and so forth may be pathologized, be viewed as abnormal, disrupting the "status quo" and may be discriminated and harmed as a result.

Discrimination against transgender or gender nonconforming people can take various forms, from physical or sexual assault, homicide, limited access to public spaces, in healthcare and more. The gender binary has been critiqued by scholars of intersectionality, some of whom have suggested that it is a structure that maintains patriarchal