Gender

As you all might know, this is a touchy subject in our school right now, so I would like to set things straight. Being a person that has questioned this subject myself, I might know a thing or two. Sex is the parts that you were born with (Male or female.) Gender, on the other hand, is a completely different topic. It is about which sex you feel in your head than your natural-born sex. If you feel anything other than your natural-born sex you would be called queer. Queer is an umbrella term, meaning that, it has subcategories in it that further define how you feel. I will now list the main subcategories and explain to you what they mean.

Non-Binary- An umbrella term for genders that fall somewhere in the middle of the gender spectrum and are neither strictly male or female.  This can be used as a gender identification without further explanation. Sometimes the term, genderqueer, is used.

Genderfluid- Moving between genders or having a fluctuating gender identity from day to day

Agender- Not identifying with any gender.  Sometimes referred to as being genderless 

Bigender-  Identifying as two genders, commonly (but not exclusively) male and female.  Sometimes you feel like both genders at the same time and sometimes you fluctuate.

Polygender- When you identify with multiple genders at once.  Sometimes referred to as multigender.

If you are thinking that one of your peers feels like this if you just ask them they will most likely tell you what they are. Most of the time they will also tell you the pronouns that they would like you to use. The most common one is they/them for example when you would use he/she pronouns you would use they. When you would use him/her pronouns, you would use them. In all, we would like to coexist and be accepted by the community. Thank you for understanding the community through this time of change. 

Best regards 

Spiderseatpenguins