In this article I will examine two different psychological positions on gender identity. These positions are; binary gender identity and diverse gender identity. After explaining both positions, I will analyze them and advance my argument that diverse gender identity captures a more accurate representation of gender. This psychologically intense debate about gender identity and its presence in society has taken the form of insights into social necessity. In which one side argues that traditional binary gender norms are no longer relevant in today's world and that binary gender norms are harmful to the cultivation of a happy and healthy society. While the other side argues that traditional binary gender norms are fundamental for a healthy family, for an adequate social dynamic and for the prevention of harm to the lives of individuals. On both sides of the fence, advocates have used psychological and statistical analyzes to support their claims. For the purposes of this article I will start with pro binary gender identity theorists. Binary Gender Identity In order to adequately explain the position of proponents of binary gender identity, I will first lay out a concept known as gender essentialism. Gender essentialism, simply put, is the theory that a specific gender, say female, has a unifying quality that makes it that gender. For those who support binary gender norms, the unifying quality is biological. In other words, they argue, we are all born with a specific gender and, thanks to this unifying biological quality, we are concretely that gender. So, in short, according to this account, a person's gender is determined by the sex they were born into. Furthermore, they argue that these… halves of the paper… doom ourselves to continue striving for the unreasonable. Typing: How different dimensions relate to psychological adjustment. Archives of Sexual Behavior April 2011, Volume 40, Issue 2, pp 457-463 Web April 21, 2015.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20364305Eckes, Thomas. Hanns M. Trautner Taylor & Francis “The Social Psychology of Gender Development,” May 1, 2000 Print.Ehrensaft, Diane. “Boys will be girls, girls will be boys” Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol 28(4), October 2011, 528-548. Web April 3, 2015. http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2011-12010-001/Witt, Charlotte. “What is gender essentialism?” 2011 Web May 12, 2015.http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cewitt/Site/My_Philosophical_Life_files/What%20is%20Gender%20Essentialism%3F.pdf