Agender. Genderqueer. Androgyne.

Even amongst transgender people there are ways of being that some find difficult to understand.

But we try to live with it....sure in the knowledge that there is no mold that any of us should be carved out of.

One of the things about the transgender community is that we’re so spread out that there are pockets of the community all over the place and they have their own terminology,” Hazlewood says. “It’s a very varied and diverse community. There’s agreement on some things, but on other things there’s not much agreement at all. As it’s growing in the media spotlight it needs to learn how to … define itself.

--Casimir Hazlewood

When we start looking deeper, there may be some confusion for some trans people about other trans people. And just in terms of self-identification, the diversity is amazing. But it also creates problems for that cohesion.

--Hazlewood

Casimir's gender has a problem for both them and their parents.

I told them very early on when I was questioning (my gender). I’ve always had a close relationship with my parents and I knew they would accept me no matter what. But they were very confused. But so was I. They are working hard with the pronouns. They have fully accepted my name change. And it’s taking time. I didn’t expect them to adapt overnight and I certainly didn’t change overnight. I’m giving them the time they need.

--Hazlewood

It is something new and it’s something a lot of people aren’t familiar with, so let’s work with it together. I prefer a life where, yes, I may have to explain to people what my gender identity is. But you still have to have basic human respect.

--Hazlewood

The video features Kasimir along with Hannah Holloway and V Rogers and was created by Keith Myers and Monty Davis.

Here is more on nonbinary people.

But what is basically a private issue has been thrust into the spotlight recently by flurry of “bathroom bills” in various states, including Missouri and Kansas, seeking to make schools enforce gender-specific bathrooms and bar people from using facilities that do not correspond to the gender they were born with.

This has led to a backlash from trans groups and their allies, who say the only “safety” issue is trans people getting beat up if they are forced to use the men’s room.

The Kansas bill in particular drew scorn nationally for offering a “bounty,” by allowing students to sue a school for $2,500 each time a transgender person was spotted in a bathroom.

Micah Kubic, executive director of ACLU in Kansas, says discrimination based on sexuality and gender was ruled a form of sex discrimination last summer by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and is therefore illegal. However, the EEOC does not have a mandate over all employers, but large companies are covered by the ruling.

Gender identity is not the same as sex (male or female physical characteristics at birth) or sexuality. Just because someone is genderqueer doesn’t mean they are gay. Genderqueer people can have romantic relationships with gay or straight people of either sex or other genderqueer people.