What does non-binary mean? Definition after Demi Lovato comes out

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While Smith defined the term as a “mixture of all different things”, revealing that they don’t identify as “male or female”, non-binary can mean different things to different people. According to Stonewall UK – a charity that campaigns for the equality of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people across Britain – non-binary is described as an “umbrella term for people whose gender identity doesn’t sit comfortably with ‘man’ or ‘woman’". The LGBT Foundation – a charity that supports the needs of the diverse range of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans – explains that there are a number of other terms people within the non-binary community may also use to describe their gender, including genderqueer, neutrosis, agender, gender fluid, bigender and third gender. Therefore, “non-binary” is a term people can use to “describe genders that don’t fall into one of these two categories, male or female".