Disclosures

At Enby Meaning®, transparency is how we build trust with the community we're part of. This page explains how we earn money, how we work with partners, and how we use AI tools in our editorial process.

AFFILIATE LINKS

Some links on enbymeaning.com are affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. These commissions help keep the publication running.

We only link to products, services, and brands we'd genuinely recommend to our community with particular attention to whether they reflect values of inclusion, authenticity, and care for queer and nonbinary people. We vet our partnerships carefully.

We're not responsible for the quality, performance, or accuracy of any third-party product or service. When you purchase through an affiliate link, your transaction is with that merchant, and their terms apply.

This disclosure is consistent with FTC guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255) and equivalent standards in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

SPONSORED CONTENT

We occasionally publish sponsored posts or collaborations with brands and organisations. These are always clearly labelled.

We don't accept payment to write positive reviews. Opinions are our own. We only feature partners we believe will genuinely benefit our readers.

ADVERTISING

We display advertisements on enbymeaning.com through Google AdSense. These ads may be personalised based on your browsing behaviour using cookies and similar tracking technologies. Advertising revenue helps keep the publication free and sustainable.

Google's advertising practices are governed by the Google Privacy & Terms policy. You can manage your ad personalisation preferences or opt out via Google's Ad Settings.

If you see an ad that feels intrusive or inappropriate for this community, you can report it using the "Report this ad" option that appears with most Google ads. We take the ad environment on this site seriously; we can't control every ad served, but we do care about what our readers encounter here. If you are unable to report the ad or would like to voice your concern about an ad, please email us at legal@enbymeaning.com, and we will flag this directly through our AdSense account.

AI TOOLS

We use AI tools in parts of our workflow. We want to be specific about what that means, because vague AI disclosures aren't useful to anyone.

  • What we use AI for: research, editing, SEO and search optimisation, and site UX infrastructure for accessibility.

  • What we don't use AI for: generating published editorial content. Every article, guide, and piece of commentary on this site is developed, written and edited by human contributors who are part of our community.

We're clear-eyed about the problems with AI. These tools have a documented history of misrepresenting, misgendering, and flattening queer and nonbinary experiences. They are a significant contributor to environmental degradation. And the companies building them operate within the same systems of capital and power that have historically worked against communities like ours.

We don't use these tools uncritically or without discomfort.

But here's the reality: AI-driven systems already govern how content is discovered, ranked, and surfaced online, whether or not we participate in them. Algorithmic silencing and platform banning are not hypothetical risks for queer and nonbinary media; they are ongoing conditions we operate under. A publication with our resources, competing for visibility against multimillion-dollar corporations with dedicated SEO and marketing teams, cannot opt out of these systems and expect to survive. Using AI for search and discovery optimisation does not endorse those systems. It's how we stay in them long enough to be found by the people who need us.

We hope to move away from support on these tools as the landscape changes and as our resources grow. In the meantime, we're committed to using them narrowly, intentionally, and honestly, and to saying so plainly rather than hiding it in fine print.

Our editorial process remains human-led by design. If that changes in any meaningful way, we'll update this page.

A NOTE ON WHO WE ARE

If you're wondering why our contributors aren't named or visible on the site, our About page explains this in full. The short version: we're real, we're nonbinary, and the anonymity is a safety and resource decision, not a sign that something's being hidden.

Questions about any of the above? Reach us at legal@enbymeaning.com.