Gender Non-Conforming is a term used to refer to people who do not conform to the stereotypical or social expectations of their
gender or birthsex. Their gender expression will always be different from their actual
gender.
Gender Non-Conforming is also commonly abbreviated to GNC.
Gender Non-Conforming is a label that can be used for all cisgender, transgender or non-binary people. The only requirement for GNC is that you're gender expression is different from your
gender. This could be seen through using different pronouns (
e.g a female going by he/him), dressing differently (
e.g a nb person dressing femininely) or committing in stereotypes that match other genders (
e.g a man wearing feminine makeup). These are all ways you can chose to identify.
Gender Non-Conforming can also be seen through biological gendered behaviour
e.
g how someone may walk or act. These parts are not a choice as they are apart of your neurological configuration.
Gender Non-Conforming is an umbrella term for many labels that related to not conforming to gender expectations.
E.g tomby (masculine female), sissy (feminine male), butch (masculine lesbian), drag queen. Some people consider GNC under the Trans Umbrella and apart of the Trans Community however some people rather still be considered cis.
Examples of GNC are: masculine or androgynous females, feminine or androgynous males, feminine or masculine non-binary. Feminine females, masculine males and androgynous non-binary are not GNC.
A: "Why does Emily look like a boy, is she a trans
male?"
B: "No she's still a girl, she's
just gender non-conforming."
