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International Non-Binary People's Day is observed each year on 14 July and is aimed at
raising awareness Consciousness raising (also called awareness raising) is a form of activism popularized by United States feminists in the late 1960s. It often takes the form of a group of people attempting to focus the attention of a wider group on some cause or ...
and organising around the issues faced by
non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...
people around the world. The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between
International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive righ ...
and International Men's Day. Non-Binary Awareness Week is the week starting on the Monday preceding International Non-Binary People's Day on 14 July. This is an LGBTQ+ awareness period dedicated to non-binary people.


See also

* Discrimination against non-binary people *
List of LGBT awareness periods The following are lists of internationally recognized and domestically recognized LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+ awareness periods, i.e. awareness days, weeks and months that focus on LGBTQIA+ matters. Internationally recognized Domestically recognized Aus ...
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Gender identity Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals, the various biological determinants of sex are congruent and consistent with the in ...
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Gender expression Gender expression (or gender presentation) is a person's behavior, mannerisms, interests, and appearance that are associated with gender in a particular cultural context, typically understood in terms of masculinity and femininity. Gender expr ...
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Third-person pronoun Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated primarily with a particular grammatical person – first person (as ''I''), second person (as ''you''), or third person (as ''he'', ''she'', ''it''). Personal pronouns may also take different for ...
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International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive righ ...
, March 8 * International Men's Day, November 19 *
Parents' Day Parents' Day is observed in South Korea on May 8 and in the United States on the fourth Sunday of July. The South Korean designation was established in 1973, replacing the Mother's Day previously marked on May 8, and includes public and private ...


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10 ways to step up as an ally to non-binary people
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