How social media helps non-binaries find unique places on gender spectrum

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The first time Matice Moore realised that Moore’s gender might have been incorrect was during an argument with a girlfriend. Moore was assigned female at birth and was raised as a girl. “She said one of the reasons she was breaking up with me is because she wanted to be with a woman,” Moore told me. The exchange was deeply emotional. “She could barely finish the sentence.” The observation clarified a feeling that had been nagging at Moore, who was 30 at the time. “I always felt that I have a boy inside me who needs to share space with