitions of what falls under the X-gender category.

Non-binary (ノンバイナリー): People who are neither male nor female; sometimes called enby (エンビー) based on the pronunciation of the abbreviation "NB" for Non-binary.
Gender Neutral (ジェンダーニュートラル): A person who is either male or female and identifies as neutral.
Demi-gender (デミジェンダー): People who are not uncomfortable with their sex at birth, but who desire a different way of life than the socially defined gender views and roles.
Third Gender (サードジェンダー): A third gender. Traditionally recognized in some non-Western cultures, for example in India, where it is also recognized as a legal gender.
Genderfluid (ジェンダーフルイド): People whose self-identified gender is fluid and varies from day to day.
Agender (アジェンダー): A person who does not self-identify as any gender.

Non-binary is closest in meaning and definition to X-gender in Japan, and is used by many people. In Japan, it is also increasingly being used in legitimate news media, as in the case of Hikaru Utada coming out as non-binary.

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