Citations:enby

English citations of enby

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1. (neologism, informal) Pronunciation spelling of NB: a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female or male; one who is outside of the gender binary.
   • [2013 September 10, “revolutionator” [pseudonym], “02348294832908091 [page title]”, in Tumblr‎^[1], retrieved 21 May 2021:

     i wish there was an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls / nb / enby / enbies]

   • 2014, Kevin McGowan, “Game, Set and Match to the PC Brigade", in “What Gone Done This Year?", Quench (Cardiff University), issue 145, September 2014, page 10:

     Let’s be honest, Barker probably wasn’t thinking about potential ball enbies (non-binary people) at the time. But on the off chance there was a non-binary kid working at Wimbledon, imagine the difference it might have made to their mood.

   • 2017, Deja Nicole Greenlaw, “Accepting and Loving Who You Are, as You Are, Is the Ultimate Form of Pride", The Rainbow Times, July 5, 2017, page 15:

     Yes, I've always bucked the status quo, but it wasn't until I heard the voices of the “enbies” (non-binary people), and the GNCs (gender nonconforming people) that I finally put two and two together and decided to totally love all of myself, even my non-female conforming attributes.

   • 2017, Gareth Evans, “View from the Watchtower", Starburst, August 2017, page 104:

     Transgender men, women, and enbies should have that too.

   • 2017 October, Will McCreath, “My Non-binary Wedding”, in Carrie Lyell, editor, Diva‎^[2], London: Twin Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-28, page 18, column 3:

     I doubt most wedding fair vendors would recognise an enby even if you carried an explanatory sign.

   • 2018, Phoebe Finlayson, “The Historical Roots of Cis-Men’s Expression of Feminism", Honi Soit, May 20, 2018, page 6:

     Her part in queer resistance, alongside other lesbians, trans-women and enbies is often played down.

   • 2018 June 27, Dan Savage, “Savage Love”, in Julie Ann Grimm, editor, Santa Fe Reporter‎^[3], volume 45, number 26, Santa Fe, N.M.: Santa Fe Reporter, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-18, page 28, column 1:

     So, boys and girls and enbies, if the sex isn't good at or very near the beginning, the passage of time and/or muttering of vows isn't going to fix it.

   • 2019, Claire G. Coleman, chapter 8, in The Old Lie, Sydney, N.S.W.: Hachette Australia, →ISBN:

     'Ladies and enbies,' she said, the five foot three height requirement for pilots continued to mean that nearly all the human fighter pilots she had ever met were women or enbies. She could see no evidence before her that anything had changed. 'You might have heard of me, my call sign is Romeo,' she paused while the pilots giggled and sniggered.

   • 2019, Rachel Anne Williams, Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics, page 239:

     I have dated, hooked-up with, and been in serious relationships with people of pretty much all genders: cis women, cis men, trans women, crossdressers, enbies, and trans men.