The gender spectrum is an understanding that gender is not binary (female/male), but a rather a spectrum of biological, mental and emotional traits that exist along a continuum.
In contrast, the gender binary, also called as gender binarism or genderism, is the belief that gender is composed of two distinct and opposite genders of female and male in which there is not overlap.
Unfortunately for those who believe in a gender binary, it isn’t scientifically or medically correct.
Today, numerous scientific fields, including biology, endocrinology, physiology, genetics, neuroscience, and reproductive science, have confirmed that sex and gender exist as a spectrum, both for humans and across the animal kingdom. [Read more…] about The Gender Spectrum: A Scientist Explains Why Gender Isn’t Binary