Gender Continuum PDF
For transgender and gender diverse people throughout history, conversations about gender (and the boundaries around our definitions) aren’t new, but the newer visuals we use to talk to each other and describe our experiences are a little lacking. While models similar to this exist, few allow for multiple, flexible, dynamic nonbinary genders, with an “exact center” in white, the way we distinguish nonbinary identity on many pride flags.
Plus, we think ours is the prettiest.
When we first developed this tool, we called it the “Gender Spectrum.”
A “spectrum” is a wide range without clear or obvious boundaries or distinctions between values that exist beside each other, with clear differences the farther they get apart. That was close, but we prefer “continuum.”
A “continuum” is a little bit wider, keeping the "lack of defined boundaries," but adding the additional flexibility of time and fluidity. It also opens up that we might not know the limits of that range, for ourselves or anyone else, right now. We might progress or change, be in multiple places on it at once, and what we see depends a lot on where and when we live.
Some other things that exist on a continuum: the progression and cycles of the seasons, our social and political views, and time itself!
Let your use of this chart be as dynamic as gender: wiggle a line through it, stick on different emojis and images, or put yourself outside of it entirely! The world is your burrito.
For transgender and gender diverse people throughout history, conversations about gender (and the boundaries around our definitions) aren’t new, but the newer visuals we use to talk to each other and describe our experiences are a little lacking. While models similar to this exist, few allow for multiple, flexible, dynamic nonbinary genders, with an “exact center” in white, the way we distinguish nonbinary identity on many pride flags.
Plus, we think ours is the prettiest.
When we first developed this tool, we called it the “Gender Spectrum.”
A “spectrum” is a wide range without clear or obvious boundaries or distinctions between values that exist beside each other, with clear differences the farther they get apart. That was close, but we prefer “continuum.”
A “continuum” is a little bit wider, keeping the "lack of defined boundaries," but adding the additional flexibility of time and fluidity. It also opens up that we might not know the limits of that range, for ourselves or anyone else, right now. We might progress or change, be in multiple places on it at once, and what we see depends a lot on where and when we live.
Some other things that exist on a continuum: the progression and cycles of the seasons, our social and political views, and time itself!
Let your use of this chart be as dynamic as gender: wiggle a line through it, stick on different emojis and images, or put yourself outside of it entirely! The world is your burrito.
For transgender and gender diverse people throughout history, conversations about gender (and the boundaries around our definitions) aren’t new, but the newer visuals we use to talk to each other and describe our experiences are a little lacking. While models similar to this exist, few allow for multiple, flexible, dynamic nonbinary genders, with an “exact center” in white, the way we distinguish nonbinary identity on many pride flags.
Plus, we think ours is the prettiest.
When we first developed this tool, we called it the “Gender Spectrum.”
A “spectrum” is a wide range without clear or obvious boundaries or distinctions between values that exist beside each other, with clear differences the farther they get apart. That was close, but we prefer “continuum.”
A “continuum” is a little bit wider, keeping the "lack of defined boundaries," but adding the additional flexibility of time and fluidity. It also opens up that we might not know the limits of that range, for ourselves or anyone else, right now. We might progress or change, be in multiple places on it at once, and what we see depends a lot on where and when we live.
Some other things that exist on a continuum: the progression and cycles of the seasons, our social and political views, and time itself!
Let your use of this chart be as dynamic as gender: wiggle a line through it, stick on different emojis and images, or put yourself outside of it entirely! The world is your burrito.