You know someone who is non-binary. They just might not have told you yet.

I am the parent of a non-binary child. Here’s what that means.

If I were your good friend, I would want you to become SOME FORM OF MISFIT out in the open with me. That’s feminism, after all: making room for something other than the twisted world we endured. A nonbinary identity isn’t a betrayal of feminism. It’s perfectly in step with the spirit of feminism. It’s not rejection. It’s a model for casting off what doesn’t fit.

Ask Polly: ‘My Kid Is Nonbinary, and I Can’t Get Over It’