# Help me understand non-binary gender

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-non-binary-gender/970826 "2022-09-02T17:31:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-non-binary-gender/970826/3 "2022-09-02T17:54:10Z")

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I started a thread on this subject a few years ago and there was some interesting discussion:

> [@Fluctuating gender (genderfluid) discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluctuating-gender-genderfluid-discussion/827646):
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> I’d like to have a discussion on genderfluidity. I’m here to learn, but to be honest, I’m starting from a skeptical viewpoint. First, I want to make it clear that I would never discriminate against someone who was or claimed to be genderfluid. I would use the pronoun(s) and name(s) that they prefer. I’m not interested in telling people who are genderfluid that they are not so or trying to convince them to conform to one gender or another. My first point of skepticism is that the claims of g…

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