Just read this in the Times, & I'm mystified. Surely the identity which is being offered double-sided lanyards is genderfluid, not non-binary?
As I understand it, non-binary people do not identify as male or female EVER, & see themselves as existing outside the gender binary. They would not therefore identify as a woman on Monday & a man on Tuesday. They would not need a double-sided lanyard because while their gender expression may or may not change, it will not involve using gendered social norms.
Have I got this right? If not, what's the exact definition of non-binary?
And when they say lanyards, do they actually mean identity cards? I was visualising blue on one side, pink on the other side of the lanyard itself - is it just a card with a different photo on it? And even then this is odd, because surely one can identify as a man while looking like a traditional woman, & vice versa, so e.g. a man who identifies as a man on Monday could come into work on Tuesday looking exactly the same as on Monday & identify as a woman. Or anything else - surely one might need more than two sides to one's lanyard if one were genderfluid?
How many staff id cards say whether the holder is male or female, even what their title is, unless it's a professional title? Do staff id cards have pronouns on? What's the point of all this?