Article 5: “There Is Nothing to Do About It”: Nonbinary Individuals' Experience of Gender Dysphoria

Question 1

Androgyny

Answer 1

Many non-binary people would like to be androgynous, which means that their body or characteristics are in between man and woman.

Question 2

Feminine and masculine traits in non-binary people

Answer 2

Often times non-binary people are displeased with certain parts of their body or appearance that is masculine or feminine.

Question 3

Varying or shifting gender dysphoria

Answer 3

Non-binary people often say that their dysphoria comes and goes.

Question 4

No solution to gender dysphoria

Answer 4

Often times non-binary people feel that there is no solution to their dysphoria.

Question 5

Trade-off or loss in gender dysphoria

Answer 5

Non-binary people often say that leaning more masculine or feminine does little to offset the dysphoria