Emily Skvarch, a popular content creator, first shared with her TikTok followers in 2022 that she identifies as trigender. Her announcement sparked conversations about lesser-known gender identities and brought attention to this specific experience.
However, this understanding of gender identity contrasts sharply with recent actions by former President Donald Trump, who has signed a controversial executive order that strictly recognizes only two genders—male and female.
As a result of this policy, transgender women can no longer be housed in female prisons. Additionally, the option to mark gender as ‘X’ on U.S. passports—available for non-binary and intersex individuals—has been eliminated under the directive.
While these measures reinforce a binary view of gender, they have not deterred individuals like Emily from continuing to embrace their trigender identity. Policies may dictate official recognition, but they can’t change how people perceive or identify themselves.
Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders in his first week in office – including one that only recognise male and female as ‘two genders’ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images
Addressing her followers in the updated clip, Emily remarked: “A little birdie told me that Facebook trumpets have come to my comment section yet again and it’s all based on that same two-and-a-half-year-old video of me first coming out on the internet.”
To provide clarity for those unfamiliar with her original announcement, Emily reintroduced herself and explained her unique identity further.
Emily Skvarch identifies as trigender@future4caster/Instagram
She added: “I am a man, a woman, and non-binary, all at once [and] all the time.”
Expanding on her experience, Emily explained: “I would suppose that it’s similar to gender fluid and that you feel a range of gender, and for me I feel a large portion of that range at all times rather than flowing through that range like a gender fluid person would.”
Emily has also addressed the backlash she’s received online, noting that some critics mockingly refer to her as a ‘triangle.’ However, Emily finds humor in the nickname and says she actually thinks it’s ‘adorable.’ In her words, she’s “I kinda like who am I as a person,” and added, “So I am not planning on changing my triangleness anytime soon and you will never be able to take that away from me.”
One fan commented: “Your trigender video when you uploaded it made me really sit and think about my own gender identity. So thank you for that!”
Meanwhile, someone else encouraged Emily, writing: “Never change! You’re amazing!”