Taking to Instagram, Nayfack – who uses she/her pronouns – opened up about her non-binary journey in a lengthy post. “I always felt “non-binary” was implicit in my identity.
I’ve personally understood the prefix “trans” to mean “beyond” more than “from one to another,” as in TRANScending gender,” she explained. “I’ve claimed the term “gender non-conforming” from the outset of my journey, more than 20 years ago—before non-binary was common language. “For a long time, I felt defensive about the non-binary label, because in my mind, choosing to identify with that terminology meant I was stating that the inverse was also true, that a binary exists and I’m just setting myself apart from it.” Nayfack concluded her statement by saying that she