If you were a fan of Sex In The City many years ago as I was, you've probably been watching the new show on HBO Max, And Just Like That. It catches up with Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda after 20+ years. (Samantha is out). They are now in their 50's, raising children, changing careers, facing the death of a spouse, and divorce from a spouse. It is relevant and edgy, in fact some say, a little too edgy.
I love the show. One of the new characters is Che Diaz, Carrie's boss. She is a non binary comedian, who with Carrie and a male sidekick, produce a podcast.
What is non-binary? It's an umbrella term for gender identity this is neither male or female. It falls under the umbrella term of transgender, which mean identifying with the gender other than their assigned sex. A woman who feels like a man is transgender. Non-binary may have a fluctuating gender, sometimes feeling like a woman, sometimes like a man, sometimes like neither. The pronoun used to refer to them is "they" rather than he or she. It's all very strange to me. I don't understand it at all. It makes me feel old!
There are so many terms that now fall under the LGBTQ umbrella. These include non binary, demigender, pangender, agender and genderfluid. Oh, so much new jargon to learn and understand. As I said earlier, I love the new character Che on And Just Like That, but I don't really understand who she is. As more and more people talk about non-binary gender, more will be revealed, and hopefully, more will be understood.
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