What is "Gender?"
'Gender' refers to socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities of individuals. This includes a variety of identities, such as male, female, and nonbinary. It also refers to how individuals express themselves through behavior, appearance, and other characteristics. The most important concept of 'gender' to note is its complete social aspect.
Below are three common gender / gender expression / gender identity types accompanied by their representative flags!
Nonbinary
Nonbinary describes individuals whose gender identity falls outside of male and female. Nonbinary people may feel both male and female, neither, or something entirely different.
Transgender
Transgender individuals' gender identities differ from the sex they were assigned at birth. This means their internal sense of being male, female, or something else does not align with their biological sex.
Androgynous
Androgyny refers to the ambiguity of traditional masculine and feminine characteristics, whether it is in appearance, behavior, or identity.
Find out how 'gender' differs from 'sex!'