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Bangor City Council in Gwynedd, Wales, has appointed what is claimed to be the world's first "non-binary" city mayor.

“milk from the feeding mother or parent” The stated goal, as described in a 19-page document: to be more “inclusive of trans and non-binary birthing people without excluding the language of women of motherhood.” Brighton and Sussex Maternity broke the news via Twitter: Today, we are launching the UK’s first clinical and language guidelines supporting trans and non-binary birthing people. Included images announced, “We are celebrating gender inclusion at BSUH Maternity Services.” A...

Where did the term originate? According to an article in them., the first documented use of the word “agender” was on an internet forum called UseNet, back in the year 2000. In a chat room, one user posted: “God is amorphous, agender, […] so image can’t be a physical or gender or sexual thing.” Is this the same thing as being gendervoid? Being agender is similar to being gendervoid. Both are characterized by a lack of gender. However, according to LGBTA Wiki, bei...

Who may not fit within the dominant culture that is white, male, straight, agender. >> first of all, thank you for your service to the country. and as you know, it can be so challenging in an environment where you dont know if you belong or if who you are means that you will not be accepted. and of course, that was the message that "dont ask, dont tell" sent to so many service members. and when that changed, it made a huge difference because actually, even though the military is considered more ...

>> so i remember, my heart was pounding so hard, and i felt like i couldnt breathe. >> hi. >> i identify as agender. i dont have a gender. i love being a boy or a girl. i dont feel like any of that. >> i said to her, im going to cry and immediately i started crying. she said, i am, too. >> thats okay, because i love you. very much. and i just want you to be you and be true to yourself or you wont be happy. >> what did it mean to you she was totally accepting? >> we became best friends. i feel li...

Learn about gender and in turn, its changing the way an entire generation sees itself, including chandler. >> chandler here. when i first came out as a-gender. i felt alone, so i made my video, what is a gender, i talk about what this means to me and what my experiences are. very quickly that video started growing and growing and growing. >> what does that feel like to know there are so many other people who felt the way you feel? >> felt really validating knowing that its okay to feel this way....

>> and a key part of that is having someone to grow with. >> its our new home. >> when you two met, was it instant? >> we liked each other a lot, but the timing wasnt right. but a few years later we reconnected. and when we had our first kiss, it really did feel like fireworks. >> when chandler and zander first met, they both identified as girls. since then everything has changed. chandler identifies as agender. he identifies as flux. >> i joked about how i was a lesbian. and im dating a guy and...

>> how exactly have the hormones changed you? >> i can see some changes like my voice dropping and my jaw line right here, that was another thing i wanted to be more permanent. >> do you want to grow facial hair? >> im not -- >> it seems like a pain to me. >> i dont know how i feel about it. i can just shave. the end goal is i want people to refer to me with gender neutral language, have a blend of both. >> its the next step, gender neutral pronouns to reflect a genderless identity. >> hi, im ol...

Its changing the way an entire generation sees itself, including chandler. >> hey, everyone, chandler here. when i first came out as agender, i felt alone. so i made my video, what is gender, and i talk about what this means to me and what my experiences are. very quickly that video started growing and growing and growing. >> what does that feel like to know there are so many other people who felt the way you feel? >> felt really validating knowing that its okay to feel this way. a bunch of othe...

Started weekly injections of the male hormone, testosterone. >> for people under the age of 18 do they need 3permission for testosterone? >> there are permanent effects. >> the permanent effects include more facial and body hair and a deeper voice. chandler isnt trying to become a boy. instead, the hope is to find a neutral point somewhere in the middle of masculine and feminine. >> chandler, you are a-gender. why do you need test ostosteron. >> my voice was higher pitched and now being on it a ...