Duobinary

Duobinary is a multigender umbrella term that describes anyone who is in some way both a man and woman. Referring to someone who is only these genders, it's a gender identity based off an extension of the gender binary.

A duobinary person can also be demigender, multigender, androgyne, or any gender identity that can be based within the gender binary.

A person who is duobinary is both cisgender and transgender, as one of their gender identities will not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

Duobinary is typically used by multigendered people that feel as though the term non-binary does not describe them, due to the fact that it is commonly associated with being outside of the gender binary, or misinterpreted as an absence of gender.

(For example, while for some bigender individuals non-binary may properly describe one of their gender identities, others find duobinary is a better fit. This is because it includes only the binary genders and is the presence of them both within one's overall gender identity).

Duobinary people can experience both genders at once, or each gender one at a time. They can also fluctuate between them fluidly. As such they may also be considered genderfluid and genderflux.

It is also possible that one gender may occur more often than the other, but this is not always the case.

When referred to in a juvelic sense a person might say they are duobinary loving women or dblw, in the same vein as women loving women, or wlw is used.

(Juvelic is the name for a group of terms that describe attraction based on the gender of the person using the term and the people they are attracted to).

Definitions from the term's creator

“	I made a label called "duobinary" to describe anyone who is in some way a man and a woman!	”
–u/k_atlas_, 2023

“	this can include multigender, androgyne, genderfluid, demigenders and any other genders that are both male & female in some way! I'm glad I made this bc now I don't have to list a long list of genders in my juvelic terms. it can just be "gender loving duobinary" instead	”
–u/k_atlas_, 2023

Gallery

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  Duobinary flag with symbol
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  Duobinary symbol