Editing Heteronormativity (section)

=== Media representation ===
Five different studies have shown that gay characters appearing on TV decreases the prejudice among viewers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |title=Gay on TV: It's All in the Family |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/business/media/gay-on-tv-its-all-in-the-family.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 2012 }}</ref> Cable and streaming services are beginning to include more characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender than broadcast television.<ref name="Egner">{{cite news |last1=Egner |first1=Jeremy |title=More Gay and Transgender Characters Are on TV, Report Shows |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/arts/television/more-gay-and-transgender-characters-are-on-tv-report-shows.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 October 2015 }}</ref> Cable and streaming services are lacking in diversity, according to a [[GLAAD]] report, with many of the LGBT characters being gay men (41% and 39% respectively).<ref name="Egner" /> The total number of LGBT characters counted on cable was reported to be 31% up from 2015, and bisexual representations saw an almost twofold increase.<ref name="Egner" />

Intersex people are excluded almost completely from television, though about 1% of the population is intersex.<ref name="Kerry, Stephen 2011">{{cite journal |last1=Kerry |first1=Stephen |title=Representation of intersex in news media: the case of Kathleen Worrall |journal=Journal of Gender Studies |date=September 2011 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=263–277 |doi=10.1080/09589236.2011.593325 |s2cid=144222294 }}</ref> News medias outline what it means to be male or female, which causes a gap for anyone who doesn't fall into those two categories.<ref name="Kerry, Stephen 2011" /> Newspapers have covered the topic of intersex athletes with the case of [[Caster Semenya]], where news spread of sporting officials having to determine whether she was to be considered female or male.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/20/gender.athlete.intersex/|title=Gender row athlete: What is intersexuality? |first= Stephanie |last=Busari|website=CNN|access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>

Those who do not identify as either woman or man are gender non-binary, or gender non-conforming.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vijlbrief |first1=Afiah |last2=Saharso |first2=Sawitri |last3=Ghorashi |first3=Halleh |title=Transcending the gender binary: Gender non-binary young adults in Amsterdam |journal=Journal of LGBT Youth |date=2 January 2020 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=89–106 |doi=10.1080/19361653.2019.1660295 |doi-access=free }}</ref> States in the United States are increasingly legalizing this "third" gender on official government documents as the existence of this identity is continuously debated among individuals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harmon |first1=Amy |title=Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/nonbinary-drivers-licenses.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 May 2019 }}</ref> There have been criticisms that representations of non-binary people in media are limited in number and diversity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://efniks.com/the-deep-dive-pages/2018/10/17/gender-isnt-a-haircut-how-representation-of-nonbinary-people-of-color-requires-more-than-white-androgyny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022024157/http://efniks.com/the-deep-dive-pages/2018/10/17/gender-isnt-a-haircut-how-representation-of-nonbinary-people-of-color-requires-more-than-white-androgyny|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2018|title=Gender Isn't A Haircut: How Representation of Nonbinary People of Color Requires More Than White Androgyny|website=EFNIKS.com|language=en-US|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>