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== In the LGBTQ+ community ==

Gender binarism may create institutionalized structures of power, and individuals who identify outside traditional gender binaries may experience [[discrimination]] and [[harassment]]. Many [[LGBTLGBTQ|LGBTQ+]] people, notably youth [[Activism|activist]] groups, advocate against gender binarism. Many individuals within the LGBTQ+ community report an internal hierarchy of power status. Some who do not identify within a binary system experience being at the bottom of the hierarchy. Different variables such as race, ethnicity, age, gender, and more can lower or raise one's perceived power.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Farmer |first1=Laura Boyd |last2=Byrd |first2=Rebekah |title=Genderism in the LGBTQQIA Community: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis |journal=Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling |date=2015 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=288–310 |doi=10.1080/15538605.2015.1103679 |s2cid=146423757}}</ref>

There are many individuals and several [[subculture]]s that can be considered exceptions to the gender binary or specific [[transgender]] identities worldwide. In addition to individuals whose bodies are naturally [[intersex]], there are also specific ceremonial and social roles that are seen as [[third gender]]. The [[Hijra (South Asia)|hijra]] of [[South Asia]] and some [[Two-Spirit]] [[Indigenous Peoples of North America]] are often cited as examples. Feminist philosopher [[María Lugones]] argues that Western colonizers imposed their dualistic ideas of gender on indigenous peoples, replacing pre-existing indigenous concepts.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor=4640051 |title=Heterosexualism and the Colonial / Modern Gender System |journal=Hypatia |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=186–209 |last=Lugones |first=María |date=12 December 2017}}</ref>