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Gender non-binary refers to someone whose gender identity is something other than male or female. In addition to the term ‘non-binary, people may use a variety of terms to identify as non-binary including terms like agender, genderqueer, or gender fluid.

Someone whose gender changes over time, either along the female-male binary or outside of it.

Two-spirit is a term to identify the wide variety of Indigenous concepts of gender and sexual diversity that existed prior to European-settler concepts of the gender binary. Although one commonly cited understanding of the term is a person who possesses both masculine and feminine spirits, two-spirit can incorporate elements of gender identity, sexual identity and spiritual identity depending on who is using the term.