third gender

Individual whose gender identity is not defined as male or female

EntityQ48279

Also known as third sex · third gender person

Subclass of: gender
, sex
, gender minority

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Third gender or third sex is an identity recognizing individuals categorized, either by themselves or by society, as neither a man nor a woman. Many gender systems around the world include three or more genders, deriving the concept either from the traditional, historical recognition of such individuals or from its modern development in the LGBTQ community, which can include third gender people as a non-binary identity. The term third is usually understood to mean "other", though some societies use the concept to encompass fourth and fifth genders.

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Partially coincident with: non-binary
Different from: Third sex

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17 identifiers linking third gender across the web's reference databases

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