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Question
Are there more than two genders?
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Yes, there are more than two genders

Gender expression is not exclusively male and female. There are many forms that reside on a spectrum. This spectrum offers tremendous freedom to transgender persons as well as to people born intersex.

Supporting arguments · 3

  1. Intersex individuals need alternatives
    Persons born with partial or fully formed genitalia of both sexes fit neither here nor there in the gender binary. New classifications and pronouns will help them thrive.
  2. Many societies have historically recognized more than two genders
    Being nonbinary is not something new; there is great historical precedent for there being more than two genders. There have been many historic instances of people who are not male or female, so we should accept that there are more than two genders.
  3. Gender is a spectrum
    Gender is not tied to biological sex, but rather is socially constructed and a form of personal expression.