Gender alignment is the way a person’s gender intersects with or relates to the gender binary. It is often used by non binary individuals who do not identify within the binary but feel a connection to a binary gender, and can also be used by binary individuals who feel an alignment with a gender that is not the one expressed by their gender identity.
Common types of alignment include female aligned (selenian), male aligned (helian), neutral aligned (stellarian), xeno aligned (spacialian), and unaligned (singularian). Some people use feminine aligned (artemian) and masculine aligned (phoebian), though these are not the same as female aligned or male aligned. For example, someone who is feminine aligned is not necessarily female or connected to women, and someone masculine aligned is not necessarily male or connected to men.
Gender alignment can be experienced in many ways. It might mean having a partial connection to being male or female (as in demigender), being male or female alongside other genders (bigender or multigender), or having a vague or partial link to masculinity or femininity. It can also describe someone whose alignment changes over time, someone who presents themselves in a masculine or feminine way regardless of gender identity, or someone who is treated by society as a man or woman.
Some individuals are cross aligned, meaning their gender identity is different from their gender alignment. Others may have a fluid alignment, which shifts between different forms. The concept is deliberately broad so it can be shaped to fit personal experience, and not everyone with similar experiences will choose to identify with an alignment at all.
Mara identified as non binary for years but often felt a strong pull toward femininity in how they dressed and interacted with the world. This did not mean they were a woman, yet they felt more comfortable in spaces that were culturally associated with women.
When Mara learned about gender alignment, they found language for their experience. They realised they were feminine aligned non binary. It explained why certain social situations felt familiar and why they were sometimes treated in ways similar to women, even without identifying as one.
Using the term helped Mara better understand how gender identity and gender alignment can be connected but distinct. It gave them clarity about how they moved through the world, without forcing them into a binary label they did not claim.
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https://new.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/gender_alignment