Having trouble defining non-binaryness, can anyone help?
(Note: English is not my first language so if I say something wrong, please explain.)
Hello people!
I'm writing an essay about the ethics of LGBTQIA+ folk, but me (being Cisgender/Pansexual), have trouble defining non-binaryness.
So can somebody tell me if I have the correct definition?
If not, try to give criticisms to my definition instead of your own definition: I need to stay as philosophically rigorous as possible, so maybe I can incorporate your criticism into my definition.
So here:
"Some minor philosophical definitions. (Since this chapter uses them a lot):
(X)or:
Or, but exclusive.
If I say “I’ll give you burgers or fries.” then my statement can be true if I only give you a burger, if I only give you fries and if I give you both.
If I say “I’ll give you burgers (X)or fries.” then my statement is true only if:
I only give you a burger, and if I only give you fries.
However not if I give you both.
The definition of being non-binary:
Binary people are people whose gender identity always resides within the gender binary.
Which means that they’re always either male (X)or always female.
To put that into propositional form:
If and only if someone’s either always Male (A) (X)or always Female (B)
then they’re binary (C).
(Iff A (X)or B <-> C)
Now what are non-binary people?
Non-binary people are people whose gender identity doesn’t reside on the gender binary.
This means they’re not binary.
They’re the negation of proposition C. (Being binary.)
Non-binary people can have multiple genders.
(Like Bi/Pangender people, who are both male and female.)
And some can have no gender.
(Like the people who are Agender.)
So if you’re neither always Male nor always Female, or if you’re both Male and Female,
then you’re non-binary."