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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Practically speaking, what does non-binary mean?

It’s not bisexual, right? That means liking both men and women sexually.

Non-binary relates more to the individual than their sexual preference, correct?

But what does that mean?

It’s troubling that this thread makes it sound like non-binary means a woman who prefers pants and isn’t a wallflower. If that’s the definition, then I suppose most successful women fall in that category. [/quote]

Me again.

Google lists non-binary celebrities including Ruby Rose.

Maybe it’s because I’m old (pushing 50), but people I know IRL who identify as queer seemingly fit the bill. These are more butch or masculine females who are attracted to feminine females. They dress in more masculine clothing. Like Ruby Rose, they sometimes use makeup or dress provocatively.

A select few are asexual, and a couple identify that way.

Google definitions say non-binary essentially means queer or asexual. [/quote]
Then why don’t they identify as butch lesbian?[/quote]

Because queer was the label of choice when they came of age?

I dunno.

Older folks from the lgbt community don’t even add the Q because they find the word offensive. I can think of a nonprofit that serves gay senior citizens that only uses lgbt and refuses to use Q for that reason. But the subsequent generation that came of age in the 90s/early 00s took back the word and has a queer-positive messaging campaign. Pronouns weren’t a thing then.

I suppose this is just the evolution of labels.

I get that it’s useful to put this out there to increase representation, but I suspect it’s rather limiting for actors to adopt such labels. [/quote]

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