Third-gender (sometimes third sex) is a subjective, empiricist and polysemic identity, because it encompasses many experiences, only third-gender people are able to describe themselves what third-genderness means. Sometimes these terms are more used in anthropology and sociology to classify the non-Western identity concepts, nonbinary categorizations

and the terminology colonialists used to pathologize traditional genders, and gender roles, that can be reclaimed by some people today. Third-gender sometimes can be outside the binary logic, adherently binary and/or neither (as in anonbinary).

Identities like Bissu, Fa’afafine, Fakaleiti, Hijra, Māhū, Muxe, Takatāpui, Travestigender, Two-spirit and X-gender have all been referred to as third genders and people with cultural identities such as these can choose to reclaim the term for their own personal use, but don’t call someone with a cultural identity third gender without asking. It has also a symbol. ~ ap