noncisgender
Noncisgender is a term used to describe people whose gender identity does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth. It is commonly seen as an umbrella label for individuals who are not cisgender, including those who identify as transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, agender, genderfluid, bigender, and other identities that do not match the birth-assigned sex. The term emphasizes the lack of alignment with the gender presumed at birth rather than defining a single identity.
In practice, noncisgender can be used in sociological research, advocacy, and community discourse to discuss the
Cisgender refers to individuals whose gender identity corresponds to the sex assigned at birth. Noncisgender, therefore,
Critics of the umbrella use note that “noncisgender” can obscure differences among diverse identities or imply