Guides: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, &amp; Accessibility: Genderqueer/Non-binary

Genderqueer / Non-binary

Gender Queer: The term “gender queer” is typically used to describe individuals whose gender identity is neither masculine nor feminine. Someone may identify as between or beyond genders, or they may simply reject the traditional binary system of classifying people as male or female. Halifax Sexual Health Centre

Books

The Small Book of Hip Checks by Erica Rand
Publication Date: 2021
"In The Small Book of Hip Checks Erica Rand uses multiple meanings of hip check--including an athlete using their hip to throw an opponent off-balance and the inspection of racialized gender--to consider the workings of queer gender, race, and writing."
Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity by Micah Rajunov & A. Scott Duane
Publication Date: 2019
"In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary. Nuanced storytellers break away from mainstream portrayals of gender diversity, cutting across lines of age, race, ethnicity, ability, class, religion, family, and relationships."
Nonbinary by Genesis P-Orridge
Publication Date: 2021
"Genesis P-Orridge takes us on a journey searching for identity and their true self. It is the story of a life of creation and destruction, where Genesis P-Orridge reveals their unwillingness to be stuck--stuck in one place, in one genre, or in one gender."