Gender identity in the United States is often understood as a binary model with two choices, man or woman. For people who identify as transgender, this model does not always fit. Some transgender people have gender identities that are outside of the binary gender system. Current available research regarding intimacy and sexual intimacy focuses on the experience of heterosexual and binary gendered people. This research does not include the experience of transgender with non-binary gender identities (NBGIs). Research about transgender experiences focuses on the sexual behavior or sexual orientation of transgender people who have binary gender identities such as transgender man or transgender woman. This study begins to fill the gap in research that explores the experience of intimacy and sexual intimacy through the use of in-depth interviews with 16 transgender people with NBGIs. My conceptual model was based on my experience as a non-binary transgender identified therapist. I used both phenomenological and heuristic inquiry approaches and drew from feminist research tradition, strength-based social work, and participatory action research as a basis for my use of self in this qualitative study. Utilizing the themes found by exploring with study participants how they make meaning of the connections between their gender identity and intimate friendships and gender identity and sexually intimate relationships I developed a NBGI Sexual Intimacy Model. This model could be used by researchers, clinicians, educators, and transgender people and begins to fill the gap in intimacy and gender studies research.