They are a step above transgender and the next step in human evolution. They trascend the outdated gender binary and are the perfect embodiment of postmodernism.
shareYou're probably joking or trolling, but in all seriousness, not pigeonholing one's self into a gender binary can be liberating for some people.
I'll avoid calling anyone's motivations for publicly identifying as non-binary into question.
I feel that most people have a mix of physical and mental traits that could be ascribed to one of the two commonly recognized genders.
When I was a teenager, I shaved or waxed my body hair, painted my nails, and wore tight outfits for a few years. I could have been considered what some people call a 'femboy' these days.
As I grew older, I started dressing less flamboyantly and cut my hair short.
Nowadays, I'm bald with a beard and wear jeans, flannel shirts, and Doc Martens, but experimenting with my fashion sense was probably a healthy part of growing up.
It seems that these days, a lot of people take it a bit further and in addition to their appearance they want to try out different personas. What makes this seem a bit silly is when they try to control how other people refer to them or overly complicate things.
Do it for yourself, not to get some validation or respect from others.
Binary/Non-Binary beliefs are just that, beliefs. It's like those stupid Latinos who hate the masculine association and invent "LatinX" and then go around calling all Latinos "LatinX" as if it's a universally accepted term, yet it is not. Also, a majority of Hispanic people are very conservative and don't openly accept homosexuality, let alone the non-binary niche.
This type of thinking is no different than religious zealotry.
Hermaphrodites are the only true evolutionary change in human sexuality, but they're not what they are due to some mental belief, they're that way due to biological reality.