

As a result, there are often expectations for how you should behave, look, think, or dress based on the sex you were assigned at birth. In a “binary” system, gender and biological sex are considered indistinguishable. There are many “gender systems” – social structures by which the number of genders and the associated gender roles are established and reinforced. What many of us think about gender and how to express gender is determined, in large part, by the society in which we live. July 14 was chosen for the commemoration because it falls precisely between International Women’s Day (in March) and International Men’s Day (in November). First celebrated in 2012, International Non-Binary People’s Day is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate those who do not identify exclusively as male or female (masculine or feminine).
