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* "Trans" or "transgender" describes any person whose experienced gender differs from the sex assigned to them at birth.

** These terms are purely adjectives, not nouns, when used properly. There is no such thing as "a trans"; there are "trans people", "trans men", "trans women", etc.

* "Nonbinary" or "non-binary" describes anyone whose gender does not align with either the male gender or the female gender. Like "trans", "nonbinary" is an adjective, not a noun. It's also not a "third gender", but rather any ~~experienced~~ gender ~~which~~ falls outside of the stereotypical gender binary, including those with multiple genders or no gender.

* "Nonbinary" or "non-binary" describes anyone whose gender does not align with either the male gender or the female gender. Like "trans", "nonbinary" is an adjective, not a noun. It's also not a "third gender", but rather any perception of one's personal gender that falls outside of the stereotypical gender binary, including those with multiple genders or no gender.

** "Agender" people are a group of non-binary people who prefer not to identify themselves with ''any'' gender identity in particular.

** "Bigender" people shift between the two traditional genders, while "trigender" do the same but between the two traditional gender and a third gender identity.

** "Genderfluid" people perceive their gender identity is in a constant state of flux, without a definite "fixed" point they'd like to settle on.

** "Demigender" and "demiflux" people identify with two or more different gender identities at the same time, both of which are fixed - for example a demi-girl would feel female but gender wise would also have elements of male gender (or something else) in everyday life.

** "Pangender" people identify with every and all existing gender identities, or just some of them, in which case this group might be referred to as "polygender" or "omnigender".

** "Xenogender" people perceive their gender to be entirely out of even the expanded human gender spectrum - for example, they might [[Memetic Mutation|identify as an attack helicopter]].

* "Enby" (plural "enbies") is a term often (but not necessarily always) accepted by nonbinary people. It comes from "NB", which stands for "non-binary", and it is a noun that can be used for nonbinary people in the same vain as "man" or "woman".

* "Queer" is generally an umbrella term for non-normative people, that is, people whose existence contradict cisnormativity and heteronormativity. Exact definitions vary and are constantly evolving, but it is most typically associated with opposition to the gender binary and is popular with nonbinary people.

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{{examples|Portrayals of trans people and trans issues in fiction include:}}

== Anime and Manga ==

* In the manga adaption of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]'', Yamazaki befriends a pre-op trans woman, and even gets a job to pay for her operation. Unfortunately, this charity offends the trans woman, and so she ends the friendship.{{context|reason=Why specifically would this charity offend her?}}