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The days in the below table are holidays, memorial days, days of awareness, and otherwise important days for people who are [[transgender]], [[genderqueer]], [[nonbinary]], [[intersex]], or [[gender-variant identities worldwide|members of traditional gender identities that do not fit into the Western gender binary]].
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!Name
!Date
!Region
!Description
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|Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity
|22nd January
|International<ref>https://transprisoners.net/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221221113601/https://transprisoners.net/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Nonbinary Grandparents' Day ("Dzień Dziabka" in Polish)
|23rd January
|Poland<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CY_mGaGo9sm/</ref>
|In Polish culture, Grandmother’s Day (Dzień Babci) is observed on 21st January, and Grandfather’s Day (Dzień Dziadka) on 22nd January. Thus, the nonbinary equivalent was created to fall on the following day.
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|National Transition Week
|The last full week (Monday - Friday) in January
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|First observed on January 24th-28th of 2022. "This week was created to spread awareness, share information, and share personal experiences/stories about transition for transgender and nonbinary people."<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transition Week |url= https://nationaltransitionweek.wordpress.com/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/D1mSq |archive-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>
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|LGBT History Month
|February
|UK<ref>[https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220815155604/http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, Hungary<ref>http://www.lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305223819/https://lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Femminiello Pride<ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms">Danielle Oteri. "Femminiello Pride." ''Roads and Kingdoms'' (magazine). December 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604205411/http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|2nd February
|Montevergine, Italy
|Since the thirteenth century CE, the Catholic festival of Candlemas on February 2 also honors the [[gender-variant identities worldwide#femminiello|femminiello]], a traditional gender-variant role in Italy. Pilgrims make their way to the remote mountain church at Motevergine, whose icon, the Madonna of Transformation, Mamma Schiavona, is said to have miraculously saved the lives of victims of homophobic violence in 1256 CE. The festival is celebrated with the long and energetic tammurriata dance, and a candle-lit procession, by pilgrims who are visibly gender nonconforming. Historically, this has been called ''juta dei femminielli.'' Since 2002, it has also been called Femminiello Pride.<ref name="femminiello huffpost">Giuseppe Melillo. "Una storia antica: Napoli, i femminielli e la figliata." ''Huffington Post'' (magazine). January 24, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211020140835/https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms" />
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|[[Transmasculine]] Visibility Day/Transmasculine Pride and Visibility Day
|20th February
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|Established to commemorate the ENAHT (Encontro Nacional de Homens Trans, "National Meeting of Trans Men") organized by Ibrat (Instituto Brasileiro de Transmaculinidades, "Brazilian Institute of Transmaculinities") which took place on 20 February 2015.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/festivaltransarte/posts/1433114963780391</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/gaavahbrasil/posts/pfbid0UMwZnrrrwJ9uRkrwrgcrmYf6GCMGKaRBqf78B2jRgHiEFhppYSvaFys1qPWdZx95l</ref>
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|''Dies Sanguinis'' (Day of Blood)
|24th March
|Originating in Phrygia (where Turkey is today), spreading across the ancient Roman empire, as far as Roman London
|From 2,300 years ago to the 6th century CE, this was celebrated by the gender-variant [[gender-variant identities worldwide#Gallae|Gallae]] priests of the goddess Cybele and the god Attis. The Day of Blood was celebrated by dancing around a felled and decorated pine tree, symbolizing the death and rebirth of Attis. As part of this ritual, any new Gallae initiates would voluntarily castrate themselves, as part of transitioning to a feminine appearance.<ref name="kaldera 174">Raven Kaldera. ''Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook.'' Hubbardston, Massachusetts: Asphodel Press, 2008. P. 174-179.</ref><ref name="seabrook gallae about">Laura Anne Seabrook, "About this comic." ''Tales of the Gallae.'' http://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221202095758/https://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Trans Day of Visibility
|31st March
|International<ref>http://www.transstudent.org/tdov [https://web.archive.org/web/20230627112448/https://transstudent.org/tdov Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Day of Silence
|Various days in April
|Originated in Virginia, USA, has since spread internationally<ref name="DayofSilenceFaq">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dayofsilence.org/faqs/|title=FAQs|website=www.dayofsilence.org|access-date=2016-04-01|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329112528/http://dayofsilence.org/FAQs/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|A student-led observance to take a day-long vow of silence in protest of the harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|title=Join Us for Day of Silence on April 23, 2021 and Support LGBTQ Students!|website=GLSEN|language=en|access-date=2021-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304093322/https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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|Nonbinary Parents Day
|3rd Sunday in April
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|Created by educator and nonbinary parent Johnny Blazes.<ref name="fami_Cele">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes |author= |work=Family Equality |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605072918/https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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| National Transgender HIV Testing Day
| 18th April
| USA
| A day focused on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment among transgender and nonbinary people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talking with Carter Brown about National Transgender HIV Testing Day |author= |work=ACHIEVING TOGETHER |date=14 April 2019 |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131171959/https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender HIV Testing Day – April 18 |author= |work=cdc.gov |date= |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221042610/https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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| [[Genderqueer]] Visibility Day
| 25th April
| International?
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/westtnlgbtq/posts/april-25th-is-genderqueer-visibility-day-this-is-an-umbrella-term-so-however-you/548419837471298/|title=April 25th is Genderqueer Visibility Day! This is an umbrella term, so however you identify, we hope you have a great day! |author=West Tennessee LGBTQ+ Support |date=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ask_educator/p/Crd5TgzB_Ca/ |title=Today is Genderqueer Visibility Day! |author=Jess (@ask_educator) |date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
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| Day of Visibility for Trans and/or [[Gender nonconformity|Nonconforming]] [[Children]] and Adolescents (Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans y/o no Hegemónicas)
| 14th May
| Argentina
| First established in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmarplatense.com/se-conmemoro-el-primer-dia-de-la-visibilidad-de-las-nineces-y-adolescencias-trans-en-general-pueyrredon |date=14 May 2021 |title=Se conmemoró el primer Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans en General Pueyrredon |trans-title=The first Day of Visibility of Trans Children and Adolescents was commemorated in General Pueyrredon |publisher=El Marplatense}}</ref>
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| [[Xenogender]] Visibility Day
| 15th May
| International
| First celebrated in 2021.<ref name="redd_r/Xe">{{Cite web |title=Happy Xenogender Visibility Day! |author=Great_White_Wrym |work=reddit - r/XenogendersAndMore |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |url= https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123171423/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lotusflwrbunny |number=1393693536588025858 |date=15 May 2021 |title=apparently it’s the first xenogender visibility day ever so qrt with ur xenogenders!!}} </ref>
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|International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
|17th May
|International<ref>https://may17.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305044751/https://may17.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|[[Agender]] Pride Day
|19th May<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important LGBT Dates |author= |work=LGBTLifeWestchester.org |url= https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates |archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918193711/https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agender Pride Day |last=Ohene |first=Benjamin |work=Believe Out Loud |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531145919/http://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|[[Maverique]] Visibility Day
|31st May<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://archive.ph/76hEF |archive-date=21 December 2023 |url=https://www.tumblr.com/themaveriqueagenda/737235999462129664/the-31st-may-2024-is-the-10-year-anniversary-of |title=hey maveriques and allies! |date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
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|LGBT History Month
|June
|Italy<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_Italy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Queer History Month
|June
|Berlin<ref>http://queerhistory.de/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702041709/https://www.queerhistory.de/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|[[International Nonbinary Day]]
|14th July
|International<ref>https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230407161627/https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|LGBT History Month
|October
|USA<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_the_United_States [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|National Nonbinary Kids Day
|1st October
|USA
|First observed in 2021, started by PFLAG Jacksonville & Professor Sex.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |title=PFLAG of Jacksonville and Professor Sex are excited to announce tomorrow October 1, 2021 is the first National Nonbinary Kids Day! |work=Instagram |date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719210015/https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |archive-date=19 July 2023 |access-date=9 July 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
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|National Coming Out Day
|11th October
|USA<ref>https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306000644/https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, International
|"National Coming Out Day was created in 1988 to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, which reportedly drew over 200,000 protesters to the nation's capital that Oct. 11."<ref name="Lavietes">{{Cite web |title=National Coming Out Day: 21 people who have come out in 2021 |last=Lavietes |first=Matt |work=NBC News |date=11 October 2021 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220525/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|[https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550 Cake for Trans Friends Day, or Trans Cake Day]
|14th October
|International<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr">October 14, 2017. https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550</ref><ref>https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230207184031/https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established by cassolotl in 2017, who wrote that in response to how most days about trans people "involve marginalised people doing yet more work to draw attention to themselves in a dangerous environment [...] Those days can be (and always are, for me) scary and sad. [...] So I declared [this] the first annual Cake For Trans Friends Day. I ended up shortening it to Trans Cake Day [...] Basically, instead of us doing all the work, people (especially cis people, I feel!) give cake to their trans friends and family to show them how appreciated they are. There’s so much anger and violence surrounding trans people, but I think we should be celebrated and loved. [...] a bit like Mother’s Day - a birthday for every trans person to celebrate together at the same time, and be showered with goodness by people who care about us."<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr" />
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|[[International Pronouns Day]]
|3rd Wednesday of October
|International<ref name="pronounsday_faq">https://pronounsday.org/faqs [https://web.archive.org/web/20230406152958/https://pronounsday.org/faqs/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2018.<ref name="pronounsday_faq" /> Ways to participate include using the #PronounsDay hashtag, telling about your pronouns on social media and on name badges, distributing leaflets, setting up a photo booth in public for people to take selfies with their pronouns, and other efforts to creatively raise awareness.<ref>https://pronounsday.org/participating [https://web.archive.org/web/20221017202730/https://pronounsday.org/participating Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|[[Genderfluid]] Visibility Week
|Third full week of October
|International
|First observed from Oct 17-24 of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIA Awareness Dates |author= |work=On Trend Shirts |date= |access-date=4 September 2022 |url= https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322131300/https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The dates for 2022 will be October 16-22.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=4 September 2022 |title= Prideraiser Awareness Observances|url=https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007152505/https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Intersex]] Awareness Day
|26th October
|International<ref>https://intersexday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601130115/http://intersexday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Started in 2003 by Betsy Driver and Emi Koyama.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The origins of Intersex Awareness Day |last=Driver |first=Betsy |work=Intersex Day |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221222441/https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> October 26 is the anniversary of a protest that took place in Boston by the Intersex Society of North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When Max Beck and Morgan Holmes went to Boston |last=Holmes |first=Morgan |work=Intersex Day |date=17 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601131513/https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|National Transgender Children Day
|26th October<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender Children Day |work=National Today |date= |access-date=15 April 2023 |url= https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402061413/https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|Trans Parent Day
|1st Sunday in November
|USA<ref>http://www.transparentday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211226051527/http://transparentday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2009 to celebrate "the love between transgender parents and their children and transgender children and their parents".<ref>{{Cite web |title=TransParent Day 2014 |author= |work=Transgender Law Center |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323021706/https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|Intersex Day of Solidarity ''or'' Intersex Day of Remembrance
|8th November
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|This date was the birthday of Herculine Barbin (also variously known as Alexina Barbin or Abel Barbin), a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by the philosopher Michel Foucault. The event was first celebrated in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intersex Day of Solidarity |work=Intersex Day |date=30 May 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422003348/https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|Transgender Awareness Week
|13th - 19th November
|USA
|"Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transgender Awareness Week |author= |work=GLAAD |date= |access-date=22 October 2022 |url= https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307183148/https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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|[https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/ Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation]
|12 - 20 November
|International<ref name="trans-rite-faq">"The Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation: FAQ." November 11, 2017. ''Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation.'' https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq [https://web.archive.org/web/20211215210635/http://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|A 9-day non-denominational ritual ending with the Trans Day of Remembrance, honoring the spirits of trans people past and future. Each night, participants add a book to a stack on the floor, with a cup of water and a candle, forming a memorial altar that rises taller each night. Established 2014.<ref name="trans-rite-faq" />
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|Trans Day of Remembrance
|20th November
|International<ref>https://tdor.info/about-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701010218/https://tdor.info/about-2/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Gender Expansive Parents' Day
|6th December
|Official holiday in North Carolina, USA<ref name="news_Aday">{{Cite web |title=A day to celebrate all parents, including LGBTQ parents, in NC |last=Vaughan |first=Dawn Baumgartner |work=The News & Observer |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |url= https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115202935/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|Formally created in 2020
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|[[Demigender]]s Awareness and Pride Day
|15th December
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|Created in 2021 by bluebolt712 to raise awareness about demigenders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |author=Bluebolt712 |date= 15 December 2021|access-date=15 December 2021 |title=(Post 1/4) Today is Demigenders Awareness and Pride Day. This is a day I created because I noticed the sharp increase in the number of people claiming these labels as their own in the past few years. Yet, the awareness of demigenders remains quite low.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607220235/https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Demigenders Resources |author=Bluebolt712 |work=Bluebolt712's LGBT+ Resources |date= |access-date=15 December 2021 |url= https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607194426/https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|[[IAmNonbinary]]
|date varies each year
|International
|Observed by using the #IAmNonbinary hashtag on social media.
|}

==See also==
* [[History of nonbinary gender]]
* [[Gender variance in spirituality]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Celebrations]]

[[de:feier-_aktions-_und_gedenktage]]

Holidays

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TXJ: Added Nonbinary Grandparents' Day

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The days in the below table are holidays, memorial days, days of awareness, and otherwise important days for people who are [[transgender]], [[genderqueer]], [[nonbinary]], [[intersex]], or [[gender-variant identities worldwide|members of traditional gender identities that do not fit into the Western gender binary]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Date
!Region
!Description
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|Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity
|22nd January
|International<ref>https://transprisoners.net/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221221113601/https://transprisoners.net/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Nonbinary Grandparents' Day ("Dzień Dziabka" in Polish)
|23rd January
|Poland<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CY_mGaGo9sm/</ref>
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|National Transition Week
|The last full week (Monday - Friday) in January
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|First observed on January 24th-28th of 2022. "This week was created to spread awareness, share information, and share personal experiences/stories about transition for transgender and nonbinary people."<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transition Week |url= https://nationaltransitionweek.wordpress.com/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/D1mSq |archive-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>
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|LGBT History Month
|February
|UK<ref>[https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220815155604/http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, Hungary<ref>http://www.lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305223819/https://lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Femminiello Pride<ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms">Danielle Oteri. "Femminiello Pride." ''Roads and Kingdoms'' (magazine). December 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604205411/http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|2nd February
|Montevergine, Italy
|Since the thirteenth century CE, the Catholic festival of Candlemas on February 2 also honors the [[gender-variant identities worldwide#femminiello|femminiello]], a traditional gender-variant role in Italy. Pilgrims make their way to the remote mountain church at Motevergine, whose icon, the Madonna of Transformation, Mamma Schiavona, is said to have miraculously saved the lives of victims of homophobic violence in 1256 CE. The festival is celebrated with the long and energetic tammurriata dance, and a candle-lit procession, by pilgrims who are visibly gender nonconforming. Historically, this has been called ''juta dei femminielli.'' Since 2002, it has also been called Femminiello Pride.<ref name="femminiello huffpost">Giuseppe Melillo. "Una storia antica: Napoli, i femminielli e la figliata." ''Huffington Post'' (magazine). January 24, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211020140835/https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms" />
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|[[Transmasculine]] Visibility Day/Transmasculine Pride and Visibility Day
|20th February
|
|Established to commemorate the ENAHT (Encontro Nacional de Homens Trans, "National Meeting of Trans Men") organized by Ibrat (Instituto Brasileiro de Transmaculinidades, "Brazilian Institute of Transmaculinities") which took place on 20 February 2015.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/festivaltransarte/posts/1433114963780391</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/gaavahbrasil/posts/pfbid0UMwZnrrrwJ9uRkrwrgcrmYf6GCMGKaRBqf78B2jRgHiEFhppYSvaFys1qPWdZx95l</ref>
|-
|''Dies Sanguinis'' (Day of Blood)
|24th March
|Originating in Phrygia (where Turkey is today), spreading across the ancient Roman empire, as far as Roman London
|From 2,300 years ago to the 6th century CE, this was celebrated by the gender-variant [[gender-variant identities worldwide#Gallae|Gallae]] priests of the goddess Cybele and the god Attis. The Day of Blood was celebrated by dancing around a felled and decorated pine tree, symbolizing the death and rebirth of Attis. As part of this ritual, any new Gallae initiates would voluntarily castrate themselves, as part of transitioning to a feminine appearance.<ref name="kaldera 174">Raven Kaldera. ''Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook.'' Hubbardston, Massachusetts: Asphodel Press, 2008. P. 174-179.</ref><ref name="seabrook gallae about">Laura Anne Seabrook, "About this comic." ''Tales of the Gallae.'' http://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221202095758/https://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|-
|Trans Day of Visibility
|31st March
|International<ref>http://www.transstudent.org/tdov [https://web.archive.org/web/20230627112448/https://transstudent.org/tdov Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Day of Silence
|Various days in April
|Originated in Virginia, USA, has since spread internationally<ref name="DayofSilenceFaq">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dayofsilence.org/faqs/|title=FAQs|website=www.dayofsilence.org|access-date=2016-04-01|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329112528/http://dayofsilence.org/FAQs/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|A student-led observance to take a day-long vow of silence in protest of the harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|title=Join Us for Day of Silence on April 23, 2021 and Support LGBTQ Students!|website=GLSEN|language=en|access-date=2021-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304093322/https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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|Nonbinary Parents Day
|3rd Sunday in April
|
|Created by educator and nonbinary parent Johnny Blazes.<ref name="fami_Cele">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes |author= |work=Family Equality |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605072918/https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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| National Transgender HIV Testing Day
| 18th April
| USA
| A day focused on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment among transgender and nonbinary people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talking with Carter Brown about National Transgender HIV Testing Day |author= |work=ACHIEVING TOGETHER |date=14 April 2019 |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131171959/https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender HIV Testing Day – April 18 |author= |work=cdc.gov |date= |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221042610/https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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| [[Genderqueer]] Visibility Day
| 25th April
| International?
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/westtnlgbtq/posts/april-25th-is-genderqueer-visibility-day-this-is-an-umbrella-term-so-however-you/548419837471298/|title=April 25th is Genderqueer Visibility Day! This is an umbrella term, so however you identify, we hope you have a great day! |author=West Tennessee LGBTQ+ Support |date=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ask_educator/p/Crd5TgzB_Ca/ |title=Today is Genderqueer Visibility Day! |author=Jess (@ask_educator) |date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
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| Day of Visibility for Trans and/or [[Gender nonconformity|Nonconforming]] [[Children]] and Adolescents (Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans y/o no Hegemónicas)
| 14th May
| Argentina
| First established in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmarplatense.com/se-conmemoro-el-primer-dia-de-la-visibilidad-de-las-nineces-y-adolescencias-trans-en-general-pueyrredon |date=14 May 2021 |title=Se conmemoró el primer Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans en General Pueyrredon |trans-title=The first Day of Visibility of Trans Children and Adolescents was commemorated in General Pueyrredon |publisher=El Marplatense}}</ref>
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| [[Xenogender]] Visibility Day
| 15th May
| International
| First celebrated in 2021.<ref name="redd_r/Xe">{{Cite web |title=Happy Xenogender Visibility Day! |author=Great_White_Wrym |work=reddit - r/XenogendersAndMore |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |url= https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123171423/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lotusflwrbunny |number=1393693536588025858 |date=15 May 2021 |title=apparently it’s the first xenogender visibility day ever so qrt with ur xenogenders!!}} </ref>
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|International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
|17th May
|International<ref>https://may17.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305044751/https://may17.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|[[Agender]] Pride Day
|19th May<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important LGBT Dates |author= |work=LGBTLifeWestchester.org |url= https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates |archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918193711/https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agender Pride Day |last=Ohene |first=Benjamin |work=Believe Out Loud |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531145919/http://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|
|-
|[[Maverique]] Visibility Day
|31st May<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://archive.ph/76hEF |archive-date=21 December 2023 |url=https://www.tumblr.com/themaveriqueagenda/737235999462129664/the-31st-may-2024-is-the-10-year-anniversary-of |title=hey maveriques and allies! |date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
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|
|-
|LGBT History Month
|June
|Italy<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_Italy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|Queer History Month
|June
|Berlin<ref>http://queerhistory.de/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702041709/https://www.queerhistory.de/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|[[International Nonbinary Day]]
|14th July
|International<ref>https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230407161627/https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|LGBT History Month
|October
|USA<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_the_United_States [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|National Nonbinary Kids Day
|1st October
|USA
|First observed in 2021, started by PFLAG Jacksonville & Professor Sex.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |title=PFLAG of Jacksonville and Professor Sex are excited to announce tomorrow October 1, 2021 is the first National Nonbinary Kids Day! |work=Instagram |date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719210015/https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |archive-date=19 July 2023 |access-date=9 July 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
|-
|National Coming Out Day
|11th October
|USA<ref>https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306000644/https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, International
|"National Coming Out Day was created in 1988 to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, which reportedly drew over 200,000 protesters to the nation's capital that Oct. 11."<ref name="Lavietes">{{Cite web |title=National Coming Out Day: 21 people who have come out in 2021 |last=Lavietes |first=Matt |work=NBC News |date=11 October 2021 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220525/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|[https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550 Cake for Trans Friends Day, or Trans Cake Day]
|14th October
|International<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr">October 14, 2017. https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550</ref><ref>https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230207184031/https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established by cassolotl in 2017, who wrote that in response to how most days about trans people "involve marginalised people doing yet more work to draw attention to themselves in a dangerous environment [...] Those days can be (and always are, for me) scary and sad. [...] So I declared [this] the first annual Cake For Trans Friends Day. I ended up shortening it to Trans Cake Day [...] Basically, instead of us doing all the work, people (especially cis people, I feel!) give cake to their trans friends and family to show them how appreciated they are. There’s so much anger and violence surrounding trans people, but I think we should be celebrated and loved. [...] a bit like Mother’s Day - a birthday for every trans person to celebrate together at the same time, and be showered with goodness by people who care about us."<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr" />
|-
|[[International Pronouns Day]]
|3rd Wednesday of October
|International<ref name="pronounsday_faq">https://pronounsday.org/faqs [https://web.archive.org/web/20230406152958/https://pronounsday.org/faqs/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2018.<ref name="pronounsday_faq" /> Ways to participate include using the #PronounsDay hashtag, telling about your pronouns on social media and on name badges, distributing leaflets, setting up a photo booth in public for people to take selfies with their pronouns, and other efforts to creatively raise awareness.<ref>https://pronounsday.org/participating [https://web.archive.org/web/20221017202730/https://pronounsday.org/participating Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|-
|[[Genderfluid]] Visibility Week
|Third full week of October
|International
|First observed from Oct 17-24 of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIA Awareness Dates |author= |work=On Trend Shirts |date= |access-date=4 September 2022 |url= https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322131300/https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The dates for 2022 will be October 16-22.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=4 September 2022 |title= Prideraiser Awareness Observances|url=https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007152505/https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Intersex]] Awareness Day
|26th October
|International<ref>https://intersexday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601130115/http://intersexday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Started in 2003 by Betsy Driver and Emi Koyama.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The origins of Intersex Awareness Day |last=Driver |first=Betsy |work=Intersex Day |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221222441/https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> October 26 is the anniversary of a protest that took place in Boston by the Intersex Society of North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When Max Beck and Morgan Holmes went to Boston |last=Holmes |first=Morgan |work=Intersex Day |date=17 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601131513/https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|National Transgender Children Day
|26th October<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender Children Day |work=National Today |date= |access-date=15 April 2023 |url= https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402061413/https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|
|-
|Trans Parent Day
|1st Sunday in November
|USA<ref>http://www.transparentday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211226051527/http://transparentday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2009 to celebrate "the love between transgender parents and their children and transgender children and their parents".<ref>{{Cite web |title=TransParent Day 2014 |author= |work=Transgender Law Center |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323021706/https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|Intersex Day of Solidarity ''or'' Intersex Day of Remembrance
|8th November
|
|This date was the birthday of Herculine Barbin (also variously known as Alexina Barbin or Abel Barbin), a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by the philosopher Michel Foucault. The event was first celebrated in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intersex Day of Solidarity |work=Intersex Day |date=30 May 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422003348/https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|Transgender Awareness Week
|13th - 19th November
|USA
|"Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transgender Awareness Week |author= |work=GLAAD |date= |access-date=22 October 2022 |url= https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307183148/https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/ Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation]
|12 - 20 November
|International<ref name="trans-rite-faq">"The Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation: FAQ." November 11, 2017. ''Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation.'' https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq [https://web.archive.org/web/20211215210635/http://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|A 9-day non-denominational ritual ending with the Trans Day of Remembrance, honoring the spirits of trans people past and future. Each night, participants add a book to a stack on the floor, with a cup of water and a candle, forming a memorial altar that rises taller each night. Established 2014.<ref name="trans-rite-faq" />
|-
|Trans Day of Remembrance
|20th November
|International<ref>https://tdor.info/about-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701010218/https://tdor.info/about-2/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|Gender Expansive Parents' Day
|6th December
|Official holiday in North Carolina, USA<ref name="news_Aday">{{Cite web |title=A day to celebrate all parents, including LGBTQ parents, in NC |last=Vaughan |first=Dawn Baumgartner |work=The News & Observer |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |url= https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115202935/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|Formally created in 2020
|-
|[[Demigender]]s Awareness and Pride Day
|15th December
|
|Created in 2021 by bluebolt712 to raise awareness about demigenders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |author=Bluebolt712 |date= 15 December 2021|access-date=15 December 2021 |title=(Post 1/4) Today is Demigenders Awareness and Pride Day. This is a day I created because I noticed the sharp increase in the number of people claiming these labels as their own in the past few years. Yet, the awareness of demigenders remains quite low.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607220235/https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Demigenders Resources |author=Bluebolt712 |work=Bluebolt712's LGBT+ Resources |date= |access-date=15 December 2021 |url= https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607194426/https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|[[IAmNonbinary]]
|date varies each year
|International
|Observed by using the #IAmNonbinary hashtag on social media.
|}

==See also==
* [[History of nonbinary gender]]
* [[Gender variance in spirituality]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Celebrations]]

[[de:feier-_aktions-_und_gedenktage]]

Holidays

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TXJ: I removed "commonly observed" because that's subjective and I think we value a complete list over just a list of the popular ones.

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The days in the below table are holidays, memorial days, days of awareness, and otherwise important days for people who are [[transgender]], [[genderqueer]], [[nonbinary]], [[intersex]], or [[gender-variant identities worldwide|members of traditional gender identities that do not fit into the Western gender binary]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Date
!Region
!Description
|-
|Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity
|22nd January
|International<ref>https://transprisoners.net/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221221113601/https://transprisoners.net/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|National Transition Week
|The last full week (Monday - Friday) in January
|
|First observed on January 24th-28th of 2022. "This week was created to spread awareness, share information, and share personal experiences/stories about transition for transgender and nonbinary people."<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transition Week |url= https://nationaltransitionweek.wordpress.com/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/D1mSq |archive-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|LGBT History Month
|February
|UK<ref>[https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220815155604/http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, Hungary<ref>http://www.lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305223819/https://lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|Femminiello Pride<ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms">Danielle Oteri. "Femminiello Pride." ''Roads and Kingdoms'' (magazine). December 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604205411/http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|2nd February
|Montevergine, Italy
|Since the thirteenth century CE, the Catholic festival of Candlemas on February 2 also honors the [[gender-variant identities worldwide#femminiello|femminiello]], a traditional gender-variant role in Italy. Pilgrims make their way to the remote mountain church at Motevergine, whose icon, the Madonna of Transformation, Mamma Schiavona, is said to have miraculously saved the lives of victims of homophobic violence in 1256 CE. The festival is celebrated with the long and energetic tammurriata dance, and a candle-lit procession, by pilgrims who are visibly gender nonconforming. Historically, this has been called ''juta dei femminielli.'' Since 2002, it has also been called Femminiello Pride.<ref name="femminiello huffpost">Giuseppe Melillo. "Una storia antica: Napoli, i femminielli e la figliata." ''Huffington Post'' (magazine). January 24, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211020140835/https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms" />
|-
|[[Transmasculine]] Visibility Day/Transmasculine Pride and Visibility Day
|20th February
|
|Established to commemorate the ENAHT (Encontro Nacional de Homens Trans, "National Meeting of Trans Men") organized by Ibrat (Instituto Brasileiro de Transmaculinidades, "Brazilian Institute of Transmaculinities") which took place on 20 February 2015.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/festivaltransarte/posts/1433114963780391</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/gaavahbrasil/posts/pfbid0UMwZnrrrwJ9uRkrwrgcrmYf6GCMGKaRBqf78B2jRgHiEFhppYSvaFys1qPWdZx95l</ref>
|-
|''Dies Sanguinis'' (Day of Blood)
|24th March
|Originating in Phrygia (where Turkey is today), spreading across the ancient Roman empire, as far as Roman London
|From 2,300 years ago to the 6th century CE, this was celebrated by the gender-variant [[gender-variant identities worldwide#Gallae|Gallae]] priests of the goddess Cybele and the god Attis. The Day of Blood was celebrated by dancing around a felled and decorated pine tree, symbolizing the death and rebirth of Attis. As part of this ritual, any new Gallae initiates would voluntarily castrate themselves, as part of transitioning to a feminine appearance.<ref name="kaldera 174">Raven Kaldera. ''Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook.'' Hubbardston, Massachusetts: Asphodel Press, 2008. P. 174-179.</ref><ref name="seabrook gallae about">Laura Anne Seabrook, "About this comic." ''Tales of the Gallae.'' http://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221202095758/https://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Trans Day of Visibility
|31st March
|International<ref>http://www.transstudent.org/tdov [https://web.archive.org/web/20230627112448/https://transstudent.org/tdov Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|Day of Silence
|Various days in April
|Originated in Virginia, USA, has since spread internationally<ref name="DayofSilenceFaq">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dayofsilence.org/faqs/|title=FAQs|website=www.dayofsilence.org|access-date=2016-04-01|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329112528/http://dayofsilence.org/FAQs/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|A student-led observance to take a day-long vow of silence in protest of the harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|title=Join Us for Day of Silence on April 23, 2021 and Support LGBTQ Students!|website=GLSEN|language=en|access-date=2021-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304093322/https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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|Nonbinary Parents Day
|3rd Sunday in April
|
|Created by educator and nonbinary parent Johnny Blazes.<ref name="fami_Cele">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes |author= |work=Family Equality |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605072918/https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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| National Transgender HIV Testing Day
| 18th April
| USA
| A day focused on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment among transgender and nonbinary people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talking with Carter Brown about National Transgender HIV Testing Day |author= |work=ACHIEVING TOGETHER |date=14 April 2019 |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131171959/https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender HIV Testing Day – April 18 |author= |work=cdc.gov |date= |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221042610/https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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| [[Genderqueer]] Visibility Day
| 25th April
| International?
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/westtnlgbtq/posts/april-25th-is-genderqueer-visibility-day-this-is-an-umbrella-term-so-however-you/548419837471298/|title=April 25th is Genderqueer Visibility Day! This is an umbrella term, so however you identify, we hope you have a great day! |author=West Tennessee LGBTQ+ Support |date=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ask_educator/p/Crd5TgzB_Ca/ |title=Today is Genderqueer Visibility Day! |author=Jess (@ask_educator) |date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
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| Day of Visibility for Trans and/or [[Gender nonconformity|Nonconforming]] [[Children]] and Adolescents (Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans y/o no Hegemónicas)
| 14th May
| Argentina
| First established in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmarplatense.com/se-conmemoro-el-primer-dia-de-la-visibilidad-de-las-nineces-y-adolescencias-trans-en-general-pueyrredon |date=14 May 2021 |title=Se conmemoró el primer Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans en General Pueyrredon |trans-title=The first Day of Visibility of Trans Children and Adolescents was commemorated in General Pueyrredon |publisher=El Marplatense}}</ref>
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| [[Xenogender]] Visibility Day
| 15th May
| International
| First celebrated in 2021.<ref name="redd_r/Xe">{{Cite web |title=Happy Xenogender Visibility Day! |author=Great_White_Wrym |work=reddit - r/XenogendersAndMore |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |url= https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123171423/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lotusflwrbunny |number=1393693536588025858 |date=15 May 2021 |title=apparently it’s the first xenogender visibility day ever so qrt with ur xenogenders!!}} </ref>
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|International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
|17th May
|International<ref>https://may17.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305044751/https://may17.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|[[Agender]] Pride Day
|19th May<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important LGBT Dates |author= |work=LGBTLifeWestchester.org |url= https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates |archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918193711/https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agender Pride Day |last=Ohene |first=Benjamin |work=Believe Out Loud |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531145919/http://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|-
|[[Maverique]] Visibility Day
|31st May<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://archive.ph/76hEF |archive-date=21 December 2023 |url=https://www.tumblr.com/themaveriqueagenda/737235999462129664/the-31st-may-2024-is-the-10-year-anniversary-of |title=hey maveriques and allies! |date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
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|-
|LGBT History Month
|June
|Italy<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_Italy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|-
|Queer History Month
|June
|Berlin<ref>http://queerhistory.de/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702041709/https://www.queerhistory.de/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|-
|[[International Nonbinary Day]]
|14th July
|International<ref>https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230407161627/https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|-
|LGBT History Month
|October
|USA<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_the_United_States [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|-
|National Nonbinary Kids Day
|1st October
|USA
|First observed in 2021, started by PFLAG Jacksonville & Professor Sex.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |title=PFLAG of Jacksonville and Professor Sex are excited to announce tomorrow October 1, 2021 is the first National Nonbinary Kids Day! |work=Instagram |date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719210015/https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |archive-date=19 July 2023 |access-date=9 July 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
|-
|National Coming Out Day
|11th October
|USA<ref>https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306000644/https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, International
|"National Coming Out Day was created in 1988 to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, which reportedly drew over 200,000 protesters to the nation's capital that Oct. 11."<ref name="Lavietes">{{Cite web |title=National Coming Out Day: 21 people who have come out in 2021 |last=Lavietes |first=Matt |work=NBC News |date=11 October 2021 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220525/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|[https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550 Cake for Trans Friends Day, or Trans Cake Day]
|14th October
|International<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr">October 14, 2017. https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550</ref><ref>https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230207184031/https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established by cassolotl in 2017, who wrote that in response to how most days about trans people "involve marginalised people doing yet more work to draw attention to themselves in a dangerous environment [...] Those days can be (and always are, for me) scary and sad. [...] So I declared [this] the first annual Cake For Trans Friends Day. I ended up shortening it to Trans Cake Day [...] Basically, instead of us doing all the work, people (especially cis people, I feel!) give cake to their trans friends and family to show them how appreciated they are. There’s so much anger and violence surrounding trans people, but I think we should be celebrated and loved. [...] a bit like Mother’s Day - a birthday for every trans person to celebrate together at the same time, and be showered with goodness by people who care about us."<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr" />
|-
|[[International Pronouns Day]]
|3rd Wednesday of October
|International<ref name="pronounsday_faq">https://pronounsday.org/faqs [https://web.archive.org/web/20230406152958/https://pronounsday.org/faqs/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2018.<ref name="pronounsday_faq" /> Ways to participate include using the #PronounsDay hashtag, telling about your pronouns on social media and on name badges, distributing leaflets, setting up a photo booth in public for people to take selfies with their pronouns, and other efforts to creatively raise awareness.<ref>https://pronounsday.org/participating [https://web.archive.org/web/20221017202730/https://pronounsday.org/participating Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|-
|[[Genderfluid]] Visibility Week
|Third full week of October
|International
|First observed from Oct 17-24 of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIA Awareness Dates |author= |work=On Trend Shirts |date= |access-date=4 September 2022 |url= https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322131300/https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The dates for 2022 will be October 16-22.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=4 September 2022 |title= Prideraiser Awareness Observances|url=https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007152505/https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Intersex]] Awareness Day
|26th October
|International<ref>https://intersexday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601130115/http://intersexday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Started in 2003 by Betsy Driver and Emi Koyama.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The origins of Intersex Awareness Day |last=Driver |first=Betsy |work=Intersex Day |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221222441/https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> October 26 is the anniversary of a protest that took place in Boston by the Intersex Society of North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When Max Beck and Morgan Holmes went to Boston |last=Holmes |first=Morgan |work=Intersex Day |date=17 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601131513/https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|National Transgender Children Day
|26th October<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender Children Day |work=National Today |date= |access-date=15 April 2023 |url= https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402061413/https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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|
|-
|Trans Parent Day
|1st Sunday in November
|USA<ref>http://www.transparentday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211226051527/http://transparentday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2009 to celebrate "the love between transgender parents and their children and transgender children and their parents".<ref>{{Cite web |title=TransParent Day 2014 |author= |work=Transgender Law Center |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323021706/https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|Intersex Day of Solidarity ''or'' Intersex Day of Remembrance
|8th November
|
|This date was the birthday of Herculine Barbin (also variously known as Alexina Barbin or Abel Barbin), a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by the philosopher Michel Foucault. The event was first celebrated in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intersex Day of Solidarity |work=Intersex Day |date=30 May 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422003348/https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|Transgender Awareness Week
|13th - 19th November
|USA
|"Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transgender Awareness Week |author= |work=GLAAD |date= |access-date=22 October 2022 |url= https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307183148/https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/ Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation]
|12 - 20 November
|International<ref name="trans-rite-faq">"The Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation: FAQ." November 11, 2017. ''Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation.'' https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq [https://web.archive.org/web/20211215210635/http://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|A 9-day non-denominational ritual ending with the Trans Day of Remembrance, honoring the spirits of trans people past and future. Each night, participants add a book to a stack on the floor, with a cup of water and a candle, forming a memorial altar that rises taller each night. Established 2014.<ref name="trans-rite-faq" />
|-
|Trans Day of Remembrance
|20th November
|International<ref>https://tdor.info/about-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701010218/https://tdor.info/about-2/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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|-
|Gender Expansive Parents' Day
|6th December
|Official holiday in North Carolina, USA<ref name="news_Aday">{{Cite web |title=A day to celebrate all parents, including LGBTQ parents, in NC |last=Vaughan |first=Dawn Baumgartner |work=The News & Observer |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |url= https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115202935/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|Formally created in 2020
|-
|[[Demigender]]s Awareness and Pride Day
|15th December
|
|Created in 2021 by bluebolt712 to raise awareness about demigenders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |author=Bluebolt712 |date= 15 December 2021|access-date=15 December 2021 |title=(Post 1/4) Today is Demigenders Awareness and Pride Day. This is a day I created because I noticed the sharp increase in the number of people claiming these labels as their own in the past few years. Yet, the awareness of demigenders remains quite low.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607220235/https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Demigenders Resources |author=Bluebolt712 |work=Bluebolt712's LGBT+ Resources |date= |access-date=15 December 2021 |url= https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607194426/https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|[[IAmNonbinary]]
|date varies each year
|International
|Observed by using the #IAmNonbinary hashtag on social media.
|}

==See also==
* [[History of nonbinary gender]]
* [[Gender variance in spirituality]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Celebrations]]

[[de:feier-_aktions-_und_gedenktage]]

Gender neutral language in Polish

2025-10-19T16:43:09Z

TXJ: /* Gender neutral neologisms */

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'''Gender neutral language in Polish''' is more difficult than gender neutral language (also called gender inclusive language) in some languages, because grammatical gender is very pervasive in Polish. See the main article on [[gender neutral language]] for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for [[nonbinary]] people.

==Pronouns==

In Polish there is no standard non-gendered pronoun like English's [[singular they]]. "Oni" is the third person plural masculine pronoun (used when a group has at least one male in it, or the genders of the group are unknown), while "one" is the third person plural non-masculine pronoun (used when a group has no male members, or for groups like young children, animals, objects, or intangible concepts).<ref name="cloz_Maki">{{Cite web |title=Making Sense of Polish Personal Pronouns |last=Łukasiak |first=Adam |work=Clozemaster Blog |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=25 November 2020 |url= https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/polish-personal-pronouns/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612003004/https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/polish-personal-pronouns/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Translations of English singular they into Polish sometimes use "oni" despite it being masculine.<ref name="Misiek">{{cite journal|title=Misgendered in Translation?: Genderqueerness in Polish Translations of English-language Television Series |url=https://anglica-journal.com/resources/html/article/details?id=207730|last=Misiek|first=Szymon |journal=Anglica: An International Journal of English Studies|year=2020 |doi=10.7311/0860-5734.29.2.09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612015312/https://anglica-journal.com/resources/html/article/details?id=207730|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

There is a neuter singular pronoun "ono/jego" but that can be considered dehumanizing, similar to "it/its" in English.

Some Polish-speaking nonbinary people just use "he/his" ("on/jego") or "she/her" ("ona/jej") – either the same as their [[gender assigned at birth]] or the opposite.<ref name="zaimkipl">{{Cite web |title=An overview of Polish nonbinary pronouns |trans-title= |author= |work=Zaimki.pl |date= |access-date=25 November 2020 |url= https://zaimki.pl/english |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042546/https://zaimki.pl/english |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Some neopronoun forms have been proposed, such as<ref name="zaim_Skąd">{{Cite web |title=Skąd potrzeba niebinarnych zaimków? |trans-title=Where is the need for nonbinary pronouns? |author= |work=Zaimki.pl |date= |access-date=25 November 2020 |url= https://zaimki.pl/ |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307093417/https://zaimki.pl/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>:

* onu/jenu
* ono/eno
* vono/vego
* ne/nego
* onx/jex
* ony/jegy
* ony/ich
* onø/jenø
* onæ/jæ

For second-person pronouns, it is possible to use the mixed-gender plural "państwo" in place of masculine "pan" or feminine "pani", but using this in reference to a singular person is not well-established.

The reflexive pronoun "się" (equivalent to "myself", "herself", "himself", "one's self", etc.) does not inflect for gender.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Polish_pronouns#Reflexive_pronoun [https://web.archive.org/web/20230612051812/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Polish_pronouns Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Other words==

Nouns, verbs, numerals, and adjectives are also gendered in Polish. Some Polish nonbinary people create solutions such as gender-neutral word endings, for example "chciałxm"/"chciałom"/"chciałx" instead of "chciałem" (masculine) or "chciałam" (feminine).<ref>{{cite web|title=hi how to use they them in poland. próbuję ale im failing miserably|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=http://archive.is/ZMwts|url=https://urodziwy.tumblr.com/post/187175986471/hi-how-to-use-they-them-in-poland-pr%C3%B3buj%C4%99-ale-im}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Czemu ludzie są Twoim zdaniem dyskryminowani przez swoją orientację seksualną?|archive-url=http://archive.is/k4Xzj|archive-date=17 June 2020|url=https://ask.fm/brainlessxx/answers/162268935811}}</ref> In the 2004 science-fiction novel ''Perfect Imperfection'', author Jacek Dukaj used -um verb endings (e.g. "zobaczyłum" instead of the masculine "zobaczyłem" or feminine "zobaczyłam") for a "post-human" group of beings.<ref name="TransGrysy">{{Cite web |title=TransGrysy wyjaśniają: co robić, a czego nie robić w kontaktach z osobami transpłciowymi? |trans-title=TransGrysy explains: what to do and what not to do when dealing with transgender people? |work=kinkywinky.pl |date= |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://www.kinkywinky.pl/blog/poradnik/transplciowosc-savoir-vivre.html |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623034945/https://www.kinkywinky.pl/blog/poradnik/transplciowosc-savoir-vivre.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> These have since become known as Dukaisms.<ref name="zaimkipl">{{Cite web |title=An overview of Polish nonbinary pronouns |trans-title= |author= |work=Zaimki.pl |date= |access-date=25 November 2020 |url= https://zaimki.pl/english |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042546/https://zaimki.pl/english |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Another gender-neutral way of speaking or writing Polish is rewording phrases to use a non-gendered conjugation of a verb. For example, instead of saying "I saw" in the masculine form "zobaczyłem" or feminine form "zobaczyłam", one could say "Udało mi się zobaczyć" (I was able to see).<ref name="grabieżca">{{Cite web |title=Osoby niebinarne - jakiej są płci? |trans-title= |author=niski_grabieżca |work=transseksualizm.blogspot.com |date=12 June 2019 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://transseksualizm.blogspot.com/2019/06/osoby-niebinarne-jakiej-sa-pci.html |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623022837/https://transseksualizm.blogspot.com/2019/06/osoby-niebinarne-jakiej-sa-pci.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

For written Polish, it is possible to combine the masculine and feminine forms of a noun, with a space in between the endings to acknowledge other genders. For example instead of the masculine "aktorzy" or the feminine "aktorki", one could write "aktorki_rzy".<ref name="123t_Gend">{{Cite web |title=Gender. Płeć w języku. Feminizm w języku polskim |trans-title=Gender. Gender in language. Feminism in Polish language |last=Tłumaczeń |first=Biuro |work=Ekspresowe tłumaczenia |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://123tlumacz.pl/gender-plec-w-jezyku-feminizm-w-jezyku-polskim/ |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612005847/https://123tlumacz.pl/gender-plec-w-jezyku-feminizm-w-jezyku-polskim/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Words can be de-gendered by using an -ę ending such as "autorzę" (instead of masc "autor" or fem "autorka") but this is not ideal because the -ę ending is considered diminutive and thus can be seen as infantilizing nonbinary people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neutratywy: czemu nie końcówka -ę? |author=@andrea |work=zaimki.pl |date=22 February 2022 |access-date=12 October 2022 |url= https://zaimki.pl/blog/neutratywy-zdrobnienia |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612003210/https://zaimki.pl/blog/neutratywy-zdrobnienia |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Gender neutral neologisms==
This section is an incomplete list of word/phrases that have been created by Polish speakers to render them gender-neutral/gender inclusive. More can be found in [https://zaimki.pl/s%C5%82ownik the dictionary of Zaimki.pl]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Polish
!English
|-
| dziennikarko
| journalist<ref name="Misiek" />
|-
| nauczycielko
| teacher<ref name="Misiek" />
|-
| elektryczko
| electrician<ref name="Misiek" />
|-
| hydrauliczko
| plumber<ref name="Misiek" />
|-
| murarzę
| bricklayer<ref name="Misiek" />
|-
| kucharzę
| cook<ref name="Misiek" />
|-
| bioetyko
| bioethicist<ref name="Misiek" />
|-
| ładnu / ładnya / ładnx
| pretty<ref name="avri_Avri">{{Cite web |title=Genderneutralizacja polszczyzny? |trans-title=Gender-neutralization of the Polish language? |author=Andrea |date=2 February 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |url= https://avris.it/blog/genderneutralizacja-polszczyzny |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612003627/https://avris.it/blog/genderneutralizacja-polszczyzny |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| dziabko
| grandparent<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CY_mGaGo9sm/|date=21 January 2022|language=pl|title=Podzbiór Tęczowy 🏳️‍🌈}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
* [[Gender neutral language]]
* [[Glossary of Polish gender and sex terminology]]

==External resources/Further reading==
*[https://zaimki.pl/ Zaimki.pl]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Gender neutral language]]
{{incomplete}}

Nex Benedict

2025-10-18T13:18:45Z

TXJ:

{{Outdated Information}}
{{content warning|Violence, hate crimes, death of a nonbinary person, death of a gay man}}
'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. |last=Pauly |first=Madison |work=Mother Jones |date=24 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/rn5k2 |archive-date=18 October 2025}}</ref>

==Background and personality==
Friends of Nex reported that the teen, a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma, preferred [[he/him]] pronouns but also used [[they/them]].<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440 |title=Friends remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma student who died after school fight, as 'fiery kid'|first=Jo |last=Yurcaba |date= 25 February 204 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> He was was a member of the Choktaw nation, and lived on Cherokee reservation land (where his high school is also located).<ref name="Riedel">{{Cite web |title=Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict |last=Riedel |first=Samantha |work=Them |date=23 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.them.us/story/nex-benedict-death-everything-we-know-nonbinary-oklahoma-teen}}</ref>

Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web |title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say |last=Baska |first=Maggie |work=Pink News |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

Spencer, Nex's partner, told NBC News that "He made everything easier. He kept energy levels high. He would always keep the room in a good mood. He was always one of the brightest kids in the room, whether he would smile or not."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

Ally (they/them), a friend of Nex, told NBC News that "They were such an adventurous little thing. It was never really a dull moment with them."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death==

On February 7, 2024, Nex and another transgender student at Owasso High were attacked in a school bathroom by three [[cisgender]] girls. Sue Benedict and an anonymous person who claimed to be the other victim's mother reported to media that Nex was "beaten so badly that bruises formed around their eyes", and had their head slammed into the bathroom floor repeatedly. After the fight, school officials determined that an ambulance was not necessary, but Nex and a family member went to receive care at Bailey Medical Center and they were discharged later that day.<ref name="Riedel" />

According to Nex's mother, Nex was complaining of head pain as they went to bed on the night of February 7. At some point after that, "They collapsed [and] were taken back to Bailey Medical Center, where they were later pronounced dead."<ref name="Riedel" />

On 21 February 2024, Owasso police stated that Nex "did not die as a result of trauma", but this statement has been questioned by some journalists.<ref name="Riedel" /><ref name="PinkNewsBaska" /> Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to the problem of bullying and the problem of anti-trans sentiments gaining popularity across America in recent years.<ref name="Riedel" />

The Biden administration and other sources put out statements that characterized Nex's death as a suicide due to bullying.

==Media response==

Representatives from ACLU and Lambda Legal issued a press release on February 20 stating in no uncertain terms that "The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/response-to-death-of-nex-benedict-from-bridge-v-oklahoma-state-board-of-education-legal-team |title=Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team |archive-url=https://archive.ph/i6ieq |archive-date=22 February 2024 |date=20 February 2024 |publisher=ACLU.org}}</ref> ACLU and Lambda Legal were and still are fighting a [[transphobia|transphobic]] "bathroom bill" that required Nex to be in the girl's bathroom where the attack took place.

Kylan Durant, president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, said that "This happened in a red state where all of these laws and these leaders are saying terrible things about queer people and kids. Can we not draw a line and acknowledge that stuff like this happens because of that?"<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://archive.ph/LTR3U |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/oklahoma-teen-lgbtq-nex-benedict-died/ |title=Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying |date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |last=Hennessy-Fiske|first=Molly |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Podcaster Matt Bernstein (he/they) made a post on Instagram drawing parallels between Nex's tragic death and the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old [[cisgender]] gay man who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3lhrbIvYyl/ |title=rest in peace, nex. |archive-url=https://archive.ph/fN5SS |date=20 February 2024 |archive-date=18 October 2025 |author=Bernstein, Matt (@mattxiv)|work=Instagram}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

Nex Benedict

2025-10-18T13:16:06Z

TXJ: /* Media response */

{{Outdated Information}}
{{content warning|Violence, hate crimes, death of a nonbinary person, death of a gay man}}
'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. |last=Pauly |first=Madison |work=Mother Jones |date=24 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>

==Background and personality==
Friends of Nex reported that the teen, a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma, preferred [[he/him]] pronouns but also used [[they/them]].<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440 |title=Friends remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma student who died after school fight, as 'fiery kid'|first=Jo |last=Yurcaba |date= 25 February 204 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> He was was a member of the Choktaw nation, and lived on Cherokee reservation land (where his high school is also located).<ref name="Riedel">{{Cite web |title=Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict |last=Riedel |first=Samantha |work=Them |date=23 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.them.us/story/nex-benedict-death-everything-we-know-nonbinary-oklahoma-teen}}</ref>

Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web |title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say |last=Baska |first=Maggie |work=Pink News |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

Spencer, Nex's partner, told NBC News that "He made everything easier. He kept energy levels high. He would always keep the room in a good mood. He was always one of the brightest kids in the room, whether he would smile or not."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

Ally (they/them), a friend of Nex, told NBC News that "They were such an adventurous little thing. It was never really a dull moment with them."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death==

On February 7, 2024, Nex and another transgender student at Owasso High were attacked in a school bathroom by three [[cisgender]] girls. Sue Benedict and an anonymous person who claimed to be the other victim's mother reported to media that Nex was "beaten so badly that bruises formed around their eyes", and had their head slammed into the bathroom floor repeatedly. After the fight, school officials determined that an ambulance was not necessary, but Nex and a family member went to receive care at Bailey Medical Center and they were discharged later that day.<ref name="Riedel" />

According to Nex's mother, Nex was complaining of head pain as they went to bed on the night of February 7. At some point after that, "They collapsed [and] were taken back to Bailey Medical Center, where they were later pronounced dead."<ref name="Riedel" />

On 21 February 2024, Owasso police stated that Nex "did not die as a result of trauma", but this statement has been questioned by some journalists.<ref name="Riedel" /><ref name="PinkNewsBaska" /> Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to the problem of bullying and the problem of anti-trans sentiments gaining popularity across America in recent years.<ref name="Riedel" />

The Biden administration and other sources put out statements that characterized Nex's death as a suicide due to bullying.

==Media response==

Representatives from ACLU and Lambda Legal issued a press release on February 20 stating in no uncertain terms that "The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/response-to-death-of-nex-benedict-from-bridge-v-oklahoma-state-board-of-education-legal-team |title=Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team |archive-url=https://archive.ph/i6ieq |archive-date=22 February 2024 |date=20 February 2024 |publisher=ACLU.org}}</ref> ACLU and Lambda Legal were and still are fighting a [[transphobia|transphobic]] "bathroom bill" that required Nex to be in the girl's bathroom where the attack took place.

Kylan Durant, president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, said that "This happened in a red state where all of these laws and these leaders are saying terrible things about queer people and kids. Can we not draw a line and acknowledge that stuff like this happens because of that?"<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://archive.ph/LTR3U |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/oklahoma-teen-lgbtq-nex-benedict-died/ |title=Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying |date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |last=Hennessy-Fiske|first=Molly |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Podcaster Matt Bernstein (he/they) made a post on Instagram drawing parallels between Nex's tragic death and the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old [[cisgender]] gay man who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3lhrbIvYyl/ |title=rest in peace, nex. |archive-url=https://archive.ph/fN5SS |date=20 February 2024 |archive-date=18 October 2025 |author=Bernstein, Matt (@mattxiv)|work=Instagram}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

Nex Benedict

2025-10-18T13:14:23Z

TXJ: /* Media response */

{{Outdated Information}}
{{content warning|Violence, hate crimes, death of a nonbinary person, death of a gay man}}
'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. |last=Pauly |first=Madison |work=Mother Jones |date=24 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>

==Background and personality==
Friends of Nex reported that the teen, a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma, preferred [[he/him]] pronouns but also used [[they/them]].<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440 |title=Friends remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma student who died after school fight, as 'fiery kid'|first=Jo |last=Yurcaba |date= 25 February 204 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> He was was a member of the Choktaw nation, and lived on Cherokee reservation land (where his high school is also located).<ref name="Riedel">{{Cite web |title=Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict |last=Riedel |first=Samantha |work=Them |date=23 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.them.us/story/nex-benedict-death-everything-we-know-nonbinary-oklahoma-teen}}</ref>

Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web |title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say |last=Baska |first=Maggie |work=Pink News |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024 |url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

Spencer, Nex's partner, told NBC News that "He made everything easier. He kept energy levels high. He would always keep the room in a good mood. He was always one of the brightest kids in the room, whether he would smile or not."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

Ally (they/them), a friend of Nex, told NBC News that "They were such an adventurous little thing. It was never really a dull moment with them."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death==

On February 7, 2024, Nex and another transgender student at Owasso High were attacked in a school bathroom by three [[cisgender]] girls. Sue Benedict and an anonymous person who claimed to be the other victim's mother reported to media that Nex was "beaten so badly that bruises formed around their eyes", and had their head slammed into the bathroom floor repeatedly. After the fight, school officials determined that an ambulance was not necessary, but Nex and a family member went to receive care at Bailey Medical Center and they were discharged later that day.<ref name="Riedel" />

According to Nex's mother, Nex was complaining of head pain as they went to bed on the night of February 7. At some point after that, "They collapsed [and] were taken back to Bailey Medical Center, where they were later pronounced dead."<ref name="Riedel" />

On 21 February 2024, Owasso police stated that Nex "did not die as a result of trauma", but this statement has been questioned by some journalists.<ref name="Riedel" /><ref name="PinkNewsBaska" /> Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to the problem of bullying and the problem of anti-trans sentiments gaining popularity across America in recent years.<ref name="Riedel" />

The Biden administration and other sources put out statements that characterized Nex's death as a suicide due to bullying.

==Media response==

Representatives from ACLU and Lambda Legal issued a press release on February 20 stating in no uncertain terms that "The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/response-to-death-of-nex-benedict-from-bridge-v-oklahoma-state-board-of-education-legal-team |title=Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team |date=20 February 2024 |publisher=ACLU.org}}</ref> ACLU and Lambda Legal were and still are fighting a [[transphobia|transphobic]] "bathroom bill" that required Nex to be in the girl's bathroom where the attack took place.

Kylan Durant, president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, said that "This happened in a red state where all of these laws and these leaders are saying terrible things about queer people and kids. Can we not draw a line and acknowledge that stuff like this happens because of that?"<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://archive.ph/LTR3U |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/oklahoma-teen-lgbtq-nex-benedict-died/ |title=Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying |date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |last=Hennessy-Fiske|first=Molly |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Podcaster Matt Bernstein (he/they) made a post on Instagram drawing parallels between Nex's tragic death and the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old [[cisgender]] gay man who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3lhrbIvYyl/ |title=rest in peace, nex. |archive-url=https://archive.ph/fN5SS |date=20 February 2024 |archive-date=18 October 2025 |author=Bernstein, Matt (@mattxiv)|work=Instagram}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

Notable people who aren't nonbinary

2025-10-18T13:07:02Z

TXJ: /* Elisa Rae Shupe */

{{Content warning | suicide}}

'''Notable people who aren't non-binary''' is where this wiki lists a few famous contemporary and historical people who may have ended up in the [[notable nonbinary people]] article at one point, either because they formerly identified as nonbinary, or who were popularly misrepresented as being nonbinary. This list will be in alphabetical order, by family name.

==Aja==
The drag performer Aja lived as nonbinary since 2018, then came out as a trans woman in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drag Race royalty Aja opens up about her gender journey as a proud trans woman |last=Smith |first=Reiss |work=PinkNews |date=20 December 2021 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/20/aja-trans-woman-drag-race/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819002445/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/20/aja-trans-woman-drag-race/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Anohni==
This wiki previously had an article apparently interpreting the English composer and visual artist Anohni as nonbinary, but not citing sources to support that interpretation, only that Anohni prefers she/her pronouns.<ref name="Traynor">{{Cite web |title=An Intimate Portal: Antony Hegarty Interviewed |author=Traynor, Cian |work=The Quietus |date=4 November 2014 |access-date=10 May 2020 |url= https://thequietus.com/articles/16604-antony-hegarty-interview}}</ref> In a [https://pitchfork.com/news/63773-anohni-why-i-am-not-attending-the-academy-awards/ 2016 essay], Anohni calls herself an "androgynous transwoman." For this reason, we have removed the article that seemed to misrepresent her here.

==jayy dodd==
The writer/poet/artist jayy dodd came out as nonbinary in 2016<ref name="dodd2016">{{Cite web |title=homies don’t come out, they let you in. |last=dodd |first=jayy |work=Medium |date=2 July 2016 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@deyblxk/homies-dont-come-out-they-let-you-in-aaf9ad991d8c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420141021/http://medium.com/@deyblxk/homies-dont-come-out-they-let-you-in-aaf9ad991d8c |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, but in December 2020 she stated she is a binary trans woman.<ref>{{cite tweet|first=jayy|last=dodd |user=jxzz_hndz |number=1335646167191863297 |date=6 December 2020 |title=(I identify as a binary trans woman for context)}}</ref>

==Tommy Dorfman==
Tommy Dorfman (born May 13, 1992) is an American actor known for playing the role of Ryan Shaver in the Netflix drama ''13 Reasons Why''. Dorfman came out as [[nonbinary]] in 2017<ref name="Peoples">{{Cite web |title=Tommy Dorfman's Latest Fashion Statement: Gender |last=Peoples |first=Landon |work=Refinery29 |date=16 November 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180981/13-reasons-why-tommy-dorfman-gender-equality|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530152822/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180981/13-reasons-why-tommy-dorfman-gender-equality |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and had some difficulty finding a talent agency due to [[Discrimination|discrimination against nonbinary people]], with one agent telling Dorfman that being nonbinary was "a fad" which would make the actor a poor investment for the agency.<ref name="NBC2020">{{Cite web |title=How gender-nonconforming actors are changing Hollywood |author= |work=NBC News |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-gender-nonconforming-actors-are-changing-hollywood-n1227326|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410165740/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-gender-nonconforming-actors-are-changing-hollywood-n1227326 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Dorfman announced she was a trans woman in July of 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CRoiQLlDmKu/|website=Instagram|title=thrilled to reintroduce myself as the woman i am today. my pronouns are she/her.|access-date=23 July 2021|date=22 July 2021|author=tommy.dorfman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613151224/https://instagram.com/p/CRoiQLlDmKu|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>.

==Laganja Estranja==
Drag queen Laganja Estranja was previously identifying as nonbinary, but in June 2021 she came out as a trans woman. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she said "I tried to be male and be in-between and nonbinary. The truth is I'm a feminine entity and I can live this life."<ref name="Nolfi">{{Cite web |title=RuPaul's Drag Race star Laganja Estranja comes out as trans: 'I feel so beautiful' |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=15 June 2021 |access-date=19 August 2021 |url= https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-laganja-estranja-comes-out-trans/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528012218/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-laganja-estranja-comes-out-trans/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Grimes==
The Canadian musician Grimes tweeted in 2015
{{Quote|I vibe in a gender neutral space so I'm kinda impartial to pronouns for myself. Don't have a preferred so much but I wish I didn't have to be categorized as female constantly. Everything I ever hear about Grimes is super gendered and it's always really made me uncomfortable.}}

Some people interpreted this to mean that Grimes had a [[gender neutral]] identity or that Grimes uses [[gender neutral pronouns]].<Ref>
{{Cite web |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nonbinary-gender-neutral-artists-list/ |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-10-19 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927145601/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nonbinary-gender-neutral-artists-list/ |url-status=dead }}
</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Grimes_(musician)#Pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20221030154657/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Grimes_(musician) Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> However, Grimes deleted the tweet and has not made any statement on gender since then.

==Amo Hall/Amo Elizabeth==
From 2017 to 2019 the reality show star was identifying as nonbinary with [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="usweekly2019">{{Cite web |title=The Challenge’s Amo Reveals They Are Transitioning, Started Taking Hormones |author= |work=Us Weekly |date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/the-challenges-amo-reveals-they-are-transitioning/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329142051/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/the-challenges-amo-reveals-they-are-transitioning/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> However, as of 2020, Amo is a [[trans woman]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CFufaB-hDn8/ I AM A PROUD TRANSGENDER WOMAN.], September 29, 2020</ref> and uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/loveistheammo/ Instagram bio], retrieved Nov 3 2020.</ref>

==Jo Kwon==
In 2020, the K-pop star Jo Kwon spoke about embracing an [[androgynous]] "genderless image". Due to mistranslation, some fans thought that Kwon had come out with a [[genderless]] identity.<ref name="Gonsalves">{{Cite web |title=Jo Kwon embraces his 'genderless image', fans misconstrue his words and remain divided in supporting K-pop star |last=Gonsalves |first=Jenifer |work=MEAWW |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://meaww.com/jo-kwon-genderless-image-mistranslation-gender-nonbinary-band-pd-bts-army|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906033110/https://meaww.com/jo-kwon-genderless-image-mistranslation-gender-nonbinary-band-pd-bts-army |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=hyunsuinseoul|number=1293733914024931329|title=Mistranslation got people arguing over which pronounce to call Jo Kwon when all he said was embracing his “genderless image”|date=12 August 2020}}</ref>

==Anunnaki Ray Marquez==
[[Intersex]] activist Anunnaki Ray Marquez previously identified as a [[nonbinary man]]<ref name="Marquez-difference">{{Cite web |title=The Difference Between my Biological Sex and My Gender. |author=Marquez, Anunnaki Ray |date=1 March 2016 |access-date=21 March 2021 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2016/03/01/the-difference-between-my-biological-sex-and-my-gender/ |quote=What all this means is that my SEX is INTERSEX. My GENDER is MALE. And I am a NON-BINARY man. My personhood is HUMAN. I am valid. I EXIST. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419210114/https://anunnakiray.com/2016/03/01/the-difference-between-my-biological-sex-and-my-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> but later stated that "I now will never refer to myself as non-binary again. I like to now call myself an [[intersex]], [[Gender nonconformity|nonconforming]], [[androgynous]] gay man."<ref name="Marquez-dontlike">{{Cite web |title=Why I don't like saying “non-binary gender” anymore. |author=Marquez, Anunnaki Ray |work= |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=21 March 2021 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2016/10/10/why-i-dont-like-saying-non-binary-gender-anymore/ |quote=However, I now will never refer to myself as non-binary again. I like to now call myself an intersex, nonconforming, androgynous gay man. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604105654/https://anunnakiray.com/2016/10/10/why-i-dont-like-saying-non-binary-gender-anymore/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=anunnakiray |number=1179830651903758336 |date=3 October 2019 |title=I love you back! I am not non-binary, but I am a nonconforming 46XX intersex man. I was told I can't exist too. Your message to the world has helped me profoundly! Much love to you!}}</ref> However, Marquez still uses the [[Honorifics|title]] [[Mx]].
==Satsuki Nakayama==
Satsuki is a Japanese fashion model, is a Japanese model and actor who is known for his roles as Naki in Kamen Rider Zero-One and Shima Nishina in Kiss Him, Not Me. He started his modeling career as an exclusive model for the magazine Pichi Lemon and later became one of the standout models of Japan's genderless trend. In 2019, Nakayama came out as asexual and agender on his blog, expressing his desire at the time, to not be be defined as either male or female. However he later (publicly) came out as a transgender man in August of 2021.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202108140000872.html | title=中山咲月がトランスジェンダー＆無性愛者公表「性別の枠超えご覧頂けたら」 | language=ja | work=Nikkan Sports | date=2021-08-16 | accessdate=2021-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-19|title=トランスジェンダー告白した中山咲月、"ジェンダーレス女子"から「男性として生きていくと決めた」覚悟|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/57123/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Oricon|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203114353/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/57123/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==Andreja Pejić==

Andreja Pejić (born 1991) is a world-famous fashion model. She came out as a woman in July 2014, with the intention to model only women's fashion.<ref>[http://www.glaad.org/blog/model-andreja-pejic-comes-out-publicly-transgender-woman-shares-her-experience-media-and "Model Andreja Pejic comes out publicly as a transgender woman, shares her experience with media and Facebook fans"], glaad.com, July 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604041654/https://www.glaad.org/blog/model-andreja-pejic-comes-out-publicly-transgender-woman-shares-her-experience-media-and Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> She has stated that she prefers she/her pronouns<ref name="pejic">[http://www.lamondamagazine.com/en/m/attack/andrej-pejic/ "ANDREJ PEJIC" in La Monda], 2013-11-05 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201112004152/http://www.lamondamagazine.com/en/m/attack/andrej-pejic/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and that she identifies with the term [[transgender]] as an umbrella term.<ref name=pejicabc>[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/genderless-worlds-popular-male-model-walks-runways-heels/story?id=14522370#.T1uTNnJWqC8 "Genderless: World's Most Popular Male Model Walks Runways in Heels, Dresses"], Sept 2011, abc [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324123143/https://abcnews.go.com/Business/genderless-worlds-popular-male-model-walks-runways-heels/story?id=14522370 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>.

During the years before she came out as a woman, she used to self-identify as neither male nor female, which was widely reported by the media. She had modeled both men's wear and women's wear, and would defy interviewers' attempts to label her with a gender. In 2011, in response to a question about how she self-defines, Pejić said "Define, refine, constrict, package, and sell... No thank you. I would like to live in a world where your gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and, above all, financial status didn't affect the opportunities you are given in life, the way you're treated by others, and your overall freedom. In a world like that, I wouldn't be given such a complex definition"<ref>[http://www.out.com/fashion/2011/11/24/catching-andrej-pejic "Catching Up With Andrej Pejic"], Out.com, Nov 2011 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230605111011/https://www.out.com/fashion/2011/11/24/catching-andrej-pejic Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>. When pressed in an interview to reveal whether she saw a girl or boy in the mirror growing up, Pejić replied simply, "I saw a child"<ref name=pejicabc></ref>.

==Tom Phelan==
Actor Tom Phelan used to identify as a [[nonbinary]] [[lesbian]] but as of 2018 is a gay trans man.<ref name="TomPyoutube">{{Cite web |title=Trans Actor Tom Phelan on Gender Pronouns |author=Broadly Hotline |work=YouTube |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Bp-XTwA6I|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502024344/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Bp-XTwA6I |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Elisa Rae Shupe==
Elisa Rae Shupe (born 1963) was a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain [[legal gender|legal recognition]] of a nonbinary gender. In early 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "returned to [her] male [[Sex assigned at birth|birth sex]]". She became a vocal critic of transgender rights and the very concept of [[gender identity]], blaming "out-of-control, transgender [[activism]]" for making transition too easy.<ref name="dail_IWas">{{Cite web |title=I Was America’s First 'Nonbinary' Person. It Was All a Sham. |author=Shupe, Elisa |work=The Daily Signal |date=10 March 2019 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211054727/https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shupe |first1=Elisa |title=Public Announcement: I Have Returned To My Male Birth Sex |url=https://jamieshupe.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/public-announcement-i-have-returned-to-my-male-birth-sex/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/y6sAF |archive-date=1 April 2019 |website=Website Of James Shupe |language=en |date=26 January 2019}}</ref> However, she later came out as a trans woman, denouncing her former ties to "gender-critical and radical feminists, faith-based groups, and conservatives", and was supportive of trans and nonbinary people, stating in a 2022 blog post that "All gender identities are valid and should be treated with the utmost respect at all times."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |author=Shupe, Elisa |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522023759/https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Elisa died by suicide in January 2025, citing in her suicide note that she did not want to live under the transphobic Trump administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theshiftnews.substack.com/p/elisa-rae-shupe-life-and-legacy |archive-url=https://archive.ph/33Eer |archive-date=17 February 2025 |title=Elisa Rae Shupe, Life and Legacy of a Trans Veteran Who Shaped History|date=16 February 2025|last=Romero|first=Theodore}}</ref> Her death date is not known for certain, but this was shortly after Trump's January 20th executive order titled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government". (See [[History of nonbinary gender#2025]].)

==Billy Dee Williams==

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born 1937) is one of America's most well-known black film actors of the 1970s, best known for playing the adventurous Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars film franchise. In an interview with ''Esquire'' in 2019, Williams said, "I never tried to be anything except myself. I think of myself as a relatively colorful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously. [...] And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine. I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself."<ref>Matt Miller. "The Enduring, Intergalactic Cool of Billy Dee Williams." ''Esquire''. Nov 26, 2019. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29817501/billy-dee-williams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-interview/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221222161301/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29817501/billy-dee-williams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-interview/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Although that ''Esquire'' interviewer labels Williams with the word "[[genderfluid]]," Williams was not recorded as using that word during that interview. Based on that interview, several other news articles afterward misreported that Williams had come out genderfluid.

A few days afterward, Williams explained that that was a misrepresentation of him, that he had never identified as genderfluid, and that he didn't know what the word "genderfluid" meant. He explained that his remark in the ''Esquire'' interview was meant as a reference to the ''anima'', the feminine side present in all manhood, in Jungian psychology.<ref name="Wakefield">{{Cite web |title=Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams says he’s not actually gender fluid and he doesn’t ‘really know what it means’ |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |work=PinkNews |date=5 December 2019 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/05/gender-fluid-star-wars-actor-billy-dee-williams-lando-calrissian-donald-glover-rise-skywalker/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819175007/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/05/gender-fluid-star-wars-actor-billy-dee-williams-lando-calrissian-donald-glover-rise-skywalker/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Notable nonbinary people]]

==References==
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[[Category:People]]

Notable people who aren't nonbinary

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'''Notable people who aren't non-binary''' is where this wiki lists a few famous contemporary and historical people who may have ended up in the [[notable nonbinary people]] article at one point, either because they formerly identified as nonbinary, or who were popularly misrepresented as being nonbinary. This list will be in alphabetical order, by family name.

==Aja==
The drag performer Aja lived as nonbinary since 2018, then came out as a trans woman in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drag Race royalty Aja opens up about her gender journey as a proud trans woman |last=Smith |first=Reiss |work=PinkNews |date=20 December 2021 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/20/aja-trans-woman-drag-race/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819002445/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/20/aja-trans-woman-drag-race/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Anohni==
This wiki previously had an article apparently interpreting the English composer and visual artist Anohni as nonbinary, but not citing sources to support that interpretation, only that Anohni prefers she/her pronouns.<ref name="Traynor">{{Cite web |title=An Intimate Portal: Antony Hegarty Interviewed |author=Traynor, Cian |work=The Quietus |date=4 November 2014 |access-date=10 May 2020 |url= https://thequietus.com/articles/16604-antony-hegarty-interview}}</ref> In a [https://pitchfork.com/news/63773-anohni-why-i-am-not-attending-the-academy-awards/ 2016 essay], Anohni calls herself an "androgynous transwoman." For this reason, we have removed the article that seemed to misrepresent her here.

==jayy dodd==
The writer/poet/artist jayy dodd came out as nonbinary in 2016<ref name="dodd2016">{{Cite web |title=homies don’t come out, they let you in. |last=dodd |first=jayy |work=Medium |date=2 July 2016 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@deyblxk/homies-dont-come-out-they-let-you-in-aaf9ad991d8c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420141021/http://medium.com/@deyblxk/homies-dont-come-out-they-let-you-in-aaf9ad991d8c |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, but in December 2020 she stated she is a binary trans woman.<ref>{{cite tweet|first=jayy|last=dodd |user=jxzz_hndz |number=1335646167191863297 |date=6 December 2020 |title=(I identify as a binary trans woman for context)}}</ref>

==Tommy Dorfman==
Tommy Dorfman (born May 13, 1992) is an American actor known for playing the role of Ryan Shaver in the Netflix drama ''13 Reasons Why''. Dorfman came out as [[nonbinary]] in 2017<ref name="Peoples">{{Cite web |title=Tommy Dorfman's Latest Fashion Statement: Gender |last=Peoples |first=Landon |work=Refinery29 |date=16 November 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180981/13-reasons-why-tommy-dorfman-gender-equality|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530152822/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180981/13-reasons-why-tommy-dorfman-gender-equality |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and had some difficulty finding a talent agency due to [[Discrimination|discrimination against nonbinary people]], with one agent telling Dorfman that being nonbinary was "a fad" which would make the actor a poor investment for the agency.<ref name="NBC2020">{{Cite web |title=How gender-nonconforming actors are changing Hollywood |author= |work=NBC News |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-gender-nonconforming-actors-are-changing-hollywood-n1227326|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410165740/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-gender-nonconforming-actors-are-changing-hollywood-n1227326 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Dorfman announced she was a trans woman in July of 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CRoiQLlDmKu/|website=Instagram|title=thrilled to reintroduce myself as the woman i am today. my pronouns are she/her.|access-date=23 July 2021|date=22 July 2021|author=tommy.dorfman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613151224/https://instagram.com/p/CRoiQLlDmKu|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>.

==Laganja Estranja==
Drag queen Laganja Estranja was previously identifying as nonbinary, but in June 2021 she came out as a trans woman. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she said "I tried to be male and be in-between and nonbinary. The truth is I'm a feminine entity and I can live this life."<ref name="Nolfi">{{Cite web |title=RuPaul's Drag Race star Laganja Estranja comes out as trans: 'I feel so beautiful' |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=15 June 2021 |access-date=19 August 2021 |url= https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-laganja-estranja-comes-out-trans/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528012218/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-laganja-estranja-comes-out-trans/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Grimes==
The Canadian musician Grimes tweeted in 2015
{{Quote|I vibe in a gender neutral space so I'm kinda impartial to pronouns for myself. Don't have a preferred so much but I wish I didn't have to be categorized as female constantly. Everything I ever hear about Grimes is super gendered and it's always really made me uncomfortable.}}

Some people interpreted this to mean that Grimes had a [[gender neutral]] identity or that Grimes uses [[gender neutral pronouns]].<Ref>
{{Cite web |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nonbinary-gender-neutral-artists-list/ |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-10-19 |archive-date=2020-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927145601/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nonbinary-gender-neutral-artists-list/ |url-status=dead }}
</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Grimes_(musician)#Pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20221030154657/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Grimes_(musician) Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> However, Grimes deleted the tweet and has not made any statement on gender since then.

==Amo Hall/Amo Elizabeth==
From 2017 to 2019 the reality show star was identifying as nonbinary with [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="usweekly2019">{{Cite web |title=The Challenge’s Amo Reveals They Are Transitioning, Started Taking Hormones |author= |work=Us Weekly |date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/the-challenges-amo-reveals-they-are-transitioning/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329142051/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/the-challenges-amo-reveals-they-are-transitioning/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> However, as of 2020, Amo is a [[trans woman]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CFufaB-hDn8/ I AM A PROUD TRANSGENDER WOMAN.], September 29, 2020</ref> and uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/loveistheammo/ Instagram bio], retrieved Nov 3 2020.</ref>

==Jo Kwon==
In 2020, the K-pop star Jo Kwon spoke about embracing an [[androgynous]] "genderless image". Due to mistranslation, some fans thought that Kwon had come out with a [[genderless]] identity.<ref name="Gonsalves">{{Cite web |title=Jo Kwon embraces his 'genderless image', fans misconstrue his words and remain divided in supporting K-pop star |last=Gonsalves |first=Jenifer |work=MEAWW |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://meaww.com/jo-kwon-genderless-image-mistranslation-gender-nonbinary-band-pd-bts-army|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906033110/https://meaww.com/jo-kwon-genderless-image-mistranslation-gender-nonbinary-band-pd-bts-army |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=hyunsuinseoul|number=1293733914024931329|title=Mistranslation got people arguing over which pronounce to call Jo Kwon when all he said was embracing his “genderless image”|date=12 August 2020}}</ref>

==Anunnaki Ray Marquez==
[[Intersex]] activist Anunnaki Ray Marquez previously identified as a [[nonbinary man]]<ref name="Marquez-difference">{{Cite web |title=The Difference Between my Biological Sex and My Gender. |author=Marquez, Anunnaki Ray |date=1 March 2016 |access-date=21 March 2021 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2016/03/01/the-difference-between-my-biological-sex-and-my-gender/ |quote=What all this means is that my SEX is INTERSEX. My GENDER is MALE. And I am a NON-BINARY man. My personhood is HUMAN. I am valid. I EXIST. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419210114/https://anunnakiray.com/2016/03/01/the-difference-between-my-biological-sex-and-my-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> but later stated that "I now will never refer to myself as non-binary again. I like to now call myself an [[intersex]], [[Gender nonconformity|nonconforming]], [[androgynous]] gay man."<ref name="Marquez-dontlike">{{Cite web |title=Why I don't like saying “non-binary gender” anymore. |author=Marquez, Anunnaki Ray |work= |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=21 March 2021 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2016/10/10/why-i-dont-like-saying-non-binary-gender-anymore/ |quote=However, I now will never refer to myself as non-binary again. I like to now call myself an intersex, nonconforming, androgynous gay man. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604105654/https://anunnakiray.com/2016/10/10/why-i-dont-like-saying-non-binary-gender-anymore/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=anunnakiray |number=1179830651903758336 |date=3 October 2019 |title=I love you back! I am not non-binary, but I am a nonconforming 46XX intersex man. I was told I can't exist too. Your message to the world has helped me profoundly! Much love to you!}}</ref> However, Marquez still uses the [[Honorifics|title]] [[Mx]].
==Satsuki Nakayama==
Satsuki is a Japanese fashion model, is a Japanese model and actor who is known for his roles as Naki in Kamen Rider Zero-One and Shima Nishina in Kiss Him, Not Me. He started his modeling career as an exclusive model for the magazine Pichi Lemon and later became one of the standout models of Japan's genderless trend. In 2019, Nakayama came out as asexual and agender on his blog, expressing his desire at the time, to not be be defined as either male or female. However he later (publicly) came out as a transgender man in August of 2021.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202108140000872.html | title=中山咲月がトランスジェンダー＆無性愛者公表「性別の枠超えご覧頂けたら」 | language=ja | work=Nikkan Sports | date=2021-08-16 | accessdate=2021-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-19|title=トランスジェンダー告白した中山咲月、"ジェンダーレス女子"から「男性として生きていくと決めた」覚悟|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/57123/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Oricon|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203114353/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/57123/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==Andreja Pejić==

Andreja Pejić (born 1991) is a world-famous fashion model. She came out as a woman in July 2014, with the intention to model only women's fashion.<ref>[http://www.glaad.org/blog/model-andreja-pejic-comes-out-publicly-transgender-woman-shares-her-experience-media-and "Model Andreja Pejic comes out publicly as a transgender woman, shares her experience with media and Facebook fans"], glaad.com, July 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604041654/https://www.glaad.org/blog/model-andreja-pejic-comes-out-publicly-transgender-woman-shares-her-experience-media-and Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> She has stated that she prefers she/her pronouns<ref name="pejic">[http://www.lamondamagazine.com/en/m/attack/andrej-pejic/ "ANDREJ PEJIC" in La Monda], 2013-11-05 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201112004152/http://www.lamondamagazine.com/en/m/attack/andrej-pejic/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and that she identifies with the term [[transgender]] as an umbrella term.<ref name=pejicabc>[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/genderless-worlds-popular-male-model-walks-runways-heels/story?id=14522370#.T1uTNnJWqC8 "Genderless: World's Most Popular Male Model Walks Runways in Heels, Dresses"], Sept 2011, abc [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324123143/https://abcnews.go.com/Business/genderless-worlds-popular-male-model-walks-runways-heels/story?id=14522370 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>.

During the years before she came out as a woman, she used to self-identify as neither male nor female, which was widely reported by the media. She had modeled both men's wear and women's wear, and would defy interviewers' attempts to label her with a gender. In 2011, in response to a question about how she self-defines, Pejić said "Define, refine, constrict, package, and sell... No thank you. I would like to live in a world where your gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and, above all, financial status didn't affect the opportunities you are given in life, the way you're treated by others, and your overall freedom. In a world like that, I wouldn't be given such a complex definition"<ref>[http://www.out.com/fashion/2011/11/24/catching-andrej-pejic "Catching Up With Andrej Pejic"], Out.com, Nov 2011 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230605111011/https://www.out.com/fashion/2011/11/24/catching-andrej-pejic Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>. When pressed in an interview to reveal whether she saw a girl or boy in the mirror growing up, Pejić replied simply, "I saw a child"<ref name=pejicabc></ref>.

==Tom Phelan==
Actor Tom Phelan used to identify as a [[nonbinary]] [[lesbian]] but as of 2018 is a gay trans man.<ref name="TomPyoutube">{{Cite web |title=Trans Actor Tom Phelan on Gender Pronouns |author=Broadly Hotline |work=YouTube |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Bp-XTwA6I|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502024344/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Bp-XTwA6I |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Elisa Rae Shupe==
Elisa Rae Shupe (born 1963) was a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain [[legal gender|legal recognition]] of a nonbinary gender. In early 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "returned to [her] male [[Sex assigned at birth|birth sex]]". She became a vocal critic of transgender rights and the very concept of [[gender identity]], blaming "out-of-control, transgender [[activism]]" for making transition too easy.<ref name="dail_IWas">{{Cite web |title=I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham. |author=Shupe, Elisa |work=The Daily Signal |date=10 March 2019 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211054727/https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shupe |first1=Elisa |title=Public Announcement: I Have Returned To My Male Birth Sex |url=https://jamieshupe.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/public-announcement-i-have-returned-to-my-male-birth-sex/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/y6sAF |archive-date=1 April 2019 |website=Website Of James Shupe |language=en |date=26 January 2019}}</ref> However, she later came out as a trans woman, denouncing her former ties to "gender-critical and radical feminists, faith-based groups, and conservatives", and was supportive of trans and nonbinary people, stating in a 2022 blog post that "All gender identities are valid and should be treated with the utmost respect at all times."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |author=Shupe, Elisa |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522023759/https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Elisa died by suicide in early 2025, citing in her suicide note that she did not want to live under the transphobic Trump administration.<ref>https://theshiftnews.substack.com/p/elisa-rae-shupe-life-and-legacy</ref>

==Billy Dee Williams==

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born 1937) is one of America's most well-known black film actors of the 1970s, best known for playing the adventurous Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars film franchise. In an interview with ''Esquire'' in 2019, Williams said, "I never tried to be anything except myself. I think of myself as a relatively colorful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously. [...] And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine. I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself."<ref>Matt Miller. "The Enduring, Intergalactic Cool of Billy Dee Williams." ''Esquire''. Nov 26, 2019. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29817501/billy-dee-williams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-interview/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221222161301/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29817501/billy-dee-williams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-interview/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Although that ''Esquire'' interviewer labels Williams with the word "[[genderfluid]]," Williams was not recorded as using that word during that interview. Based on that interview, several other news articles afterward misreported that Williams had come out genderfluid.

A few days afterward, Williams explained that that was a misrepresentation of him, that he had never identified as genderfluid, and that he didn't know what the word "genderfluid" meant. He explained that his remark in the ''Esquire'' interview was meant as a reference to the ''anima'', the feminine side present in all manhood, in Jungian psychology.<ref name="Wakefield">{{Cite web |title=Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams says he’s not actually gender fluid and he doesn’t ‘really know what it means’ |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |work=PinkNews |date=5 December 2019 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/05/gender-fluid-star-wars-actor-billy-dee-williams-lando-calrissian-donald-glover-rise-skywalker/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819175007/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/05/gender-fluid-star-wars-actor-billy-dee-williams-lando-calrissian-donald-glover-rise-skywalker/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Notable nonbinary people]]

==References==
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[[Category:People]]

X-gender

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TXJ: /* X-gender characters in fiction */

[[File:X-gender.png|thumb|A proposed X-gender pride flag, created in 2016 by a tumblr user under the pseudonym "xgen".<ref>https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/154655970879/image-white-background-with-a-large-x-over-it, 19 December 2016 [https://web.archive.org/web/20221018020710/https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/154655970879/image-white-background-with-a-large-x-over-it Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The design arranges the colors of the nonbinary flag into an X shape.]]
'''X-gender''' (Xジェンダー ''x-jendā'', or エックスジェンダー ''ekkusu-jendā'') is a common [[transgender]] identity that isn't [[female]] or [[male]].<ref name="RoxieSelected">Marilyn Roxie. "Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan." March 28, 2013. [http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan http://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606093151/https://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The word X-gender is used in Japan in the same way that [[genderqueer]] and [[nonbinary]] are used in English. According to a 2019 online survey conducted by the Japan LGBT Research Institute, 8,700 out of of 348,000 respondents aged 20 to 69 identified themselves as X-gender.<ref>"Most people in Japan know LGBT but understanding limited." ''Kyodo News.'' December 11, 2019. Accessed July 5, 2020. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230621013045/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/12/bf50b5f548d5-most-people-in-japan-know-lgbt-but-understanding-limited.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Etymology==

The "X" in X-gender has many possible origins. It is sometimes incorrectly interpreted as an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xing abbreviation] of "cross", as in "cross-gender".

In mathematics, an X represents an unknown variable.

In some countries, a similar term “[[Gender markers|X gender]]” is used in official paperwork to represent a gender other than man or woman.

==History==

The term "X-gender" began to be used in the queer communities of Kansai, in Osaka and Kyoto, during the latter half of the 1990s, when it appeared in writings published by queer organizations in those regions.<ref>http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213083501/http://rainbowaction.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-122.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Dale">S.P.F. Dale. "An Introduction to X-Jendā:
Examining a New Gender Identity in Japan." ''Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific'' Issue 31, December 2012. http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214727/http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Later Chinese queer community borrowed the terms "FtX" and "MtX".

There is a widespread practice of [[Binary genders#Transgender women|trans women]] and people on the trans-feminine spectrum abbreviating their transition direction, "male-to-female", as "MtF". Meanwhile, [[Binary genders#Transgender men|trans men]] and people on the trans-masculine spectrum abbreviating "female-to-male" as "FtM". Following this, trans people who don't identify as male or female substitute an X for their transition direction. X-gender and other nonbinary people have described their transition direction as "male-to-X" as "MtX", and "female-to-X". The term "XtX" is also used by people who were born with an [[intersex]] condition and have a gender identity that is neither male nor female.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214727/http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm#n12 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214727/http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue31/dale.htm Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Characteristics==

There are several categories of gender in X-gender. Chiefly, there are thought to be four: [[gender neutral|neutral]] (中性), which is between male and female; [[bigender]] (両性), which is somewhat both; [[genderfluid]] (不定性), which changes between genders in different situations; and [[agender]] (無性), which have no gender of their own.<ref>Gender identity as unspecified - Qualitative classification of MTX and FTX - Journal of the GID (Gender Equality Disorder) Society, 3 (1), pp. 44 - 45. (佐々木掌子 (2010). 規定されないものとしてのジェンダー・アイデンティティ－MTXとFTXの質的分類－ GID（性同一性障害）学会雑誌, 3(1), pp.44-45.)</ref> There is no need to be bound by these four categories.

In addition to the above, it is thought that there are various gender identities. In addition, male gender identity is dominant in neutral or bigender X-gender as male X-gender, whereas when female gender identity is dominant, it is sometimes referred to as female X-gender. Furthermore, there can be differences in the proportion of the male and female they feel, and since there are also X-gender and others with neutral or bigender identities other than the concept of men and women, even among those belonging to either one, it is said that there are no two people with the same gender identity in X gender.

X-gender is a gender identity, not a [[romantic orientation|romantic]] or [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation. X-gender people may feel attraction to men, women, both, and/or other X-gender people, or they may be [[asexual]] (feeling no sexual attraction to anybody).

Sonja Dale, a researcher of gender issues at Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University, says that X-gender people often suffer from discrimination, abuse, and pressure to conform to gender norms.<ref name="miyuki">Tokoi Miyuki and Mochizuki Mami. "Pushing for 'X-gender' recognition." June 11, 2019. Accessed October 5, 2020. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/576/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606033805/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/576/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This makes them "almost twice as likely to suffer from depression or anxiety disorders as those who identify as male or female," according to a survey conducted by Tokyo's International Christian University.<ref name="miyuki" />

==Online communities==
* [http://ftxmtx-x-gender.com/ MtXとFtX・Xジェンダー・GDのための会員制サークル「label X(ラベル・エックス)」] (Membership circle for MtX, FtX, and X-gender)

== Notable X-gender people ==

[[File:Yuu_Watase.jpg|thumb|Yuu Watase illustrating a sample of ''Ayashi no Ceres'' at Lucca Comics 2004 in Italy.]]
''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''

There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the word "x-gender" for themselves.

* [[M A Joy]] is a manga artist and illustrator working in Tokyo. [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/14/then-i-saw-rupauls-drag-race-coming-out-as-x-gender-in-tokyo-a-manga They made this comic about how they realized they were x-gender].
* [[Yuhki Kamatani]] (鎌谷悠希) (b. 1983) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for their first serialized series ''Nabari no Ou'', published by Square Enix.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4757515626 リベラメンテ―鎌谷悠希短編集 [https://web.archive.org/web/20221015160914/https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4757515626 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Having come out in a 2012 tweet,<ref>{{cite tweet|number=199640030942208000|user=yuhkikamatani|title=隠すことでもわざわざ言うことでもカテゴライズするようなことでもないと分かっているけど、無難に生きようと、へらへら誤魔化している自分に対して無性に腹立たしく思う時があります。誤魔化したくない。私はXジェンダーでアセクシャルなセクシュアルマイノリティです。そんな程度の人間です。|date=May 7, 2012}}</ref> Kamatani identifies as X-gender and asexual. In their Twitter profile,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/yuhkikamatani/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308012056/https://twitter.com/yuhkikamatani/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|title=鎌谷悠希 (@yuhkikamatani) {{!}} Twitter|date=March 8, 2016|accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref> Kamatani notes their gender as "toX"—following the tradition of transgender individuals identifying as FTM or MTF—which conceals their assigned at birth gender.
* [[Morita Shinichi]] is one of the founding members of an LGBT rights group in the 1990s called G-Front. Morita describes themself as ''jenda-furi'' ([[genderfree]]), x-gender, and "MTFTX gay." Morita said, "there exists no word for transsexual or transgendered individuals who do not clearly aim to be distinctly male or female. As such, I just use the term 'x-jendā' to talk about my way of being."<ref name="Dale" />
* [[Wikipedia:Yuu Watase|Yuu Watase]] (渡瀬悠宇) (b. 1970) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist, known for creating comics such as ''Fushigi Yūgi''. Watase received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'' in 1997. In May 2019, Watase came out as x-gender.<ref>https://twitter.com/wataseyuu_/status/1130461270358908928 ブログでもここでも呟いたけど、再度。漫画にも影響してると思うから。私はXジェンダーと医師に診断されてて、中身は、男にも女にも寄れるし男でも女でもない。見た目はちゃんと(20代後半から社会に合わせて)どうせやるならやるでメイクもオシャレもする、それだけ。女性の身体は否定しないが→ I blogged here and again, but again. I think it also affects manga. I have been diagnosed by X-gender and a doctor, and the contents are neither men nor women, nor men or women. It looks just fine (according to society from the late 20s), and if you do it, you can make and be fashionable. I do not deny the female body カンガタリ:リマスター｣⑪発売中渡瀬悠宇:新刊｢アラタ date 2019-05-20 @wataseyuu_ access-date=2019-08-16 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606053958/https://twitter.com/wataseyuu_/status/1130461270358908928 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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== X-gender characters in fiction ==

''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''

There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "x-gender," either in their canon, or by their creators.

'''Yuta "Yū" Asuka''' (飛鳥悠, ''Asuka Yūta'') from the Tokyo Broadcasting System TV anime series Stars Align had a short arc that touched on how they were questioning their gender identity. During this they tell Maki that they want to be referred to with gender neutral language and that they think they are X-gender but don't want to be categorized.

'''Testament''' (テスタメント) from the Guilty Gear fighting game series is canonically ''musei'' (無性), neither male nor female, which is a category of X-gender.

'''Naki''' (亡) from ''Kamen Rider Zero-One'', the first Kamen Rider series from the Reiwa era, is a X-gendered Kamen Rider and is even played by a trans actor who at the time was X-gender but now identifies as a [[trans man]]. (See [[Notable people who aren't nonbinary]].)

''Please help expand this section.''

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* TOGUCHI Takuya (戸口太功耶) (2012). Phenomenological psychology of X gender - the meaning of identity that is not "male / female" - Naruto University of Education Graduate School of Education Graduate School of Education - master thesis (Xジェンダーの現象学的心理学―「男／女」いずれかではないアイデンティティを名乗ることの意味― 鳴門教育大学大学院学校教育研究科修士論文)
* YOSHINAGA Michiko (吉永みち子) (2000). Gender identity disorder - Morning Shueisha of sex change (性同一性障害－性転換の朝集英社)
* Label X ed., (Label X編)、"What is X gender?" - Diversity of sex in Japan. (『Ｘジェンダーって何？-日本における多様な性のあり方-』) "Green Wind Publication (緑風出版) October 20, 2016. ISBN 978-4-8461-1615-6

==See also==
*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]
*[[Glossary of Japanese gender and sex terminology]]
*[[Gender recognition|Gender recognition worldwide]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230606093151/https://genderqueerid.com/post/46526429887/selected-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan Selected links on nonbinary gender in Japan: X-gender]
*[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC Wikipedia on X-gender] (in Japanese)
*[http://mfms.jp/ustream/2011/1208/vol-41.html NPO My Faith My Style »Vol.41: X Gender / Yuri Sato] (in Japanese)
*[http://hitonoutuwa.wordpress.com/ あの女（ひと）の器―セクシャリティとか、GID（性同一性障害）とか] (a blog in Japanese)
*[https://w.atwiki.jp/xgender/ X-gender Wiki] (a wiki all about x-gender, in Japanese)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Gender-variant identities worldwide]]
[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]
[[Category:Japan]]

Cisgender

2025-10-05T02:07:47Z

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'''Cisgender''' (from Latin ''cis-'' "on the same side" + gender) means non-transgender. A cisgender person is a person who isn't [[transgender]], in that their [[gender identity]] matches the [[Sex#Gender Assigned At Birth|sex they were assigned at birth]]. Being cisgender is an aspect of a person's gender identity. [[Cisgender women]] are women who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] (or were born with certain [[intersex]] conditions), and who have a female gender identity. [[Cisgender men]] are men who were [[assigned male at birth]] (or were born with certain intersex conditions), and who have a male gender identity.


A person need not have a [[binary gender]] identity in order to be cisgender. People who were born intersex and who have a [[nonbinary]] gender identity can think of themselves as transgender, or as cisgender. Some cisgender intersex people call their gender identity "intersex," or "[[intergender]]." Some people of any gender assigned at birth think of their gender identity as cisgender at the same time as being [[genderqueer]], [[gender nonconforming]], or other identities that don't fit within the gender binary. Most cisgender people don't seek a gender [[transition]], but some do. For example, some drag artists who think of themselves as cisgender go on [[hormone therapy]].</translate><ref>Del Lagrace Volcano and Judith “Jack” Halberstam. ''The Drag King Book''. London: Serpent’s Tail, 1999.</ref>

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== History == 


The word "cisgender" was "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs" to mean "non-transgender." He formed the word "cisgender" from the Latin prefix ''cis-'', "on the same side," which is the counterpart of ''trans-'', "across to the other side."</translate><ref>Julia Serano, "[http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege.]" 2009-05-14. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226032644/http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

<translate> However, there is some evidence that the word "cisgender" has been independently coined at other times by different people. In 1994, the word appeared in the ''alt.transgendered'' newsgroup, in a post by Dana Leland Defosse, who doesn't define the term, as though it was already familiar to the readers.</translate><ref>Dana Leland Defosse, "[https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/alt.transgendered/acBONWZqmhs Transgender Research.]" May 26, 1994. ''alt.transgendered'' (newsgroup). Accessed 2007-12-22. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230307010140/https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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Later, based on the word "cisgender," the word "cissexual" was created. Julia Serano uses both of these words in her book on trans-feminism, ''Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity'' (2007). Starting around 2006, both words came into use in academic writings by other writers, such as in the field of queer studies.

== Cissexual == 


A person who isn't [[transsexual]].</translate><ref>"[https://www.susans.org/wiki/Cissexual Cissexual.]" ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20230703202127/https://www.susans.org/wiki/Cissexual Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> <translate> In some contexts, it can be useful to distinguish between cisgender and cissexual, along with distinguishing between transgender and transsexual. This distinction can be useful when talking about nonbinary and [[gender nonconforming]] people. Saying that a person is cissexual "emphasizes that someone is not dealing with the medical and legal aspects of a gender transition"; by contrast, "someone who has a nonbinary gender and [is] not dealing with the medical and legal aspects of a gender transition might call themselves a cissexual genderqueer."</translate><ref>Tobi Hill-Meyer, "[https://nodesignation.wordpress.com/definitions/ Definitions]." ''No Designation'' (personal blog). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230509010823/https://nodesignation.wordpress.com/definitions/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> <translate>
Some nonbinary people who transition call themselves transsexual, whereas other nonbinary or genderqueer people who don't transition can call themselves cissexual. (For example, [[Chanda Prescod-Weinstein]] is an "[[agender]] cis-sex woman".) It is possible to be both transgender and cissexual, if gender and sex are considered to be separate aspects of a person. That said, it is a choice for each person what labels they are comfortable with using for themself, and they may find other ways to label their gender.

== See also == 


* [[Gender binary]]
* [[Cissexism]]
* [[Cisgender men]]
* [[Cisgender women]]

== References == 
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[[Category:Identities]]
[[de:cisgender]]

Transsexual

2025-09-28T17:12:57Z

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[[File:Sou Transexual, Sou Cristã e Sou Amor.jpg|thumb|A person holds up a protest sign written in Portuguese that says (English translation) "I am Transsexual, I am Christian and I am Love", from a 2013 event in Brazil.]]
In the 1990s and prior, '''transsexual''' (also spelled '''transexual''') was the common [[umbrella term]] in English for what has now come to be usually called [[transgender]]. Some languages still use "transsexual" for various reasons, such as not having separate native words for [[sex]] and [[gender]]. This article will first discuss the modern English usage of "transsexual", then afterward will discuss the historical usage.

==Modern definition==
A ''transsexual'', or ''transexual'', person is a specific kind of [[transgender]] person: one who takes a physical [[transition]], especially [[surgery]]. [[Pronouns#They|They]] do this order to relieve the dissonance between how they feel about how their body is and should be ([[gender dysphoria]]) and make their body match how they see themself (their [[gender identity]]). The words [[transsexuality]] and transsexual were created by doctors and psychologists to describe such people, who first thought of it as something medically wrong (pathological). Because of this, some transgender people who could call themselves transsexual prefer not to be called that, and only called transgender, because they don't want their identity to be thought of as pathological.

There are many kinds of transsexual people:

* Transsexual women ([[transgender women]]), who were [[AMAB|assigned a male gender at birth]] (sometimes also [[intersex]]), and identify as [[female]], therefore they are women. Depending on the individual's wants and needs, their physical transition may include [[hormone therapy]] that gives them a higher estrogen balance, which creates a puberty in which they usually develop breasts. They may seek a surgery to change their genitals into a vagina ([[vaginoplasty]]).
* Transsexual men ([[transgender men]]), who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] (sometimes also intersex), and identify as [[male]], therefore they are men. Depending on the individual's wants and needs, their physical transition may include [[hormone therapy]] that gives them a higher testosterone balance, which creates a puberty in which they usually grow hair on their faces and bodies. They may seek a surgery to take away their breasts ([[mastectomy]]), and they have several options for surgery to change their genitals.
* Many people with [[nonbinary]] gender identities can or do call themselves transsexual, and seek a physical transition. A nonbinary person could have been assigned female or male at birth. They also could have been born intersex. The goal of a transsexual nonbinary person's transition depends on that individual's unique personal wants and needs. It might make their body more like what most people would think of as [[androgynous]], having qualities of both female and male, or neither female nor male, or conventionally female, or conventionally male, or like that of someone born with one kind or another of a natural intersex condition, or something else.

==Historical definition==

==See also==
*[[Identities]]
*[[Sex]]

==External links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual Wikipedia entry: Transsexual]

[[Category:Identities]]

Transsexual

2025-09-28T17:11:19Z

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[[File:Sou Transexual, Sou Cristã e Sou Amor.jpg|thumb|A person holds up a protest sign written in Portuguese that says (English translation) "I am Transsexual, I am Christian and I am Love", from a 2013 event in Brazil.]]
In the 1990s and prior, '''transsexual''' (also spelled '''transexual''') was the common [[umbrella term]] in English for what has now come to be usually called [[transgender]]. Some languages still use "transsexual" for various reasons, such as not having separate native words for [[sex]] and [[gender]]. This article will first discuss the modern English usage of "transsexual", then afterward will discuss the historical usage.

==Modern definition==
A ''transsexual'', or ''transexual'', person is a specific kind of [[transgender]] person: one who takes a physical [[transition]], especially [[surgery]]. [[Pronouns#They|They]] do this order to relieve the dissonance between how they feel about how their body is and should be ([[gender dysphoria]]) and make their body match how they see themself (their [[gender identity]]). The words [[transsexuality]] and transsexual were created by doctors and psychologists to describe such people, who first thought of it as something medically wrong (pathological). Because of this, some transgender people who could call themselves transsexual prefer not to be called that, and only called transgender, because they don't want their identity to be thought of as pathological.

There are many kinds of transsexual people:

* Transsexual women ([[transgender women]]), who were [[AMAB|assigned a male gender at birth]] (sometimes also [[intersex]]), and identify as [[female]], therefore they are women. Depending on the individual's wants and needs, their physical transition may include [[hormone therapy]] that gives them a higher estrogen balance, which creates a puberty in which they usually develop breasts. They may seek a surgery to change their genitals into a vagina ([[vaginoplasty]]).
* Transsexual men ([[transgender men]]), who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] (sometimes also intersex), and identify as [[male]], therefore they are men. Depending on the individual's wants and needs, their physical transition may include [[hormone therapy]] that gives them a higher testosterone balance, which creates a puberty in which they usually grow hair on their faces and bodies. They may seek a surgery to take away their breasts ([[mastectomy]]), and they have several options for surgery to change their genitals.
* Many people with [[nonbinary]] gender identities can or do call themselves transsexual, and seek a physical transition. A nonbinary person could have been assigned female or male at birth. They also could have been born intersex. The goal of a transsexual nonbinary person's transition depends on that individual's unique personal wants and needs. It might make their body more like what most people would think of as [[androgynous]], having qualities of both female and male, or neither female nor male, or conventionally female, or conventionally male, or like that of someone born with one kind or another of a natural intersex condition, or something else.

==Historical definition==

==See also==
*[[Identities]]
*[[Sex]]

==External links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual Wikipedia entry: Transsexual]

[[Category:Identities]]

Transsexual

2025-09-28T17:07:00Z

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{{Stub}}

In the 1990s and prior, '''transsexual''' (also spelled '''transexual''') was the common [[umbrella term]] in English for what has now come to be usually called [[transgender]]. Some languages still use "transsexual" for various reasons, such as not having separate native words for [[sex]] and [[gender]]. This article will first discuss the modern English usage of "transsexual", then afterward will discuss the historical usage.

==Modern definition==
A ''transsexual'', or ''transexual'', person is a specific kind of [[transgender]] person: one who takes a physical [[transition]], especially [[surgery]]. [[Pronouns#They|They]] do this order to relieve the dissonance between how they feel about how their body is and should be ([[gender dysphoria]]) and make their body match how they see themself (their [[gender identity]]). The words [[transsexuality]] and transsexual were created by doctors and psychologists to describe such people, who first thought of it as something medically wrong (pathological). Because of this, some transgender people who could call themselves transsexual prefer not to be called that, and only called transgender, because they don't want their identity to be thought of as pathological.

There are many kinds of transsexual people:

* Transsexual women ([[transgender women]]), who were [[AMAB|assigned a male gender at birth]] (sometimes also [[intersex]]), and identify as [[female]], therefore they are women. Depending on the individual's wants and needs, their physical transition may include [[hormone therapy]] that gives them a higher estrogen balance, which creates a puberty in which they usually develop breasts. They may seek a surgery to change their genitals into a vagina ([[vaginoplasty]]).
* Transsexual men ([[transgender men]]), who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] (sometimes also intersex), and identify as [[male]], therefore they are men. Depending on the individual's wants and needs, their physical transition may include [[hormone therapy]] that gives them a higher testosterone balance, which creates a puberty in which they usually grow hair on their faces and bodies. They may seek a surgery to take away their breasts ([[mastectomy]]), and they have several options for surgery to change their genitals.
* Many people with [[nonbinary]] gender identities can or do call themselves transsexual, and seek a physical transition. A nonbinary person could have been assigned female or male at birth. They also could have been born intersex. The goal of a transsexual nonbinary person's transition depends on that individual's unique personal wants and needs. It might make their body more like what most people would think of as [[androgynous]], having qualities of both female and male, or neither female nor male, or conventionally female, or conventionally male, or like that of someone born with one kind or another of a natural intersex condition, or something else.

==Historical definition==

==See also==
*[[Identities]]
*[[Sex]]

==External links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual Wikipedia entry: Transsexual]

[[Category:Identities]]

Gender abolitionism

2025-09-28T17:01:53Z

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'''Gender abolitionism''' broadly refers to viewpoints that advocate the dissolution of [[Gender role|gender roles]] and gender norms.<ref>Cull, Matthew J. 2019. “Against Abolition”. ''Feminist Philosophy Quarterly'' 5 (3). https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2019.3.5898.</ref> A related term is '''postgenderism''', the idea that human culture should advance beyond gender.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgenderism</ref>

One source writes that "gender abolition is about dismantling the basal structures of the [[sexism|patriarchy]], not about barring people from expressing their identity" and that "gender abolition does not prevent people from engaging with [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]] and constructing their identities around those concepts."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cherwell.org/2021/10/09/gender-abolition-why-it-matters/ |title=Gender abolition: Why it matters |date=9 October 2021 |author=Anonymous |work=Cherwell}}</ref>

[[Feminism|Feminist]] Andrea Dworkin wrote in 1974 of an idealized, gender-abolitionist future society:
{{quote|...by changing our premises about men and women, role-playing, and polarity, the social situation of [[transsexual]]s will be transformed, and transsexuals will be integrated into community, no longer persecuted and despised. [In this way], community built on [[androgynous]] identity will mean the end of transsexuality as we know it. Either the transsexual will be able to expand his/her sexuality into a fluid androgyny, or, as [[gender roles|roles]] disappear, the phenomenon of transsexuality will disappear and that energy will be transformed into new modes of sexual identity and behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/john-stoltenberg-andrew-dworkin-was-trans-ally/ |last=Stoltenberg |first=John|title=Andrea Dworkin Was a Trans Ally| date=8 April 2020 |work=Boston Review}}</ref>}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Gender abolitionism

2025-09-28T17:01:27Z

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'''Gender abolitionism''' broadly refers to viewpoints that advocate the dissolution of [[Gender role|gender roles]] and gender norms.<ref>Cull, Matthew J. 2019. “Against Abolition”. ''Feminist Philosophy Quarterly'' 5 (3). https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2019.3.5898.</ref> A related term is '''postgenderism''', the idea that human culture should advance beyond gender.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgenderism</ref>

One source writes that "gender abolition is about dismantling the basal structures of the [[sexism|patriarchy]], not about barring people from expressing their identity" and that "gender abolition does not prevent people from engaging with [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]] and constructing their identities around those concepts."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cherwell.org/2021/10/09/gender-abolition-why-it-matters/ |title=Gender abolition: Why it matters |date=9 October 2021 |author=Anonymous |work=Cherwell}}</ref>

[[Feminism|Feminist]] Andrea Dworkin wrote in 1974 of an idealized, gender-abolitionist future society:
{{quote|...by changing our premises about men and women, role-playing, and polarity, the social situation of [[transsexual]]s will be transformed, and transsexuals will be integrated into community, no longer persecuted and despised. [...] community built on [[androgynous]] identity will mean the end of transsexuality as we know it. Either the transsexual will be able to expand his/her sexuality into a fluid androgyny, or, as [[gender roles|roles]] disappear, the phenomenon of transsexuality will disappear and that energy will be transformed into new modes of sexual identity and behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/john-stoltenberg-andrew-dworkin-was-trans-ally/ |last=Stoltenberg |first=John|title=Andrea Dworkin Was a Trans Ally| date=8 April 2020 |work=Boston Review}}</ref>}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Gender abolitionism

2025-09-28T16:58:36Z

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'''Gender abolitionism''' broadly refers to viewpoints that advocate the dissolution of [[Gender role|gender roles]] and gender norms.<ref>https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/5898</ref> A related term is '''postgenderism''', the idea that human culture should advance beyond gender.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgenderism</ref>

One source writes that "gender abolition is about dismantling the basal structures of the [[sexism|patriarchy]], not about barring people from expressing their identity" and that "gender abolition does not prevent people from engaging with [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]] and constructing their identities around those concepts."<ref>https://cherwell.org/2021/10/09/gender-abolition-why-it-matters/</ref>

[[Feminism|Feminist]] Andrea Dworkin wrote in 1974 of an idealized, gender-abolitionist future society:
{{quote|...by changing our premises about men and women, role-playing, and polarity, the social situation of [[transsexual]]s will be transformed, and transsexuals will be integrated into community, no longer persecuted and despised. [...] community built on [[androgynous]] identity will mean the end of transsexuality as we know it. Either the transsexual will be able to expand his/her sexuality into a fluid androgyny, or, as [[gender roles|roles]] disappear, the phenomenon of transsexuality will disappear and that energy will be transformed into new modes of sexual identity and behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/john-stoltenberg-andrew-dworkin-was-trans-ally/ |last=Stoltenberg |first=John|title=Andrea Dworkin Was a Trans Ally| date=8 April 2020 |work=Boston Review}}</ref>}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Gender abolitionism

2025-09-28T16:57:58Z

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Gender abolitionism

2025-09-28T16:57:22Z

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'''Gender abolitionism''' broadly refers to viewpoints that advocate the dissolution of [[Gender role|gender roles]] and gender norms.<ref>https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/5898</ref> A related term is '''postgenderism''', the idea that human culture should advance beyond gender.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgenderism</ref>

One source writes that "gender abolition is about dismantling the basal structures of the [[sexism|patriarchy]], not about barring people from expressing their identity" and that "gender abolition does not prevent people from engaging with [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]] and constructing their identities around those concepts."<ref>https://cherwell.org/2021/10/09/gender-abolition-why-it-matters/</ref>

[[Feminism|Feminist]] Andrea Dworkin wrote of an idealized, gender-abolitionist future society:
{{quote|...by changing our premises about men and women, role-playing, and polarity, the social situation of [[transsexual]]s will be transformed, and transsexuals will be integrated into community, no longer persecuted and despised. [...] community built on [[androgynous]] identity will mean the end of transsexuality as we know it. Either the transsexual will be able to expand his/her sexuality into a fluid androgyny, or, as [[gender roles|roles]] disappear, the phenomenon of transsexuality will disappear and that energy will be transformed into new modes of sexual identity and behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/john-stoltenberg-andrew-dworkin-was-trans-ally/ |last=Stoltenberg |first=John|title=Andrea Dworkin Was a Trans Ally| date=8 April 2020}}</ref>}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Postgenderism

2025-09-28T16:51:20Z

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Gender detachment

2025-09-21T12:41:27Z

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'''Gender detachment''' is a term coined by sociologist Canton Winer, based on Winer's interviews with [[asexual]] people.<ref name=":0">Winer, C. (2025). Does Everyone Have a Gender? Compulsory Gender, Gender Detachment, and Asexuality. ''Socius'', ''11''. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251339382</nowiki> (Original work published 2025)</ref> Gender-detached individuals do not feel that gender is a useful, meaningful, or relevant lens for understanding themselves. In other terms, they can be said to lack a [[gender identity]].

Gender-detached people may express a degree of apathy around gender or feel that gender is something externally imposed on them. They may dislike being asked to claim a specific gender identity or set of [[pronouns]], because it feels too much like an assertion of identity. Others find the whole concept of gender identity confusing.

Some gender-detached people feel totally detached from gender, while others feel some resonance with a specific gender alongside the detachment.<ref name=":0" />

Winer observes that gender detachment poses a problem for models of gender which assume that everyone has a gender identity. Winer calls the belief that everyone has or should have a gender identity "compulsory gender".<ref name=":0" />

== Relationship to nonbinary identity ==
Some gender-detached people use [[nonbinary]] terms like [[agender]] to describe themselves. However, they often see them as the closest or most convenient language available, rather than representations of a "true" self.<ref name=":0" />

== Gender performance ==
Winer found that some interviewees wanted to alter their presentations or other elements of their gender expression to be more neutral. However, many gender-detached people Winer interviewed had no desire to move away from their existing performance of gender, even if others viewed it as gendered.<ref name=":0" />

== Quotes ==
<blockquote>My gender is like an empty lot; there may have been a building there at some point, but it’s long since fallen away, and there’s no need to rebuild it. The space is better for being left empty.</blockquote>- Ollia, a white 23 year old from California, quoted by Winer<ref name=":0" />

<blockquote>My feelings about gender, for myself, are very detached and distant. I just don’t identify really with most concepts of gender, because it honestly just confuses me. I just don’t get it. I don’t know ''why'' I don’t get it for myself, but I just find existing with preconceived notions on who I “should” be tiring to follow, confusing to understand, and stifling to my true person. Gender, for me, is archaic and not worth the energy. </blockquote>Faye, a Latine 18 year old from Illinois, quoted by Winer<ref name=":0" />

<blockquote>I would say that I’m mostly a [[cis]] [[woman]], but I don’t feel super strongly about it? I saw a Tumblr post once that said something like, “I’m a ‘she’ in the same way inanimate objects are ‘she’ to gays and sailors” and like . . . yeah? I’m a she because nothing else fits or feels right, but it’s a loose concept. . . . I think more than anything, my gender is something aesthetic? I’m loosely attached to it as a concept, but I do construct it in a certain way that most people generally interpret as at least [[feminine]]-leaning, and I’m content with that. </blockquote>Dana, a white 27 year old from Massachusetts, quoted by Winer<ref name=":0" />

== Reception ==

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Concepts]]

Gender detachment

2025-09-21T12:39:15Z

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Gender detachment is a term coined by sociologist Canton Winer, based on Winer's interviews with asexual people.<ref name=":0">Winer, C. (2025). Does Everyone Have a Gender? Compulsory Gender, Gender Detachment, and Asexuality. ''Socius'', ''11''. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251339382</nowiki> (Original work published 2025)</ref> Gender-detached individuals do not feel that gender is a useful, meaningful, or relevant lens for understanding themselves. In other terms, they can be said to lack a gender identity.

Gender-detached people may express a degree of apathy around gender or feel that gender is something externally imposed on them. They may dislike being asked to claim a specific gender identity or set of pronouns, because it feels too much like an assertion of identity. Others find the whole concept of gender identity confusing.

Some gender-detached people feel totally detached from gender, while others feel some resonance with a specific gender alongside the detachment.<ref name=":0" />

Winer observes that gender detachment poses a problem for models of gender which assume that everyone has a gender identity. Winer calls the belief that everyone has or should have a gender identity "compulsory gender".<ref name=":0" />

== Relationship to nonbinary identity ==
Some gender-detached people use nonbinary terms like [[agender]] to describe themselves. However, they often see them as the closest or most convenient language available, rather than representations of a "true" self.<ref name=":0" />

== Gender performance ==
Winer found that some interviewees wanted to alter their presentations or other elements of their gender expression to be more neutral. However, many gender-detached people Winer interviewed had no desire to move away from their existing performance of gender, even if others viewed it as gendered.<ref name=":0" />

== Quotes ==
<blockquote>My gender is like an empty lot; there may have been a building there at some point, but it’s long since fallen away, and there’s no need to rebuild it. The space is better for being left empty.</blockquote>- Ollia, a white 23 year old from California, quoted by Winer<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>My feelings about gender, for myself, are very detached and distant. I just don’t identify really with most concepts of gender, because it honestly just confuses me. I just don’t get it. I don’t know ''why'' I don’t get it for myself, but I just find existing with preconceived notions on who I “should” be tiring to follow, confusing to understand, and stifling to my true person. Gender, for me, is archaic and not worth the energy. </blockquote>Faye, a Latine 18 year old from Illinois, quoted by Winer<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>I would say that I’m mostly a cis woman, but I don’t feel super strongly about it? I saw a Tumblr post once that said something like, “I’m a ‘she’ in the same way inanimate objects are ‘she’ to gays and sailors” and like . . . yeah? I’m a she because nothing else fits or feels right, but it’s a loose concept. . . . I think more than anything, my gender is something aesthetic? I’m loosely attached to it as a concept, but I do construct it in a certain way that most people generally interpret as at least feminine-leaning, and I’m content with that. </blockquote>Dana, a white 27 year old from Massachusetts, quoted by Winer<ref name=":0" />

== Reception ==

== References ==
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'''Undisclosed gender in fiction''' is when some characters have their gender and sex hidden and not told about. This might be kept a secret for the entire story. Readers and viewers can only guess about the character's gender, or they can be comfortable with not knowing. This can be an interesting device in fiction that makes us take notice of our assumptions and stereotypes. However, it isn't really the same thing as representation of [[Fictional depictions of nonbinary gender|nonbinary gender identities in fiction]]. A character whose gender is never explicitly stated ''could'' be nonbinary, especially if their [[gender expression]] involves going to great efforts to make sure nobody knows their gender. However, they ''could'' just as likely be female, or male. What makes someone nonbinary is if they identify as nonbinary. However, in this case the viewers don't get to know how that character identifies. Also note that looking [[androgynous]] doesn't mean that someone identifies as an [[androgyne]].

== Animation ==

* In ''Adventure Time'', a fantasy series, a recurring side character, BMO (Beemo), is popularly seen by fans as genderless, but canon is less than clear on this. BMO is a tiny robot resembling a video game console, with a high, childlike voice (by actress Niki Yang). Nothing in the canon states outright that BMO is female, male, or otherwise. However, a strong clue for the latter is that in "Fionna and Cake," an alternative universe gender-swap episode (meaning all female characters are shown as male and vice versa), BMO is the only character with no visible change, apart from his controller.<ref name="BMOwikia">https://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/BMO [https://web.archive.org/web/20230528141716/http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/BMO Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> As seen elsewhere on this page, it's not uncommon for robots to be written as genderless.
** BMO's pronouns: Other characters often use pronouns for BMO in the canon. BMO is called "he" by Finn, Jake, Sleepy Sam, and Cuber in the episodes "Rainy Day Daydream," "Guardians of Sunshine," "Return to the Nightosphere," "The Creeps," and "Five Short Graybles."<ref name="BMOwikia" /> BMO is called "she" by Charlie in "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars" (saying "she sank straight to the bottom"). Fans claim that characters have always alternated between calling BMO "he," "she," and "it," but specific canon evidence of the latter still wants to be recorded here.
** BMO's titles and descriptions: Though Finn has often referred to BMO as "he," Finn called BMO "M'lady" in "Conquest of Cuteness."<ref name="BMOwikia" /> This may have been facetious. In "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars," Charlie does a Tarot reading for BMO, and says lightheartedly, "this card means you're a man," which amuses BMO.
** BMO's make believe: BMO often plays make believe, and takes on male or female roles or characteristics in these fantasies. For example, in "Davey" (describing himself as "a little living boy," and simulating peeing standing up by pouring a cup of water into a toilet), and in "Five Short Graybles" (describing his mirrored persona as "a real baby girl"). In "BMO Noire," BMO role-plays as a masculine detective (appearing in one scene with facial stubble), but the episode title uses the feminine form of "noire," rather than masculine "noir."<ref name="BMOwikia" /> The masculine form is standard in the phrase "film noir," the name of the detective movie genre parodied in that episode. In "James Baxter the Horse," BMO carries an egg around and sings, in part, "BMO, how'd you get so pregnant? Who's the mother? Oh, who's the father?"<ref>"BMO's Pregnant Song." Adventure Time Wikia. http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/BMO%27s_Pregnant_Song [https://web.archive.org/web/20190926025946/http://adventuretime.wikia.com:80/wiki/BMO's_Pregnant_Song Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> It's not clear if the egg scene is BMO playing make believe, or if the song describes an actual event. Stranger things have happened in the magical Land of Ooo, so it's not always clear what's real and serious or fantastic and facetious.
* ''Soul Eater'' includes the character Crona Gorgon, the child of the antagonist Medusa Gorgon, who is referred to by exclusively neutral language in the original Japanese manga. Other characters often question whether Crona is male or female due to an androgynous appearance, and none of these questions are ever answered.
* ''Attack on Titan'' character Hange Zoë's gender is never confirmed, and manga author Hajime Isayama has asked the English-language publisher to "avoid gendered pronouns when referring to Hange, or at least to use he AND she with equal frequency."<ref name="Romano-AOT">{{Cite web |title='Attack on Titan' creator gets the last word in debate over character's gender |last=Romano |first=Aja |work=The Daily Dot |date=16 January 2014 |access-date=10 September 2021 |url= https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/attack-titan-snk-hange-hanji-gender-debate/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530070301/https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/attack-titan-snk-hange-hanji-gender-debate/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Ouran Highschool Host Club'' features the character Haruhi Fujioka, who is assigned female at birth, but "happened to be" dressed in a masculine manner. When their friends discover their sex, they ask, "You're a girl?!" to which they reply, "Biologically, yes." They later state that they do not think a person's gender is important, which many fans see as a sign that Haruhi is [[Agender|agender]] or genderblind. They typically are typically referred to using traditionally feminine pronouns such as "she", though Haruhi has shown no preference.
* The character Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV ("Ed" for short) in ''Cowboy Bebop'' is androgynous, and Ed's father is unsure if they are his son or daughter. The director Shinichiro Watanabe said in an interview that "[Ed's] gender is meaningless, we don't need it. [...] I wanted to create a character that surpasses humanity. I personally think that he might not even be human."<ref name="Rizzo-Smith">{{Cite web |title=The Many Inspirations of Cowboy Bebop Director Shinichiro Watanabe |last=Rizzo-Smith |first=Julian |work=IGN |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/24/the-many-inspirations-of-cowboy-bebop-director-shinichiro-watanabe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330055253/https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/24/the-many-inspirations-of-cowboy-bebop-director-shinichiro-watanabe |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In the 2021 live-action version of the show, Ed is portrayed by a nonbinary actor, Eden Perkins.

== Audio ==

* The audio drama series ''Bernice Summerfield'' (a Doctor Who spinoff) features a character named Chanticleer in the episode ''The Tub Full of Cats''. Bernice Summerfield and Margarita Matsumoto Braxiatel have a conversation about Chanticleer's gender, in which they both admit to not being able to tell what gender Chanticleer really is. Neither Benny nor Maggie want to ask Chanticleer about the matter, and at the end of the episode it's left uncertain. Chanticleer is referred to by he pronouns and is played by a female actor.

== Books and literature ==

* Anne Leckie's science fiction novels ''Ancillary Justice'' (2013) and ''Ancillary Sword'' (2014) were set in a futuristic society that is indifferent to gender, so all the characters are called by [[English neutral pronouns#She|gender-neutral "she" pronouns]], leaving their actual gender and sex undisclosed. Leckie says she had an assumption at the time that gender is binary, so these are likely not nonbinary characters.<ref>Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, "Sci-fi's hottest new writer won't tell you the sex of her characters." October 11, 2014. Wired. http://www.wired.com/2014/10/geeks-guide-ann-leckie/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322233347/https://www.wired.com/2014/10/geeks-guide-ann-leckie/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' series of interactive fiction books, the player's character is always written with no implications about their gender. The idea was that the main character of the book ''was'' the reader, who could be any gender, so the character was described as little as possible. The illustrators were sometimes able to make the player's character look androgynous, such as by showing them in shadows, or wearing costumes that hide their face. This was all intentional. However, in some of the books they simply drew the character as looking like a boy, even though the player's character was still written about in only a gender-neutral way.
* In K. A. Cook's short story "Misstery Man" in ''Crooked Words'', an androgynous-looking superhero by that name has never disclosed their gender, resulting in rude speculation in the local newspapers. This frustrates the unrelated nonbinary main character, Darcy, who thinks it would be easier to come out if only someone famous like that would come out or otherwise make the newspaper gossip stop.<ref>K. A. Cook, "Misstery Man." Crooked Words. Unpaged.</ref>
* In Alastair Reynolds's science fiction novel ''On the Steel Breeze,'' one character is called by gender-neutral [[English neutral pronouns#Ve|"ve" pronouns]]. The novel never gives any exposition about this character's sex, gender, or pronouns, and ver gender-neutrality doesn't influence the plot. The lack of remark gives the impression that a nonbinary gender is unremarkable, but this is also why some readers thought the pronouns were a misprint.<ref>Outis, "Gender-neutral characters and pronouns." November 20, 2013. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1580481-gender-neutral-characters-and-pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20230505214112/https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1580481-gender-neutral-characters-and-pronouns Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The lack of discussion about the character's gender also means that this is an example of undisclosed gender, rather than nonbinary representation.
* Atsuko Asano's ''No. 6'' contains many androgynous characters, including Inukashi, who Shion, the main character, is unable to tell their gender due to their long hair and thin body. In the english translation, Inukashi is referred to by male pronouns.
* In Maïa Mazaurette's french novel "Rien ne nous survivra - Le pire est Avenir", one of the main characters called Silence is never called by either male or female pronouns. The whole book managed to avoid gender qualification for this character. (French is a very binary language; even furniture has a gender, so it's quite an accomplishment)
* In ''Pew'', by Catherine Lacey, the citizens of a small town find "a person of indeterminate race and gender" asleep in a church pew. This person, who becomes known as Pew, refuses to speak or identify themself in any way. At first the townspeople are simply curious, but eventually they start to distrust and mistreat Pew.<ref name="Pew">{{Cite web |title=Book Review - Pew by Catherine Lacey |last=Bufferd |first=Lauren |work=BookPage.com |date=August 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/reviews/25326-catherine-lacey-pew-fiction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004070720/https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/25326-catherine-lacey-pew-fiction/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Brooklyn, Burning'' by Steve Brezenoff tells the story of two homeless teenagers, Kid and Scout. Kid's and Scout's gender and orientation are never specified.<ref name="good_Broo">{{Cite web |title=Brooklyn, Burning |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=9 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10628114-brooklyn-burning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150829/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10628114-brooklyn-burning|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Written on the Body'', by Jeanette Winterson, is narrated from the point of view of someone with unspecified gender.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15054.Written_on_the_Body [https://web.archive.org/web/20230220124223/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15054.Written_on_the_Body Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Sphinx'', by Anne Garréta, is a romance between the narrator and their lover "A***", which is written entirely without gendering either one of them. It was originally published in [[Gender neutral language in French|French]] in 1986, and an English translation came out in 2015.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_F._Garr%C3%A9ta [https://web.archive.org/web/20220129060853/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_F._Garr%C3%A9ta Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''The Cook and the Carpenter: A Novel by the Carpenter'', by June Davis Arnold, is written using na/nan pronouns, and the protagonists' genders are not revealed until near the end.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Cook-Carpenter-Cutting-Lesbian-Literature/dp/0814706312#customerReviews [https://web.archive.org/web/20130704143357/http://www.amazon.com/Cook-Carpenter-Cutting-Lesbian-Literature/dp/0814706312 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Hello Now'', by Jenny Valentine, never reveals the gender of Jude.<ref name="good_Esmé">{{Cite web |title=Esmée D'Costa's review of Hello Now |author= |work=goodreads.com |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=12 December 2020 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3650187212?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721114007/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3650187212?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Call Me Tree / Llamame arbol'' (2014) is a bilingual children's book starring a child of unspecified gender.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Call Me Tree / Llamame arbol |author= |work=Mombian |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://mombian.com/database/call-me-tree-llamame-arbol/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429164541/https://mombian.com/database/call-me-tree-llamame-arbol/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Alex and Alex'' (2022) is a picture book for ages 3 to 6, about two children named Alex, who are both of unspecified gender. Neither character is referred to with pronouns in the text.

== Comics and graphic novels ==

* ''[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html Order of the Stick]'' by Rich Burlew - Webcomic parody of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the main characters is an androgynous-looking elven mage named Vaarsuvius. Their gender and sex are never explicitly revealed, and they are referred to using male and female pronouns by other characters, but the author has said that these are the views of other characters and may not reflect the reality. We later learn that Vaarsuvius is married and has two adopted children, refers to their partner with gender-neutral terms, and that the children (translated from Elvish) call the two adults 'Parent' and 'Other Parent'. In the commentary for the fifth volume, ''Blood Runs in the Family'', the author refers to Vaarsuvius as [[genderqueer]]. However, this term is not mentioned in the comic itself.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20161219092841/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25898265-username Username: Evie]'' by Joe Sugg - Sci-fi graphic novel about a teenage girl's adventures in a virtual universe. One character, Unity, has an androgynous appearance and was coded "to represent every man and woman here". Other characters seem to be unable to gender them (e.g. "I've seen that guy before. Or is it a girl?").
* In the Sailor Moon franchise, across the various comic and animated adaptations (not counting bowdlerized English dubs), there are some characters who aren't gender conforming.
** One such character is Haruka Tenoh, whose heroic alter-ego is Sailor Uranus. She looks like a masculine woman, and is in a lesbian relationship with Sailor Neptune. Japanese has several different first-person pronouns (equivalent to "I, me") that speakers can use to express their gender. Sailor Uranus uses the informal masculine first-person pronoun "boku" for herself. She alternates between feminine attire (including a uniform with a skirt) and dressing in such a masculine way that other characters think she is a man, so she is gender nonconforming. Because all Senshi are women, she is necessarily a woman, at least in some way. However, some dialog in the canon talks about Haruka's gender, and fans disagree on how to interpret these remarks. In the manga, Sailor Neptune tells Sailor Moon, “Uranus is both a man and a woman. A soldier of both genders, with strengths and personalities of each.” This line also appears in the animated adaptation, in Sailor Moon Crystal. In the manga, when Sailor Moon (in her alter ego as Usagi) directly asks Haruka if she is a man or a woman, Haruka responds, “A man or a woman… is it that important?” (Or, depending on the translation: "Man, woman... why should something like that matter?")<ref>SailorSoapbox, "Setting The Record Straight: Haruka’s Gender & The Prince Uranus 'Scandal'." ''The Art of (Overanalyzing) Animation'' (blog). January 29, 2014. https://overanalyzinganimation.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/setting-the-record-straight-harukas-gender-identity-the-prince-uranus-scandal [https://web.archive.org/web/20230629040244/https://overanalyzinganimation.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/setting-the-record-straight-harukas-gender-identity-the-prince-uranus-scandal/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Fans have variously interpreted these remarks in the canon as meaning that Haruka is a butch lesbian woman who is in touch with her masculine side, and/or physically intersex, and/or that her gender identity is not strictly male or female. This is with the understanding that in the 1990s in Japan, we did not have the widely-known familiarity with or terms for nonbinary identities that we have today, but people with nonbinary identities did exist in that time and place. The characters in Sailor Moon are all based around astrological symbolism, so it's relevant that Uranus is a planet associated with gender nonconformity and same-gender attraction. These associations with the planet Uranus in astrology are so widely known that in the 1870s, one of the first movements for LGBT rights referred to themselves as [[history of nonbinary gender#1870s|Uranians]].

==Movies==

* In "The Incredibles," Kronos' files briefly show a superhero named MACROBEAM who is described as "oddly androgynous," and they are referred to with both "he" and "she" pronouns, saying that their sex and gender are unknown. This is only on the screen for a few seconds, and you can only see it if you pause. The character doesn't appear in person, and has no dialog.

== TV ==

* The recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' character and series of sketches ''Pat'' from the early 1990s. Pat is an androgynous character who everyone tries desperately (but ''politely'') to gender, but whose neutral preferences and gender expression defy classification. This is played for laughs as Pat is oblivious to everyone else's discomfort. It even spun off into a (badly received) 1994 movie, ''It's Pat'', in which Pat falls in love with another character whose gender is also unknown. The character is highly androgynous in appearance and personality, but Pat's assigned gender is unclear, which is the basis of the joke. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_(Saturday_Night_Live) Wikipedia's ''Pat'' article]
* The children's TV series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_in_Space Lloyd in Space]'' features an episode (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lloyd_in_Space_episodes#Season_3:_2002 "Neither Boy nor Girl"]'') that focuses on a genderless character named Zoit. After being initially confused about their gender, the characters learn that in Zoit's species, children are raised genderless until they reach their 13th birthday, at which point they choose whether to become a boy or a girl. The other children fight over which gender Zoit should pick on their upcoming birthday. At the end of the episode, Zoit proudly tells their friends that they have chosen their gender, but want to keep their choice to themselves - it is left open whether they decided to be male or female.

== Video games ==

[[File:Fallen_london_screenshot.png|A screenshot of the gender selection options in ''Fallen London''.|thumb]]
===1994===
* In ''Final Fantasy VI'', the optional character Gogo's gender is never revealed. The description given of the character says, "Is this a man? A woman? Or should we ask?"

===2005===
* In ''Harvest Moon: Magical Melody'', Jamie, your antagonist, is depicted as neither male or female, and the only thing that alludes to their gender is what happens when you marry them. If you play a female character and marry them, they will wear a tuxedo at the ceremony, but if you play a male character and marry them, they will wear a wedding dress. Their pronouns are not stated.

===2009===
* In ''[http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/ Fallen London]'', you can choose to play as "a lady," "a gentleman," or a character whose gender isn't specified. There are multiple smaller characters that are genderless, including party members (the Irrepressible Cannoneer) as well as regular NPCs (the Alarming Scholar and Isery). This is also true of ''[http://www.failbettergames.com/sunless/ Sunless Sea]'', which is set in the same universe.

===2012===
* In ''Borderlands 2'', a large part of Zer0's story is the lack of information surrounding him. He uses he/him pronouns, but the information provided alludes to him either being agender or having a non-human/alien gender identity.

===2014===
*In the action/puzzle/driving game ''Roundabout'', the protagonist Georgio Manos has no specified gender. No pronouns are ever used to refer to Georgio. The name "Georgio" is masculine but Georgio is played by a woman. The developers have stated that they purposely left out any reference to Georgio's gender because they thought it was unimportant to the mechanics of the game.<ref>{{cite web |date=2015 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/303430/discussions/0/622954023420998077/ |title=Georgio gay? |quote=The developers, in a recent livestream of the game, have made mention to the fact that Georgio has no gender specified in the game. They have said that this is so because "it's not very important to being a revolving limo driver." I think that this is TOTALLY INCREDIBLE and it leaves the gender up to the interpretation, which is PHENOMENAL. Please enjoy the game and keep an eye on our queer characters!|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212061321/http://steamcommunity.com:80/app/303430/discussions/0/622954023420998077 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Despite this, the game is tagged "Female Protagonist" on the Steam store.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roundabout on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/303430/Roundabout/|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214191323/https://store.steampowered.com/app/303430/Roundabout/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''[http://crypticstitching.storynexus.com/s Cryptic Stitching]'', an interactive novel by Ursula Vernon about stuffed animals living as hunter-gatherers in a magical Ice Age. When creating one's character, the player can choose to be female, male, or "fuzzy," which isn't any gender in particular, "Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all."

===2015===
* In ''Undertale'', the human protagonist Frisk and the human called Chara are never referred to in binary terms, and are referred to with "they" pronouns. Their gender is never revealed. Some other characters also go by "they" pronouns.

===2016===
* In ''Dishonored 2'', a noble named Wyman is mentioned several times, being the lover of main character Emily Kaldwin, and is never referred to with any gendered words. Wyman does not appear in-game but does appear in the novels ''Dishonored: The Corroded Man'' and ''Dishonored: The Return of Daud''. The novels' author, Adam Christopher, stated on Twitter that "Wyman is [[gender neutral|gender-neutral]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://functionalfutch.tumblr.com/post/150874316591/did-you-see-that-the-he-pronoun-in-regards-to |title=Anonymous said: DID YOU SEE that the "he" pronoun in regards to wyman in that book was a typo!|date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202723/http://functionalfutch.tumblr.com/post/150874316591/did-you-see-that-the-he-pronoun-in-regards-to|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> However, that tweet was deleted, and in a Reddit AMA the next month, Adam was more vague, saying "Wyman's gender is purposefully left unsaid, yes. Let your headcanon go wild :)", and also saying that Arkane Studios had the full character details which could not be revealed yet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/dishonored/comments/56zdra/i_am_adam_christopher_novelist_and_comic_writer/ |title=I am Adam Christopher, novelist and comic writer, and author of the new book DISHONORED: THE CORRODED MAN. Ask me anything! |date=11 October 2016|quote=Arkane came up with the character of Wyman, and there's a backstory there, but they don't like to detail characters or factions until they're ready to do so in game. [...] but Wyman's gender is purposefully left unsaid, yes. Let your headcanon go wild :)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606141156/https://www.reddit.com/r/dishonored/comments/56zdra/i_am_adam_christopher_novelist_and_comic_writer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Pokémon Go'', Blanche - the leader of Team Mystic - is gender-ambiguous in appearance. Yūsuke Kozaki - the game's character designer - has stated on Twitter that Blanche's gender is "whatever impression or feeling you get from the design".<ref>{{cite tweet| user=libbydango |number=762127788891525120 |date=6 August 2016 |title=blanche's gender confirmed as "whatever impression or feeling you get from the design" \o/}}</ref> Third-person pronouns are not used in-game to describe any of the team leaders. In addition, the game does not ask the player about their gender, but instead asks them to "choose your style" when creating a character.

===2018===
*In the visual novel ''Charade Maniacs'', the character Iochi Mizuki has an [[androgynous]] appearance and their gender is never specified. Mizuki "often teases about whether they're a man or a woman." Mizuki is voiced by a cisgender woman and uses the masculine pronoun "boku" for themself.<ref name="CManiacs">{{Cite web |title=Charade Maniacs – Review / Summary |author=estearisa |work=Otome Adventures |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://yuscake.com/2020/08/13/charade-maniacs-review-summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601213647/https://yuscake.com/2020/08/13/charade-maniacs-review-summary/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===2020===
* In ''Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'', the protagonist character can be customized with a "classified" gender, in which case the game's voiced dialogue will refer to the protagonist with [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="BlackOps">{{Cite web |title=Black Ops Cold War character creation will let you craft your own agent and includes gender neutral VO |last=Hurley |first=Leon |work=gamesradar |date=August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.gamesradar.com/black-ops-cold-war-character-creation-gender-neutral/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226093844/https://www.gamesradar.com/black-ops-cold-war-character-creation-gender-neutral |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The announcement of this drew criticism from many people.<ref name="Milton">{{Cite web |title=Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will let users play as a non-binary imperialist war-hungry killer |last=Milton |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=31 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-non-binary-gender-neutral-ronald-raegan-twitter/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808203224/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-non-binary-gender-neutral-ronald-raegan-twitter/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Nonbinary gender in fiction]]
* [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Fictional sexes]]

== External links ==

* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Transgender The ''TV Tropes'' Transgender page]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguousGender The ''TV Tropes'' Ambiguous Gender page]

== References ==
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Undisclosed gender in fiction

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'''Undisclosed gender in fiction''' is when some characters have their gender and sex hidden and not told about. This might be kept a secret for the entire story. Readers and viewers can only guess about the character's gender, or they can be comfortable with not knowing. This can be an interesting device in fiction that makes us take notice of our assumptions and stereotypes. However, it isn't really the same thing as representation of [[Fictional depictions of nonbinary gender|nonbinary gender identities in fiction]]. A character whose gender is never explicitly stated ''could'' be nonbinary, especially if their [[gender expression]] involves going to great efforts to make sure nobody knows their gender. However, they ''could'' just as likely be female, or male. What makes someone nonbinary is if they identify as nonbinary. However, in this case the viewers don't get to know how that character identifies. Also note that looking [[androgynous]] doesn't mean that someone identifies as an [[androgyne]].

== Animation ==

* In ''Adventure Time'', a fantasy series, a recurring side character, BMO (Beemo), is popularly seen by fans as genderless, but canon is less than clear on this. BMO is a tiny robot resembling a video game console, with a high, childlike voice (by actress Niki Yang). Nothing in the canon states outright that BMO is female, male, or otherwise. However, a strong clue for the latter is that in "Fionna and Cake," an alternative universe gender-swap episode (meaning all female characters are shown as male and vice versa), BMO is the only character with no visible change, apart from his controller.<ref name="BMOwikia">https://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/BMO [https://web.archive.org/web/20230528141716/http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/BMO Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> As seen elsewhere on this page, it's not uncommon for robots to be written as genderless.
** BMO's pronouns: Other characters often use pronouns for BMO in the canon. BMO is called "he" by Finn, Jake, Sleepy Sam, and Cuber in the episodes "Rainy Day Daydream," "Guardians of Sunshine," "Return to the Nightosphere," "The Creeps," and "Five Short Graybles."<ref name="BMOwikia" /> BMO is called "she" by Charlie in "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars" (saying "she sank straight to the bottom"). Fans claim that characters have always alternated between calling BMO "he," "she," and "it," but specific canon evidence of the latter still wants to be recorded here.
** BMO's titles and descriptions: Though Finn has often referred to BMO as "he," Finn called BMO "M'lady" in "Conquest of Cuteness."<ref name="BMOwikia" /> This may have been facetious. In "Daddy-Daughter Card Wars," Charlie does a Tarot reading for BMO, and says lightheartedly, "this card means you're a man," which amuses BMO.
** BMO's make believe: BMO often plays make believe, and takes on male or female roles or characteristics in these fantasies. For example, in "Davey" (describing himself as "a little living boy," and simulating peeing standing up by pouring a cup of water into a toilet), and in "Five Short Graybles" (describing his mirrored persona as "a real baby girl"). In "BMO Noire," BMO role-plays as a masculine detective (appearing in one scene with facial stubble), but the episode title uses the feminine form of "noire," rather than masculine "noir."<ref name="BMOwikia" /> The masculine form is standard in the phrase "film noir," the name of the detective movie genre parodied in that episode. In "James Baxter the Horse," BMO carries an egg around and sings, in part, "BMO, how'd you get so pregnant? Who's the mother? Oh, who's the father?"<ref>"BMO's Pregnant Song." Adventure Time Wikia. http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/BMO%27s_Pregnant_Song [https://web.archive.org/web/20190926025946/http://adventuretime.wikia.com:80/wiki/BMO's_Pregnant_Song Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> It's not clear if the egg scene is BMO playing make believe, or if the song describes an actual event. Stranger things have happened in the magical Land of Ooo, so it's not always clear what's real and serious or fantastic and facetious.
* ''Soul Eater'' includes the character Crona Gorgon, the child of the antagonist Medusa Gorgon, who is referred to by exclusively neutral language in the original Japanese manga. Other characters often question whether Crona is male or female due to an androgynous appearance, and none of these questions are ever answered.
* ''Attack on Titan'' character Hange Zoë's gender is never confirmed, and manga author Hajime Isayama has asked the English-language publisher to "avoid gendered pronouns when referring to Hange, or at least to use he AND she with equal frequency."<ref name="Romano-AOT">{{Cite web |title='Attack on Titan' creator gets the last word in debate over character's gender |last=Romano |first=Aja |work=The Daily Dot |date=16 January 2014 |access-date=10 September 2021 |url= https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/attack-titan-snk-hange-hanji-gender-debate/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530070301/https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/attack-titan-snk-hange-hanji-gender-debate/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Ouran Highschool Host Club'' features the character Haruhi Fujioka, who is assigned female at birth, but "happened to be" dressed in a masculine manner. When their friends discover their sex, they ask, "You're a girl?!" to which they reply, "Biologically, yes." They later state that they do not think a person's gender is important, which many fans see as a sign that Haruhi is [[Agender|agender]] or genderblind. They typically are typically referred to using traditionally feminine pronouns such as "she", though Haruhi has shown no preference.
* The character Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV ("Ed" for short) in ''Cowboy Bebop'' is androgynous, and Ed's father is unsure if they are his son or daughter. The director Shinichiro Watanabe said in an interview that "[Ed's] gender is meaningless, we don't need it. [...] I wanted to create a character that surpasses humanity. I personally think that he might not even be human."<ref name="Rizzo-Smith">{{Cite web |title=The Many Inspirations of Cowboy Bebop Director Shinichiro Watanabe |last=Rizzo-Smith |first=Julian |work=IGN |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/24/the-many-inspirations-of-cowboy-bebop-director-shinichiro-watanabe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330055253/https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/24/the-many-inspirations-of-cowboy-bebop-director-shinichiro-watanabe |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In the 2021 live-action version of the show, Ed is portrayed by a nonbinary actor, Eden Perkins.

== Audio ==

* The audio drama series ''Bernice Summerfield'' (a Doctor Who spinoff) features a character named Chanticleer in the episode ''The Tub Full of Cats''. Bernice Summerfield and Margarita Matsumoto Braxiatel have a conversation about Chanticleer's gender, in which they both admit to not being able to tell what gender Chanticleer really is. Neither Benny nor Maggie want to ask Chanticleer about the matter, and at the end of the episode it's left uncertain. Chanticleer is referred to by he pronouns and is played by a female actor.

== Books and literature ==

* Anne Leckie's science fiction novels ''Ancillary Justice'' (2013) and ''Ancillary Sword'' (2014) were set in a futuristic society that is indifferent to gender, so all the characters are called by [[English neutral pronouns#She|gender-neutral "she" pronouns]], leaving their actual gender and sex undisclosed. Leckie says she had an assumption at the time that gender is binary, so these are likely not nonbinary characters.<ref>Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, "Sci-fi's hottest new writer won't tell you the sex of her characters." October 11, 2014. Wired. http://www.wired.com/2014/10/geeks-guide-ann-leckie/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322233347/https://www.wired.com/2014/10/geeks-guide-ann-leckie/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' series of interactive fiction books, the player's character is always written with no implications about their gender. The idea was that the main character of the book ''was'' the reader, who could be any gender, so the character was described as little as possible. The illustrators were sometimes able to make the player's character look androgynous, such as by showing them in shadows, or wearing costumes that hide their face. This was all intentional. However, in some of the books they simply drew the character as looking like a boy, even though the player's character was still written about in only a gender-neutral way.
* In K. A. Cook's short story "Misstery Man" in ''Crooked Words'', an androgynous-looking superhero by that name has never disclosed their gender, resulting in rude speculation in the local newspapers. This frustrates the unrelated nonbinary main character, Darcy, who thinks it would be easier to come out if only someone famous like that would come out or otherwise make the newspaper gossip stop.<ref>K. A. Cook, "Misstery Man." Crooked Words. Unpaged.</ref>
* In Alastair Reynolds's science fiction novel ''On the Steel Breeze,'' one character is called by gender-neutral [[English neutral pronouns#Ve|"ve" pronouns]]. The novel never gives any exposition about this character's sex, gender, or pronouns, and ver gender-neutrality doesn't influence the plot. The lack of remark gives the impression that a nonbinary gender is unremarkable, but this is also why some readers thought the pronouns were a misprint.<ref>Outis, "Gender-neutral characters and pronouns." November 20, 2013. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1580481-gender-neutral-characters-and-pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20230505214112/https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1580481-gender-neutral-characters-and-pronouns Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The lack of discussion about the character's gender also means that this is an example of undisclosed gender, rather than nonbinary representation.
* Atsuko Asano's ''No. 6'' contains many androgynous characters, including Inukashi, who Shion, the main character, is unable to tell their gender due to their long hair and thin body. In the english translation, Inukashi is referred to by male pronouns.
* In Maïa Mazaurette's french novel "Rien ne nous survivra - Le pire est Avenir", one of the main characters called Silence is never called by either male or female pronouns. The whole book managed to avoid gender qualification for this character. (French is a very binary language; even furniture has a gender, so it's quite an accomplishment)
* In ''Pew'', by Catherine Lacey, the citizens of a small town find "a person of indeterminate race and gender" asleep in a church pew. This person, who becomes known as Pew, refuses to speak or identify themself in any way. At first the townspeople are simply curious, but eventually they start to distrust and mistreat Pew.<ref name="Pew">{{Cite web |title=Book Review - Pew by Catherine Lacey |last=Bufferd |first=Lauren |work=BookPage.com |date=August 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/reviews/25326-catherine-lacey-pew-fiction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004070720/https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/25326-catherine-lacey-pew-fiction/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Brooklyn, Burning'' by Steve Brezenoff tells the story of two homeless teenagers, Kid and Scout. Kid's and Scout's gender and orientation are never specified.<ref name="good_Broo">{{Cite web |title=Brooklyn, Burning |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=9 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10628114-brooklyn-burning|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150829/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10628114-brooklyn-burning|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Written on the Body'', by Jeanette Winterson, is narrated from the point of view of someone with unspecified gender.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15054.Written_on_the_Body [https://web.archive.org/web/20230220124223/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15054.Written_on_the_Body Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Sphinx'', by Anne Garréta, is a romance between the narrator and their lover "A***", which is written entirely without gendering either one of them. It was originally published in [[Gender neutral language in French|French]] in 1986, and an English translation came out in 2015.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_F._Garr%C3%A9ta [https://web.archive.org/web/20220129060853/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_F._Garr%C3%A9ta Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''The Cook and the Carpenter: A Novel by the Carpenter'', by June Davis Arnold, is written using na/nan pronouns, and the protagonists' genders are not revealed until near the end.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Cook-Carpenter-Cutting-Lesbian-Literature/dp/0814706312#customerReviews [https://web.archive.org/web/20130704143357/http://www.amazon.com/Cook-Carpenter-Cutting-Lesbian-Literature/dp/0814706312 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Hello Now'', by Jenny Valentine, never reveals the gender of Jude.<ref name="good_Esmé">{{Cite web |title=Esmée D'Costa's review of Hello Now |author= |work=goodreads.com |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=12 December 2020 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3650187212?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721114007/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3650187212?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Call Me Tree / Llamame arbol'' (2014) is a bilingual children's book starring a child of unspecified gender.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Call Me Tree / Llamame arbol |author= |work=Mombian |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://mombian.com/database/call-me-tree-llamame-arbol/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429164541/https://mombian.com/database/call-me-tree-llamame-arbol/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Alex and Alex'' (2022) is a picture book for ages 3 to 6, about two children named Alex, who are both of unspecified gender.

== Comics and graphic novels ==

* ''[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html Order of the Stick]'' by Rich Burlew - Webcomic parody of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the main characters is an androgynous-looking elven mage named Vaarsuvius. Their gender and sex are never explicitly revealed, and they are referred to using male and female pronouns by other characters, but the author has said that these are the views of other characters and may not reflect the reality. We later learn that Vaarsuvius is married and has two adopted children, refers to their partner with gender-neutral terms, and that the children (translated from Elvish) call the two adults 'Parent' and 'Other Parent'. In the commentary for the fifth volume, ''Blood Runs in the Family'', the author refers to Vaarsuvius as [[genderqueer]]. However, this term is not mentioned in the comic itself.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20161219092841/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25898265-username Username: Evie]'' by Joe Sugg - Sci-fi graphic novel about a teenage girl's adventures in a virtual universe. One character, Unity, has an androgynous appearance and was coded "to represent every man and woman here". Other characters seem to be unable to gender them (e.g. "I've seen that guy before. Or is it a girl?").
* In the Sailor Moon franchise, across the various comic and animated adaptations (not counting bowdlerized English dubs), there are some characters who aren't gender conforming.
** One such character is Haruka Tenoh, whose heroic alter-ego is Sailor Uranus. She looks like a masculine woman, and is in a lesbian relationship with Sailor Neptune. Japanese has several different first-person pronouns (equivalent to "I, me") that speakers can use to express their gender. Sailor Uranus uses the informal masculine first-person pronoun "boku" for herself. She alternates between feminine attire (including a uniform with a skirt) and dressing in such a masculine way that other characters think she is a man, so she is gender nonconforming. Because all Senshi are women, she is necessarily a woman, at least in some way. However, some dialog in the canon talks about Haruka's gender, and fans disagree on how to interpret these remarks. In the manga, Sailor Neptune tells Sailor Moon, “Uranus is both a man and a woman. A soldier of both genders, with strengths and personalities of each.” This line also appears in the animated adaptation, in Sailor Moon Crystal. In the manga, when Sailor Moon (in her alter ego as Usagi) directly asks Haruka if she is a man or a woman, Haruka responds, “A man or a woman… is it that important?” (Or, depending on the translation: "Man, woman... why should something like that matter?")<ref>SailorSoapbox, "Setting The Record Straight: Haruka’s Gender & The Prince Uranus 'Scandal'." ''The Art of (Overanalyzing) Animation'' (blog). January 29, 2014. https://overanalyzinganimation.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/setting-the-record-straight-harukas-gender-identity-the-prince-uranus-scandal [https://web.archive.org/web/20230629040244/https://overanalyzinganimation.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/setting-the-record-straight-harukas-gender-identity-the-prince-uranus-scandal/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Fans have variously interpreted these remarks in the canon as meaning that Haruka is a butch lesbian woman who is in touch with her masculine side, and/or physically intersex, and/or that her gender identity is not strictly male or female. This is with the understanding that in the 1990s in Japan, we did not have the widely-known familiarity with or terms for nonbinary identities that we have today, but people with nonbinary identities did exist in that time and place. The characters in Sailor Moon are all based around astrological symbolism, so it's relevant that Uranus is a planet associated with gender nonconformity and same-gender attraction. These associations with the planet Uranus in astrology are so widely known that in the 1870s, one of the first movements for LGBT rights referred to themselves as [[history of nonbinary gender#1870s|Uranians]].

==Movies==

* In "The Incredibles," Kronos' files briefly show a superhero named MACROBEAM who is described as "oddly androgynous," and they are referred to with both "he" and "she" pronouns, saying that their sex and gender are unknown. This is only on the screen for a few seconds, and you can only see it if you pause. The character doesn't appear in person, and has no dialog.

== TV ==

* The recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' character and series of sketches ''Pat'' from the early 1990s. Pat is an androgynous character who everyone tries desperately (but ''politely'') to gender, but whose neutral preferences and gender expression defy classification. This is played for laughs as Pat is oblivious to everyone else's discomfort. It even spun off into a (badly received) 1994 movie, ''It's Pat'', in which Pat falls in love with another character whose gender is also unknown. The character is highly androgynous in appearance and personality, but Pat's assigned gender is unclear, which is the basis of the joke. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_(Saturday_Night_Live) Wikipedia's ''Pat'' article]
* The children's TV series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_in_Space Lloyd in Space]'' features an episode (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lloyd_in_Space_episodes#Season_3:_2002 "Neither Boy nor Girl"]'') that focuses on a genderless character named Zoit. After being initially confused about their gender, the characters learn that in Zoit's species, children are raised genderless until they reach their 13th birthday, at which point they choose whether to become a boy or a girl. The other children fight over which gender Zoit should pick on their upcoming birthday. At the end of the episode, Zoit proudly tells their friends that they have chosen their gender, but want to keep their choice to themselves - it is left open whether they decided to be male or female.

== Video games ==

[[File:Fallen_london_screenshot.png|A screenshot of the gender selection options in ''Fallen London''.|thumb]]
===1994===
* In ''Final Fantasy VI'', the optional character Gogo's gender is never revealed. The description given of the character says, "Is this a man? A woman? Or should we ask?"

===2005===
* In ''Harvest Moon: Magical Melody'', Jamie, your antagonist, is depicted as neither male or female, and the only thing that alludes to their gender is what happens when you marry them. If you play a female character and marry them, they will wear a tuxedo at the ceremony, but if you play a male character and marry them, they will wear a wedding dress. Their pronouns are not stated.

===2009===
* In ''[http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/ Fallen London]'', you can choose to play as "a lady," "a gentleman," or a character whose gender isn't specified. There are multiple smaller characters that are genderless, including party members (the Irrepressible Cannoneer) as well as regular NPCs (the Alarming Scholar and Isery). This is also true of ''[http://www.failbettergames.com/sunless/ Sunless Sea]'', which is set in the same universe.

===2012===
* In ''Borderlands 2'', a large part of Zer0's story is the lack of information surrounding him. He uses he/him pronouns, but the information provided alludes to him either being agender or having a non-human/alien gender identity.

===2014===
*In the action/puzzle/driving game ''Roundabout'', the protagonist Georgio Manos has no specified gender. No pronouns are ever used to refer to Georgio. The name "Georgio" is masculine but Georgio is played by a woman. The developers have stated that they purposely left out any reference to Georgio's gender because they thought it was unimportant to the mechanics of the game.<ref>{{cite web |date=2015 |url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/303430/discussions/0/622954023420998077/ |title=Georgio gay? |quote=The developers, in a recent livestream of the game, have made mention to the fact that Georgio has no gender specified in the game. They have said that this is so because "it's not very important to being a revolving limo driver." I think that this is TOTALLY INCREDIBLE and it leaves the gender up to the interpretation, which is PHENOMENAL. Please enjoy the game and keep an eye on our queer characters!|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212061321/http://steamcommunity.com:80/app/303430/discussions/0/622954023420998077 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Despite this, the game is tagged "Female Protagonist" on the Steam store.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roundabout on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/303430/Roundabout/|access-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214191323/https://store.steampowered.com/app/303430/Roundabout/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''[http://crypticstitching.storynexus.com/s Cryptic Stitching]'', an interactive novel by Ursula Vernon about stuffed animals living as hunter-gatherers in a magical Ice Age. When creating one's character, the player can choose to be female, male, or "fuzzy," which isn't any gender in particular, "Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all."

===2015===
* In ''Undertale'', the human protagonist Frisk and the human called Chara are never referred to in binary terms, and are referred to with "they" pronouns. Their gender is never revealed. Some other characters also go by "they" pronouns.

===2016===
* In ''Dishonored 2'', a noble named Wyman is mentioned several times, being the lover of main character Emily Kaldwin, and is never referred to with any gendered words. Wyman does not appear in-game but does appear in the novels ''Dishonored: The Corroded Man'' and ''Dishonored: The Return of Daud''. The novels' author, Adam Christopher, stated on Twitter that "Wyman is [[gender neutral|gender-neutral]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://functionalfutch.tumblr.com/post/150874316591/did-you-see-that-the-he-pronoun-in-regards-to |title=Anonymous said: DID YOU SEE that the "he" pronoun in regards to wyman in that book was a typo!|date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202723/http://functionalfutch.tumblr.com/post/150874316591/did-you-see-that-the-he-pronoun-in-regards-to|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> However, that tweet was deleted, and in a Reddit AMA the next month, Adam was more vague, saying "Wyman's gender is purposefully left unsaid, yes. Let your headcanon go wild :)", and also saying that Arkane Studios had the full character details which could not be revealed yet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/dishonored/comments/56zdra/i_am_adam_christopher_novelist_and_comic_writer/ |title=I am Adam Christopher, novelist and comic writer, and author of the new book DISHONORED: THE CORRODED MAN. Ask me anything! |date=11 October 2016|quote=Arkane came up with the character of Wyman, and there's a backstory there, but they don't like to detail characters or factions until they're ready to do so in game. [...] but Wyman's gender is purposefully left unsaid, yes. Let your headcanon go wild :)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606141156/https://www.reddit.com/r/dishonored/comments/56zdra/i_am_adam_christopher_novelist_and_comic_writer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Pokémon Go'', Blanche - the leader of Team Mystic - is gender-ambiguous in appearance. Yūsuke Kozaki - the game's character designer - has stated on Twitter that Blanche's gender is "whatever impression or feeling you get from the design".<ref>{{cite tweet| user=libbydango |number=762127788891525120 |date=6 August 2016 |title=blanche's gender confirmed as "whatever impression or feeling you get from the design" \o/}}</ref> Third-person pronouns are not used in-game to describe any of the team leaders. In addition, the game does not ask the player about their gender, but instead asks them to "choose your style" when creating a character.

===2018===
*In the visual novel ''Charade Maniacs'', the character Iochi Mizuki has an [[androgynous]] appearance and their gender is never specified. Mizuki "often teases about whether they're a man or a woman." Mizuki is voiced by a cisgender woman and uses the masculine pronoun "boku" for themself.<ref name="CManiacs">{{Cite web |title=Charade Maniacs – Review / Summary |author=estearisa |work=Otome Adventures |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://yuscake.com/2020/08/13/charade-maniacs-review-summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601213647/https://yuscake.com/2020/08/13/charade-maniacs-review-summary/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===2020===
* In ''Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'', the protagonist character can be customized with a "classified" gender, in which case the game's voiced dialogue will refer to the protagonist with [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="BlackOps">{{Cite web |title=Black Ops Cold War character creation will let you craft your own agent and includes gender neutral VO |last=Hurley |first=Leon |work=gamesradar |date=August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.gamesradar.com/black-ops-cold-war-character-creation-gender-neutral/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226093844/https://www.gamesradar.com/black-ops-cold-war-character-creation-gender-neutral |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The announcement of this drew criticism from many people.<ref name="Milton">{{Cite web |title=Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will let users play as a non-binary imperialist war-hungry killer |last=Milton |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=31 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-non-binary-gender-neutral-ronald-raegan-twitter/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808203224/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/31/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-non-binary-gender-neutral-ronald-raegan-twitter/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Nonbinary gender in fiction]]
* [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Fictional sexes]]

== External links ==

* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Transgender The ''TV Tropes'' Transgender page]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguousGender The ''TV Tropes'' Ambiguous Gender page]

== References ==
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[[Category:Visibility]]

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This list of [[fictional depictions of nonbinary gender]] is for taking note of all examples of [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] in fiction in any kind of media. The media includes animation, board and card games, books and other literature, comics and graphic novels, movies, performance, TV, webseries, and video games. Since most people don't know that people can have a nonbinary gender identity, the way that nonbinary genders are represented in fiction can be a valuable part of nonbinary visibility and awareness. Fiction can also be an outlet for nonbinary people to explore their identities and the possibilities of society's attitudes toward them. These are reasons why representation matters. It's very rare for fiction to have any real representation of nonbinary gender. It's almost as rare for characters to have an undisclosed gender, or to have a fictional sex, which almost but not really counts as nonbinary representation. They're close enough that they are dealt with on this page and the page [[Undisclosed gender in fiction]].

There is a difference between being born with a physical [[intersex]] condition, and having a nonbinary gender identity. Many intersex people identify as just [[female]] or [[male]], not nonbinary. Many nonbinary people are not intersex. If a character has a real-life kind of intersex condition, you should still list them on this page only if they also have a nonbinary gender identity.

If you add a piece of media to this list, please describe exactly which character is nonbinary, and how this is told in canon, or your entry will be deleted. Do not include media here that just has a popular "headcanon" (a fan's imaginary interpretation) of a nonbinary character, because this isn't representation. Please include direct quotes from canon that are evidence that the character is nonbinary.

==Nonbinary genders in fiction==

This section is for the most true-to-life representation of nonbinary gender identities. The story explicitly says that they don't identify as a woman or man, but as a different gender. The characters aren't nonbinary because of having fictional sexes. Their physical sexes and genders assigned at birth are non-intersex or a real-life intersex condition. If their physical sex or gender assigned at birth is undisclosed, their gender identity is still explicitly, specifically labeled as not female or male, but something else. They may or may not take a social or physical transition in their gender expression. They may or may not look androgynous. They may or may not go by gender-neutral pronouns.

===Animation===

* In ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. Episode 2, 2007.</ref> (Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.)
* Season four of ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' introduces the nonbinary character Double Trouble, who uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
* In the anime ''Soul Eater'', the character Crona is nonbinary. In a interview{{citation needed}} the writer said that he wanted to make a character that normalizes nonbinary/[[X-gender]], so all the other characters accept Crona's identity without question. (In the original translation they call Crona he/him; this is due to a mistranslation.)
* Shep in ''Steven Universe Future'' is a human nonbinary character (as opposed to the Gems who are nonhuman, see [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Fictional_sexes|Fictional sexes section of this page]]). Shep uses [[singular they]] and is voiced by [[Indya Moore]].
* In Nickelodeon's ''Middle School Moguls'', one of the teachers, Wren, is nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TimGunn|number=1169338993034461185|title=Schools in session! Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday, September 8th at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT for the premiere of Nickelodeon's Middle School Moguls – starring yours truly as Wren, a non-binary teacher in the Mogul Academy Fashion Branch! #Nickelodeon #middleschoolmoguls #mogulize|date=4 September 2019}}</ref>
* Yuta "Yū" Asuka (飛鳥悠, Asuka Yūta) from the Tokyo Broadcasting System anime series ''Stars Align'' had a short arc that touched on how they were [[questioning]] their gender identity. During this, they tell Maki that they want to be referred to with [[gender neutral language]] and that they think they are [[X-gender]] but don't want to be categorized.
* Astolfo from the ''Fate'' series uses ''both'' he/him and they/them pronouns, but presents in a very feminine manner. In their profile in ''Grand Order'' they list their gender as "le secret" per their request, and they use both male and female terms to describe themself, calling themself both a "cute boy", and a "maiden" in different scenes. Quotes from their bio include "Instead of making judgments based off of merits, Astolfo makes all choices based off if it feels good or not." and "Gender means nothing in the face of Astolfo's cuteness! But there's really no way Astolfo could be a girl...". Despite this many fans treat Astolfo as either a feminine man or a trans woman. Their pronouns also vary depending on the translation, with ''Grand Order''<nowiki/>'s English localization using they/them and ''Apocrypha's'' English dub using he/him.
* Le Chevalier d'Eon from the ''Fate'' series is [[genderfluid]], and accepts being seen as either a man or a woman by the player. Both he/him and she/her [[pronouns]] are used interchangeably, and their "Self Suggestion" skill allows them to alter both their body and aura between being masculine and feminine. The historical figure they are based on was also [[intersex]].
* Enkidu from the ''Fate'' series is genderless and uses they/them pronouns.
* Odee the Okapi is a nonbinary character introduced in the Hulu show ''Madagascar: A Little Wild'', which is a spinoff of the Dreamworks film franchise. Odee is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Madagascar2021">{{Cite web |title='Madagascar' Spinoff's Pride Episode Introduces Nonbinary Character |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609162116/https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Cartoon Network show ''Craig of the Creek'', minor character Merkid is nonbinary, recurring character Angel Jose is [[agender]], and minor character Pullstring is also agender.<ref name="insider-database">{{Cite web |title=We created the first-ever searchable database of 259 LGBTQ characters in cartoons that bust the myth that kids can't handle inclusion |author= |work=insider.com |date=June 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url= https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database}}</ref>
* In the Netflix show ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'', the recurring character Asher Berdacs is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* In the Netflix show ''The Dragon Prince'', minor character Kazi is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show ''Gargoyles'' was confirmed to be [[genderfluid]] and [[polysexual]] in a 2014 interview with the creative team.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Minor characters Milo and Sweet, from the ''Danger & Eggs'' animated series, are nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" /> Milo is played by the [[agender]] voice actor [[Tyler Ford]]<ref>''[https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ “Danger & Eggs” Is The Greatest Weirdest Queer-and-Trans Inclusive Kids Show Ever]'', Autostraddle, July 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324022836/https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and Sweet is voiced by nonbinary comedian [[RB Butcher]].
*In the Netflix kids' show ''Ridley Jones'', Fred the Bison is nonbinary and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Walsh-RidleyJones">{{Cite web |title=New Netflix Show For Preschoolers Features A Nonbinary Bison—And LGBTQ+ Fans Are Cheering |last=Walsh |first=Mike |work=Comic Sands |date=8 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605074906/https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the Disney show ''The Owl House'', the character Raine Whispers is shown to be nonbinary, using singular they pronouns throughout their appearances. They are voiced by [[Avi Roque]]. Raine debuts in episode 7 of season 2.<ref name="Zogbi">{{Cite web |title=The Owl House Introduces Disney's First Non-Binary Character |author=Zogbi, Emily |work=CBR |date=24 July 2021 |access-date=25 July 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403210732/https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://www.inanimateinsanity.com/ ''Inanimate Insanity''] is an animated webseries that features two nonbinary characters, [[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]] and Bot. Paintbrush starts out as the subject of a somewhat-transphobic running gag about their gender ambiguity, but is later revealed to be nonbinary and is referred to with they/them pronouns from then on. Bot similarly begins going by they/them pronouns after a journey of self-discovery. Paintbrush and Bot are both currently voiced by nonbinary actors, Jazzy Oliver and Shooshies, respectively.
*In the animated webseries [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 ''Battle For Dream Island''], the characters Winner, Price Tag, and Profily all go by they/them pronouns.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
Animation
!Which character(s) are nonbinary
!Proof of nonbinary status
!Character Role
!Title
!Showrunner(s) / Creator(s)
!Air Dates
!Publisher(s)
!Genre(s)
!Content Warning
!Notes
|-
|Leeron Littner
|Littner states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."
|Protagonist - Supporting
|''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''
|Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima
|04/01/2007 - 09/30/2007
|Aniplex, Konami
|Adventure, Mecha
|Many major characters die in the series, but not Leeron.
|Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.
|-
|Double Trouble
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Side character
|''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''
|N.D. Stevenson
|13/11/2018 - 15/05/2020
|Dreamworks Animation Television
|Adventure
|
|Double Trouble is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
|-
|Envy
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Secondary Antagonist
|''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Furumetaru Arukemisuto''
|Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Original Author: Hiromu Arakawa
|04/5/2009 – 07/4/2010
|Bones, MBS, Aniplex
|Adventure, Dark fantasy, Steampunk
|Many hard events in first episodes
|Many older translations used he/him when mentioning Envy, despite them only ever using non-gendered ways of refering to themself.
|-
|[[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]]
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
In a conversation, their friend Lightbulb says:
"Oh, it's C, isn't it? None of the above!"
| rowspan="2" |Contestant
| rowspan="2" |Inanimate Insanity
| rowspan="2" |Adam Katz
| rowspan="2" |2/2/2013
-
11/29/2024
| rowspan="2" |Adamation
| rowspan="2" |Dramady, Competition, Object show
|For all of season 1 and most of season 2, Paintbrush's gender was the subject of a gag. In a now-deleted clip, the show's host (MePhone4) refers to them as an "unknown gender freak!"
|Paintbrush is currently voiced by [https://twitter.com/LadyJazzington Jazzy Oliver], a transfemme nonbinary voice actress.
|-
|Bot
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
|
|Bot is currently voiced by [https://www.youtube.com/@shooshies Shooshies], a nonbinary voice actor.
|}

===Audio===

''Note: See the page [[Podcasts]] for nonfiction podcasts on the topic of gender outside the binary.''

* In the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', there are several characters who are referred to with [[they/them]]. In the first season, ''The Adventure Zone: Balanc''e, a minor character named Roswell (an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird) is [[agender]] and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>[https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell The Adventure Zone Wiki: Roswell] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202457/http://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the second season, ''The Adventure Zone: Amnesty'', a reoccurring secondary character named Hollis (the leader of a local gang named The Hornets) is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. <ref>[https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis The Adventure Zone Wiki: Hollis] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808233009/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the third season, ''The Adventure Zone: Graduation'', both a gnome student named Mimi and one of the recurring teachers, Festo the faerie, use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|title=Mimi|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808220528/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|title=Festo|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117033408/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the podcast series ''Welcome To Night Vale'', there are several nonbinary characters who are referred to with "they" pronouns. Recurring nonbinary characters include a scientist named Alice and the town's new Sheriff, Sam.
*In the podcast ''The Penumbra Podcast'', there are a vast number of nonbinary characters. The most prevalent of these is the namesake of the Juno Steel arc, who uses he/him pronouns but is explicitly nonbinary and refers to himself as a lady on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|title=Juno Steel|website=The Penumbra Podcast Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115023357/https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the podcast ''The Strange Case of Starship Iris'', Krejjh uses they/them pronouns, finds the concept of binary genders funny and states "[no pronouns] feel great"
*The main character known as "The Runner" in the fantasy podcast ''And 195'' is nonbinary.<ref>http://and195podcast.com/story-and-characters</ref>
* The main character Rion in ''Sidequesting'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser">{{cite web|access-date=23 November 2020 |url=https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|title=Nonbinary Rep!|last=Minear|first=Tal|work=Podchaser|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201161218/https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Inn Between'', Velune and Knowles both use [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Moonbase Theta, Out'', Ashwini Ray uses [[English neutral pronouns#Ze|ze/zir]] pronouns, Wilder uses she/they pronouns, and Alexandre Bragado-Fischer uses he/they pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Novitero'', Medic and Valzin both use they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Less Is Morgue'', Riley uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Light Hearts'', Kale uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Transmission Folklore'', Sorrel uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Null/Void'', supporting character Dodger uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Love and Luck'', supporting character CJ uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''The Van'', supporting character Audre uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Soulborn City'', supporting character Anacrea uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Zoo'', supporting character Normandy uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In the Trinyvale Campaign of ''Not Another D&D Podcast'', the world has three deities: one male, one female, one nonbinary.
* In ''Loveville High'', a musical podcast, the character Jendrix is [[genderqueer]] and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].

====2018====
* In the urban fantasy podcast ''Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services'', supporting character Desiree Onasis is nonbinary, uses they/them pronouns, and is played by nonbinary performer [[Zayn Thiam]].<ref name="Zutter">{{Cite web |title=8 Sweet, Funny, and Thrilling Queer Fiction Podcasts |last=Zutter |first=Natalie |work=Tor.com |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326003115/https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Desiree first appears in episode eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|title=Please join me in welcoming Zayn Thiam, the upcoming voice for Desiree Onasis.|date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001525/https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=30 September 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2019====
* The main character Alex in ''Evergreen Sky'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-11-23 |archive-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====2020====
* Several major characters in the podcast ''The Nonbinary Carrie Bradshaw'' are nonbinary.

===Board and card games===

* Magic the Gathering features multiple nonbinary characters.
**Ashiok is a character of unknown gender, who explicitly resists categorisation.<ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der [https://web.archive.org/web/20221205214329/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005059/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005104/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Though some depictions of the character erroneously use “he” as a pronoun, Ashiok has no confirmed pronouns. It is commonly believed Ashiok uses no pronouns; but the official style guide rules out they/them pronouns on the basis not being "'proper' English", rather than as any reflection on the character.<ref>[https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Ashiok's Style Guide Entry—The Official Magic the Gathering Tumblr] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230422184007/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This guide has not been updated to reflect Magic's adoption of they/them pronouns for both players and characters, leaving Ashiok's relationship with they/them pronouns ambiguous.
**Karn is an [[agender]]<ref name=":0">https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like [https://web.archive.org/web/20210430190205/https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> golem from the plane of Dominaria created by the planeswalker Urza as part of his experiments with time travel. Narration and other characters use he/him pronouns for Karn, though he has no pronoun preference.<ref name=":0" /> Although as a golem he has no sex, he was assigned male at creation.
**Hallar the Firefletcher is an nonbinary elf from the Llanowar forest on the plane of Dominaria. They use an unknown elvish pronoun set which is described as "genderless" and reflecting their "ambiguous identity". The narration refers to them with they/them pronouns.<ref>https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets [https://web.archive.org/web/20220901221059/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**Niko Aris, a planeswalker introduced in the ''Kaldheim'' set, is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Some of ''Kaldheim'''s game designers are real nonbinary people.<ref name="Kaldheim">{{Cite web |title=Meet Niko Aris, New Non-Binary Planeswalker From Magic: The Gathering Kaldheim |author= Weekes, Princess|work=The Mary Sue |date=16 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032857/https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="TurnerNiko">{{Cite web |title=Creating Niko Aris |last=Turner |first=Gerritt |work=Magic: The Gathering |date=14 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326022117/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** Alharu, Solemn Ritualist is a human monk from an unknown plane printed in ''Commander Legends''. Their character blurb uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/legendary-characters-commander-legends-part-2-2020-11-06</ref>

===Books and other literature ===

====1993====
*''Stone Butch Blues'' by [[Leslie Feinberg]], a semi-autobiographical novel about a [[butch]] named Jess Goldberg, and the trials and tribulations she faces growing up in the United States before the Stonewall riots. Feinberg defines butch as a gender identity neither female nor male.

====1995====
*Greg Egan's novel ''Distress'' (1995) includes transgender humans who transition to a specific gender outside the binary that they call "asex", called by [[Pronouns#Ve|ve pronouns]].<ref>John McIntosh, "ve, vis, ver." [http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230520043531/http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====1996====
* ''Genderflex: Sexy Stories on the Edge and In Between'', edited by Cecelia Tan, is an anthology dedicated to breaking down the gender binary.<ref name="torf_Bend">{{Cite web |title=Bending Genre, Bending Gender |author= |work=Tor/Forge Blog |date=1 May 2012 |access-date=8 August 2021 |url= https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329235710/https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====1998====
*''Halfway Human'' by Carolyn Ives Gilman is from the perspective of Tedla, an adult nonbinary character in a high science fiction setting. It is worth noting that this portrayal deals with the genderless (called "blands") as a sub-class of people.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human [https://web.archive.org/web/20210109165914/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2004====
*''River of Gods'', a sci-fi novel by Ian McDonald, is set in India in the year 2047. The novel includes subplots about [[Hijra]]. The pronoun "yt" is used for genderless characters.

====2005====
* In ''The Way of Thorn and Thunder'' fantasy series (also called ''The Kynship Chronicles''), by [[Two-Spirit]] author Daniel Heath Justice, there is a race called the Kyn, who recognize three genders: he-Kyn, she-Kyn and zhe-Kyn. These are specifically [[gender]]s, not [[sex]]es, according to reviewer [[Bogi Takács]].<ref name="kynship">{{Cite web |title=QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: The Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice (Part 1) |authorlink=Bogi Takács |last=Takács |first=Bogi |work=Tor.com |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001182336/https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Fool for Love'' (first written 2005, revised edition 2010), by Lisa Lees, is "A young adult coming of age / [[coming out]] romance with [[intersex]] and genderqueer main characters and a happy ending." ''A Triangular Attraction'' is the 2012 sequel, a "mystery novel with intersex, trans and genderqueer characters." Both can now be read free online in HTML or EPUB format on [https://lisalees.com/ll/books/index.html the author's website].

====2008====
* ''Down to the Bone'', a young-adult book by Mayra Dole, contains a character named Tazer who self-describes as [[genderqueer]] and a [[boi]]. [[He/him]] pronouns are used for Tazer. Another character describes him as "Tazer is a boy ''and'' a girl". Note: The main plot involves the protagonist being kicked out of her home because of her sexuality, and there are some LGBT-phobic opinions expressed by characters, as well as use of words that could be triggering to readers, such as "homo", "lesbo", and "[[dyke]]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Down to the Bone|year=2008|last= Dole|first= Mayra L.}}</ref>

====2009====
* Rose and Timothy in the ''Wolf House'' series by Mary Borsellino are nonbinary, as confirmed by the author, although different identity terminology is used in the text.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Borsellino |first=Mary |user=sharpest_rose |number=1252789205551288320|date=21 April 2020|title=Rose and Timothy in Wolf House are both nonbinary, though the term wasn't in as wide use in 2008 so they use other language to describe it.}}</ref>
*The short story collection ''Cyberabad Days'', by Ian McDonald, a follow-up to his 2004 novel ''River of Gods'', contains [[Hijra]] characters.

====2010====
* The protagonist of ''Annabel'', written by Kathleen Winter, is [[intersex]] and raised as male, including genital surgery and being put on masculinizing medical treatments. They are given the name "Wayne" but sometimes go by "Annabel", and they identify "at least in part" with femininity/girlhood.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annabel |last=Winter |first=Kathleen |year=2010 |publisher=House of Anansi Press |quote=...he wondered what would happen if he could tell her they were both girls, at least in part.}}</ref> The protagonist's father takes great strides to encourage his child to be more masculine, whereas multiple women encourage the child's feminine side. Wayne/Annabel has been interpreted as nonbinary by some readers, with one reviewer saying the character is "both male/female in both body and soul".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |date=28 December 2012 |title=Laurie's Reviews > Annabel |access-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001523/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Content note: Coercively assigned gender, infant genital surgery, sexual assault, ectopic pregnancy, some inaccurate/unrealistic depiction of intersex experiences.
* In ''Surface Detail'', by Iain M. Banks, the character Yime Nsokyi is "[[neuter]]-gendered" and has an [[intersex]] body by choice.

====2011====
*''Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica'' edited by Tristan Taormino

====2012====
*''Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction'' edited by Brit Mandelo
*In [[Sassafras Lowrey]]'s ''Roving Pack'', the protagonist, named Click, is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[ze/hir]] pronouns.
*''First Spring Grass Fire'', by [[Rae Spoon]], tells the story of a nonbinary kid growing up in the 80s and 90s in Calgary, Canada.<ref name="Casey" />
* ''Stranger Skies'', by Katje Van Loon, has a planet whose society recognizes five genders: woman, man, [[agender]], [[trigender]], and [[genderqueer]].
* In ''Every Day'', a novel by David Levithan, the protagonist named A wakes up every day in a different person's body. Each person whose body A inhabits has a clear-cut gender identity, but A themself says, "I didn’t think of myself as a boy or a girl—I never have."<ref>{{cite web |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040504if_/https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|archive-date=31 January 2019|url =https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|title=Trans Characters in Fiction|date=27 June 2018|last=Miceli|first=Cami}}</ref> The novel was adapted into a 2018 film.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230218224328/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2013====
*In a short sci-fi story by Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade]" (2013), one of the characters is described as a "[[neutrois]]," and called by "they" pronouns.<ref>Alex Dally MacFarlane, "Post-Binary Gender in SF: ExcitoTech and Non-Binary Pronouns." June 3, 2014. ''Tor.'' http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20230521042751/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade." ''Clarkesworld Magazine.'' 2013. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519102505/http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Crooked Words: A Collection of Queer, Transgender and Womanist Writings'' by K. A. Cook has several short stories about characters who are explicitly said to be nonbinary. The character Chris cultivates an androgynous appearance, and asks to be called by [[Pronouns#they|"they" pronouns]]. Chris is in the short stories "Blue Paint, Chocolate and Other Similes" and "Everything In A Name."<ref>K. A. Cook, ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "The Differently Animated and Queer Society," the queer-identified characters Pat and Moon go by "[[Pronouns#Ze|ze, hir]]" and "[[Pronouns#Ou|ou]]" pronouns, respectively.<ref>K. A. Cook, "The Differently Animated and Queer Society." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "Misstery Man," the self-described nonbinary character Darcy asks to be called by "[[Pronouns#Ey|ey and eir]]" pronouns.<ref>K. A. Cook, "Misstery Man." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref>
*At the end of ''Freakboy'', the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as [[genderfluid]]. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.
* The Micah Grey trilogy (''Pantomime'' 2013, ''Shadowplay'' 2014, and ''Masquerade'' 2017), by Laura Lam, stars Micah, an intersex nonbinary teen who runs away from home to join the circus.

====2014====
* In ''Just Girls'' by Rachel Gold, the side character Nico is nonbinary and uses various [[neopronouns|nonstandard pronouns]] such as [[English_neutral_pronouns#Per|per]] and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Yo|yo]]. Note: the main story centers on a [[cis]] woman who pretends she is trans in order to protect another woman who actually is trans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Just Girls: Danika at The Lesbrary's review|date=15 September 2014|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=9 October 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*Min Lee in the ''Under My Skin'' series by A. E. Dooland (''Under My Skin'' 2014, ''Flesh & Blood'' 2015, and ''Solve for i'' 2017) is nonbinary and accepts [[he/him]] or [[she/her]] pronouns, depending on the situation. Furthermore, the author has said that "She doesn't really like [[they/them]] (because she feels in many cases it draws too much attention to her gender), but in an event where someone used those pronouns, she'd prefer you just went along with it, too. [...] Min ''does'' typically prefer male-gendered words, such as 'boyfriend' and 'husband' etc."<ref>{{cite web|title=Anonymous asked: What pronouns does Min prefer?|date=July 19, 2019|url=https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906201935/https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2015====
*In Sam Farren's novel ''Dragonoak: The Complete History of Kastelir'' (2015) and its sequel ''Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath the Sun'' (2015), several nonbinary characters play important roles. All of them use "they" pronouns and are only described in gender-neutral terms. Their gender is not their defining feature - the novel's fictional society treats nonbinary genders as just as normal as binary ones. The author is a nonbinary lesbian.<ref>https://athetos.tumblr.com/post/181997780240/hey-uhhh-go-read-literally-anything-by-sam-farren</ref>
*In ''No More Heroes'', by Michelle Kan, the character Fang is genderfluid and aroace.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|title=Customer Reviews for No More Heroes|website=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002016/https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=13 December 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*The main character in ''Damsel Knight'', by Sam Austin, spends much of the book [[gender questioning]], and ends questioning but also settled into an identity somewhere between male and female. She eventually chooses she/her pronouns and a masculine name.
*''Lizard Radio'' by [[Pat Schmatz]] has a nonbinary protagonist named Kivali "Lizard" Kerwin.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="kirk_LIZA">{{Cite web |title=LIZARD RADIO |author= |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=18 May 2015 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818160240/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''A Boy Called Cin'', by Cecil Wilde, is a romance novel told from the point of view of Tom, a mostly-closeted genderqueer billionaire who falls for a trans man.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609104330/https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/| url=https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/|archive-date=9 June 2019|last=Alexander|first=Corey| authorlink=Corey Alexander|title=A Baker's Dozen of Stories Centering Non-Binary Characters}}</ref>
* In ''Defying Convention'', also by Cecil Wilde, one of the main characters, AJ, is a [[femme]] genderqueer person who uses singular "they" pronouns.<ref name="Evans2017">{{Cite web |title=My gender didn't exist in fiction when I was growing up – so I wrote myself into existence |author=Evans, Alison |authorlink=Alison Evans |work=the Guardian |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531105641/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love Spell'', by Mia Kerick, the protagonist Chance is out as [[gay]] but feels uncertain about their gender identity, "being stuck in the gray area between girl and boy".<ref name="good_Love">{{Cite web |title=Love Spell |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=9 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150828/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In Kameron Hurley's fantasy novel, ''Empire Ascendant,'' all people in a consent culture get to choose which of the five gender roles they identify with. Hurley calls characters who are "ungendered" by singular they pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GUEST POST: Beyond He-Man & She-Ra: Writing Non-Binary Characters by Kameron Hurley |author=Hurley Kameron |work=Intellectus Speculativus |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326002527/https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Long Macchiatos and Monsters'', by [[Alison Evans]], is a romance between a trans guy and a genderqueer person.<ref name="Casey" />
* In ''What We Left Behind'' by Robin Talley, Toni is a genderqueer student at Harvard in a long-distance relationship.<ref name="Acree">{{Cite web |title=Robin Talley: Young love in a nonbinary world |author=Acree, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 November 2015 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206172314/https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2016====
* ''Symptoms of Being Human'' stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted [[genderfluid]] teenager. The book text never uses a gendered pronoun for Riley and never discloses Riley's [[gender assigned at birth]].<ref name="Stewart">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms of Being Human - Book Review |last=Stewart |first=Darienne |work=commonsensemedia.org |date= |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603023611/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, murder, and suicidal thoughts/attempts.<ref name="supe_Symp">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms Of Being Human Summary |author= |work=SuperSummary |date= |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425035630/https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the sci-fi thriller novel ''Zero-G: Book 1'' (by William Shatner and Jeff Rovin), Adsila Waters is described multiple times as "[[pan-gender]]" (used as both an adjective and a noun in the book). "He" and "she" pronouns are variously used for Adsila. Adsila is also able to shapeshift her [[sex|sex characteristics]] to accompany gender switches.
* In the Star Wars novel ''Aftermath: Life Debt'', Eleodie Maracavanya is a human pirate who "is of an undisclosed gender separate from male or female". Eleodie mainly uses zhe/zher pronouns, occasionally using he/him or she/her.<ref name="Yip">{{Cite web |title=7 Genderqueer Characters to Celebrate Pride Month |last=Yip |first=By Annaliese |work=CBR |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=14 September 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421233942/https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Documenting Light'', by EE Ottoman, is a romance between the characters Grayson and Wyatt; Wyatt is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31922116-documenting-light</ref>
* In ''The Lauras'', by Sara Taylor, teenaged Alex says they have never felt like a boy nor a girl. Content note: there is a graphic scene in which a man sexually assaults Alex.<ref name="good_Darq">{{Cite web |title=Darque Dreamer's review of The Lauras |author= |work=goodreads.com |date=6 September 2017 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002610/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* In the young adult fantasy book ''Ida'', by genderqueer author [[Alison Evans]], the main character's partner, Daisy, is genderqueer.<ref name="Evans2017" />
* ''Light Up The Dark'', by Suki Fleet, has a minor character named Loz who uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Another character says about Loz: "They don't want to identify as a boy or a girl."
*Alex Fierro is a [[genderfluid]] character from the book series ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', by Rick Riordan. Alex switches between she/her and he/him pronouns, although expressing that she normally uses she/her pronouns. Alex first appears in the 2016 book ''The Hammer of Thor,'' and is the love interest of the main character of the series, Magnus Chase. During ''The Hammer of Thor'', Alex states "I'm gender fluid and transgender" (Riordan 54).

====2017====
* In ''An Unsuitable Heir'', by K.J. Charles, the character Pen Starling says "I'm not a woman, but that doesn't make me a man either." He/him pronouns are used for Pen, although Pen states that these pronouns don't feel ideal. Note: much of the plot involves an "imminent threat to force Pen to [...] conform to a binary gender."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530091653/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', by [[Rivers Solomon]]. The author has said "Aster is an [[intersex]] [[butch]] [[lesbian]], but maybe [[agender]]. Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035918/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=25 June 2019|title=An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon|last=Falck|first=Alex}}</ref>
* A minor character in ''A Tyranny of Queens'' by [[Foz Meadows]] is nonbinary.
* In ''The Black Tides of Heaven'' by nonbinary author [[Neon Yang]], gender is not assigned at birth and children get to choose at a gender confirmation later in life. One of the characters, Akeha feels at home with the childhood nonbinary designation.<ref name="Casey">{{Cite web |title=8 Fiction Books with Non-Binary Characters |author=Casey |work=Autostraddle |date=27 November 2018 |access-date=25 May 2020 |url= https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150808/https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Luna: Wolf Moon'' (2017) and its sequel ''Luna: Moon Rising'' (2019), by Ian McDonald, have a nonbinary character named Vidhya Rao.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Wolf_Moon and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Moon_Rising</ref>
* ''River of Teeth'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Twitter's Favourite Trans Books |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164049/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Raven Stratagem'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Tiger's Watch'' by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[they/them]] pronouns. The author notes that "Being [[Misgendering|misgendered]] and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|title=Shade asked: This sounds like an awesome story! I'm confused by the use of 'their' instead of 'her' or 'him' though.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009132437/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* Sal in ''Mask of Shadows'' (2017) and ''Ruin of Stars'' (2018), by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.
*In the fantasy books ''Divided Worlds'' (2017) and ''The Ascension of Lark'' (2019), by Jennifer Ridge, the character Lark is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. There is an author's note at the end of ''Divided Worlds'' which specifically describes Lark as "non-binary and androgynous". Content note: In ''The Ascension of Lark'' there is some misgendering, homelessness, and physical abuse in the flashbacks to Lark's younger days. Their [[deadname]] is redacted in the text.
* In ''At the Edge of the Universe'', Ozzie's best friend Lua is genderfluid and is referred to with different pronouns throughout the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|title=jami's Reviews > At the Edge of the Universe|date=2 February 2017|website=Goodreads|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003039/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|archive-date=21 July 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2018====
* ''No Man of Woman Born'', by Ana Mardoll, is a collection of fantasy short stories with a range of non-cis protagonists, including trans women, trans men, genderfluid protagonists, bigender protagonists, and agender protagonists.<ref name="IllustratedPage">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIAP Protagonists in Fantasy and Science Fiction |author= |work=The Illustrated Page |date= |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.theillustratedpage.net/diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309195940/http://theillustratedpage.net//diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Jilted'' by Lilah Suzanne, Link is "a genderqueer artist who lives life by their own rules".<ref name="stor_Jilt">{{Cite web |title=Jilted (print edition) |author= |work=Interlude Press |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712190822/https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Only See You'', by J.D. Chambers, Mal Copol is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you [https://web.archive.org/web/20210117155015/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Blanca & Roja, by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], the character Page is [[genderqueer]].<ref name="Paxson">{{Cite web |title=Light And Dark, Characters Shine In 'Blanca & Roja' |last=Paxson |first=Caitlyn |work=NPR.org |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003032528/https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Kink Aware'', by Morticia Knight, is a BDSM romance book starring a [[genderqueer]] character named Cruella. Cruella uses singular they, and the other protagonist, a man named Ray, says that Cruella is "the first person I've wanted who doesn't identify as male or female." Content note: references to past physical abuse.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kink Aware |last=Knight |first=Morticia |year=2018 |publisher=Pride Publishing}}</ref>
* ''Our Bloody Pearl'', by D.N. Bryn, features a nonbinary siren named Perle who falls in love with a pirate.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl [https://web.archive.org/web/20230710080246/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Unmasked by the Marquess'' (by Cat Sebastian), one of the main characters ends up identifying as nonbinary.<ref name="Unmasked">{{Cite web |title=Behind the Book - Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian |author=Sebastian, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601220612/https://www.bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the novel ''Star Wars: Last Shot'', Taka Jamoreesa is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. This was confirmed by the author on Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=djolder|number=1305540927008788483|title=This is still happening in translations and it's such a disappointment (See the translation and tweet below in the thread). Taka Jamoreesa is nb. Their pronouns are they/them. That's it. Find a way, translators, editors, publishers. Any other gendering is incorrect, it's erasure.|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*'' Starless'' by Jacqueline Carey includes a major character who discovers their own identity and unique relationship with gender while travelling all over their world in an effort to prevent an ancient consuming darkness. They encounter a number of different cultural expressions of gender and expected gender roles and eventually find their own place among them.
* Eli/Ellie, the protagonist of ''Genderfluid: A Cinderella Story'' (by Bridget Quinones) is, as the title says, [[genderfluid]]. Note: story contains transphobic violence and the T-slur.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45880850-genderfluid</ref>
*In ''The Brilliant Death'' by Amy Rose Capetta, one of the main characters, Cielo, is nonbinary. (Another main character, who is cis, has to [[crossdress]] for a disguise.)<ref name="Casey" />
* The protagonist of ''Baker Thief'', by Claudie Arseneault, is [[bigender]] and [[aromantic]].<ref name="Simkiss">{{Cite web |title=Author Interview: Xan West |author=Simkiss, Ceillie |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232147/https://www.letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night'', by Katherine Fabian & Iona Datt Sharma, has a genderqueer protagonist and genderqueer side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In the novel ''Anger is a Gift'', by [[Mark Oshiro]], the main character has a nonbinary friend.<ref name="AngerGift">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Mark Oshiro, Author of ANGER IS A GIFT |last=Sridhar |first=Priya |work=BOOK RIOT |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326190642/https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Quiver'', by Julia Watts, main character Zo is genderfluid.
* In the cyberpunk adventure ''Lucky 7'', by Rae D Magdon, Rami is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucky 7 by Rae D Magdon: Book Review |last=Aten |first=K. |work=The Lesbian Review |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=16 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110075330/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
*Ben De Backer in ''I Wish You All The Best'' is nonbinary. (Their sister is accepting but the rest of the family isn't.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Nonbinary Teen Makes Their Way In The World In 'I Wish You All The Best' |last=Kontis |first=Alethea |work=NPR.org |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414103433/https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author, [[Mason Deaver]], is also nonbinary.
* ''Weak Heart'', by Ban Gilmartin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="ReadsRainbow2021">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Standalone Fantasy |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117073710/https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''All That Entails'', by E.M. Hamill: "A [[gender-fluid]] prince finds an unexpected ally in an arranged marriage with a [[transgender man]]."<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221201034013/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The genderfluid Prince Dorian is described as having a "fluid nature", "suspended between male and female, one rising, the other ebbing without pattern or reason."
* ''Blood Borne'', by Archer Kay Leah, stars a nonbinary character, Adren, who uses ce/cir pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808115152/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''What Blooms Beneath'', by A.D. Ellis, is a fantasy/scifi romance between Kellan, a pansexual man, and Rhône, a nonbinary [[intersex]] person.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034445/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Melchior is a small side character in ''Shatter the Sky'' by Rebecca Kim Wells. Melchior is only addressed using they/them pronouns and genderless language such as "person," although it is never explicitly stated that they are nonbinary.
* In the book ''Zenobia July'' by Lisa Bunker, a supporting character named Arli is genderqueer and uses vo/ven/veir pronouns. The main character Zenobia is a trans girl.
* ''Of Kindred and Stardust'', by Archer Kay Leah, is a sci-fi polyamorous romance. One of the main characters, Mack Ainsley Tsallis, is nonbinary and uses [[xe/xir]] pronouns. Content note: Mentions of transphobia in the character's past, and a reference to xir [[deadname]].
* ''Best Game Ever: A Virtuella Novel'', by R R Angell, is a sci-fi young adult story centering on "a group of gay, nonbinary, and straight college nerds".<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Best-Game-Ever-Virtuella-Novel/dp/1949532097/</ref>
* The young-adult book ''In the Silences'' has many characters who self-define as nonbinary, including the protagonist.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Silences|year=2019|last=Roberts|first=Ann|publisher=Bella Books|ISBN=9781642471267}}</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Gypsy's Rogue'', by Layla Dorine, main character Gypsy is genderfluid and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="qri-gypsy">{{Cite web |title=Gypsy's Rogue |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=23 February 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020232927/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Quick Fire'', by Alex Silver, is an "urban fantasy romance featuring a trans man and an [[asexual]] non-binary person".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201202122144/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Starfall Ranch'', by California Dawes, is a lesbian romance with a nonbinary side character named Wallis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|author=Jay Pi|title=Strudel, Love, and Farm Bots - oh, my!|date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003542/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
* ''Rom & Yuli'', by Amara Lynn, is a post-apocalyptic urban fantasy romance between a man and a nonbinary person.<ref name="lets_LowH">{{Cite web |title=Low Heat Romance Recommendations |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |at=page 3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019095120/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In Karolina Fedyk's Polish-language novel ''Skrzydła'' (''Wings''), there is a nonbinary character Eliri who is referred to with [[Gender neutral language in Polish|oni/ich pronouns]].<ref name="telesep">{{Cite web |title=[PL] Czerwcowe czytanie pełne dumy |author= |work=Teleseparatist |date=6 June 2019 |access-date=29 November 2020 |url= https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305211308/https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zaimki.pl/korpus#oni-ich |title=Niebinarna polszczyzna w tekstach kultury |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226062919/https://zaimki.pl/korpus |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams'', by Ceilidh Michelle, is a coming-of-age novel starring a [[nonbinary woman]].<ref name="BZM">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams |work=All Lit Up |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805144612/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nap-Away Motel'', by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard, has a supporting character named Ori who is nonbinary.<ref name="NapAwayMotel">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: The Nap-Away Motel |work=All Lit Up |date=16 August 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324131224/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the mystery-fantasy book ''Out of Salem'' by Hal Schrieve, the protagonist Z Chilworth is nonbinary and recently became a zombie. Content note: the story contains body horror, family abuse, suicidal ideation, police violence toward children and marginalized groups, fatphobic and homophobic bullying, and discussion of medical abuse.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem [https://web.archive.org/web/20230331141504/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''The Melting Queen'', by Bruce Cinnamon, has a genderfluid protagonist named River Runson.
* ''Sexarchate: Hot Equations'', by Lia Meyers, is a sexually explicit sci-fi with a nonbinary character. From the same publisher (Less Than Three Press), ''A Party for Lola'' by Caitlin Ricci and ''Beginnings'' by Alexa Black also contain nonbinary characters.<ref name="LT3tumblr">{{cite web|url=https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|title=Less Than Three Press: Search results containing "non-binary"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026214542/https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|archive-date=26 October 2020|access-date=26 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Note: these books may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Why We Fight'', by T.J. Klune, has a bigender protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Lelia in ''The Lost Coast'', by Amy Rose Capetta, is a nonbinary gray-asexual, and described as such in the text.
*In the children's book (ages 8-12) ''The Moon Within'', by Aida Salazar, Marco is genderfluid. Content note: Part of the plot involves main character Celi getting her first period.
* ''The Vela'', a multi-author serially-published space opera, has a nonbinary character named Niko who uses [[they/them]] pronouns. There are other nonbinary characters as well. Yoon Ha Lee, one of the authors, revealed that in the original drafts "Niko was originally a [[cisgender]]ed male character named Oskar".<ref name="Hadi_thevela">{{Cite web |title=Unveiling ‘The Vela’: An interview with Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang and Yoon Ha Lee (Part 1) |last=Hadi |first=Shana E. |work=The Stanford Daily |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604002617/https://stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Jack Long and the Demon Deal'', by L. J. Hamlin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="jacklong">{{Cite web |title=Cover Reveal: Jack Long and the Demon Deal by L. J. Hamlin |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019084412/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Girl, Woman, Other'', by Bernardine Evaristo, revolves around twelve characters, one of which is a nonbinary person named Morgan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo review – joy as well as struggle |last=Frazer-Carroll |first=Micha |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519191248/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nonbinary Bunny'', by [[Maia Kobabe]], is a children's book that is "a loving re-make of the classic children's story The Runaway Bunny (1942) by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Herd. In this version, the little bunny comes out as nonbinary to eir mother and uses a variety of metaphors to explain what that means."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nonbinary Bunny |author=Kobabe, Maia |authorlink=Maia Kobabe |work=Etsy |date= |access-date=5 November 2021 |url= https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203134431/https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> ''The Nonbinary Bunny'' can be read for free at [https://redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/7121743 this page on the publisher's website].
* ''Ho’onani: Hula Warrior'' is a picture book based on the true story of a Native Hawaiian [[māhū]] child.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In New Picture Book, a Hawaiian Child Finds a Place Between Boy and Girl |author= |work=Mombian |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413200256/https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2020====
* ''The First Sister'', by [[Linden A. Lewis]], has multiple protagonists; one of them (Hiro val Akira) is nonbinary and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis |number=1300381570197598218|date=31 August 2020|title=The First Sister is bisexual; I am bisexual. Hiro is nonbinary; I am nonbinary. However, Hiro is Japanese, which I am not. Lito is panromantic asexual, which I am not. In these cases, I hired sensitivity readers for feedback.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis|number=1290286655304171522|title=Tomorrow THE FIRST SISTER releases! Meet Hiro, our final POV char. Hiro val Akira is:[Sparkles] Nonbinary genderqueer (they/them) [Sparkles] A spy-like Dagger [Sparkles] Lito’s former partner [Sparkles] A traitor to the Icarii?!|date= 3 August 2020}}</ref> At one point in the book, someone asks "Hey, Hiro, are you a boy or a girl?" and Hiro answers "I am what I am. Neither. Both. Who cares?"<ref name="Beeson">{{Cite web |title=My Favorite Bit: Linden Lewis talks about THE FIRST SISTER |last=Beeson |first=Donovan |work=Mary Robinette Kowal |date= |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810175808/https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''My Maddy'', by Gayle E. Pitman, is a children's book about a [[Family|nonbinary parent]].<ref name="good_MyMa">{{Cite web |title=My Maddy |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326170123/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''A More Graceful Shaboom'' is a 2020 children's book written by Jacinta Bunnell and illustrated by Crystal Vielula. The protagonist, Harmon Jitney, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web |title=LGBTQAI+ Non-Binary Childrens Book by Jacinta Bunnell- A More Graceful Shaboom- Kid's Picture Book |url=https://www.etsy.com/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-childrens-book-by |last=Bunnell |first=Jacinta |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004052/https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-pride-childrens-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Whirlwind'', by Reese Morrison, is a collection of interconnected short romance/sex stories. Dakota is [[intersex]] and nonbinary, describing their gender identity as "a combination of the best of both genders and something else beside." Carla is [[genderqueer]] and [[Masculine of center|masculine-of-center]] and uses [[he/him]] pronouns. Charlie is a [[gender questioning]] [[butch]] who uses [[she/her]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Whirlwind |last=Morrison |first=Reese|year=2020|edition=Kindle}}</ref>
* ''Under Shifting Stars'', by Alexandra Latos, has a genderfluid protagonist and a nonbinary love interest.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars [https://web.archive.org/web/20210528155842/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass'', by [[Adan Jerreat-Poole]], the character Tav is nonbinary.<ref name="Deo">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole |last=Deo |first=Annie |work=The Nerd Daily |date=7 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417060830/https://thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author is also nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet| user=AdanJerreat|number=973313816548315138|date= 12 March 2018|title=Non-binary thoughts: coming out as nb feels like giving myself permission to stop judging myself by gendered standards, and to play with performing boyishness or androgyny as well as femme #genderplay #nonbinary}}</ref>
* In the fantasy-mystery novel ''The Last Smile in Sunder City'', by Luke Arnold, one of the side characters is "an ageless nonbinary demon historian".<ref name="SunderCity">{{Cite web |title=Book Review - The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold |last=Cohen-Perez |first=Stephanie |work=BookPage.com |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330233454/https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Bloodlaced'', by Courtney Maguire, is a paranormal romance including the character Asagi who is "Both a man and a woman".<ref name="Bloodlaced">{{Cite web |title=Bloodlaced |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027202424/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Skythane'', a sci-fi book by J. Scott Coatsworth, includes some nonbinary characters, both human and alien.<ref>{{Cite web |title=O.E. Tearmann recommends Skythane |author=Tearmann, O.E. |work=bookbub.com |date= |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |quote=The LGBT issues are nicely worked into the arc of the story, causing no ripples in the flow. In fact, they're so well worked in that I had to go back and note the easy acceptance of tweeners (nonbinary folks) and triads, bookmarking those points for future mention. Now that's clever. By the time we get to non-human and non-binary aliens who use three gender pronouns, I didn’t even blink. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323111507/https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Flowers of Time'', by A. L. Lester, is a romance between Edie and Jones; Jones is nonbinary and "probably [[Demisexual|demi/gray asexual]]", per the author.<ref name="FlowersOfTime">{{Cite web |title=The Flowers of Time |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |quote=I started out with Jones, who I knew was non-binary and Edie, who's sexuality can best be described as 'pragmatic'. And as their journey over the mountains progressed it became clear that Jones was probably demi/gray asexual, as well. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325142523/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Felix Ever After'' stars a [[demiboy]] and was written by [[Kacen Callender]] who is a demiboy as well.
* ''Finding Me'', by Stella Rainbow, is a romance between a [[genderfluid]] [[nonbinary]] person named Charlie and a [[gender-nonconforming]] man named Brady.<ref>{{cite book |title=Finding Me|last=Rainbow|first=Stella|year=2020}}</ref>
* In ''Recipe for Two'', by Tia Fielding and Lisa Henry, Wyatt Abbot is "struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's [[genderfluid]]."<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090135/https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*The novel ''Somebody Told Me'' (by [[bigender]] author [[Mia Siegert]]) has a bigender protagonist who goes by Alexis and/or Aleks.<ref name="Lerner">{{Cite web |title=A Book Trailer, Podcast, and Mia Siegert's Playlist for Somebody Told Me |author= |publisher=Lerner Publishing Group |work=The Lerner Blog |date=May 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url= https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074348/https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Life Minus Me'', by Sara Codair, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2">{{Cite web |title=Book Releases: 2020 Books With Non-Cis Protagonists |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=16 January 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110064052/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spellhacker'', by M. K. England, has a nonbinary love interest character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''To the Flame'', by A. E. Ross, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Queens of Noise'', by Leigh Harlen, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Bloodsister'', by Alia Hess, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''The Strangeworlds Travel Agency'', by L.D. Lapinski, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Belle Révolte'', by Linsey Miller, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="bellerev">{{Cite web |title=Review: Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028114200/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Ana on the Edge'', by [[A. J. Sass]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Into the Real'', by [[Z Brewer]], has a genderqueer protagonist named Quinn.<ref name="Adler-Reads">{{Cite web |title=Happy International Nonbinary People's Day! |last=Adler |first=Dahlia |work=LGBTQ Reads |date=14 July 2021 |access-date=14 July 2021 |url= https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309010955/https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Night Shine'', by Tessa Gratton, the character Kirin Dark-Smile is nonbinary.<ref name="NightShine">{{Cite web |title=A Mismatched Adventure: Night Shine by Tessa Gratton |last=Bourke |first=Liz |work=Tor.com |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316082855/https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Jules, one of the main characters in ''Finna'' by [[Nino Cipri]], is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]].
* Alani Baum, the protagonist of [[John Elizabeth Stintzi]]'s ''Vanishing Monuments'', is nonbinary. Stintzi realized they themself were nonbinary during the writing of this novel.<ref name="VanishingMonuments">{{Cite web |title=Debut author John Elizabeth Stintzi talks poetry, gender identity, and their love of the unconventional |last=Porter |first=Ryan |work=Quill and Quire |date=April 2020 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131170610/https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Four Profound Weaves'', by [[R.B. Lemberg]], has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Empress of Salt and Fortune'' and ''When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain'' by Nghi Vo, the character Chih is nonbinary.<ref name="Ladd">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo |last=Ladd |first=Christina |work=The Nerd Daily |date=29 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105205158/https://thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Loveless'', by Alice Oseman, has a nonbinary side character.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=PineappleRobin|number=1401566434170376193 |title=Loveless by Alice Oseman One of my all time favorite books, I love the characters, I love the enemy to love romance between two side characters but the book is mostly about friendships. rep: Aroace MC, lesbian best friend, pansexual roommate, non binary side character|date= 6 June 2021}}</ref>
* ''Love Yourself: A Genderfluid Romance'', by N. R. Blythe, is a sexually explicit romance featuring a genderfluid person who goes by Cora when in girl mode and Corey when in boy mode.
* ''Shameful Scars'', by A. L. Williams, is a paranormal romance starring Gabriel, a nonbinary angel.<ref name="amaz_Sham">{{Cite web |title=Customer Review: Shameful scars |author=Cheryl_cajun |work=amazon.com |date=14 June 2020 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004043/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Dragons Past Dawn'', by Ennis Rook Bashe, has two nonbinary protagonists: Sely, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Andreas, who uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe.2C_xir|xe/xir]] pronouns.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dragons Past Dawn|year=2020|last=Bashe |first=Ennis Rook}}</ref>
* ''Upright Women Wanted'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Thirty Names of Night'' by Zeyn Joukhadar, stars a closeted Syrian American [[nonbinary man|nonbinary boy]] who uses he/him pronouns.<ref name="30names">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Thirty Names of Night' ties past to present in compelling tale of nonbinary identity |last=Barbiero |first=Delfina V |work=USA TODAY |date=25 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531045507/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Twitter thread by Zeyn Joukhadar], 24 November 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201124171425/https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Phoenix Extravagant'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water'', by Zen Cho, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Euphoria Kids'', by [[Alison Evans]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Once & Future'', by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />

====2021====
* ''Foxfire in the Snow'', by J.S. Fields, is a fantasy book with a nonbinary protagonist named Sorin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Foxfire in the Snow – J.S. Fields |author= |work=jscottcoatsworth.com |date=3 August 2021 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325115438/https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Foxfire In The Snow by J.S. Fields: Audiobook Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828085122/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Earth Reclaimed'', by nonbinary author [[Sara Codair]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021">{{Cite web |title=LIST: 2021 lgbtq+ ya releases |author=Michelle |work=magical reads |date=1 June 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819233307/https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Warlock Snare'', by Jimena i. Novaro, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''This Golden Flame'', by Emily Victoria, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Billions of Beautiful Hearts'', by Kevin Craig, has a nonbinary protagonist and nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Curse of the Divine'' (Ink in the Blood book #2), by Kim Smejkal, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Bruised'', by Tanya Boteju, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Victories Greater Than Death'', by Charlie Jane Anders, has multiple nonbinary side characters.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Between Perfect and Real'', by Ray Stoeve, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Meet Cute Diary'', by Emery Lee, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''When You Get the Chance'', by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Ghosts We Keep'', by nonbinary author [[Mason Deaver]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Passing Playbook'', by Isaac Fitzsimons, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The (Un)popular Vote'', by Jasper Sanchez, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Indestructible Object'', by Mary McCoy, has nonbinary character(s).<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms'', written by Crystal Frasier and illustrated by Val Wise, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''A Dark and Hollow Star'', by genderfluid author [[Ashley Shuttleworth]], has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''All Our Hidden Gifts'', by Caroline O'Donoghue, has a genderfluid love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''There's Magic Between Us'', by Jillian Maria, has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Love Kills Twice'', by Rien Gray, is a romance between a woman and the nonbinary assassin she hires to kill her abusive husband. The assassin is named Campbell and uses [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163422/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the short story collection ''Sarahland'', by Sam Cohen, the story "Gemstones" features a genderqueer couple: Manny and Ry.<ref name="Sarahland">{{Cite web |title=Heartbreak and Existential Hope in 'Sarahland' |last=MacAllen |first=Ian |work=Chicago Review of Books |date=17 March 2021 |access-date=27 March 2021 |url= https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531095542/https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Saving Throw'', by Alex Silver, is a romance between "Errol, demisexual panromantic production coordinator who likes to be in control and his first love, Rene, a non-binary [[trans masc]] ex-hockey player turned coach."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saving Throw |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207225954/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''+1 Bonus'', also by Alex Silver, is a romance between a man named Max and "a snarky genderfluid tea seller" named Si/Simon/Simone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plus One Bonus |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024065433/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts'', by Amara Lynn, is a short young-adult sci-fi starring a character named Sallon Lee who uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="AmaraLynn1">{{Cite web |title=REVIEW: Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts – Amara Lynn |author=scott |work=QueeRomance Ink |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034949/https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the romance/suspense novel ''A Jade's Diamond'', by Char Dafoe, the main characters are a [[Butch#Soft_butch|soft butch]] prostitute named Nayvee LaCroix and a [[Butch#Stone_butch|stone butch]] millionaire Trystan Diamond. Both characters are nonbinary and use [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9/#customerReviews Amazon reviews for ''A Jade's Diamond''] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210114173457/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Shug's Daddy'', by Siobhan Smile, is a sexually-explicit romance between a man named Grey and a nonbinary person named Sugar or Shug.<ref name="quee_Shug">{{Cite web |title=Shug's Daddy |author= |work=queeromanceink.com |date= |access-date=5 April 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163704/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Both Can Be True'', by Jules Machias, has a [[genderfluid]] main character named Ash.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''Gender Optics'', by genderfluid author [[Shalen Lowell]], has a genderfluid protagonist named Alex. Content note: the novel is set in a world where [[Cisnormativity|cisnormative]] gender ideals are legally enforced.<ref name="Farrell-GenderOptics">{{Cite web |title=An Exclusive Interview with Shalen Lowell, Author of Debut Novel Gender Optics |last=Farrell |first=Robyn Hussa |work=We Are The Real Deal |date=22 March 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408151718/http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spin With Me'', by Ami Polonsky, is a middle-school novel featuring Ollie who is nonbinary.<ref name="Koehler">{{Cite web |title=#ReadWithPride: Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky |last=Koehler |first=Mimi |work=The Nerd Daily |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124074340/https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''This is Our Rainbow'', edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, is an anthology of stories for middle-grade children. All the included stories have main characters that are LGBTQ+ in some way, including nonbinary characters.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''The Heartbreak Bakery'', by A.R. Capetta, is a romance between two nonbinary people, Syd ([[no pronouns]]) and Harley ([[he/him]] or [[they/them]]).<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* The YA book ''Can't Take That Away'', by genderqueer author [[Steven Salvatore]], stars teen protagonist Carey Parker who is also genderqueer.<ref name="CTTA">{{Cite web |title=Q&A With Steven Salvatore, Can’t Take That Away |last=Lavoie |first=Alaina |work=We Need Diverse Books |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601054432/https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Love Limits'', by genderqueer author [[Reese Morrison]], has a main character named Ash who is nonbinary and intersex, as well as Deaf. Their love interest is an asexual man named Zhong. Content note: the book centers around a BDSM kink relationship.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product-reviews/B08VVF6N6M Customer reviews for ''Love Limits'' on Amazon]</ref>
* Fantasy novel ''In The Ravenous Dark'', by A.M. Strickland, has a nonbinary [[asexual]] character.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=*whispers* I have an upcoming YA dark fantasy with a blood mage who's pan, a lesbian love interest (also a mage), an enby/ace best friend (also a mage), and a m/f/f poly relationship if you want more queer with your magic use:|user=AdriAnneMS|number=1270142172285689856|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
* In ''Simply the Best'', by Karen Kallmaker, one of the main character's best friends comes out as nonbinary near the start of the book.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simply The Best by Karin Kallmaker: Book Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=31 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124123537/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea'', by Ashley Herring Blake, is a middle-grade book with a nonbinary side character named Jules.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea |author= |work=Mombian |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url=https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004630/https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2022====
* The polyamorous sci-fi romance book ''Blasted Research'', by nonbinary author CoffeeQuills, stars Dr. Jules who is asexual and nonbinary. Dr. Jules uses [[xe/xem/xyr/xemself]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063122/https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Aimed at children eight to twelve years old, the book ''Both Can Be True'' by Jules Machias has two protagonists, one of which is a [[genderfluid]] kid named Ash.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Both Can Be True Book (Paperback) |author= |work=www.gayprideshop.co.uk |date= |access-date=26 February 2022 |url= https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |quote=Ash is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. For someone who cycles through genders, it's a daily struggle to feel in control of how people perceive you. Some days Ash is undoubtedly girl, but other times, 100 percent guy. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325144501/https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====Not yet published====
* ''Lakelore'', by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], is a nonbinary/nonbinary romance to be published March of 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LaAnnaMarie|number=1377639675536371715 |last=McLemore|first=Anna-Marie|authorlink=Anna-Marie McLemore|title=So last night during the last hours of #TransDayOfVisibility I turned in a book There maybe could have not been a more appropriate day to turn it in, bc LAKELORE is an enby/enby romance LAKELORE started in this sparkly notebook, & next March it's gonna be a very trans book|date=1 April 2021}}</ref>
*''The Water Outlaws'', a fantasy epic inspired by the 14th-century Chinese novel ''Water Margin'', is by [[genderqueer]] author [[S. L. Huang]] and has "a high percentage of [[gender nonconformity]] and of gender identities that in modern times we would call trans or nonbinary." ''The Water Outlaws'' is expected out in 2022.<ref name="wateroutlaws">{{Cite web |title=S. L. Huang’s New Take on the Most Famous Chinese Novel You’ve Never Read in English: Announcing The Water Outlaws |work=Tor.com |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321100522/https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

=== Comics/Webcomics/Graphic Novels===

*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105123856/http://erinptah.com/catperson/ But I'm A Cat Person]'' by Erin Ptah - Urban fantasy webcomic featuring a [[bigender]] character - Timothy/Camellia Mattei - as well as numerous 'Beings' who are able to take on both male and female forms. Also features various LGB characters. Updates three times a week.
*''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life]'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an [[agender]] person, their female partner, and their cats. Also covers various issues relating to GSM topics, politics, and mental health. Updates weekly.
*''[http://www.egscomics.com/ El Goonish Shive]'' includes a main character who identifies as genderfluid several years into the comic. Author Dan Shive has said that Tedd, like the author, has always been genderfluid but did not realise there was a word for it or even a concept of being nonbinary until much later in life. The comic also includes various other LGBT characters as well as shapeshifting technology.
*''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/ Eth's Skin]'' by Sfé R. Monster - Fantasy webcomic featuring a genderqueer protagonist - Eth. Fairly new, but the ''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/about 'About' page]'' suggests plans to include more nonbinary characters. Updates weekly.
*''[http://ignitionzero.com/comics/ Ignition Zero]'' by Noel Arthur Heimpel - An urban fantasy webcomic that features a genderqueer character - Neve Copeland - as one of its protagonists. Updates weekly.
*''[http://jobsatisfactioncomic.tumblr.com/ Job Satisfaction]'' by Jey Barnes - a slice of life webcomic about two queer nonbinary demon summoners - Lemme and Sinh - who live together. The comic is rated PG-13 and updates once a week.
*''[http://kyleandatticus.tumblr.com/ Kyle & Atticus]'' by Sfé R Monster - Webcomic about the adventures of a genderqueer teenager, Kyle, and their robot friend, Attticus. Currently on hiatus.
*[http://nwain.com Nwain: The Knight Who Wandered Dream] by Terrana Cliff - Fantasy webcomic with nonbinary main character, a knight from a culture with five genders. Extensively animated. PG-13. Updates when able.
*''[https://rain.thecomicseries.com Rain]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A light-hearted high-school webcomic that follows a trans girl and her friends, including Ky(lie), an AFAB genderfluid character who alternates between presenting as male and female. Also features a range of other LGBTQ characters. The story finished in 2022.
*''[https://mis.thecomicseries.com My Impossible Soulmante]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A follow-up to Rain. Micah is nonbinary.
*''[http://www.robot-hugs.com/ Robot Hugs]'' - semi-autobiographical webcomic by an author of nonbinary gender, which frequently addresses nonbinary issues and other aspects of gender politics. Also frequently covers the subject of mental health. Updates twice weekly.
*The 'New 52' version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Six_(comics)#New_52 Secret Six] introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.
*''[http://www.discordcomics.com/shades-cover/ Shades of A (NSFW)]'' by Tab Kimpton - Webcomic that focuses on [[asexuality|asexual]] relationships, as well as exploring various aspects of kink, and features a prominent nonbinary character (JD). Contains nudity and BDSM. Updates twice a week.
*[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 Homestuck] introduced an androgynous character named Davepetasprite^2 [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009779] that was formed by the fusion of two other characters. They establish that they are confused about their gender but happy to be what they've become and start using gender neutral pronouns (they/them). It also has other androgynous characters like Calliope.
*''[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and her Unicorn]'' by Dana Simpson has a nonbinary minor character named Infernus, the Unicorn of Death. Phoebe uses the pronoun "neigh" for Infernus.<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 09, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808132101/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The comic avoids "othering" nonbinary identities by having Phoebe say that "Humans have non-binary people too."<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 05, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220811110554/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201029193422/http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses]'' by Kagome features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201031141625/http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg]'' by Ren features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208040336/http://tapastic.com/episode/40617 Snailed It]'' by SnaiLords, who "identifies with both genders" and described themselves as an "androgynous snail".
*''[https://tapastic.com/episode/212183 Tattoo'd]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' by Antonia Bea features an intersex, genderfluid protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160308165055/http://tapastic.com/series/Your-Local-Non-Binary Your Local Non-Binary]'' is written by and features non-binary person Eliot Lime.
*''Moonstruck'' is a comic about fantasy creatures which includes a nonbinary centaur named Chet, who uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://teammoonstruckcomic.tumblr.com/post/164448014217/</ref><ref>https://comics.fandom.com/wiki/Moonstruck#Main_Characters</ref>
*[[Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy]] is "the first ever non-binary comics anthology, featuring 22 young adult stories made entirely by cartoonists who identify as a non-binary gender". Some stories have characters discuss being one gender and then the another, others may just refer to a character by 'they' pronouns.
*In volume six of Marvel Comics' series ''The New Warriors'', a nonbinary superhero was introduced. Their name "Snowflake" and their brother's name "Safespace" drew widespread backlash.<ref name="Villarreal">{{Cite web |title=Marvel criticized for first non-binary superhero named “Snowflake” |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527115737/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''On a Sunbeam'' by Tillie Walden has a nonbinary character, Elliot.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="Burt">{{Cite web |title=“On a Sunbeam,” the Sci-Fi Comic That Reimagines Utopia |last=Burt |first=Stephanie |work=The New Yorker |date=13 April 2019 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331022957/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Main character Mogumo in the manga ''Love Me for Who I Am'' is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am [https://web.archive.org/web/20220930003445/https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Graphic novel ''The Prince and the Dressmaker'', by Jen Wang. The author has said that "To me, Sebastian is someone who identifies with different modes of [[gender expression]] and is comfortable alternating between both masculine and feminine. Genderqueer is probably the best descriptor. But I'm also open to readers' interpretations of how they see the character. If a reader feels that this story is just the first step to Sebastian discovering they're trans, or if they feel Sebastian is a cis male that likes to dress up I'm happy with all of that!"<ref name="Orsini">{{Cite web |title='The Prince And The Dressmaker' Is A Genderqueer Fairy Tale For All Ages |last=Orsini |first=Lauren |work=Forbes |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=6 September 2020 |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/#256677825625|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322014420/https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hatfield|first=N.K.|year=2015 |title=TRANSforming Spaces: Transgender Webcomics as a Model for Transgender Empowerment and Representation within Library and Archive Spaces|journal=Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies|volume=1 |issue=1 |page=64 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034544/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Open Earth'', Franklin, one of the love interests, is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="OpenEarth">{{Cite web |title=rachel ☾'s review of Open Earth |author=rachel ☾ |work=goodreads.com |date=25 January 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2907532655?book_show_action=true|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Mooncakes'', written by Suzanne Walker and illustrated by Wendy Xu, one of the main characters is Tam Lang, a nonbinary werewolf.<ref name="Mooncakes">{{Cite web |title=Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808204230/https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The graphic novel ''Test'', written by Chris Sebela, has a nonbinary main character named Aleph Null. [[Singular they]] pronouns are used for Aleph, and in a character bio on them, it says "Gender: Various given."<ref name="comi_Test">{{Cite web |title=Test: An Interview With Chris Sebela |author= |work=Comics Pit |date=13 August 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731025108/https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''[https://tapas.io/series/Friends-With-Benefits1/info Friends With Benefits]'' is a webcomic that revolves around a genderfluid asexual person, Eri, who is struggling with his love life. (Eri is pronoun indifferent, and [[he/him]] is used by other characters for Eri.)
* Debuting in ''DC’s Very Merry Multiverse'', Jess Chambers/Kid Quick, part of the Teen Justice team from Earth-11, is [[genderfluid]]. They will also appear in ''Future State: Justice League''.<ref name="McGuireLiam">{{Cite web |title=New Teen Justice Team Debuts In DC's Very Merry Multiverse |last=McGuire |first=Liam |work=ScreenRant |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |quote=I suggested that Kid Quick could be Earth-11's first genderfluid character, and once editors saw Eleonora Carlini's terrific take on the character design, there was suddenly a lot of interest in them for stories beyond the Merry Multiverse Special in December. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103184254/https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="AdamsTim">{{Cite web |title=DC Comics Introduces a Non-Binary Flash in Future State |last=Adams |first=Tim |work=CBR |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518151240/https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Supergirl #19'', co-written by Steve Orlando and [[Vita Ayala]], introduces a nonbinary character named Lee Serano.<ref name="StewartCK">{{Cite web |title=Authentic Trans & Nonbinary Representation in Comics Requires More Than Just a Plot Twist |last=Stewart |first=C.K. |work=Paste Magazine |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830131430/https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/ Assigned Male], a webcomic revolving around a trans girl and often addressing trans issues, has some nonbinary characters, for example Ciel, who also stars in a spinoff novel.
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/list?title_no=71914 Wish] is a fantasy webcomic starring Seth who self describes as a "dashing enby".<ref>https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220818115013/https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''Star Wars: The High Republic'', there are two Jedi named Terec and Ceret who were stated to be [[trans]] [[nonbinary]] in an official Instagram post for [[Holidays|Transgender Day of Visibility]] 2021.<ref name="StarWars-HighRepublic">{{Cite web |title=Good and Gay: nonbinary comics, lesbian teen film and more! |author= |work=Bella Media Channel |date=2 April 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021 |url= https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126193704/https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|author=starwars (Instagram account)|date=31 March 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626175250/https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/seemingly-dark/list?title_no=253011&page=1 Seemingly Dark] is a supernatural drama webcomic featuring a main character, Caro Greene, who is a nonbinary ghost hunter and internet celebrity.
* ''Moth & Whisper'', by Ted Anderson & Jen Hickman, has a genderqueer protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Stitch, in the ''Teen Titans Academy'' comics series, describes themself as nonbinary and genderqueer, and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=“Nonbinary Effigy” Teen Titans Academy Recruit Stitch Outraged At Being “Misgendered” By Arsenal, Lectures Titans In New Issue |last=Augustine |first=JB |work=Bounding Into Comics |date=2 January 2022 |access-date=4 January 2022 |url= https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/01/02/nonbinary-effigy-teen-titans-academy-recruit-stitch-outraged-at-being-misgendered-by-arsenal-lectures-titans-in-new-issue/}}</ref>
* [https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/datemate/list?title_no=680129&page=1 "Datemate"] is a slice-of-life romance webtoon about two nonbinary people named Robin and Angel.
* [https://aliceandthenightmare.com ''Alice and the Nightmare''] is a fantasy comic inspired by Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Dee and Dum, two supporting characters, are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-2-page-34|title=Chapter 2 Page 34|last=Krivanek|first=Michelle "Misha"|date=17 November 2015|website=Alice and the Nightmare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220100400/http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com:80/comic/chapter-2-page-34|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [https://dumbingofage.com ''Dumbing of Age''] by David Willis is a coming of age story about college students. Booster is nonbinary.
* [https://pandorastale.com Pandora's Tale] by Xanthippe Serenity Hutcheon focuses on a trans girl, but it features Hemmel a nonbinary character, and Zufolene, a genderfluid character.

===Movies ===

* Regarding the 2001 film ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig's actor and the movie's writer/director) has said that Hedwig is "more than a woman or a man. She's a gender of one and that is accidentally so beautiful."<ref name="Ouzounian">{{Cite web |title=John Cameron Mitchell to host Hedwig and the Angry Inch sing-along in Toronto |last=Ouzounian |first=Richard |work=thestar.com |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705184937/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''The Kings of Summer'' (2013), Biaggio asserts that he doesn't see himself as "having a gender."
* The 2016 film ''Zoolander 2'' has a short scene with a model named All (played by [[cisgender]] actor Benedict Cumberbatch). In response to being asked "Are you like, a male model or a female model?" All states "All is not defined by binary constructs." Another character then asks about All's genitals and doesn't get an answer. The [[pronoun]] "hermself" is used for All. One reviewer wrote about the scene, "Hollywood can surely do better than this."<ref name="Menta-Z2">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Characters in Film Deserve More Than ‘Zoolander 2’ |author=Menta, Anna |work=Decider |date=11 June 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928095324/https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2018 film ''Upgrade'', the hacker does not identify with any gender and wishes to not be called "Jamie".<ref>''Upgrade'' Directed by Leigh Wannell. Blumhouse Productions, Goalpost Pictures, Nervous Tick Productions, 2018</ref><ref name="Freeman2018">{{Cite web |title=Upgrade Ending Explained: What REALLY Happened With STEM |last=Freeman |first=Molly |work=ScreenRant |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032845/https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2019 British short film ''Orin & Anto'', Orin specifically says "I don't subscribe to the [[gender binary]], my pronouns are [[Singular they|they and them]]."<ref>https://orinandanto.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211210034100/http://orinandanto.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''John Wick 3'' (2019), the Adjudicator is nonbinary and played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Parsons-JW3">{{Cite web |title=Asia Kate Dillon's John Wick 3 character is non-binary because they suggested it |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032840/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Code 8'' (2019) features an assassin called Copperhead who goes by they/them pronouns.
*In ''0009: The Sharks Make Contact'' (2019), although not a single character's gender is ever explicitly mentioned, the characters Raisorshoorkle (the main protagonist), Shoogledocking (the main villain) and the Iki God (the overarching creator, who is named after the director) go by they/them pronouns. The Iki God went by she/her pronouns in the previous movie, "0000: A Shark Odyssey". A sequel titled "0010: The Sharks Make Contact - Part 2", came out in December of 2019.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221203113940/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> They will return in the shared universe film "Forevers 2: Age of Teeth" in December of 2020.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220103210700/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the 2020 American film ''Two Eyes'', [[Kate Bornstein]] plays a nonbinary therapist at a psychiatric center.<ref>https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes [https://web.archive.org/web/20200928204441/https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In introducing herself to another character, she says, "Me, I am nonbinary trans, and my pronouns are 'she' and 'they'. How about you? What pronouns would make you feel most comfortable?"<ref name="ReynoldsAug2020">{{Cite web |title=Kate Bornstein & Ryan Cassata Swap Pronouns in Exclusive Two Eyes Clip |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=27 August 2020 |access-date=27 August 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602212136/https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The 2020 film ''Under My Skin'' focuses on a nonbinary person named Denny, who is played by four different nonbinary actors throughout the movie: [[Liv Hewson]], [[Bobbi Salvör Menuez]], [[Lex Ryan]], and [[Chloe Freeman]].<ref name="Gush">{{Cite web |title=Under My Skin is the non-binary romance we’ve all been waiting for |last=Gush |first=Charlotte |work=i-D |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |url= https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524160331/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> (The film is unrelated to the ''Under My Skin'' book series listed in [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Books_and_other_literature|the literature section of this page]].<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Dooland|first=A. E.|user=Asynca|number=1323487561243746304|date=2 November 2020|title=Just a coincidence, it seems! Looking forward to seeing this}}</ref>)
* The 2020 short film ''Royalty'' is about a nonbinary teen named Jax.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13162262/</ref>
* In the 2020 short drama film ''Sheer Qorma'', Saira (played by Divya Dutta) is nonbinary. The film is directed by nonbinary filmmaker [[Faraz Arif Ansari]].<ref name="SheerQorma">{{Cite web |title=Why Pronouns Matter: Director Faraz Arif Ansari On The Importance of ‘They’ |last=Lochan |first=Vanya |work=Homegrown |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063011/https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The plot of the short revolves around a woman and a nonbinary person in love with each other. Content note: Saira's mother is conservative and not supportive of Saira's "lifestyle", calling it unholy and sinful.<ref name="SheerQorma2">{{Cite web |title='Sheer Qorma' trailer: Divya Dutta & Swara Bhasker's love blossoms in this film; Watch |last=Khollam |first=Amir |work=Republic World |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=27 April 2021 |url= https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301035447/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Netflix's 2021 horror movie ''There's Someone Inside Your House'' includes a genderfluid character named Darby, played by genderfluid actor [[Jesse LaTourette]].<ref name="Lennon">{{Cite web |title=There's Someone Inside Your House interview with Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette, Dale Whibley, and Diego Josef |last=Lennon |first=Mads |work=1428 Elm |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006164718/https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Guttmann">{{Cite web |title=Cast Interview: There's Someone Inside Your House |last=Guttmann |first=Graeme |work=ScreenRant |date=October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011183333/https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Plays===

*In [[Taylor Mac]]'s off-Broadway show ''Hir'', the character Max is [[genderqueer]] and [[transmasculine]], using ze/hir pronouns.<ref name="Scheck">{{Cite web |title='Hir': Theater Review |last=Scheck |first=Frank |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=2 May 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121625/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }} '''Note: Article misgenders character.''' </ref>
*In [[Rhiannon Collett]]'s play ''Wasp'', the protagonist Wasp is [[genderqueer]] and is to be played by only nonbinary actors.<ref name="mqli_Wasp">{{Cite web |title=Wasp |author= |work=Marquis Literary |date= |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034647/http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the play ''Wink'', written by Neil Koenigsberg, the title character is nonbinary.<ref name="Wink">{{Cite web |title=New play "Wink" gives non-binary actor a chance to shine |last=King |first=John Paul |work=Los Angeles Blade: America's LGBT News Source |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203152346/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Wink2">{{Cite web |title="Wink": Timely Story of Homeless LGBTQA Youth Comes to New York Stage |last=Ryan |first=Jed |work=HuffPost |date=April 2017 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706075407/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the musical ''Head Over Heels'', Pythio is nonbinary and was played by the trans woman Peppermint.<ref name="Duffy2018">{{Cite web |title=NYT theatre critic apologises for 'insensitive' review of Drag Race star's Broadway musical |last=Duffy |first=Nick |work=PinkNews |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''The Pink Unicorn'', the main character's child is genderqueer and says "I'm not a girl. Or anyway, I'm not all girl. I'm a boy, too."<ref name="pinkunicorn">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Pink Unicorn' Leads a Mother Into Unknown Territory |last=Vincentelli |first=By Elisabeth |work=New York Times |date=19 May 2019 |access-date=2 March 2021 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225082202/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* When the musical ''Jagged Little Pill'' originally played at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the character Jo was clearly nonbinary. Their gender identity was important to the plot, and Jo being nonbinary had been confirmed in social media posts by Jo's actor (Lauren Patten, a cis woman). However, when ''Jagged Little Pill'' came to Broadway, Jo was rewritten to be a cis woman, and all mentions of [[gender identity]] as a theme of the musical were removed from publicity materials. Patten deleted her prior social media posts, and even stated falsely in an interview "Jo never was written as anything other than cis." As an additional note, Patten's understudy [[Iris Menas]] is nonbinary and played Jo for one night on Broadway.<ref name="JLP">{{Cite web |title=One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Broadway's Jagged Little Journey Toward Nonbinary Inclusion |last=Lewis |first=Christian |work=The Brooklyn Rail |date=April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |url= https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302184116/https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** In September 2021, the lead producers of ''Jagged Little Pill'' put out a long apology statement, which read in part:
{{quote|In Jo, we set out to portray a character on a [[gender expansive]] journey without a known outcome. Throughout the creative process, as the character evolved and changed, between Boston & Broadway, we made mistakes in how we handled this evolution. In a process designed to clarify and streamline, many of the lines that signaled Jo as [[gender non-conforming]], and with them, something vital and integral, got removed from Jo’s character journey.

Compounding our mistake, we then stated publicly and categorically that Jo was never written or conceived as non-binary. That discounted and dismissed what people saw and felt in this character’s journey. We should not have done that.

We should have, instead, engaged in an open discussion about nuance and gender spectrum.

We should have protected and celebrated the fact that the non-binary audience members saw in Jo a bold, defiant, complex, and vibrant representation of their community.

For all of this we are deeply sorry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Lauren Patten Speaks Out On Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Controversy & Reveals Her Future With The Show As Producers Apologize For Erasing A Nonbinary Character – Update |last=Evans |first=Greg |work=Deadline |date=18 September 2021 |access-date=19 September 2021 |url= https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201082128/https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}
* The play ''I, Joan'' depicts historical person Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc) as nonbinary, using [[they/them]] pronouns. Joan is played by nonbinary actor [[Isobel Thom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan of Arc to be portrayed as nonbinary in new production at London's Globe Theatre |author=Sakur, Leila |work=NBC News |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006171409/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Table Top Games / Role Playing Games===

* [https://astrolago-press.myshopify.com/products/faerie-fire-digital-edition Faerie Fire a 5e Supplemental], is a D&D 5th edition supplemental. It features queer characters to add to any D&D 5e experience.
**Monarch (non-binary, uses they/them): "The ageless and paint-smeared Monarch has held the seat of fey power ever since the schism. How they inherited the throne is unknown."
**Tallisin Vos (genderfluid, uses he/him): "Tallisin splits his time between two physical forms: a fey man and a vixen, both of which are equally his true identity."
* In the TTRPG [https://tabletop.itch.io/arcana-academy Arcana Academy], there is a nonbinary sample character who is the transfiguration teacher.

===TV (live-action)===
:''Sorted chronologically by year of the first episode containing a nonbinary character, and then alphabetically by title of the TV show.''

====2016====
*The Canadian magical-realism comedy series ''The Switch'' features a nonbinary character, Chris, who uses "zie/zir" pronouns, and works as an assassin. Chris is played by Amy "Robbin" Fox.

====2017====
*Taylor Mason in season 2 of ''Billions'' is nonbinary and introduces themself with they/them pronouns. They're played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who realised they were nonbinary while auditioning for the role.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/02/142575/kate-dillon-billions-taylor-nonbinary-gender-identity-pronouns Meet ''Billions''' Asia Kate Dillon, TV's First Non-Binary Star]", Refinery29.com, 27 February 2017.</ref>
* In the fourth season of ''Degrassi: Next Class'', Yael Baron comes out as [[genderqueer]]. Yael is played by Jamie Bloch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|work=TV Guide|date=7 July 2017|last=Gennis|first=Sadie|title=Degrassi: Next Class: [Spoiler] Comes Out as the Show's First Genderqueer Character!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063856/https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The comedy-drama miniseries ''Fucking Adelaide'' (aka ''F*!#ing Adelaide'') features a [[genderfluid]] child, Cleo, played by nonbinary actor [[Audrey Mason-Hyde]].<ref name="Tedmanson">{{Cite web |title=How non-binary teenager Audrey Mason-Hyde is breaking down gender identity stereotypes, one label at a time |last=Tedmanson |first=Sophie |work=Vogue Australia |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=3 May 2020 |url= https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512040141/https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''The Murderbot Diaries'', by Martha Wells, features an agender protagonist who uses it/its pronouns. A number of minor characters use the singular "they" or other nonbinary pronouns.

====2018====
* In season three, episode two of ''The Detour'', there is a nonbinary character named Sarah and a [[Two-spirit]] character called Big Poppa.<ref name="Haskoor-Detour">{{Cite web |title='The Detour' Season 3 Is Tackling Gender Norms & Stereotypes Left And Right |last=Haskoor |first=Michael |work=Decider |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090341/https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*On ''One Day at a Time'', Syd (played by Sheridan Pierce) is the nonbinary romantic partner of Elena. Syd uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is uncomfortable with binary-gendered terms such as "girlfriend".<ref name="Heim">{{Cite web |title=What is "non-binary"? Learn from our favorite TV characters |last=Heim |first=Bec |work=Film Daily |date=26 March 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020 |url= https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524031326/https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
* In season one, episode seven of the legal drama ''All Rise'' (titled "Uncommon Women and Mothers"), Emily's client is a homeless nonbinary youth named Jax, played by [[transmasculine]] actor JJ Hawkins.<ref name="AllRise">{{Cite web |title=All Rise Review: Uncommon Women and Mothers (Season 1 Episode 7) |last=Wyneken |first=Caitlin |work=Tell-Tale TV |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516223344/https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Jax is misgendered during a court proceeding and their lawyer speaks up in objection, convincing the judge to enforce use of the correct [[they/them]] pronouns for Jax.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-BHDBhtrE/ Instagram post] 10 September 2020</ref>
* The sci-fi Netflix series ''Another Life'' includes among its characters a nonbinary psychologist named Zayn whose pronouns are [[ze/hir]]. Ze is played by nonbinary actor [[JayR Tinaco]].<ref name="LeightonDore">{{Cite web |title=Australian actor JayR Tinaco's role in 'Another Life' helped them come out as non-binary |last=Leighton-Dore |first=Samuel |work=Topics |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129090245/https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the drama ''David Makes Man'', the character Mx Elijah/Ms Elijah (played by nonbinary actor [[Travis Coles]]) is [[genderqueer]] and [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="OWN">{{Cite web |title=Meet Mx. Elijah {{!}} David Makes Man |author=OWN |work=YouTube |date=8 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203011445/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=3 December 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>, and according to Coles, has no pronoun preference.<ref name="DavidMakesMan">{{Cite web |title='David Makes Man' star Travis Coles on Ms Elijah and representation of Black queer people |author=MEAWW |work=YouTube |date=10 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429085325/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the BBC comedy miniseries ''Don't Forget the Driver'', the character Bradley/Brad is nonbinary, and played by nonbinary actor [[Jo Eaton-Kent]].<ref name="DFTD">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jo Eaton-Kent |author= |work=bbc.co.uk |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060620/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Amazon mini-series ''Good Omens'' features the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Pollution (who replaced Pestilence at some point in the past few centuries) is nonbinary, and is referred to as "sir" by another character and with they/them pronouns by the narrator. They are played by Lourdes Faberes.
*The second season of ''Good Trouble'' has a nonbinary character named Joey played by Daisy Eagan. Joey, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, is dating the lesbian character Alice, and asks to be called "partner" instead of "girlfriend".<ref name="Gilchrist">{{Cite web |title='Good Trouble' Tackles Coming Out as Nonbinary — While Dating! |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=17 July 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032904/https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Netflix sci-fi series ''The Umbrella Academy'' features Klaus, who according to the actor is "not necessarily a man, he's kind of just this creature that's not bound by traditional societal norms like 'man', 'woman', 'masculinity', 'femininity'. He just sort of… is.” Klaus is played by a cis man and called "he" throughout.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Get Ready To Stan ''The'' ''Umbrella Academy's'' Robert Sheehan]", Rachel Paige, February 22 2019, ''Refinery29''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220812010252/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2020====
* In the crime drama ''Big Sky'', Jerrie is a [[transfeminine]] nonbinary person played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse James Keitel]].<ref name="ReynoldsOct2020">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Actors and Creators Have Some Advice for Hollywood |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208140847/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Deputy Brianna Bishop in the Fox drama series ''Deputy'' is nonbinary canonically, thanks to a suggestion by the character's actor [[Bex Taylor-Klaus]] who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Bentley">{{Cite web |title=Bex Taylor-Klaus Hopes Their Nonbinary 'Deputy' Character Will Save Lives |last=Bentley |first=Jean |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=14 February 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032843/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Lovecraft Country'', there is a [[Two-Spirit]] character named Yahima Maraokoti in the episode "A History of Violence". The character is played by a [[cisgender]] woman and is soon murdered by one of the main characters.<ref name="Yahima">{{Cite web |title=Lovecraft Country Creator Apologizes for “Failed” Attempt at Two-Spirit Representation |last=Sanders |first=Wren |work=them. |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324103008/https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love in the Time of Corona'', [[Tommy Dorfman]] plays the nonbinary hairstylist Oscar.<ref name="Ramos-Corona">{{Cite web |title='Love In The Time Of Corona': Freeform Sets Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Tommy Dorfman, Rainey Qualley And 4 More For Limited Series Event |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=29 June 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222131158/https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The British comedy ''Maxxx'' has a nonbinary character named Roxx (played by Sonny Charlton), who uses [[they/them]] pronouns and is a romantic interest of Amit.<ref name="Maxxx">{{Cite web |title=Hulu's 'Maxxx' Features a Refreshing Nonbinary Romantic Interest |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=5 August 2020 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014080426/https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The drama series ''P-Valley'' follows several people who work at a Mississippi strip club named "The Pynk". The club's owner is Uncle Clifford, a nonbinary [[genderfluid]] person who uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref name="P-Valley">{{Cite web |title=P-Valley's Nicco Annan on Black queerness, serving looks, and why 'femininity is total strength' |author=Opie, David |work=Digital Spy |date=7 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |quote=And Uncle Clifford is a beautiful, black, non-binary queer who identifies with the pronoun 'she'. She's very gender fluid.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111043521/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Uncle Clifford is played by Nicco Annan, an out gay man.<ref name="esse_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet Nicco Annan: 'P-Valley's' Uncle Clifford Who's Giving Us Life |last=Penrice |first=Ronda Racha |work=Essence |date=27 July 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |quote='As a Black man and as a Black gay man, it's very seldom that I get the opportunity to tell such a rich, lush story that really means something and that I really feel speaks to my community and can uplift us," he says of ''P-Valley''. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126225325/https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Hulu comedy series ''Shrill'', the character Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Em is played by [[E.R. Fightmaster]] who is also nonbinary and uses they/them as well.<ref name="Bradley-Shrill">{{Cite web |title='Shrill' Ends on Its Best Season Yet Thanks to a Heart-Bursting Queer Romance |author=Bradley, Laura |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816041546/https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The third season of ''Star Trek: Discovery'' introduces a nonbinary character named Adira Tal, played by nonbinary actor [[Blu del Barrio]].<ref name="STDiscovery">{{Cite web |title='Star Trek: Discovery' Introduces First-Ever Non-Binary And Trans Characters With Blu Del Barrio And Ian Alexander |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=2 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520000721/https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Adira uses they/them pronouns.
* A nonbinary character named Alex plays a minor role in the drama series ''This Is Us''. Alex is played by nonbinary lesbian [[Presley Alexander]], and is the love interest of main character Tess. Alex first appears in the season five episode "Changes".
* The Brazilian drama series ''Todxs Nosotrxs'' (also known as ''Todxs Nós'' or ''He, She, They.'') stars Rafa, an 18-year-old pansexual and nonbinary person who decides to leave their unaccepting family and go live with their cousin. Rafa is played by Clara Gallo.<ref>https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388#about [https://web.archive.org/web/20210508044645/https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221228000909/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Canhisares">{{Cite web |title=Todxs Nós discute gênero com humor, mas nem só de "militância" vive a série |trans-title= |last=Canhisares |first=Mariana |work=Omelete |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819000202/https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'', main character Mo (played by Alex Newell) is [[genderfluid]].<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230320165052/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* Season 2, episode 5 of ''Batwoman'' introduced the nonbinary character Evan Blake, who is a friend of protagonist Kate Kane. Evan is played by Lincoln Clauss.<ref name="Batwoman>{{Cite web |title=Batwoman Writer Explains the Importance of the Show's New Nonbinary Character |last=Erao |first=Math |work=CBR |date= |access-date=27 February 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233539/https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the live-action remake of ''Cowboy Bebop'', Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, nicknamed Gren, is nonbinary and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].<ref name="RomanoCB">{{Cite web |title=Cowboy Bebop live-action series officially makes anime character Gren nonbinary |trans-title= |last=Romano |first=Nick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=19 November 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park/ |language=EN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Some fans complained that making Gren nonbinary was insensitive, as the character originally was a man who developed breasts due to experimental drugs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The amazing intersex hero from “Cowboy Bebop” gets wronged in Netflix's version |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=26 November 2021 |access-date=6 December 2021 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202163817/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Mae Martin]]'s character in ''Feel Good'' comes out as nonbinary in the season finale.<ref name="Dry-FeelGood">{{Cite web |title='Feel Good' Review: Mae Martin's Devastating Queer Comedy Levels Up in Season 2 |last=Dry |first=Jude |work=IndieWire |date=4 June 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705012944/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Kids' show ''Fruit Salad TV'' includes the nonbinary characters Shirley Shawn, Officer Beaples, and Bok.<ref name="Spadafore">{{Cite web |title=Conservatives Outraged After The Wiggles' New Kids' TV Show Introduces Non-Binary Unicorn |last=Spadafore |first=Sam |work=Comic Sands |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129221149/https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Nonbinary physician Dr. Kai Bartley (played by nonbinary actor [[E.R. Fightmaster]]) is a recurring character in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Dr. Bartley first appeared in the episode "Hotter Than Hell" (season 18, episode 3).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet 'Grey's Anatomy's First-Ever Nonbinary Doctor |last=Rude |first=Mey |work=out.com |date=28 October 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021 |url= https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127183152/https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The Peacock comedy series ''Rutherford Falls'' (2021) features a nonbinary character named Bobbie, played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse Leigh]]. The character was originally written as a gay man, but after Leigh auditioned in "glam-core" 1970s fashion, the show staff decided to make Bobbie nonbinary.<ref name="RutherfordFalls">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Leigh Is the Witchy, Nonbinary Bestie We All Need in Our Lives |last=Rudolph |first=Christopher |work=NewNowNext |date=22 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |quote=Bobbie was originally, I think, gay and male-presenting. So I went to the audition and I thought, I'm going to just make the character my own. And I did — I remember I wore bellbottoms, really cute, all '70s. I did a really cute winged liner and I was just myself; that's what I just wear on an everyday basis. So I show up in a little bit of glam-core, and they loved the character so much that they eventually ended up making Bobbie nonbinary. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122235536/http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In season three of the Netflix series ''Sex Education'', there is a nonbinary student named Cal Bowman. Cal is played by nonbinary actor [[Dua Saleh]].<ref name="López">{{Cite web |title='Sex Education' is adding a non-binary character to its cast for season 3 |last=López |first=Canela |work=Insider |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://www.insider.com/netflixs-sex-education-adds-black-non-binary-character-to-cast-2020-9}}</ref>
* BBC America's ''The Watch'' features Cheery Littlebottom, who is referred to by they/them and she/her pronouns and is played by [[Jo Eaton-Kent]] (who is trans and uses those same pronouns).
* In the HBO Max miniseries ''And Just Like That'' (a revival/reboot of the series ''Sex and the City''), nonbinary actor/comedian [[Sara Ramirez]] plays the nonbinary character Che Diaz.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicole Ari Parker completes the foursome in new photos from 'Sex and the City' revival set |last=Towers |first=Andrea |work=EW.com |date=17 August 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602201034/https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Ramirez Teases Her "Dynamic" Role in the Sex and the City Reboot |last=Taylor |first=Elizabeth |work=E! Online |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210185550/https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==== 2022 ====

* ''Our Flag Means Death'' features a genderly-interesting pirate named Jim Jiminez who goes by he/him and they/them pronouns. Jim is played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].

===Webseries ===

*In ''Carmilla'', the character Lafontaine is nonbinary and goes by they/them/their pronouns. They have been confirmed as nonbinary by the show's creators, and have hinted at it through the series though it has never been a major plot point. They are played by nonbinary actor [[Kaitlyn Alexander]].
*''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdi8HPMwFpYIf3qQlv7A0fg?&ab_channel=Couple-ish Couple-ish]'', a light-hearted rom-com webseries, features a nonbinary main character (Dee). Dee goes by they/them/their pronouns, and explicitly describes themselves as nonbinary in one episode.
*The short webseries ''These Thems'' features a [[genderqueer]] character named Vero, played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].<ref name="TheseThems">{{Cite web |title='These Thems' Is the Must-See Comedy That Centers Nonbinary People |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=26 February 2020 |access-date=13 May 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601051746/https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX1W43ZgDnWErDCU_6ejOBLln1NozzBj7 Dinette]'' is a remake of the 1982 movie ''Diner'', but with a non-male cast instead of the original's all-male cast. The character Jaq is nonbinary and is played by nonbinary writer [[Jude Dry]].<ref name="Mosthof">{{Cite web |title='Dinette' Gives Queer Women and Nonbinary Characters a Place to Go |last=Mosthof |first=Mariella |work=INTO |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208052635/https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''School Spirit: An Unlikely Webseries'', the character Charley Condomine is [[demigender]].<ref name="lezw_Char">{{Cite web |title=Charley Condomine |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=16 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419211457/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''I Hear You'' is a Canadian medical drama following the life of Dr. Alyssa Hartt, a family medicine practitioner. Her patients include nonbinary people.<ref>http://www.ihearyouseries.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230224092010/http://ihearyouseries.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''The Adventures of Jamie Watson (and Sherlock Holmes)'', Sherlock Holmes is [[demigender]] and aroace.<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230131224016/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The "Brave House" arc of the webseries ''The Feels'' focuses on the polyamorous throuple of [[genderqueer]] S (played by [[Sara Ramirez]]), [[transfeminine]] Nina ([[Ianne Fields Stewart]]), and [[transmasculine]] Lenny ([[Shantira Jackson]]).<ref name="BraveHouse">{{Cite web |title=Why We Should All Live in The Feels’ Brave House |author=Shayna Maci Warner |work=Bisexual Resource Center |date=15 August 2019 |access-date=20 October 2020 |url= https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602092014/https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The protagonist of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201023062615/https://www.transmonogamist.com/ Trans Monogamist]'' is a nonbinary dating columnist.
* In the Canadian webseries ''Babes'', one of the protagonists is AJ, a nonbinary man, played by nonbinary man [[T. Thomason]].<ref name="Ratchford">{{Cite web |title=Getting To Know The Creator Of ‘Babes,’ The Web’s Cutest Queer Series |last=Ratchford, Sarah |work=Medium |date=6 January 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url=https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720055243/https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="JMarie">{{Cite web |title=Watch ‘Babes’, A Web Series About a Queer Playboy |author=J Marie |work=KitschMix |date=10 May 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url= https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209145206/https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Damaged Goods'' is a webseries "centered around four messy creatives of color attempting to survive in the city of Chicago."<ref name="dama_Abou">{{Cite web |title=About — Damaged Goods |author= |work=Damaged Goods |date= |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110133443/https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> One of the characters is Caleb, described by the creators of the series as [[genderqueer]]<ref name="dama_Abou" /> and a [[gay man]].<ref name="Wittich">{{Cite web |title=New Web Series Finds Beauty in Being Queer and Messy |author=Wittich, Jake |work=PAPER |date=25 March 2019 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19#rebelltitem19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807230447/https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Caleb is played by gay model Chufue Yang.<ref name="Cadogan">{{Cite web |title=Meet the model claiming his agency dropped him for being gay and Asian |last=Cadogan |first=Dominic |work=Dazed |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327070551/https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Critical Role'' is a webseries "where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons." [https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Mollymauk_Tealeaf Mollymauk Tealeaf] was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043552/ Taliesin Jaffe], described by the DM [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2233310/ Matthew Mercer] as genderfluid and bisexual. Molly used he/him pronouns. A number of side characters in the show also use they/them pronouns.
*''The Oxventure'' is another webseries of people playing Dungeons & Dragons. In the "Faire Trial" campaign, a human paladin NPC named Max Williams plays a small role. Max uses [[they/them]] pronouns.

===Video games===

''See also [[Video games with nonbinary player character options]].''

*In ''Transistor'', the [[gender marker]] for Bailey Gilande in her character file is 'X', commonly used by, or in regards to, nonbinary people.
*In C''ult of the Lamb,'' the titular lamb is identified as genderless.
*In the MMORPG ''Runescape'', there is an NPC who can change the player character's avatar from male to female or female to male, as well as change the player's skin color. The NPC also switches their own avatar's "sex" at 10-second intervals. They are officially called "The Makeover Mage", but in a 2006 letter they wrote "My name is Pete, or Peta, depending on my mood", implying they may be [[genderfluid]], [[bigender]], or some other type of nonbinary.<ref>https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage [https://web.archive.org/web/20230317043935/https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Astoria: Fate's Kiss'', the romanceable character Alex Cyprin is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>[https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Pride Month Specials], 21 June 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102175329/https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Oregon Trail 4th Edition'', the character Hattie Caulfield identifies as neither a man nor a woman.{{citation needed}}
[[File:Earl Grey gender free pronouns.png|thumb|right|A screenshot of ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'' with the "gender liberated" option selected, so the game uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns.]]
*In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". Choosing gender free results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. The player can also choose to "make everyone else gender liberated too", resulting in the protagonist saying things like "Everybody knew about me, the eldest child of the late Gentleperson and Gentleperson Fairfax".
*In the sci-fi visual novel ''Incompatible Species'', Chris is nonbinary and uses [[she/her]] pronouns, while Pi-zan uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n [https://web.archive.org/web/20221103230458/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the visual novel ''Butterfly Soup'', Min-seo is nonbinary.<ref>https://vndb.org/c67408 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819114731/https://vndb.org/c67408 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Genderwrecked'' is a post-apocalyptic horror/gore visual novel about trying to find the meaning of gender. The player can select their pronouns from she/her, they/them, he/him, xe/xir, ze/zir, it/it, or custom pronouns.<ref name="genderwrecked">{{Cite web |title=GENDERWRECKED |author=ryan rose aceae |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305002650/https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Bloodhound in ''Apex Legends'' is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Clark|first=Allegra|user=SimplyAllegra |number=1093207979430576128 |title=*Their* voice (Bloodhound is non-binary, uses they/them pronouns), but thank you! I'm so happy that people have enjoyed the performance—Bloodhound means so much to me 😊😊😊😊|date=6 February 2019}}</ref>
* Ash in ''Wandersong'' uses they/them pronouns and has been confirmed as nonbinary by creator Greg Lobanov.<ref name="pink_9kic">{{Cite web |title=9 kick-ass video game characters you probably never knew were non-binary |last=Johnson |first=Shakeena |work=PinkNews |date=17 February 2021 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116125637/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the browser-based RPG ''4thewords'', several NPCs are implied to be nonbinary by way of their pronouns: [[singular they|Singular "they"]] is used for Ordco, Edrie, and Yuri, and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe|"xe"]] is used for Liq of Light.
*In the ''Dominique Pamplemousse'' series of point-and-click adventure games, the protagonist Dominique Pamplemousse is genderqueer. There are many instances in-game of other characters trying to figure out Dominique's gender.<ref name="squi_Domi">{{Cite web |title=Dominique Pamplemousse and Dominique Pamplemousse in "Combinatorial Explosion!" by Squinky |author= |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |quote=our favourite genderqueer private detective discovers that, through the power of multiple endings from the previous game, they have been cloned! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604111141/https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Chambers-Pamplemousse">{{Cite web |title=Indie Game Dominique Pamplemousse Review |author=Chambers, Becky |work=The Mary Sue |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810091542/https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the interactive novel ''Moonrise'', Rosario de la Cruz is a nonbinary pansexual who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Sati is a nonbinary bisexual who uses xe/xer/xem pronouns.<ref name="COG-representme">{{Cite web |title=Choice of Games (developer) |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=8 September 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063327/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet'', in the ending where Syrup befriends the cat Toffee, they ask Syrup to guess if they're a boy or a girl, then reveal that the correct answer is "neither".
* The ''Lonely Wolf Treat'' series features a variety of nonbinary characters.
** The fox Chai, as well as one of the unnamed cats in the third chapter, are nonbinary and use "they" pronouns.
** The wolf Trick is agender, uses "they" pronouns, and is uncomfortable with being called a "guy".
** An unnamed cat child claims "I am NOT a girl! I am a cat". Trick responds to this with "I'm like that too".
** The rabbit Dango at one point feels uncomfortable bathing with other male rabbits, which leads to them expressing doubts about their own gender and starting to experiment with "they" pronouns.
====1996====
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams]'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref name="Taylor2007">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS |last=Taylor |first=Mike |work=Nintendo Life |date=5 December 2007 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606075440/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2015====
[[File: ROM pronouns 1.png|thumb|A screenshot of pronoun selection in ''Read Only Memories''. Selecting 'more options' allows you to choose from 'ze/zir/, 'xe/xir', or your own custom pronouns.]]
*In ''Crypt of the Necrodancer,'' the game's artist Ted Martens stated that the unlockable character Bolt "is [[genderqueer]] and doesn't identify fully as either female or male."<ref>{{cite tweet| user=ted_martens |number=573223156724285440 |date=4 March 2015 |title=@JimDrizzle @fenekosan Bolt is genderqueer and doesn't identify fully as either female or male.}}</ref>
* Ashly Burch, the voice actress for Chloe Price in the adventure game ''Life is Strange'', said in a 2015 interview that "I think Chloe is sexually fluid. I don't think she really likes to label herself in any particular way— same with her gender."<ref name="Sloane2015">{{Cite web |title=Hella Talk: An Interview With Ashly Burch on Chloe Price, Queerness, & ‘Life Is Strange’ |author=Sloane |work=FemHype |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129024608/https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Read Only Memories'' the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is [[gender fluid]]"<ref>{{cite web|first=Jesse|last=Tannous|title=Read Only Memories Director discusses LGBTQ themes in gaming.|date=June 20, 2015|work=The Examiner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215026/http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming|archive-date=October 23, 2015|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming}}</ref>.The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.

====2017====
*In the visual novel ''A Foretold Affair'', one of the three people you can romance is [[agender]].<ref name="repr_AFor">{{Cite web |title=A Foretold Affair |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601014416/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2018====
* In the visual novel ''//TODO: today'', the protagonist and the main characters Joyce and Phoenix can be [[male]], [[female]], or [[nonbinary]], depending on player's choices.<ref>[https://vndb.org/v21649/chars#chars VNDB {{!}} //TODO: today characters] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819120206/https://vndb.org/v21649/chars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''When The Night Comes'', the romanceable character August is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524101833/https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the RPG ''Deltarune'', the main character Kris is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
* In the strategy/simulation game ''Your Royal Gayness'', the royal spymaster, Seraph, says "Just 'spymaster' will do, thank you. Or Seraph. I don't care for [[honorifics|all that 'sir' and 'lady' stuff.]]" This dialogue pretty explicitly shows that Seraph doesn't identify with the male nor female gender. Additionally, the "Library" section of the game refers to Seraph with [[they/them]] pronouns, and implies that Seraph is not their "[[Names|real name]]".<ref>Lizard Hazard Games. ''Your Royal Gayness''. 2018.</ref>

====2019====
*One of the player characters in the 2019 game ''Borderlands 3'', FL4K, is an emergent AI who uses they/them pronouns and wears a pin with the nonbinary flag.
*In the fantasy-mystery visual novel ''Catacomb Prince'', one of the romantic options is the nonbinary person Ravi Patel.<ref>https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince [https://web.archive.org/web/20221206035333/https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the interactive novel ''Drag Star!'', you meet multiple characters in the story who describe themselves as nonbinary. Additionally, your character can be nonbinary if you choose so.

====2020====
*In the simulation game ''BitLife'', since the June 2020 Pride Update, it is possible for characters to [[come out]] to you as nonbinary<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CEwrBGRhFCw/</ref> and in the "Gay Dating App" portion you can select a partner preference from a dropdown list of "Male", "Female", "Genderqueer", "Non-Binary", "Transgender Female", and "Transgender Male".<ref>https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_app [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324044621/https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_App Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The player themself can also select whether their character is [[cisgender]], genderqueer, nonbinary, transgender female, and transgender male (after the character reaches age 5). Being non-cis may cause the character to experience [[gender dysphoria]] in-game, lowering their Happiness level.<ref name="leve_BitL">{{Cite web |title=BitLife Pride Update Guide: Everything You Need to Know About BitLife Version 1.38, aka the Pride Update |author=Tim |work=Level Winner |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150757/https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Hades'', the NPC Primordial Chaos is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="pink_9kic" />
* In RPG indie game ''Ikenfell'', half of the main characters within the game are explicitly queer. One character uses ze/zir pronouns.
* In ''Star Wars: Squadrons'', the pilot Keo Venzee is referred to with [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee [https://web.archive.org/web/20230709023421/https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest'', the character Kim is nonbinary and referred to using they/them pronouns. Their in-game character description begins by referring to them as "A nonbinary activist from Berlin".
* In the creature-collecting game ''Temtem'', there are several nonbinary NPCS, and they will often scold the player character if the player uses dialogue options that misgender the NPC. It is also possible to play your own character as nonbinary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ and non-binary identity representation and integration in Temtem — Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |author=Warren, Jack |work=Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=10 January 2023 |url= https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150814/https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the adventure game ''Bugsnax'', scientist Floofty Fizzlebean is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns ([[Gender neutral language in Polish|onu/jenu]] in the Polish translation<ref>{{cite tweet|user=neutratywy|number=1329918251560787968|title=ekipa http://zaimki.pl miała zaszczyt i przyjemność pomóc w tłumaczeniu gry Bugsnax @YoungHorses na język polski[.] występującu tam naukowcu, Floofty, jest niebinarnu i używa dukazimów (http://zaimki.pl/onu)|date=20 November 2020}}</ref>). They are voiced by nonbinary actor [[Casey Mongillo]].<ref name="dist_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Voice Acting Cast Behind 'Bugsnax' |author=Belcher, Sara |work=Distractify |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606071243/https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the sci-fi indie game ''Ace In Space'', you play as Adrian Clarke, who is nonbinary and asexual.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230421042458/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* In the farming RPG ''Pumpkin Days'' (previously known as ''Pumpkin Online''), the official website uses [[singular they]] for several characters:<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Characters|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006003539/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
** Toni: "Toni is a chill person who likes to hang out at the island. They absolutely love anything to do with ducks."
** Lan: "They are very knowledgeable in medicine but have a hard time understanding social cues and reading people's mood."
** Charu Mishra: "they're ''(sic)'' passion is dancing and learning all the latest hip choreographed moves from popular Jpop music videos."
** Hikaru Komuro: "Hikaru is so good at what they do that Diamond Falls has more products for sale at the Saturday market compared to other towns."
** Harsha Puri: "Harsha is very friendly and tries to be helpful when they can. They tend to stutter and apologize constantly and unnecessarily, worrying if they have caused any inconveniences or said something wrong."
** Additionally, the player character creator has no gender selection nor any gender-locked clothes. The official website says that "specifying a gender does not play a role in Pumpkin Days. Simply use our body sliders in character customization to add feminine and/or as masculine features as you want. Any clothes you buy will fit the body you choose."<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Unique Features|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the first-person shooter ''Battlefield 2042'', a Specialist named Emma "Sundance" Rosier is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DrLupo stands up for nonbinary people during Battlefield 2042 stream |last=Lopez |first=Jalen |work=Dot Esports |date=12 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |url= https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517013043/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Purrgatory'' there are multiple instances of [[non-binary]] characters.
** The player has the options for pronouns as follows: [[they/them]], [[she/her]], [[he/him]], and custom.
** Two gravestone markers have possible non-binary characters, one says "they were a good parent but a bad tightrope walker" and the other "ze died like ze lived: fighting crocodiles."
** One of the main characters' partner, Dani, is non-binary using they/them pronouns.<ref>https://purrgatory.fandom.com/wiki/Sean</ref>

====2022====
*In the narrative bullet hell ''non-binary'', you play the story of two different enby characters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=non-binary - owof |access-date=4 November 2023 |url= https://www.owof.games/game/non-binary-3/}}</ref>
*In ''ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area'', a visual novel, the character Emhari Abdi is a bigender lesbian. Emhari uses both "he/him" and "she/her" pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|date=18 July 2020| user=ValiDateGame| number=1284540692962967553|title=Our first mini interview is with Nasr (@trashyvoid ), the artist of Emhari!}}</ref> The character Rocky Harrison is a nonbinary person using he/him pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1547621316554924032 |date=14 Jul 2022|title=yes rocky is a he/him nonbinary, they exist}}</ref> Some other characters use pronouns that imply they could be nonbinary too: Inaya Saifi uses she/they, and Anoki Wanderbull uses she/he/them.<ref>[https://validategame.com/#cast ValiDate: Meet The Cast!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517064141/https://validategame.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Emhari, Inaya, and Anoki were confirmed to be trans by the developers' Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1541102407748395010 |title=Are there any other trans characters besides Arihi and Catherine? — emhari, inaya and anoki and some others are Pending |date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
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====2023====
* In the dating sim ''Repurpose'', Noel Azulite is [[genderfluid]] and [[asexual]], DJ Roadkill is nonbinary and [[pansexual]], Cheri is [[bigender]] and [[omnisexual]], and Fayebael Noct is [[agender]] and "if we must assign a label, pansexual". Additionally, the player can choose their own pronouns from "he", "she", or "they".<ref name="Repurpose">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose (Demo) by Eros |author= |work=itch.io |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063331/https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="kick_Repu">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose |author=Resident Rabbit |work=Kickstarter |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
'''2024'''

* In ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', Acht (also known as their stage name Dedf1sh) is an Octoling DJ who makes their physical debut in the DLC, and has their pronouns confirmed to be [[they/them]]. Previously, the pronouns used for them in English promotional material for ''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'' were she/her, where they in-universe created the music for the Stations, but they are not mentioned in game. The [https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Inkipedia:Twitter_archive/2023/September#1705206569498017804 promotional] and in-game material for ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'' uses exclusively they/them. Marina, who has known Acht since their schooldays, refers to them as they/them automatically, implying that their previous pronouns were retconned. In the Japanese version of ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', they use the personal pronoun ボク, which is generally considered a masculine pronoun.

* In the furry drama video game ''Goodbye Volcano High'', the protagonist Fang uses [[they/them]] pronouns and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Lachlan Watson]].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Goodbye_Volcano_High/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226074304/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Goodbye_Volcano_High/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2025====
*The dating sim ''The Office Type'' has equal numbers of male, female, and nonbinary characters for the player to romance. Every character's bio, even the cis ones, lists their pronouns. As listed on the game's website, the nonbinary characters available are Syl ([[demiboy]], they/them), Benny ([[agender]], they/them), Cal ([[demigirl]], they/she), Toni ([[agender]], xe/xem/xir), Ty ([[demiboy]], they/he), Addie ([[egogender]], prefers name as pronoun, but accepts they/them), Bee ([[genderfluid]], they/them), and Mx. Hura Stapleton ([[bigender]], he/she/they). There are also binary trans women and binary trans men among the cast.<ref>[https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Heavy Thought Studios - Projects] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212505/https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====Unreleased (currently in development)====

==Fictional sexes==

Some characters have a nonbinary gender identity only because they have a fictional kind of a physical sex. Their sex is different than female, male, or any kind of real-life intersex condition. For example, a robot that never had a physical sex, and might be correspondingly genderless. Or characters who have the fictional ability to change their sex at will, and might be said to have a corresponding [[genderfluid]] identity. Or an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. The fictional sexes are used as ''justification'' for these characters having nonbinary gender identities. No real nonbinary people have these sexes, and can't use that justification. As such, these kinds of characters don't really count as nonbinary representation.

=== Animation ===
*''Simoun'' takes place in a world that recognizes three genders: male, female, and a feminine "maiden" gender which everyone is assigned at birth. When people in this world come of age, they're required to give up the "maiden" gender and commit to male or female--those who do not choose have it chosen for them. Several of the main characters, including the two leads, decide that they do not want to be men or women, but rather keep their "maiden" gender, which goes against the rules of society. Despite the maiden gender being feminine, the fact that choosing to keep it is regarded as significantly different from choosing to become a woman shows that it is a third gender role and not the same as womanhood.
*''Steven Universe'' is about an alien kind called Gems, who all look similar to human women, except for the half-human Gem named Steven. The show creator, [[Rebecca Sugar]], says the Gems aren't female: "Steven is the first and only male Gem, because he is half human! Technically, there are no female Gems! There are only Gems!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p [https://web.archive.org/web/20220702054909/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The Gems are called by [[Pronouns#She|she]] pronouns just because it's easy: Sugar said, "There's a 50 50 chance to use some pronoun on Earth, so why not feminine ones-- it's as convenient as it is arbitrary!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032904/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In a later interview, Rebecca stated outright that "the Gems are all nonbinary women. [...] They wouldn't think of themselves as women, but they're fine with being interpreted that way amongst humans." (She also identified herself as a nonbinary woman in this same interview.)<ref name="TheMind">{{Cite web |title=The Mind Behind America's Most Empathetic Cartoon |work=NPR.org |date=14 July 2018 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231100935/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Furthermore, Gems can temporarily fuse together to become a combined being. In episode "Alone Together", the aforementioned Steven manages to pull off this skill with human girl Connie, resulting in a fusion named "Stevonnie." When asked about Stevonnie's gender, Rebecca Sugar replied that "Stevonnie is an experience! The living relationship between Steven and Connie," describing them as a "metaphor that is so complex and so specific but also really, really relatable, in the form of a character."<ref>http://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507191537/https://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> [http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Burnett Matt Burnett] confirmed on Twitter that Stevonnie uses they/them pronouns,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413004824/https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408|archive-date=13 April 2016|title=@Tumble234 Stevonnie uses them/they.|date=13 July 2015|url=https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408}}</ref> which do get used for Stevonnie in later episodes. Later, in a 2019 public service announcement about self-esteem and social media, which is also part of the canon, Stevonnie is briefly seen scrolling past their Instagram profile, in which they have described themself with the words "nonbinary" and "intersex."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|last=Ermac|first=Raffy|title=Cartoon Network Confirmed This ''Steven Universe'' Character Is Intersex|date=June 26, 2019|website=Pride.com|accessdate=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404161229/https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> These are both real human identities and conditions, even though Stevonnie's origins are only possible in fiction.
*Izana Shinatose in ''Knights of Sidonia'' is neither female nor male, but has the ability to eventually choose a sex if they fall in love. Izana's uniform is different from that of her classmates, reflecting their lack of gender (while females have skirts and males wear pants, Izana wears shorts). This gender is given the name of "middlesex" in the second season. Izana's body does eventually become female after falling in love with Nagate, against their conscious wishes and to their dismay.
*The Sailor Starlights in the ''Sailor Moon'' anime are male in their human form, but they can change to female when transformed into Sailor Senshi.
*The animated webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 Battle For Dream Island]'' features characters based on numbers, variables, and mathematical symbols (commonly called Algebralians) which are heavily implied to be a genderless race. When the topic of gender comes up, the character Four simply responds, "we don't have that where I'm from."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIZyD5-5gE BFB 10: Enter the Exit]</ref> The Algebralians Four and X are referred to with he/him and they/them pronouns, and Two, another major Algebralian, is referred to with they/them.

=== Audio ===

*In the ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' audio dramas by Big Finish, the character of Zagreus is an alien entity who inhabits various minds and bodies. Zagreus is played by one male actor and one female actress, and changes pronouns depending on each stolen body.

=== Board and card games ===

* The aetherborn race from Magic the Gathering's Kaladesh setting are sexless and typically [[agender]].<ref>James Wyatt, [https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Plane-Shift Kaladesh], pg. 16 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608112733/https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Agender aetherborn use they/them pronouns, including a secondary character for the Kaladesh arc, Yahenni.<ref>Alison Luhrs, [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/born-aether-2016-09-21 Born of Aether]</ref>

=== Books and other literature ===

*The Children of the Triad fantasy novel series by Laurie Marks includes a genderless species. The books are ''Delan the Mislaid'' (1989), ''The Moonbane Mage'' (1990), and ''Ara's Field'' (1991). The title character and protagonist of the first book is a member of that species.<ref>''All our worlds: Diverse fantastic fiction.'' http://doublediamond.net/aow [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202733/http://doublediamond.net/aow/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*Sayuri Ueda's science fiction novel ''The Cage of Zeus'' (2011) is about genetically engineered characters with a fictional sex and nonbinary gender.<ref>Sayuri Ueda, ''The Cage of Zeus.'' 2011.</ref>
*''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466375.Commitment_Hour Commitment Hour]'' by James Alan Gardner features a culture who switch between male and female sexes once a year until their 21st birthday, when they are asked to choose whether they want to stay forever as male, female, or both.
*The ''Culture'' series by Iain M. Bank is centred around a postgender civilisation.
**As described in ''Excession'', the humans are able to change sex by just thinking it, and nanomachines alter their anatomy accordingly over a period of a few days. It is described as common for couples to take turns bearing children.
*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082646/http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)].
*M.C.A. Hogarth's science-fiction series about the Jokka, an alien species that can randomly change sex twice at puberty, with three sexes, and three corresponding rigid gender roles: female, male, and neuter. These stories focus on individuals who don't conform to those prescribed gender roles, and some could be considered transgender. However, the author often publicly voices her opposition to transgender rights in real life, saying she "Will never stop fighting this trans thing. Never.";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 5, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220820220131/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097</ref> agreeing with anti-transgender author Abigail Shrier's opposition of the informed consent model of pediatric transgender health care;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. October 25, 2021. Tweet. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20211026003911/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791</ref> saying she liked Debrah Soh's anti-transgender book;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 11, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220511185719/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643</ref> siding with a student who expressed anti-transgender views, in reply to an anti-transgender Twitter account;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 17, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517095601/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696</ref> being a fan of an anti-trans podcaster;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. July 15, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220715124900/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752</ref> asserting the anti-transgender claim that "cisgender is a slur";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 29, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220821051705/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088</ref> and saying that transgender people should never transition, and should instead content themselves with "the flesh God gave" them.<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. August 23, 2021. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220818215810/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376</ref> This is an example of how authors who write representation of gender-variant characters can't be assumed to support the human rights of gender-variant people in real life and may even actively oppose it.
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by Ursula K. Le Guin is a classic science fiction novel published in 1976 featuring a race of people whose sexes become male or female only briefly for reproduction, and whose genders can be a variety of masculine, feminine, both or neither.
*CJ Carter's science fiction novel, ''Que Será Serees'' (2011) is about a species of people with a single gender.<ref>CJ Carter, "Genderless singular pronouns." http://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221212103224/https://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Que Será Serees". ''CJ's Creative Studio''. http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201031105743/http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*"In David Lindsay's ''Voyage to Arcturus'' (1920) a man from earth meets people on another planet who are neither man nor woman so he invents a new pronoun ''ae'' to refer to them."<ref>Suzanne Romaine, ''Communicating Gender.'' p. 343.</ref>
*Bard Bloom's World Tree is a setting with no human species, and many of the intelligent species in that setting have fictional sexes, such as co-lover, both-female, and so on. This includes the protagonist of a book in that setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/Sythyrys-Journal-Chronicle-Transaffection-Adventure/dp/1451562934 Sythyry's Journal]'', which was first serialized as a blog starting in 2002. Sythyry is a member of a dragon-like species who are all "hermaphrodites" (and not analogous to real-life intersex conditions), and don't identify as female or male. In World Tree society, species is more important than gender, so same-gender relationships are seen as unremarkable, but cross-species relationships are seen as queer, which is a significant plot element in that book. The setting also has a role-playing game handbook, ''World Tree: A role playing game of species and civilization'' (2001). A romance novel in the setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/MARRIAGE-OF-INSECTS-novel-World/dp/1890096369 A Marriage of Insects],'' deals with the relationships of a group of Herethroy, an insect-like species that has three (arguably four) sexes: male, female, co-lover (a sex necessary for males and females of that species to reproduce), and both-female (a socially unaccepted variant sex, indeterminate between female and co-lover).
*In ''Static'', a romance novel by L. A. Witt, there have always been a marginalized minority of humans capable of changing sex instantly and at will, known as "shifters." Shifters are usually, though not always, genderfluid, having different gender identities at different times, including male, female, and other genders. (Though they only have the ability to change between two sexes.) Alex, one of the protagonists and part of the lead romantic pair, is a genderfluid shifter who is the victim of medical assault to force them to remain in one form, but continues to be genderfluid and experience dysphoria.
*In the book ''Good Omens'' by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the character Aziraphale (and A. J. Crowley by extension) are described as man-shaped, sexless beings.
*In the Faction Paradox novel ''This Town Will Never Let Us Go...'' by Philip Purser-Hallard (a [[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] spinoff), there is a species of posthumans who are engineered to change sex from male to female as they mature. Some of these transformations are never completed. One of the main characters, Keth Marrane, is part of this species and has a body with both male and female characteristics. Marrane is fully happy with this body and is referred to as a "hermaphrodite" by other characters; a word without negative connotations in the cultures that are described. Marrane uses "one" pronouns when narrating.
*Adam Rex's sci-fi novel, ''The True Meaning of Smekday'' (2007), features the Boov, an alien people with seven genders (boy, girl, girlboy, boygirl, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy) based on their fish-like role in fertilizing an egg after they lay it in a designated part of town. Because of the impersonal way they reproduce, Boov society is egalitarian and aromantic. The sequel, ''Smek for President'' (2015), has a girlboy character named Ponch Sandhandler. She-he is addressed as "ladyfellow," and by she-he pronouns. The movie loosely based on the books, ''Home'' (2015), doesn't directly mention anything about Boov gender, and only refers to any Boov by he pronouns.
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin Ursula K. Le Guin], the inhabitants of the planet Gethen are referred to as ambisexual, and lack sex characteristics for the majority of the lunar cycle, which they acquire in order to reproduce.
* In Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's collaborative novel ''Good Omens,'' Neil Gaiman has confirmed that both of the main characters are non-binary, and they present as different genders at times in both the book and the 2019 tv-series (Crowley presenting as female as a nanny and at Jesus's cruxification, and Aziraphale presenting as female while possessing Madame Tracy). The characters usually present as males, and don't show any inclination to correct people on using masculine pronouns, but this is presented more as them not caring, and less them defining themself as males. The book specifically says that all angels and demons in it are neither male nor female, which is the standard belief about [[Gender variance in Christianity#Angels in Christianity|angels in Christianity]].
* In ''Wyvern'', a kids book by Kyle McGiverin, there is a sentient race of beings called wyverns. The wyverns are genderless and use "wy/wym/wys" pronouns.<ref name="Helkio">{{Cite web |title=ALDIA: A World Where Gender Is Meaningless |last=Helkio |first=Raymond |work=theBUZZ |date=2017 |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204213811/https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The ''Lilith's Brood'' series by Octavia Butler (three novels: ''Dawn'', ''Adulthood Rites'', and ''Imago'') features the oankali, an alien race with three genders: male, female, and ooloi.<ref name="SturgeonFW">{{Cite web |title=17 Pathbreaking Non-Binary and Gender-Fluid Novels |last=Sturgeon |first=Jonathon |work=Flavorwire |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032841/https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the ''Iska Universe'' series by Geneva Vand, the Iska race of aliens uses nongendered pronouns "eet" and "ta".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220706180121/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Clive Barker's fantasy/sci-fi book ''Imajica'', a main character named Pie'oh'pah is a shapeshifting extraterrestrial who uses the pronoun "it".
* In Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, The Vorkosigan Saga, major character Bel Thorne is one of a group of humans who were genetically engineered to have both male and female sex organs. This group is called "hermaphrodites" and use the pronoun "it". Bel Thorne is noted to usually have an "ambiguous-to-male" [[gender expression]], but sometimes presents more femininely. Additionally, there is a group of genetically-engineered beings called the "ba" who have no sex organs and are used as servants in the Cetagandan Empire.
* In ''Ice Song'' and ''Tattoo'', fantasy/sci-fi/paranormal books by Kirsten Imani Kasai, the protagonist, Sorykah Minuit, is a type of person known as a "Trader", meaning her physical [[sex]] changes at certain times due to her genetics. Traders are treated with superstition and harassment. Sorykah's male persona is Soryk, and his memories are separate from Sorykah's. Sorykah has twin children, Leander and Ayeda, who are also Traders.
* ''Everybody Loves Large Chests'', a (dark)comedy-fantasy webnovel by Exterminatus, features several sentient species who have no or only one biological sex. Some of them display gendered features and behavior, like the "motherly" Dryads and the various kinds of demons. Boxxy, the anti-hero protagonist, is explicitely stated to be genderless in the chapter "Mindgames 2".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |website= TV Tropes |access-date= 20 May 2021 |quote= The irony of a genderless creature with zero sex drive somehow surrounding itself with all manner of lewd women was so thick that one would probably need to dig through it with a pickaxe. |title= Literature / Everybody Loves Large Chests |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230315111851/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |archive-date= 17 July 2023 }}</ref> The story follows its life from Dungeon-Mimic to walking calamity.
* In the ''Wayfarers'' series by Becky Chambers (''<nowiki/>'The Long way to a Small, Angry Planet', 'A Closed and Common Orbit', 'Records of a Spaceborn Few'<nowiki/>'' and ''<nowiki/>'The Galaxy, and the Ground Within''') there are multiple interpretations of gender within the alien species.
** The Aeluon species are a four-gendered species, and separate them based on reproductive capability: Those who produced eggs, those who fertilised eggs, those who shifted between both reproductive abilities in phases (called shons) and those who could not do either. In galactic society, they used the common feminine-masculine-neuter pronoun set, which in the universe is she/he/xyr. Shons used the pronoun set that their body matched, unless they were in the middle of a shift. Children and those who could not reproduce used xyr. In book two, ''A Closed and Common Orbit,'' there is a Aeluon fertility festival called a ''Shimmerquick'', and the Aeluon taking part wear colour-coded clothing to illustrate their gender.
** In ''The Galaxy, and the Ground Within'', Tupo, a Laru child, is referred to with xe/xyr pronouns, as xyr has not yet reached adulthood where gender is chosen.

===Comics and graphic novels===

*In ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', a manga series by CLAMP, beings who were created by magic are canonically said to be neither female nor male. They're sexless, but may prefer a gender expression that is female, male, or androgynous. This includes some main characters, but it would be spoilers to say who and how. This is also the case in the anime based on the manga, of the same name.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' by Neil Gaiman and various artists - seminal graphic novel series, as recommended in [[Nonbinary_celebrities#Kate_Bornstein|Kate Bornstein]]'s ''My New Gender Workbook'' as having "Lots of good gender play." One character, Desire, is a being who can have any sex or gender.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051557/http://tapastic.com/series/The-Satrians The Satrians],'' a comic by Carlisle Robinson, a satyr-like alien species called Satrians have only one sex, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 no concept of gender]. They're all called by the pronoun set [[Pronouns#Xe|xe]], xyr, xem.<ref>Carlisle Robinson. "FAQ about gender." ''The Satrians''. http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Spectra]'', a science fiction comic by Cori Walters, the main characters are members of an alien species that has one sex, and all people voluntarily choose which of several gender roles they identify with. Outside of the story, Walters said, "They only have one physical sex but they have three socially enforced genders (or four if you count young children, who are seen as genderless until they choose their role in society.) For simplification reasons, in the comic the three main ones are referred to as he, she, and ne. The 'male' role is that of destruction, the 'female' is that of creation, and the third gender is that of preservation." The comic started in 2013 and is still in progress.<ref>''Spectra.'' [http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The comic series ''Crash and Burn'' involves "a genderless race of bird-like aliens" called the ornos.<ref>https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210906133101/https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

=== Movies ===

*''E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg. In an interview, Spielberg said that E.T. is a plant-like creature, and is neither male nor female.<ref>"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Trivia." ''Internet Movie Database.'' https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729004714/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The finished movie itself doesn't mention this fact. The finished script refers to E.T. as "he" and "the creature." This fact about E.T. was included in the first draft of the script written by Melissa Mathison.<ref>Charlie Jane Anders, "Weird Facts That You Didn't Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." October 10, 2012. ''Gizmodo''. https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230628140344/https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===TV (live-action)===

*In the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outcast_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29 The Outcast]" the Enterprise encounters an alien race called the "androgynous J'naii", whose society long ago had female and male roles, but their society had become sexless and genderless, which they believe to be more advanced. They have no physical sex differences, and reproduce without copulation. They all dress alike, and ask to be called by [[Pronouns#It|it]] pronouns. The J'naii believe that it's unhealthy to be female or male, and the genderlessness of their society is enforced on all its members. In that episode, a J'naii named Soren is revealed to be secretly a [[transgender women|transgender woman]]. In a reference to real-life "[[conversion therapy]]" used coercively on transgender people to make them not be transgender, the J'naii use brainwashing to force Soren to identify as androgynous rather than female. The episode fails at exploring the possibilities of a genderless society or identity, which is depicted as bland and repressive, but is a decent critique of conversion therapy, as well as a defense of transgender rights.
*The series ''Earth: Final Conflict'' is primarily about interactions between modern-day humans and aliens called Taelons, who seem to have neither sex nor gender. The Taelons use [[Pronouns#He|he pronouns]] for human convenience, but do not identify as male.
* Time Lords in ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' are able to transform their bodies in order to prevent death, giving them a new personality each time they undergo this process. See [[Gender in Doctor Who]] for more information.
*In the fantasy show ''The Good Place'', Janet is a nonhuman entity who acts as something akin to a superpowered computer-like assistant. Janet uses she/her pronouns but frequently corrects people who call her a girl. Janet's actor D'Arcy Carden and the show's creator Mike Schur have "unofficially concluded that Janet is [[agender]]."<ref name="Yip" />

=== Video games ===
====2000====
* In ''Final Fantasy IX'', Quina is a genderless character who is referred to as "he/she". This is true for his/her entire species.
====2007====
* The Asari species in ''Mass Effect'' are an alien race that all appear feminine and use she/her pronouns. However, Liara T'Soni of the Asari says that the species is "mono-gendered", and "male and female have no real meaning for us." Liara also says that she is "not precisely a woman." Despite this, the Codex describes the Asari as an all-female race. Conversation in Mass Effect 2 implies that the Asari are viewed to look like whatever species are viewing them.
====2016====
* Randy Varnell, the creative director for the first-person shooter ''Battleborn'', has "confirmed that Varimorphs (Orendi's species) are genderfluid, and can alter their gender / sex. He stated that Orendi identifies as female, 'currently, at least'."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battleborn |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=5 October 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324064854/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

=== Webseries ===

*"[http://sulmere.tumblr.com Ask Sulmere]" by Draque Thompson is an ongoing ask blog featuring aliens of a race that never evolved sexual dimorphism or the concept of gender.

==Gender nonconformity in fiction==

This section is for characters who are [[gender nonconforming]] but have a [[binary gender]] identity. That is, they identify as female, or as male, and are therefore not nonbinary. In significant ways, the characters don't conform to the expectations and norms for their gender. Fans may describe these characters as [[genderqueer]], which may be accurate. A character who is gender nonconforming and/or genderqueer isn't necessarily nonbinary, since they may still have a strictly binary gender identity, and they may also be [[cisgender]]. For example, a character who says something like, "I'm all man, and wearing a pink dress doesn't make me any less of a man" is gender nonconforming and perhaps genderqueer, but definitely not nonbinary.

===Animation===

* In the comedy series ''SheZow'', the legacy of a super-heroine has been passed down through generations of grand-aunts to grand-nieces when they inherit a magic ring that grants feminine-themed powers. For the first time, the ring is inherited by a boy, Guy Hamdon. Whenever he's being SheZow, which entails wearing a pink costume with a skirt and long hair, he has to keep up the appearance of being a girl in order to protect his secret identity. If anyone finds out who SheZow really is, his whole family will have to be relocated to the moon. Aside from his hair, SheZow's body doesn't change, and he has to remember to speak in a higher voice. Shezow often insists that his friends who are in the know need to call him by "she" pronouns whenever he appears in public as SheZow, and grumbles whenever they mess it up. When a friend hesitates and asks in private which pronoun Guy prefers, Guy shrugs and replies, "Eh, it depends on what I'm wearing." In other words, Guy's pronoun preference while being SheZow is "she," and is "he" while in his secret identity. Guy overcomes his initial discomfort and finds empowerment and confidence in femininity, even while remaining happily masculine when presenting as a boy. While this comfortable alternation between male and female presentations could be seen as a [[genderfluid]] or [[bigender]] character, the show creator has stated in an interview that, to the best of his understanding, this isn't so: "SheZow is not transgendered. He's a boy, his gender never changes, he's just trapped in a silly costume."<ref>Reiher, Andrea (1 June 2013). "'SheZow' creator talks 'transsexual' criticism, a 'coming out' episode and more". Zap2It. Retrieved 11 February 2014.</ref> As such, Shezow/Guy is a gender nonconforming cisgender boy.
** There are other gender noncomforming characters in Shezow than the title character. Shezow's evil clone, Shezap, can look like Guy or like Shezow. When they open a portal to a gender-swapped alternative universe, Shezow discovers that the version of herself there is Dudepow, a hero with masculine-themed powers who is secretly a girl.
* On the kids' show ''Cupcake and Dino General Services'', the two titular brothers often express themselves femininely.<ref name="cupcake&dino">{{Cite web |title=On My Quest for Inclusion, Cupcake and Dino Take the Cake |last=Williams |first=Star |work=Thrive Global |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929045141/https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Books and Literature===

====1972====
*''The Gods Themselves'' by Isaac Asimov - The 2nd part of this book features an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. However, the 3 fictional sexes are ''not'' used as justification for these characters having nonbinary gender identities, as the protagonists are depicted as being gender non-conforming by the standards of their own society. Most notable is Dua, the "emotional"/"mid" member of a triad, who has always struggled to fit in with the others of her sex. She's explicitly non-conforming, exhibiting traits normally associated with the "rational"/"left" sex of her species. As a result, her peers use the slur "left-em" against her, which she would eventually reclaim as her own identity, along with "queer". Would she also qualify as nonbinary (technically non-trinary) transgender? This is open to interpretation by the reader.

====2016====
* In children's book ''The Boy & The Bindi'' by Vivek Shraya, "A five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother’s bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. He wishes to have one of his own bindi, which his mother agrees to."<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi [https://web.archive.org/web/20220523014703/https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the novella ''Seven Minutes'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. The novella was expanded and republished in 2020 under the title ''Seven Minutes in Vegas''. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse.
* In the young-adult book ''Girl Mans Up'', by M.E. Girard, the protagonist Pen is a gender-nonconforming lesbian. Pen expresses herself in a masculine manner, though she doesn't use the term [[butch]]. Pen thinks the following in regards to her classmate Blake:
{{quote|I think maybe she could be my girlfriend. I don't want to be her girlfriend, though. But there's this part of me that totally knows I could be her boyfriend. I don't want her to think of me as a boy, or a boy substitute, though. I want to be a boyfriend who is a girl. I have no idea how to explain that stuff to anyone, let alone a girl I like. I just wish it was already all understood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Riordan's review of Girl Mans Up |author= |work=Goodreads |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005644/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}} Content note: "there are multiple scenes of sexual assault/intended sexual assault where a lot of manipulation and gaslighting happens".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artcentric asked: Hello, I am a teacher. Is this book appropriate for 6th grade students? Thank you. |author= |work=Goodreads |date= |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005641/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2017====
* ''Sparkle Boy'', by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Maria Mola, is a children's book about a "gender creative" three-year-old boy Casey and his older sister Jessie.<ref name="libr_Spar">{{Cite web |title=Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818051539/https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2019====
* In ''Pattern for an Angel'', by CJane Elliott, one of the protagonists, Gabe Martin, has a five-year-old named Ian who loves to wear dresses. The other protagonist, Loren Schuster, is a male [[drag queen]] who also wears skirts and dresses casually.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pattern for an Angel|date=2019 |last=Elliott|first=CJane|edition=Kindle}}</ref>

====2020====
* ''Tabitha and Magoo Dress Up Too''. A children's book in which siblings Tabitha and Magoo meet a [[drag queen]] named Morgana who helps them "learn to defy restrictive [[gender roles]]".<ref>https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does [https://web.archive.org/web/20220701164619/https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===Comics and graphic novels===
*The manga ''My Androgynous Boyfriend'', by artist/writer Tamekou, is a slice-of-life romance about Wako and her boyfriend Meguru, who is often mistaken for female due to his fashion style.<ref name="Silverman">{{Cite web |title=My Androgynous Boyfriend GN 1 |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |work=Anime News Network |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315041847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The Japanese title translates roughly to "I'm loved by a genderless boy", but Meguru is explicitly not [[trans]] and doesn't identify himself as nonbinary or [[agender]]; "genderless" refers to his fashion preferences.<ref name="JordanD">{{Cite web |title=Queer Fiction Blog: March 2021 |author=JordanD |work=Boston Public Library blogs |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=20 April 2021 |url= https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531005720/https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The manga ''Madoka no Himitsu'' (''Madoka's Secret'') is about a boy named Madoka who likes playing with dolls and wearing dresses. His family moves to a new city where he meets classmate Itsuki who is a tomboy.
*In the manga ''Otomen'', "Asuka is a guy who has likings for girly things like shoujo manga, baking, and sewing. However, his mother forbids this and wants him to grow up manly."<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 [https://web.archive.org/web/20221105193649/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manhwa ''It's Okay To Be Shy'', Hyo Jin is a feminine man, and Dam is a masculine girl.<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210723203057/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manga (and various adaptations of) ''Princess Jellyfish'' (海月姫, ''Kuragehime''), a main character Kuranosuke is a young man who enjoys [[cross-dressing]] and fashion.

===Movies===
* The 2019 short film ''Bind'' is about a Taiwanese immigrant mother and her gender-nonconforming child named Jules.<ref name="watc_BIND">{{Cite web |title=BIND |author= |work=Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2021 |date= |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205164737/https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

===Video Games===
*In the indie game ''Repurpose'', Ramon's child Ariel is gender nonconforming (as stated by one of the creators) and is addressed with they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620 |title=Eros here to bring the February 2021 progress report!|date=27 February 2021|author=Eros|quote=This is Ariel! They are Ramon's child. The image says “son” but it's a sub-plot point when going on either Ramon or Ariel's paths about how they should raise and address their gender non-conforming child. For the time being Ariel's pronouns are they/them.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228230011/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Undisclosed gender in fiction]]
*[[Gender in Doctor Who]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Transgender The ''TV Tropes'' Transgender page]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguousGender The ''TV Tropes'' Ambiguous Gender page]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Visibility]]

Nonbinary gender in fiction

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This list of [[fictional depictions of nonbinary gender]] is for taking note of all examples of [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] in fiction in any kind of media. The media includes animation, board and card games, books and other literature, comics and graphic novels, movies, performance, TV, webseries, and video games. Since most people don't know that people can have a nonbinary gender identity, the way that nonbinary genders are represented in fiction can be a valuable part of nonbinary visibility and awareness. Fiction can also be an outlet for nonbinary people to explore their identities and the possibilities of society's attitudes toward them. These are reasons why representation matters. It's very rare for fiction to have any real representation of nonbinary gender. It's almost as rare for characters to have an undisclosed gender, or to have a fictional sex, which almost but not really counts as nonbinary representation. They're close enough that they are dealt with on this page and the page [[Undisclosed gender in fiction]].

There is a difference between being born with a physical [[intersex]] condition, and having a nonbinary gender identity. Many intersex people identify as just [[female]] or [[male]], not nonbinary. Many nonbinary people are not intersex. If a character has a real-life kind of intersex condition, you should still list them on this page only if they also have a nonbinary gender identity.

If you add a piece of media to this list, please describe exactly which character is nonbinary, and how this is told in canon, or your entry will be deleted. Do not include media here that just has a popular "headcanon" (a fan's imaginary interpretation) of a nonbinary character, because this isn't representation. Please include direct quotes from canon that are evidence that the character is nonbinary.

==Nonbinary genders in fiction==

This section is for the most true-to-life representation of nonbinary gender identities. The story explicitly says that they don't identify as a woman or man, but as a different gender. The characters aren't nonbinary because of having fictional sexes. Their physical sexes and genders assigned at birth are non-intersex or a real-life intersex condition. If their physical sex or gender assigned at birth is undisclosed, their gender identity is still explicitly, specifically labeled as not female or male, but something else. They may or may not take a social or physical transition in their gender expression. They may or may not look androgynous. They may or may not go by gender-neutral pronouns.

===Animation===

* In ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. Episode 2, 2007.</ref> (Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.)
* Season four of ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' introduces the nonbinary character Double Trouble, who uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
* In the anime ''Soul Eater'', the character Crona is nonbinary. In a interview{{citation needed}} the writer said that he wanted to make a character that normalizes nonbinary/[[X-gender]], so all the other characters accept Crona's identity without question. (In the original translation they call Crona he/him; this is due to a mistranslation.)
* Shep in ''Steven Universe Future'' is a human nonbinary character (as opposed to the Gems who are nonhuman, see [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Fictional_sexes|Fictional sexes section of this page]]). Shep uses [[singular they]] and is voiced by [[Indya Moore]].
* In Nickelodeon's ''Middle School Moguls'', one of the teachers, Wren, is nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TimGunn|number=1169338993034461185|title=Schools in session! Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday, September 8th at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT for the premiere of Nickelodeon's Middle School Moguls – starring yours truly as Wren, a non-binary teacher in the Mogul Academy Fashion Branch! #Nickelodeon #middleschoolmoguls #mogulize|date=4 September 2019}}</ref>
* Yuta "Yū" Asuka (飛鳥悠, Asuka Yūta) from the Tokyo Broadcasting System anime series ''Stars Align'' had a short arc that touched on how they were [[questioning]] their gender identity. During this, they tell Maki that they want to be referred to with [[gender neutral language]] and that they think they are [[X-gender]] but don't want to be categorized.
* Astolfo from the ''Fate'' series uses ''both'' he/him and they/them pronouns, but presents in a very feminine manner. In their profile in ''Grand Order'' they list their gender as "le secret" per their request, and they use both male and female terms to describe themself, calling themself both a "cute boy", and a "maiden" in different scenes. Quotes from their bio include "Instead of making judgments based off of merits, Astolfo makes all choices based off if it feels good or not." and "Gender means nothing in the face of Astolfo's cuteness! But there's really no way Astolfo could be a girl...". Despite this many fans treat Astolfo as either a feminine man or a trans woman. Their pronouns also vary depending on the translation, with ''Grand Order''<nowiki/>'s English localization using they/them and ''Apocrypha's'' English dub using he/him.
* Le Chevalier d'Eon from the ''Fate'' series is [[genderfluid]], and accepts being seen as either a man or a woman by the player. Both he/him and she/her [[pronouns]] are used interchangeably, and their "Self Suggestion" skill allows them to alter both their body and aura between being masculine and feminine. The historical figure they are based on was also [[intersex]].
* Enkidu from the ''Fate'' series is genderless and uses they/them pronouns.
* Odee the Okapi is a nonbinary character introduced in the Hulu show ''Madagascar: A Little Wild'', which is a spinoff of the Dreamworks film franchise. Odee is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Madagascar2021">{{Cite web |title='Madagascar' Spinoff's Pride Episode Introduces Nonbinary Character |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609162116/https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Cartoon Network show ''Craig of the Creek'', minor character Merkid is nonbinary, recurring character Angel Jose is [[agender]], and minor character Pullstring is also agender.<ref name="insider-database">{{Cite web |title=We created the first-ever searchable database of 259 LGBTQ characters in cartoons that bust the myth that kids can't handle inclusion |author= |work=insider.com |date=June 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url= https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database}}</ref>
* In the Netflix show ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'', the recurring character Asher Berdacs is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* In the Netflix show ''The Dragon Prince'', minor character Kazi is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show ''Gargoyles'' was confirmed to be [[genderfluid]] and [[polysexual]] in a 2014 interview with the creative team.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Minor characters Milo and Sweet, from the ''Danger & Eggs'' animated series, are nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" /> Milo is played by the [[agender]] voice actor [[Tyler Ford]]<ref>''[https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ “Danger & Eggs” Is The Greatest Weirdest Queer-and-Trans Inclusive Kids Show Ever]'', Autostraddle, July 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324022836/https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and Sweet is voiced by nonbinary comedian [[RB Butcher]].
*In the Netflix kids' show ''Ridley Jones'', Fred the Bison is nonbinary and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Walsh-RidleyJones">{{Cite web |title=New Netflix Show For Preschoolers Features A Nonbinary Bison—And LGBTQ+ Fans Are Cheering |last=Walsh |first=Mike |work=Comic Sands |date=8 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605074906/https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the Disney show ''The Owl House'', the character Raine Whispers is shown to be nonbinary, using singular they pronouns throughout their appearances. They are voiced by [[Avi Roque]]. Raine debuts in episode 7 of season 2.<ref name="Zogbi">{{Cite web |title=The Owl House Introduces Disney's First Non-Binary Character |author=Zogbi, Emily |work=CBR |date=24 July 2021 |access-date=25 July 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403210732/https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://www.inanimateinsanity.com/ ''Inanimate Insanity''] is an animated webseries that features two nonbinary characters, [[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]] and Bot. Paintbrush starts out as the subject of a somewhat-transphobic running gag about their gender ambiguity, but is later revealed to be nonbinary and is referred to with they/them pronouns from then on. Bot similarly begins going by they/them pronouns after a journey of self-discovery. Paintbrush and Bot are both currently voiced by nonbinary actors, Jazzy Oliver and Shooshies, respectively.
*In the animated webseries [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 ''Battle For Dream Island''], the characters Winner, Price Tag, and Profily all go by they/them pronouns.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
Animation
!Which character(s) are nonbinary
!Proof of nonbinary status
!Character Role
!Title
!Showrunner(s) / Creator(s)
!Air Dates
!Publisher(s)
!Genre(s)
!Content Warning
!Notes
|-
|Leeron Littner
|Littner states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."
|Protagonist - Supporting
|''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''
|Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima
|04/01/2007 - 09/30/2007
|Aniplex, Konami
|Adventure, Mecha
|Many major characters die in the series, but not Leeron.
|Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.
|-
|Double Trouble
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Side character
|''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''
|N.D. Stevenson
|13/11/2018 - 15/05/2020
|Dreamworks Animation Television
|Adventure
|
|Double Trouble is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
|-
|Envy
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Secondary Antagonist
|''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Furumetaru Arukemisuto''
|Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Original Author: Hiromu Arakawa
|04/5/2009 – 07/4/2010
|Bones, MBS, Aniplex
|Adventure, Dark fantasy, Steampunk
|Many hard events in first episodes
|Many older translations used he/him when mentioning Envy, despite them only ever using non-gendered ways of refering to themself.
|-
|[[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]]
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
In a conversation, their friend Lightbulb says:
"Oh, it's C, isn't it? None of the above!"
| rowspan="2" |Contestant
| rowspan="2" |Inanimate Insanity
| rowspan="2" |Adam Katz
| rowspan="2" |2/2/2013
-
11/29/2024
| rowspan="2" |Adamation
| rowspan="2" |Dramady, Competition, Object show
|For all of season 1 and most of season 2, Paintbrush's gender was the subject of a gag. In a now-deleted clip, the show's host (MePhone4) refers to them as an "unknown gender freak!"
|Paintbrush is currently voiced by [https://twitter.com/LadyJazzington Jazzy Oliver], a transfemme nonbinary voice actress.
|-
|Bot
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
|
|Bot is currently voiced by [https://www.youtube.com/@shooshies Shooshies], a nonbinary voice actor.
|}

===Audio===

''Note: See the page [[Podcasts]] for nonfiction podcasts on the topic of gender outside the binary.''

* In the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', there are several characters who are referred to with [[they/them]]. In the first season, ''The Adventure Zone: Balanc''e, a minor character named Roswell (an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird) is [[agender]] and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>[https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell The Adventure Zone Wiki: Roswell] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202457/http://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the second season, ''The Adventure Zone: Amnesty'', a reoccurring secondary character named Hollis (the leader of a local gang named The Hornets) is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. <ref>[https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis The Adventure Zone Wiki: Hollis] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808233009/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the third season, ''The Adventure Zone: Graduation'', both a gnome student named Mimi and one of the recurring teachers, Festo the faerie, use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|title=Mimi|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808220528/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|title=Festo|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117033408/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the podcast series ''Welcome To Night Vale'', there are several nonbinary characters who are referred to with "they" pronouns. Recurring nonbinary characters include a scientist named Alice and the town's new Sheriff, Sam.
*In the podcast ''The Penumbra Podcast'', there are a vast number of nonbinary characters. The most prevalent of these is the namesake of the Juno Steel arc, who uses he/him pronouns but is explicitly nonbinary and refers to himself as a lady on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|title=Juno Steel|website=The Penumbra Podcast Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115023357/https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the podcast ''The Strange Case of Starship Iris'', Krejjh uses they/them pronouns, finds the concept of binary genders funny and states "[no pronouns] feel great"
*The main character known as "The Runner" in the fantasy podcast ''And 195'' is nonbinary.<ref>http://and195podcast.com/story-and-characters</ref>
* The main character Rion in ''Sidequesting'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser">{{cite web|access-date=23 November 2020 |url=https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|title=Nonbinary Rep!|last=Minear|first=Tal|work=Podchaser|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201161218/https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Inn Between'', Velune and Knowles both use [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Moonbase Theta, Out'', Ashwini Ray uses [[English neutral pronouns#Ze|ze/zir]] pronouns, Wilder uses she/they pronouns, and Alexandre Bragado-Fischer uses he/they pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Novitero'', Medic and Valzin both use they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Less Is Morgue'', Riley uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Light Hearts'', Kale uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Transmission Folklore'', Sorrel uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Null/Void'', supporting character Dodger uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Love and Luck'', supporting character CJ uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''The Van'', supporting character Audre uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Soulborn City'', supporting character Anacrea uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Zoo'', supporting character Normandy uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In the Trinyvale Campaign of ''Not Another D&D Podcast'', the world has three deities: one male, one female, one nonbinary.
* In ''Loveville High'', a musical podcast, the character Jendrix is [[genderqueer]] and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].

====2018====
* In the urban fantasy podcast ''Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services'', supporting character Desiree Onasis is nonbinary, uses they/them pronouns, and is played by nonbinary performer [[Zayn Thiam]].<ref name="Zutter">{{Cite web |title=8 Sweet, Funny, and Thrilling Queer Fiction Podcasts |last=Zutter |first=Natalie |work=Tor.com |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326003115/https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Desiree first appears in episode eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|title=Please join me in welcoming Zayn Thiam, the upcoming voice for Desiree Onasis.|date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001525/https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=30 September 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2019====
* The main character Alex in ''Evergreen Sky'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-11-23 |archive-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====2020====
* Several major characters in the podcast ''The Nonbinary Carrie Bradshaw'' are nonbinary.

===Board and card games===

* Magic the Gathering features multiple nonbinary characters.
**Ashiok is a character of unknown gender, who explicitly resists categorisation.<ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der [https://web.archive.org/web/20221205214329/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005059/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005104/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Though some depictions of the character erroneously use “he” as a pronoun, Ashiok has no confirmed pronouns. It is commonly believed Ashiok uses no pronouns; but the official style guide rules out they/them pronouns on the basis not being "'proper' English", rather than as any reflection on the character.<ref>[https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Ashiok's Style Guide Entry—The Official Magic the Gathering Tumblr] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230422184007/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This guide has not been updated to reflect Magic's adoption of they/them pronouns for both players and characters, leaving Ashiok's relationship with they/them pronouns ambiguous.
**Karn is an [[agender]]<ref name=":0">https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like [https://web.archive.org/web/20210430190205/https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> golem from the plane of Dominaria created by the planeswalker Urza as part of his experiments with time travel. Narration and other characters use he/him pronouns for Karn, though he has no pronoun preference.<ref name=":0" /> Although as a golem he has no sex, he was assigned male at creation.
**Hallar the Firefletcher is an nonbinary elf from the Llanowar forest on the plane of Dominaria. They use an unknown elvish pronoun set which is described as "genderless" and reflecting their "ambiguous identity". The narration refers to them with they/them pronouns.<ref>https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets [https://web.archive.org/web/20220901221059/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**Niko Aris, a planeswalker introduced in the ''Kaldheim'' set, is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Some of ''Kaldheim'''s game designers are real nonbinary people.<ref name="Kaldheim">{{Cite web |title=Meet Niko Aris, New Non-Binary Planeswalker From Magic: The Gathering Kaldheim |author= Weekes, Princess|work=The Mary Sue |date=16 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032857/https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="TurnerNiko">{{Cite web |title=Creating Niko Aris |last=Turner |first=Gerritt |work=Magic: The Gathering |date=14 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326022117/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** Alharu, Solemn Ritualist is a human monk from an unknown plane printed in ''Commander Legends''. Their character blurb uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/legendary-characters-commander-legends-part-2-2020-11-06</ref>

===Books and other literature ===

====1993====
*''Stone Butch Blues'' by [[Leslie Feinberg]], a semi-autobiographical novel about a [[butch]] named Jess Goldberg, and the trials and tribulations she faces growing up in the United States before the Stonewall riots. Feinberg defines butch as a gender identity neither female nor male.

====1995====
*Greg Egan's novel ''Distress'' (1995) includes transgender humans who transition to a specific gender outside the binary that they call "asex", called by [[Pronouns#Ve|ve pronouns]].<ref>John McIntosh, "ve, vis, ver." [http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230520043531/http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====1996====
* ''Genderflex: Sexy Stories on the Edge and In Between'', edited by Cecelia Tan, is an anthology dedicated to breaking down the gender binary.<ref name="torf_Bend">{{Cite web |title=Bending Genre, Bending Gender |author= |work=Tor/Forge Blog |date=1 May 2012 |access-date=8 August 2021 |url= https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329235710/https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====1998====
*''Halfway Human'' by Carolyn Ives Gilman is from the perspective of Tedla, an adult nonbinary character in a high science fiction setting. It is worth noting that this portrayal deals with the genderless (called "blands") as a sub-class of people.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human [https://web.archive.org/web/20210109165914/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2004====
*''River of Gods'', a sci-fi novel by Ian McDonald, is set in India in the year 2047. The novel includes subplots about [[Hijra]]. The pronoun "yt" is used for genderless characters.

====2005====
* In ''The Way of Thorn and Thunder'' fantasy series (also called ''The Kynship Chronicles''), by [[Two-Spirit]] author Daniel Heath Justice, there is a race called the Kyn, who recognize three genders: he-Kyn, she-Kyn and zhe-Kyn. These are specifically [[gender]]s, not [[sex]]es, according to reviewer [[Bogi Takács]].<ref name="kynship">{{Cite web |title=QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: The Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice (Part 1) |authorlink=Bogi Takács |last=Takács |first=Bogi |work=Tor.com |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001182336/https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Fool for Love'' (first written 2005, revised edition 2010), by Lisa Lees, is "A young adult coming of age / [[coming out]] romance with [[intersex]] and genderqueer main characters and a happy ending." ''A Triangular Attraction'' is the 2012 sequel, a "mystery novel with intersex, trans and genderqueer characters." Both can now be read free online in HTML or EPUB format on [https://lisalees.com/ll/books/index.html the author's website].

====2008====
* ''Down to the Bone'', a young-adult book by Mayra Dole, contains a character named Tazer who self-describes as [[genderqueer]] and a [[boi]]. [[He/him]] pronouns are used for Tazer. Another character describes him as "Tazer is a boy ''and'' a girl". Note: The main plot involves the protagonist being kicked out of her home because of her sexuality, and there are some LGBT-phobic opinions expressed by characters, as well as use of words that could be triggering to readers, such as "homo", "lesbo", and "[[dyke]]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Down to the Bone|year=2008|last= Dole|first= Mayra L.}}</ref>

====2009====
* Rose and Timothy in the ''Wolf House'' series by Mary Borsellino are nonbinary, as confirmed by the author, although different identity terminology is used in the text.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Borsellino |first=Mary |user=sharpest_rose |number=1252789205551288320|date=21 April 2020|title=Rose and Timothy in Wolf House are both nonbinary, though the term wasn't in as wide use in 2008 so they use other language to describe it.}}</ref>
*The short story collection ''Cyberabad Days'', by Ian McDonald, a follow-up to his 2004 novel ''River of Gods'', contains [[Hijra]] characters.

====2010====
* The protagonist of ''Annabel'', written by Kathleen Winter, is [[intersex]] and raised as male, including genital surgery and being put on masculinizing medical treatments. They are given the name "Wayne" but sometimes go by "Annabel", and they identify "at least in part" with femininity/girlhood.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annabel |last=Winter |first=Kathleen |year=2010 |publisher=House of Anansi Press |quote=...he wondered what would happen if he could tell her they were both girls, at least in part.}}</ref> The protagonist's father takes great strides to encourage his child to be more masculine, whereas multiple women encourage the child's feminine side. Wayne/Annabel has been interpreted as nonbinary by some readers, with one reviewer saying the character is "both male/female in both body and soul".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |date=28 December 2012 |title=Laurie's Reviews > Annabel |access-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001523/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Content note: Coercively assigned gender, infant genital surgery, sexual assault, ectopic pregnancy, some inaccurate/unrealistic depiction of intersex experiences.
* In ''Surface Detail'', by Iain M. Banks, the character Yime Nsokyi is "[[neuter]]-gendered" and has an [[intersex]] body by choice.

====2011====
*''Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica'' edited by Tristan Taormino

====2012====
*''Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction'' edited by Brit Mandelo
*In [[Sassafras Lowrey]]'s ''Roving Pack'', the protagonist, named Click, is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[ze/hir]] pronouns.
*''First Spring Grass Fire'', by [[Rae Spoon]], tells the story of a nonbinary kid growing up in the 80s and 90s in Calgary, Canada.<ref name="Casey" />
* ''Stranger Skies'', by Katje Van Loon, has a planet whose society recognizes five genders: woman, man, [[agender]], [[trigender]], and [[genderqueer]].
* In ''Every Day'', a novel by David Levithan, the protagonist named A wakes up every day in a different person's body. Each person whose body A inhabits has a clear-cut gender identity, but A themself says, "I didn’t think of myself as a boy or a girl—I never have."<ref>{{cite web |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040504if_/https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|archive-date=31 January 2019|url =https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|title=Trans Characters in Fiction|date=27 June 2018|last=Miceli|first=Cami}}</ref> The novel was adapted into a 2018 film.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230218224328/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2013====
*In a short sci-fi story by Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade]" (2013), one of the characters is described as a "[[neutrois]]," and called by "they" pronouns.<ref>Alex Dally MacFarlane, "Post-Binary Gender in SF: ExcitoTech and Non-Binary Pronouns." June 3, 2014. ''Tor.'' http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20230521042751/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade." ''Clarkesworld Magazine.'' 2013. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519102505/http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Crooked Words: A Collection of Queer, Transgender and Womanist Writings'' by K. A. Cook has several short stories about characters who are explicitly said to be nonbinary. The character Chris cultivates an androgynous appearance, and asks to be called by [[Pronouns#they|"they" pronouns]]. Chris is in the short stories "Blue Paint, Chocolate and Other Similes" and "Everything In A Name."<ref>K. A. Cook, ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "The Differently Animated and Queer Society," the queer-identified characters Pat and Moon go by "[[Pronouns#Ze|ze, hir]]" and "[[Pronouns#Ou|ou]]" pronouns, respectively.<ref>K. A. Cook, "The Differently Animated and Queer Society." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "Misstery Man," the self-described nonbinary character Darcy asks to be called by "[[Pronouns#Ey|ey and eir]]" pronouns.<ref>K. A. Cook, "Misstery Man." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref>
*At the end of ''Freakboy'', the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as [[genderfluid]]. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.
* The Micah Grey trilogy (''Pantomime'' 2013, ''Shadowplay'' 2014, and ''Masquerade'' 2017), by Laura Lam, stars Micah, an intersex nonbinary teen who runs away from home to join the circus.

====2014====
* In ''Just Girls'' by Rachel Gold, the side character Nico is nonbinary and uses various [[neopronouns|nonstandard pronouns]] such as [[English_neutral_pronouns#Per|per]] and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Yo|yo]]. Note: the main story centers on a [[cis]] woman who pretends she is trans in order to protect another woman who actually is trans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Just Girls: Danika at The Lesbrary's review|date=15 September 2014|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=9 October 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*Min Lee in the ''Under My Skin'' series by A. E. Dooland (''Under My Skin'' 2014, ''Flesh & Blood'' 2015, and ''Solve for i'' 2017) is nonbinary and accepts [[he/him]] or [[she/her]] pronouns, depending on the situation. Furthermore, the author has said that "She doesn't really like [[they/them]] (because she feels in many cases it draws too much attention to her gender), but in an event where someone used those pronouns, she'd prefer you just went along with it, too. [...] Min ''does'' typically prefer male-gendered words, such as 'boyfriend' and 'husband' etc."<ref>{{cite web|title=Anonymous asked: What pronouns does Min prefer?|date=July 19, 2019|url=https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906201935/https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2015====
*In Sam Farren's novel ''Dragonoak: The Complete History of Kastelir'' (2015) and its sequel ''Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath the Sun'' (2015), several nonbinary characters play important roles. All of them use "they" pronouns and are only described in gender-neutral terms. Their gender is not their defining feature - the novel's fictional society treats nonbinary genders as just as normal as binary ones. The author is a nonbinary lesbian.<ref>https://athetos.tumblr.com/post/181997780240/hey-uhhh-go-read-literally-anything-by-sam-farren</ref>
*In ''No More Heroes'', by Michelle Kan, the character Fang is genderfluid and aroace.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|title=Customer Reviews for No More Heroes|website=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002016/https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=13 December 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*The main character in ''Damsel Knight'', by Sam Austin, spends much of the book [[gender questioning]], and ends questioning but also settled into an identity somewhere between male and female. She eventually chooses she/her pronouns and a masculine name.
*''Lizard Radio'' by [[Pat Schmatz]] has a nonbinary protagonist named Kivali "Lizard" Kerwin.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="kirk_LIZA">{{Cite web |title=LIZARD RADIO |author= |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=18 May 2015 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818160240/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''A Boy Called Cin'', by Cecil Wilde, is a romance novel told from the point of view of Tom, a mostly-closeted genderqueer billionaire who falls for a trans man.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609104330/https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/| url=https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/|archive-date=9 June 2019|last=Alexander|first=Corey| authorlink=Corey Alexander|title=A Baker's Dozen of Stories Centering Non-Binary Characters}}</ref>
* In ''Defying Convention'', also by Cecil Wilde, one of the main characters, AJ, is a [[femme]] genderqueer person who uses singular "they" pronouns.<ref name="Evans2017">{{Cite web |title=My gender didn't exist in fiction when I was growing up – so I wrote myself into existence |author=Evans, Alison |authorlink=Alison Evans |work=the Guardian |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531105641/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love Spell'', by Mia Kerick, the protagonist Chance is out as [[gay]] but feels uncertain about their gender identity, "being stuck in the gray area between girl and boy".<ref name="good_Love">{{Cite web |title=Love Spell |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=9 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150828/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In Kameron Hurley's fantasy novel, ''Empire Ascendant,'' all people in a consent culture get to choose which of the five gender roles they identify with. Hurley calls characters who are "ungendered" by singular they pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GUEST POST: Beyond He-Man & She-Ra: Writing Non-Binary Characters by Kameron Hurley |author=Hurley Kameron |work=Intellectus Speculativus |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326002527/https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Long Macchiatos and Monsters'', by [[Alison Evans]], is a romance between a trans guy and a genderqueer person.<ref name="Casey" />
* In ''What We Left Behind'' by Robin Talley, Toni is a genderqueer student at Harvard in a long-distance relationship.<ref name="Acree">{{Cite web |title=Robin Talley: Young love in a nonbinary world |author=Acree, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 November 2015 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206172314/https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2016====
* ''Symptoms of Being Human'' stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted [[genderfluid]] teenager. The book text never uses a gendered pronoun for Riley and never discloses Riley's [[gender assigned at birth]].<ref name="Stewart">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms of Being Human - Book Review |last=Stewart |first=Darienne |work=commonsensemedia.org |date= |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603023611/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, murder, and suicidal thoughts/attempts.<ref name="supe_Symp">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms Of Being Human Summary |author= |work=SuperSummary |date= |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425035630/https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the sci-fi thriller novel ''Zero-G: Book 1'' (by William Shatner and Jeff Rovin), Adsila Waters is described multiple times as "[[pan-gender]]" (used as both an adjective and a noun in the book). "He" and "she" pronouns are variously used for Adsila. Adsila is also able to shapeshift her [[sex|sex characteristics]] to accompany gender switches.
* In the Star Wars novel ''Aftermath: Life Debt'', Eleodie Maracavanya is a human pirate who "is of an undisclosed gender separate from male or female". Eleodie mainly uses zhe/zher pronouns, occasionally using he/him or she/her.<ref name="Yip">{{Cite web |title=7 Genderqueer Characters to Celebrate Pride Month |last=Yip |first=By Annaliese |work=CBR |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=14 September 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421233942/https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Documenting Light'', by EE Ottoman, is a romance between the characters Grayson and Wyatt; Wyatt is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31922116-documenting-light</ref>
* In ''The Lauras'', by Sara Taylor, teenaged Alex says they have never felt like a boy nor a girl. Content note: there is a graphic scene in which a man sexually assaults Alex.<ref name="good_Darq">{{Cite web |title=Darque Dreamer's review of The Lauras |author= |work=goodreads.com |date=6 September 2017 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002610/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* In the young adult fantasy book ''Ida'', by genderqueer author [[Alison Evans]], the main character's partner, Daisy, is genderqueer.<ref name="Evans2017" />
* ''Light Up The Dark'', by Suki Fleet, has a minor character named Loz who uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Another character says about Loz: "They don't want to identify as a boy or a girl."
*Alex Fierro is a [[genderfluid]] character from the book series ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', by Rick Riordan. Alex switches between she/her and he/him pronouns, although expressing that she normally uses she/her pronouns. Alex first appears in the 2016 book ''The Hammer of Thor,'' and is the love interest of the main character of the series, Magnus Chase. During ''The Hammer of Thor'', Alex states "I'm gender fluid and transgender" (Riordan 54).

====2017====
* In ''An Unsuitable Heir'', by K.J. Charles, the character Pen Starling says "I'm not a woman, but that doesn't make me a man either." He/him pronouns are used for Pen, although Pen states that these pronouns don't feel ideal. Note: much of the plot involves an "imminent threat to force Pen to [...] conform to a binary gender."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530091653/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', by [[Rivers Solomon]]. The author has said "Aster is an [[intersex]] [[butch]] [[lesbian]], but maybe [[agender]]. Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035918/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=25 June 2019|title=An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon|last=Falck|first=Alex}}</ref>
* A minor character in ''A Tyranny of Queens'' by [[Foz Meadows]] is nonbinary.
* In ''The Black Tides of Heaven'' by nonbinary author [[Neon Yang]], gender is not assigned at birth and children get to choose at a gender confirmation later in life. One of the characters, Akeha feels at home with the childhood nonbinary designation.<ref name="Casey">{{Cite web |title=8 Fiction Books with Non-Binary Characters |author=Casey |work=Autostraddle |date=27 November 2018 |access-date=25 May 2020 |url= https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150808/https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Luna: Wolf Moon'' (2017) and its sequel ''Luna: Moon Rising'' (2019), by Ian McDonald, have a nonbinary character named Vidhya Rao.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Wolf_Moon and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Moon_Rising</ref>
* ''River of Teeth'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Twitter's Favourite Trans Books |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164049/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Raven Stratagem'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Tiger's Watch'' by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[they/them]] pronouns. The author notes that "Being [[Misgendering|misgendered]] and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|title=Shade asked: This sounds like an awesome story! I'm confused by the use of 'their' instead of 'her' or 'him' though.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009132437/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* Sal in ''Mask of Shadows'' (2017) and ''Ruin of Stars'' (2018), by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.
*In the fantasy books ''Divided Worlds'' (2017) and ''The Ascension of Lark'' (2019), by Jennifer Ridge, the character Lark is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. There is an author's note at the end of ''Divided Worlds'' which specifically describes Lark as "non-binary and androgynous". Content note: In ''The Ascension of Lark'' there is some misgendering, homelessness, and physical abuse in the flashbacks to Lark's younger days. Their [[deadname]] is redacted in the text.
* In ''At the Edge of the Universe'', Ozzie's best friend Lua is genderfluid and is referred to with different pronouns throughout the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|title=jami's Reviews > At the Edge of the Universe|date=2 February 2017|website=Goodreads|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003039/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|archive-date=21 July 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2018====
* ''No Man of Woman Born'', by Ana Mardoll, is a collection of fantasy short stories with a range of non-cis protagonists, including trans women, trans men, genderfluid protagonists, bigender protagonists, and agender protagonists.<ref name="IllustratedPage">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIAP Protagonists in Fantasy and Science Fiction |author= |work=The Illustrated Page |date= |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.theillustratedpage.net/diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309195940/http://theillustratedpage.net//diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Jilted'' by Lilah Suzanne, Link is "a genderqueer artist who lives life by their own rules".<ref name="stor_Jilt">{{Cite web |title=Jilted (print edition) |author= |work=Interlude Press |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712190822/https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Only See You'', by J.D. Chambers, Mal Copol is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you [https://web.archive.org/web/20210117155015/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Blanca & Roja, by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], the character Page is [[genderqueer]].<ref name="Paxson">{{Cite web |title=Light And Dark, Characters Shine In 'Blanca & Roja' |last=Paxson |first=Caitlyn |work=NPR.org |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003032528/https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Kink Aware'', by Morticia Knight, is a BDSM romance book starring a [[genderqueer]] character named Cruella. Cruella uses singular they, and the other protagonist, a man named Ray, says that Cruella is "the first person I've wanted who doesn't identify as male or female." Content note: references to past physical abuse.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kink Aware |last=Knight |first=Morticia |year=2018 |publisher=Pride Publishing}}</ref>
* ''Our Bloody Pearl'', by D.N. Bryn, features a nonbinary siren named Perle who falls in love with a pirate.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl [https://web.archive.org/web/20230710080246/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Unmasked by the Marquess'' (by Cat Sebastian), one of the main characters ends up identifying as nonbinary.<ref name="Unmasked">{{Cite web |title=Behind the Book - Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian |author=Sebastian, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601220612/https://www.bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the novel ''Star Wars: Last Shot'', Taka Jamoreesa is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. This was confirmed by the author on Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=djolder|number=1305540927008788483|title=This is still happening in translations and it's such a disappointment (See the translation and tweet below in the thread). Taka Jamoreesa is nb. Their pronouns are they/them. That's it. Find a way, translators, editors, publishers. Any other gendering is incorrect, it's erasure.|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*'' Starless'' by Jacqueline Carey includes a major character who discovers their own identity and unique relationship with gender while travelling all over their world in an effort to prevent an ancient consuming darkness. They encounter a number of different cultural expressions of gender and expected gender roles and eventually find their own place among them.
* Eli/Ellie, the protagonist of ''Genderfluid: A Cinderella Story'' (by Bridget Quinones) is, as the title says, [[genderfluid]]. Note: story contains transphobic violence and the T-slur.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45880850-genderfluid</ref>
*In ''The Brilliant Death'' by Amy Rose Capetta, one of the main characters, Cielo, is nonbinary. (Another main character, who is cis, has to [[crossdress]] for a disguise.)<ref name="Casey" />
* The protagonist of ''Baker Thief'', by Claudie Arseneault, is [[bigender]] and [[aromantic]].<ref name="Simkiss">{{Cite web |title=Author Interview: Xan West |author=Simkiss, Ceillie |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232147/https://www.letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night'', by Katherine Fabian & Iona Datt Sharma, has a genderqueer protagonist and genderqueer side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In the novel ''Anger is a Gift'', by [[Mark Oshiro]], the main character has a nonbinary friend.<ref name="AngerGift">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Mark Oshiro, Author of ANGER IS A GIFT |last=Sridhar |first=Priya |work=BOOK RIOT |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326190642/https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Quiver'', by Julia Watts, main character Zo is genderfluid.
* In the cyberpunk adventure ''Lucky 7'', by Rae D Magdon, Rami is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucky 7 by Rae D Magdon: Book Review |last=Aten |first=K. |work=The Lesbian Review |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=16 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110075330/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
*Ben De Backer in ''I Wish You All The Best'' is nonbinary. (Their sister is accepting but the rest of the family isn't.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Nonbinary Teen Makes Their Way In The World In 'I Wish You All The Best' |last=Kontis |first=Alethea |work=NPR.org |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414103433/https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author, [[Mason Deaver]], is also nonbinary.
* ''Weak Heart'', by Ban Gilmartin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="ReadsRainbow2021">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Standalone Fantasy |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117073710/https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''All That Entails'', by E.M. Hamill: "A [[gender-fluid]] prince finds an unexpected ally in an arranged marriage with a [[transgender man]]."<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221201034013/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The genderfluid Prince Dorian is described as having a "fluid nature", "suspended between male and female, one rising, the other ebbing without pattern or reason."
* ''Blood Borne'', by Archer Kay Leah, stars a nonbinary character, Adren, who uses ce/cir pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808115152/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''What Blooms Beneath'', by A.D. Ellis, is a fantasy/scifi romance between Kellan, a pansexual man, and Rhône, a nonbinary [[intersex]] person.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034445/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Melchior is a small side character in ''Shatter the Sky'' by Rebecca Kim Wells. Melchior is only addressed using they/them pronouns and genderless language such as "person," although it is never explicitly stated that they are nonbinary.
* In the book ''Zenobia July'' by Lisa Bunker, a supporting character named Arli is genderqueer and uses vo/ven/veir pronouns. The main character Zenobia is a trans girl.
* ''Of Kindred and Stardust'', by Archer Kay Leah, is a sci-fi polyamorous romance. One of the main characters, Mack Ainsley Tsallis, is nonbinary and uses [[xe/xir]] pronouns. Content note: Mentions of transphobia in the character's past, and a reference to xir [[deadname]].
* ''Best Game Ever: A Virtuella Novel'', by R R Angell, is a sci-fi young adult story centering on "a group of gay, nonbinary, and straight college nerds".<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Best-Game-Ever-Virtuella-Novel/dp/1949532097/</ref>
* The young-adult book ''In the Silences'' has many characters who self-define as nonbinary, including the protagonist.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Silences|year=2019|last=Roberts|first=Ann|publisher=Bella Books|ISBN=9781642471267}}</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Gypsy's Rogue'', by Layla Dorine, main character Gypsy is genderfluid and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="qri-gypsy">{{Cite web |title=Gypsy's Rogue |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=23 February 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020232927/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Quick Fire'', by Alex Silver, is an "urban fantasy romance featuring a trans man and an [[asexual]] non-binary person".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201202122144/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Starfall Ranch'', by California Dawes, is a lesbian romance with a nonbinary side character named Wallis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|author=Jay Pi|title=Strudel, Love, and Farm Bots - oh, my!|date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003542/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
* ''Rom & Yuli'', by Amara Lynn, is a post-apocalyptic urban fantasy romance between a man and a nonbinary person.<ref name="lets_LowH">{{Cite web |title=Low Heat Romance Recommendations |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |at=page 3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019095120/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In Karolina Fedyk's Polish-language novel ''Skrzydła'' (''Wings''), there is a nonbinary character Eliri who is referred to with [[Gender neutral language in Polish|oni/ich pronouns]].<ref name="telesep">{{Cite web |title=[PL] Czerwcowe czytanie pełne dumy |author= |work=Teleseparatist |date=6 June 2019 |access-date=29 November 2020 |url= https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305211308/https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zaimki.pl/korpus#oni-ich |title=Niebinarna polszczyzna w tekstach kultury |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226062919/https://zaimki.pl/korpus |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams'', by Ceilidh Michelle, is a coming-of-age novel starring a [[nonbinary woman]].<ref name="BZM">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams |work=All Lit Up |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805144612/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nap-Away Motel'', by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard, has a supporting character named Ori who is nonbinary.<ref name="NapAwayMotel">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: The Nap-Away Motel |work=All Lit Up |date=16 August 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324131224/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the mystery-fantasy book ''Out of Salem'' by Hal Schrieve, the protagonist Z Chilworth is nonbinary and recently became a zombie. Content note: the story contains body horror, family abuse, suicidal ideation, police violence toward children and marginalized groups, fatphobic and homophobic bullying, and discussion of medical abuse.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem [https://web.archive.org/web/20230331141504/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''The Melting Queen'', by Bruce Cinnamon, has a genderfluid protagonist named River Runson.
* ''Sexarchate: Hot Equations'', by Lia Meyers, is a sexually explicit sci-fi with a nonbinary character. From the same publisher (Less Than Three Press), ''A Party for Lola'' by Caitlin Ricci and ''Beginnings'' by Alexa Black also contain nonbinary characters.<ref name="LT3tumblr">{{cite web|url=https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|title=Less Than Three Press: Search results containing "non-binary"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026214542/https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|archive-date=26 October 2020|access-date=26 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Note: these books may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Why We Fight'', by T.J. Klune, has a bigender protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Lelia in ''The Lost Coast'', by Amy Rose Capetta, is a nonbinary gray-asexual, and described as such in the text.
*In the children's book (ages 8-12) ''The Moon Within'', by Aida Salazar, Marco is genderfluid. Content note: Part of the plot involves main character Celi getting her first period.
* ''The Vela'', a multi-author serially-published space opera, has a nonbinary character named Niko who uses [[they/them]] pronouns. There are other nonbinary characters as well. Yoon Ha Lee, one of the authors, revealed that in the original drafts "Niko was originally a [[cisgender]]ed male character named Oskar".<ref name="Hadi_thevela">{{Cite web |title=Unveiling ‘The Vela’: An interview with Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang and Yoon Ha Lee (Part 1) |last=Hadi |first=Shana E. |work=The Stanford Daily |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604002617/https://stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Jack Long and the Demon Deal'', by L. J. Hamlin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="jacklong">{{Cite web |title=Cover Reveal: Jack Long and the Demon Deal by L. J. Hamlin |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019084412/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Girl, Woman, Other'', by Bernardine Evaristo, revolves around twelve characters, one of which is a nonbinary person named Morgan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo review – joy as well as struggle |last=Frazer-Carroll |first=Micha |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519191248/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nonbinary Bunny'', by [[Maia Kobabe]], is a children's book that is "a loving re-make of the classic children's story The Runaway Bunny (1942) by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Herd. In this version, the little bunny comes out as nonbinary to eir mother and uses a variety of metaphors to explain what that means."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nonbinary Bunny |author=Kobabe, Maia |authorlink=Maia Kobabe |work=Etsy |date= |access-date=5 November 2021 |url= https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203134431/https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> ''The Nonbinary Bunny'' can be read for free at [https://redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/7121743 this page on the publisher's website].
* ''Ho’onani: Hula Warrior'' is a picture book based on the true story of a Native Hawaiian [[māhū]] child.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In New Picture Book, a Hawaiian Child Finds a Place Between Boy and Girl |author= |work=Mombian |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413200256/https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2020====
* ''The First Sister'', by [[Linden A. Lewis]], has multiple protagonists; one of them (Hiro val Akira) is nonbinary and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis |number=1300381570197598218|date=31 August 2020|title=The First Sister is bisexual; I am bisexual. Hiro is nonbinary; I am nonbinary. However, Hiro is Japanese, which I am not. Lito is panromantic asexual, which I am not. In these cases, I hired sensitivity readers for feedback.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis|number=1290286655304171522|title=Tomorrow THE FIRST SISTER releases! Meet Hiro, our final POV char. Hiro val Akira is:[Sparkles] Nonbinary genderqueer (they/them) [Sparkles] A spy-like Dagger [Sparkles] Lito’s former partner [Sparkles] A traitor to the Icarii?!|date= 3 August 2020}}</ref> At one point in the book, someone asks "Hey, Hiro, are you a boy or a girl?" and Hiro answers "I am what I am. Neither. Both. Who cares?"<ref name="Beeson">{{Cite web |title=My Favorite Bit: Linden Lewis talks about THE FIRST SISTER |last=Beeson |first=Donovan |work=Mary Robinette Kowal |date= |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810175808/https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''My Maddy'', by Gayle E. Pitman, is a children's book about a [[Family|nonbinary parent]].<ref name="good_MyMa">{{Cite web |title=My Maddy |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326170123/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''A More Graceful Shaboom'' is a 2020 children's book written by Jacinta Bunnell and illustrated by Crystal Vielula. The protagonist, Harmon Jitney, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web |title=LGBTQAI+ Non-Binary Childrens Book by Jacinta Bunnell- A More Graceful Shaboom- Kid's Picture Book |url=https://www.etsy.com/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-childrens-book-by |last=Bunnell |first=Jacinta |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004052/https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-pride-childrens-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Whirlwind'', by Reese Morrison, is a collection of interconnected short romance/sex stories. Dakota is [[intersex]] and nonbinary, describing their gender identity as "a combination of the best of both genders and something else beside." Carla is [[genderqueer]] and [[Masculine of center|masculine-of-center]] and uses [[he/him]] pronouns. Charlie is a [[gender questioning]] [[butch]] who uses [[she/her]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Whirlwind |last=Morrison |first=Reese|year=2020|edition=Kindle}}</ref>
* ''Under Shifting Stars'', by Alexandra Latos, has a genderfluid protagonist and a nonbinary love interest.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars [https://web.archive.org/web/20210528155842/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass'', by [[Adan Jerreat-Poole]], the character Tav is nonbinary.<ref name="Deo">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole |last=Deo |first=Annie |work=The Nerd Daily |date=7 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417060830/https://thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author is also nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet| user=AdanJerreat|number=973313816548315138|date= 12 March 2018|title=Non-binary thoughts: coming out as nb feels like giving myself permission to stop judging myself by gendered standards, and to play with performing boyishness or androgyny as well as femme #genderplay #nonbinary}}</ref>
* In the fantasy-mystery novel ''The Last Smile in Sunder City'', by Luke Arnold, one of the side characters is "an ageless nonbinary demon historian".<ref name="SunderCity">{{Cite web |title=Book Review - The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold |last=Cohen-Perez |first=Stephanie |work=BookPage.com |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330233454/https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Bloodlaced'', by Courtney Maguire, is a paranormal romance including the character Asagi who is "Both a man and a woman".<ref name="Bloodlaced">{{Cite web |title=Bloodlaced |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027202424/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Skythane'', a sci-fi book by J. Scott Coatsworth, includes some nonbinary characters, both human and alien.<ref>{{Cite web |title=O.E. Tearmann recommends Skythane |author=Tearmann, O.E. |work=bookbub.com |date= |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |quote=The LGBT issues are nicely worked into the arc of the story, causing no ripples in the flow. In fact, they're so well worked in that I had to go back and note the easy acceptance of tweeners (nonbinary folks) and triads, bookmarking those points for future mention. Now that's clever. By the time we get to non-human and non-binary aliens who use three gender pronouns, I didn’t even blink. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323111507/https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Flowers of Time'', by A. L. Lester, is a romance between Edie and Jones; Jones is nonbinary and "probably [[Demisexual|demi/gray asexual]]", per the author.<ref name="FlowersOfTime">{{Cite web |title=The Flowers of Time |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |quote=I started out with Jones, who I knew was non-binary and Edie, who's sexuality can best be described as 'pragmatic'. And as their journey over the mountains progressed it became clear that Jones was probably demi/gray asexual, as well. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325142523/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Felix Ever After'' stars a [[demiboy]] and was written by [[Kacen Callender]] who is a demiboy as well.
* ''Finding Me'', by Stella Rainbow, is a romance between a [[genderfluid]] [[nonbinary]] person named Charlie and a [[gender-nonconforming]] man named Brady.<ref>{{cite book |title=Finding Me|last=Rainbow|first=Stella|year=2020}}</ref>
* In ''Recipe for Two'', by Tia Fielding and Lisa Henry, Wyatt Abbot is "struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's [[genderfluid]]."<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090135/https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*The novel ''Somebody Told Me'' (by [[bigender]] author [[Mia Siegert]]) has a bigender protagonist who goes by Alexis and/or Aleks.<ref name="Lerner">{{Cite web |title=A Book Trailer, Podcast, and Mia Siegert's Playlist for Somebody Told Me |author= |publisher=Lerner Publishing Group |work=The Lerner Blog |date=May 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url= https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074348/https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Life Minus Me'', by Sara Codair, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2">{{Cite web |title=Book Releases: 2020 Books With Non-Cis Protagonists |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=16 January 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110064052/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spellhacker'', by M. K. England, has a nonbinary love interest character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''To the Flame'', by A. E. Ross, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Queens of Noise'', by Leigh Harlen, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Bloodsister'', by Alia Hess, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''The Strangeworlds Travel Agency'', by L.D. Lapinski, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Belle Révolte'', by Linsey Miller, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="bellerev">{{Cite web |title=Review: Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028114200/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Ana on the Edge'', by [[A. J. Sass]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Into the Real'', by [[Z Brewer]], has a genderqueer protagonist named Quinn.<ref name="Adler-Reads">{{Cite web |title=Happy International Nonbinary People's Day! |last=Adler |first=Dahlia |work=LGBTQ Reads |date=14 July 2021 |access-date=14 July 2021 |url= https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309010955/https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Night Shine'', by Tessa Gratton, the character Kirin Dark-Smile is nonbinary.<ref name="NightShine">{{Cite web |title=A Mismatched Adventure: Night Shine by Tessa Gratton |last=Bourke |first=Liz |work=Tor.com |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316082855/https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Jules, one of the main characters in ''Finna'' by [[Nino Cipri]], is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]].
* Alani Baum, the protagonist of [[John Elizabeth Stintzi]]'s ''Vanishing Monuments'', is nonbinary. Stintzi realized they themself were nonbinary during the writing of this novel.<ref name="VanishingMonuments">{{Cite web |title=Debut author John Elizabeth Stintzi talks poetry, gender identity, and their love of the unconventional |last=Porter |first=Ryan |work=Quill and Quire |date=April 2020 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131170610/https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Four Profound Weaves'', by [[R.B. Lemberg]], has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Empress of Salt and Fortune'' and ''When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain'' by Nghi Vo, the character Chih is nonbinary.<ref name="Ladd">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo |last=Ladd |first=Christina |work=The Nerd Daily |date=29 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105205158/https://thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Loveless'', by Alice Oseman, has a nonbinary side character.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=PineappleRobin|number=1401566434170376193 |title=Loveless by Alice Oseman One of my all time favorite books, I love the characters, I love the enemy to love romance between two side characters but the book is mostly about friendships. rep: Aroace MC, lesbian best friend, pansexual roommate, non binary side character|date= 6 June 2021}}</ref>
* ''Love Yourself: A Genderfluid Romance'', by N. R. Blythe, is a sexually explicit romance featuring a genderfluid person who goes by Cora when in girl mode and Corey when in boy mode.
* ''Shameful Scars'', by A. L. Williams, is a paranormal romance starring Gabriel, a nonbinary angel.<ref name="amaz_Sham">{{Cite web |title=Customer Review: Shameful scars |author=Cheryl_cajun |work=amazon.com |date=14 June 2020 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004043/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Dragons Past Dawn'', by Ennis Rook Bashe, has two nonbinary protagonists: Sely, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Andreas, who uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe.2C_xir|xe/xir]] pronouns.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dragons Past Dawn|year=2020|last=Bashe |first=Ennis Rook}}</ref>
* ''Upright Women Wanted'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Thirty Names of Night'' by Zeyn Joukhadar, stars a closeted Syrian American [[nonbinary man|nonbinary boy]] who uses he/him pronouns.<ref name="30names">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Thirty Names of Night' ties past to present in compelling tale of nonbinary identity |last=Barbiero |first=Delfina V |work=USA TODAY |date=25 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531045507/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Twitter thread by Zeyn Joukhadar], 24 November 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201124171425/https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Phoenix Extravagant'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water'', by Zen Cho, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Euphoria Kids'', by [[Alison Evans]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Once & Future'', by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />

====2021====
* ''Foxfire in the Snow'', by J.S. Fields, is a fantasy book with a nonbinary protagonist named Sorin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Foxfire in the Snow – J.S. Fields |author= |work=jscottcoatsworth.com |date=3 August 2021 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325115438/https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Foxfire In The Snow by J.S. Fields: Audiobook Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828085122/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Earth Reclaimed'', by nonbinary author [[Sara Codair]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021">{{Cite web |title=LIST: 2021 lgbtq+ ya releases |author=Michelle |work=magical reads |date=1 June 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819233307/https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Warlock Snare'', by Jimena i. Novaro, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''This Golden Flame'', by Emily Victoria, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Billions of Beautiful Hearts'', by Kevin Craig, has a nonbinary protagonist and nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Curse of the Divine'' (Ink in the Blood book #2), by Kim Smejkal, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Bruised'', by Tanya Boteju, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Victories Greater Than Death'', by Charlie Jane Anders, has multiple nonbinary side characters.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Between Perfect and Real'', by Ray Stoeve, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Meet Cute Diary'', by Emery Lee, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''When You Get the Chance'', by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Ghosts We Keep'', by nonbinary author [[Mason Deaver]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Passing Playbook'', by Isaac Fitzsimons, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The (Un)popular Vote'', by Jasper Sanchez, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Indestructible Object'', by Mary McCoy, has nonbinary character(s).<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms'', written by Crystal Frasier and illustrated by Val Wise, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''A Dark and Hollow Star'', by genderfluid author [[Ashley Shuttleworth]], has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''All Our Hidden Gifts'', by Caroline O'Donoghue, has a genderfluid love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''There's Magic Between Us'', by Jillian Maria, has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Love Kills Twice'', by Rien Gray, is a romance between a woman and the nonbinary assassin she hires to kill her abusive husband. The assassin is named Campbell and uses [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163422/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the short story collection ''Sarahland'', by Sam Cohen, the story "Gemstones" features a genderqueer couple: Manny and Ry.<ref name="Sarahland">{{Cite web |title=Heartbreak and Existential Hope in 'Sarahland' |last=MacAllen |first=Ian |work=Chicago Review of Books |date=17 March 2021 |access-date=27 March 2021 |url= https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531095542/https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Saving Throw'', by Alex Silver, is a romance between "Errol, demisexual panromantic production coordinator who likes to be in control and his first love, Rene, a non-binary [[trans masc]] ex-hockey player turned coach."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saving Throw |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207225954/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''+1 Bonus'', also by Alex Silver, is a romance between a man named Max and "a snarky genderfluid tea seller" named Si/Simon/Simone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plus One Bonus |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024065433/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts'', by Amara Lynn, is a short young-adult sci-fi starring a character named Sallon Lee who uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="AmaraLynn1">{{Cite web |title=REVIEW: Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts – Amara Lynn |author=scott |work=QueeRomance Ink |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034949/https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the romance/suspense novel ''A Jade's Diamond'', by Char Dafoe, the main characters are a [[Butch#Soft_butch|soft butch]] prostitute named Nayvee LaCroix and a [[Butch#Stone_butch|stone butch]] millionaire Trystan Diamond. Both characters are nonbinary and use [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9/#customerReviews Amazon reviews for ''A Jade's Diamond''] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210114173457/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Shug's Daddy'', by Siobhan Smile, is a sexually-explicit romance between a man named Grey and a nonbinary person named Sugar or Shug.<ref name="quee_Shug">{{Cite web |title=Shug's Daddy |author= |work=queeromanceink.com |date= |access-date=5 April 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163704/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Both Can Be True'', by Jules Machias, has a [[genderfluid]] main character named Ash.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''Gender Optics'', by genderfluid author [[Shalen Lowell]], has a genderfluid protagonist named Alex. Content note: the novel is set in a world where [[Cisnormativity|cisnormative]] gender ideals are legally enforced.<ref name="Farrell-GenderOptics">{{Cite web |title=An Exclusive Interview with Shalen Lowell, Author of Debut Novel Gender Optics |last=Farrell |first=Robyn Hussa |work=We Are The Real Deal |date=22 March 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408151718/http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spin With Me'', by Ami Polonsky, is a middle-school novel featuring Ollie who is nonbinary.<ref name="Koehler">{{Cite web |title=#ReadWithPride: Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky |last=Koehler |first=Mimi |work=The Nerd Daily |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124074340/https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''This is Our Rainbow'', edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, is an anthology of stories for middle-grade children. All the included stories have main characters that are LGBTQ+ in some way, including nonbinary characters.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''The Heartbreak Bakery'', by A.R. Capetta, is a romance between two nonbinary people, Syd ([[no pronouns]]) and Harley ([[he/him]] or [[they/them]]).<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* The YA book ''Can't Take That Away'', by genderqueer author [[Steven Salvatore]], stars teen protagonist Carey Parker who is also genderqueer.<ref name="CTTA">{{Cite web |title=Q&A With Steven Salvatore, Can’t Take That Away |last=Lavoie |first=Alaina |work=We Need Diverse Books |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601054432/https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Love Limits'', by genderqueer author [[Reese Morrison]], has a main character named Ash who is nonbinary and intersex, as well as Deaf. Their love interest is an asexual man named Zhong. Content note: the book centers around a BDSM kink relationship.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product-reviews/B08VVF6N6M Customer reviews for ''Love Limits'' on Amazon]</ref>
* Fantasy novel ''In The Ravenous Dark'', by A.M. Strickland, has a nonbinary [[asexual]] character.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=*whispers* I have an upcoming YA dark fantasy with a blood mage who's pan, a lesbian love interest (also a mage), an enby/ace best friend (also a mage), and a m/f/f poly relationship if you want more queer with your magic use:|user=AdriAnneMS|number=1270142172285689856|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
* In ''Simply the Best'', by Karen Kallmaker, one of the main character's best friends comes out as nonbinary near the start of the book.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simply The Best by Karin Kallmaker: Book Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=31 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124123537/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea'', by Ashley Herring Blake, is a middle-grade book with a nonbinary side character named Jules.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea |author= |work=Mombian |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url=https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004630/https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2022====
* The polyamorous sci-fi romance book ''Blasted Research'', by nonbinary author CoffeeQuills, stars Dr. Jules who is asexual and nonbinary. Dr. Jules uses [[xe/xem/xyr/xemself]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063122/https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Aimed at children eight to twelve years old, the book ''Both Can Be True'' by Jules Machias has two protagonists, one of which is a [[genderfluid]] kid named Ash.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Both Can Be True Book (Paperback) |author= |work=www.gayprideshop.co.uk |date= |access-date=26 February 2022 |url= https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |quote=Ash is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. For someone who cycles through genders, it's a daily struggle to feel in control of how people perceive you. Some days Ash is undoubtedly girl, but other times, 100 percent guy. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325144501/https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====Not yet published====
* ''Lakelore'', by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], is a nonbinary/nonbinary romance to be published March of 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LaAnnaMarie|number=1377639675536371715 |last=McLemore|first=Anna-Marie|authorlink=Anna-Marie McLemore|title=So last night during the last hours of #TransDayOfVisibility I turned in a book There maybe could have not been a more appropriate day to turn it in, bc LAKELORE is an enby/enby romance LAKELORE started in this sparkly notebook, & next March it's gonna be a very trans book|date=1 April 2021}}</ref>
*''The Water Outlaws'', a fantasy epic inspired by the 14th-century Chinese novel ''Water Margin'', is by [[genderqueer]] author [[S. L. Huang]] and has "a high percentage of [[gender nonconformity]] and of gender identities that in modern times we would call trans or nonbinary." ''The Water Outlaws'' is expected out in 2022.<ref name="wateroutlaws">{{Cite web |title=S. L. Huang’s New Take on the Most Famous Chinese Novel You’ve Never Read in English: Announcing The Water Outlaws |work=Tor.com |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321100522/https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

=== Comics/Webcomics/Graphic Novels===

*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105123856/http://erinptah.com/catperson/ But I'm A Cat Person]'' by Erin Ptah - Urban fantasy webcomic featuring a [[bigender]] character - Timothy/Camellia Mattei - as well as numerous 'Beings' who are able to take on both male and female forms. Also features various LGB characters. Updates three times a week.
*''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life]'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an [[agender]] person, their female partner, and their cats. Also covers various issues relating to GSM topics, politics, and mental health. Updates weekly.
*''[http://www.egscomics.com/ El Goonish Shive]'' includes a main character who identifies as genderfluid several years into the comic. Author Dan Shive has said that Tedd, like the author, has always been genderfluid but did not realise there was a word for it or even a concept of being nonbinary until much later in life. The comic also includes various other LGBT characters as well as shapeshifting technology.
*''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/ Eth's Skin]'' by Sfé R. Monster - Fantasy webcomic featuring a genderqueer protagonist - Eth. Fairly new, but the ''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/about 'About' page]'' suggests plans to include more nonbinary characters. Updates weekly.
*''[http://ignitionzero.com/comics/ Ignition Zero]'' by Noel Arthur Heimpel - An urban fantasy webcomic that features a genderqueer character - Neve Copeland - as one of its protagonists. Updates weekly.
*''[http://jobsatisfactioncomic.tumblr.com/ Job Satisfaction]'' by Jey Barnes - a slice of life webcomic about two queer nonbinary demon summoners - Lemme and Sinh - who live together. The comic is rated PG-13 and updates once a week.
*''[http://kyleandatticus.tumblr.com/ Kyle & Atticus]'' by Sfé R Monster - Webcomic about the adventures of a genderqueer teenager, Kyle, and their robot friend, Attticus. Currently on hiatus.
*[http://nwain.com Nwain: The Knight Who Wandered Dream] by Terrana Cliff - Fantasy webcomic with nonbinary main character, a knight from a culture with five genders. Extensively animated. PG-13. Updates when able.
*''[https://rain.thecomicseries.com Rain]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A light-hearted high-school webcomic that follows a trans girl and her friends, including Ky(lie), an AFAB genderfluid character who alternates between presenting as male and female. Also features a range of other LGBTQ characters. The story finished in 2022.
*''[https://mis.thecomicseries.com My Impossible Soulmante]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A follow-up to Rain. Micah is nonbinary.
*''[http://www.robot-hugs.com/ Robot Hugs]'' - semi-autobiographical webcomic by an author of nonbinary gender, which frequently addresses nonbinary issues and other aspects of gender politics. Also frequently covers the subject of mental health. Updates twice weekly.
*The 'New 52' version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Six_(comics)#New_52 Secret Six] introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.
*''[http://www.discordcomics.com/shades-cover/ Shades of A (NSFW)]'' by Tab Kimpton - Webcomic that focuses on [[asexuality|asexual]] relationships, as well as exploring various aspects of kink, and features a prominent nonbinary character (JD). Contains nudity and BDSM. Updates twice a week.
*[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 Homestuck] introduced an androgynous character named Davepetasprite^2 [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009779] that was formed by the fusion of two other characters. They establish that they are confused about their gender but happy to be what they've become and start using gender neutral pronouns (they/them). It also has other androgynous characters like Calliope.
*''[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and her Unicorn]'' by Dana Simpson has a nonbinary minor character named Infernus, the Unicorn of Death. Phoebe uses the pronoun "neigh" for Infernus.<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 09, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808132101/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The comic avoids "othering" nonbinary identities by having Phoebe say that "Humans have non-binary people too."<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 05, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220811110554/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201029193422/http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses]'' by Kagome features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201031141625/http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg]'' by Ren features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208040336/http://tapastic.com/episode/40617 Snailed It]'' by SnaiLords, who "identifies with both genders" and described themselves as an "androgynous snail".
*''[https://tapastic.com/episode/212183 Tattoo'd]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' by Antonia Bea features an intersex, genderfluid protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160308165055/http://tapastic.com/series/Your-Local-Non-Binary Your Local Non-Binary]'' is written by and features non-binary person Eliot Lime.
*''Moonstruck'' is a comic about fantasy creatures which includes a nonbinary centaur named Chet, who uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://teammoonstruckcomic.tumblr.com/post/164448014217/</ref><ref>https://comics.fandom.com/wiki/Moonstruck#Main_Characters</ref>
*[[Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy]] is "the first ever non-binary comics anthology, featuring 22 young adult stories made entirely by cartoonists who identify as a non-binary gender". Some stories have characters discuss being one gender and then the another, others may just refer to a character by 'they' pronouns.
*In volume six of Marvel Comics' series ''The New Warriors'', a nonbinary superhero was introduced. Their name "Snowflake" and their brother's name "Safespace" drew widespread backlash.<ref name="Villarreal">{{Cite web |title=Marvel criticized for first non-binary superhero named “Snowflake” |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527115737/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''On a Sunbeam'' by Tillie Walden has a nonbinary character, Elliot.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="Burt">{{Cite web |title=“On a Sunbeam,” the Sci-Fi Comic That Reimagines Utopia |last=Burt |first=Stephanie |work=The New Yorker |date=13 April 2019 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331022957/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Main character Mogumo in the manga ''Love Me for Who I Am'' is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am [https://web.archive.org/web/20220930003445/https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Graphic novel ''The Prince and the Dressmaker'', by Jen Wang. The author has said that "To me, Sebastian is someone who identifies with different modes of [[gender expression]] and is comfortable alternating between both masculine and feminine. Genderqueer is probably the best descriptor. But I'm also open to readers' interpretations of how they see the character. If a reader feels that this story is just the first step to Sebastian discovering they're trans, or if they feel Sebastian is a cis male that likes to dress up I'm happy with all of that!"<ref name="Orsini">{{Cite web |title='The Prince And The Dressmaker' Is A Genderqueer Fairy Tale For All Ages |last=Orsini |first=Lauren |work=Forbes |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=6 September 2020 |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/#256677825625|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322014420/https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hatfield|first=N.K.|year=2015 |title=TRANSforming Spaces: Transgender Webcomics as a Model for Transgender Empowerment and Representation within Library and Archive Spaces|journal=Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies|volume=1 |issue=1 |page=64 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034544/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Open Earth'', Franklin, one of the love interests, is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="OpenEarth">{{Cite web |title=rachel ☾'s review of Open Earth |author=rachel ☾ |work=goodreads.com |date=25 January 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2907532655?book_show_action=true|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Mooncakes'', written by Suzanne Walker and illustrated by Wendy Xu, one of the main characters is Tam Lang, a nonbinary werewolf.<ref name="Mooncakes">{{Cite web |title=Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808204230/https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The graphic novel ''Test'', written by Chris Sebela, has a nonbinary main character named Aleph Null. [[Singular they]] pronouns are used for Aleph, and in a character bio on them, it says "Gender: Various given."<ref name="comi_Test">{{Cite web |title=Test: An Interview With Chris Sebela |author= |work=Comics Pit |date=13 August 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731025108/https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''[https://tapas.io/series/Friends-With-Benefits1/info Friends With Benefits]'' is a webcomic that revolves around a genderfluid asexual person, Eri, who is struggling with his love life. (Eri is pronoun indifferent, and [[he/him]] is used by other characters for Eri.)
* Debuting in ''DC’s Very Merry Multiverse'', Jess Chambers/Kid Quick, part of the Teen Justice team from Earth-11, is [[genderfluid]]. They will also appear in ''Future State: Justice League''.<ref name="McGuireLiam">{{Cite web |title=New Teen Justice Team Debuts In DC's Very Merry Multiverse |last=McGuire |first=Liam |work=ScreenRant |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |quote=I suggested that Kid Quick could be Earth-11's first genderfluid character, and once editors saw Eleonora Carlini's terrific take on the character design, there was suddenly a lot of interest in them for stories beyond the Merry Multiverse Special in December. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103184254/https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="AdamsTim">{{Cite web |title=DC Comics Introduces a Non-Binary Flash in Future State |last=Adams |first=Tim |work=CBR |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518151240/https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Supergirl #19'', co-written by Steve Orlando and [[Vita Ayala]], introduces a nonbinary character named Lee Serano.<ref name="StewartCK">{{Cite web |title=Authentic Trans & Nonbinary Representation in Comics Requires More Than Just a Plot Twist |last=Stewart |first=C.K. |work=Paste Magazine |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830131430/https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/ Assigned Male], a webcomic revolving around a trans girl and often addressing trans issues, has some nonbinary characters, for example Ciel, who also stars in a spinoff novel.
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/list?title_no=71914 Wish] is a fantasy webcomic starring Seth who self describes as a "dashing enby".<ref>https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220818115013/https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''Star Wars: The High Republic'', there are two Jedi named Terec and Ceret who were stated to be [[trans]] [[nonbinary]] in an official Instagram post for [[Holidays|Transgender Day of Visibility]] 2021.<ref name="StarWars-HighRepublic">{{Cite web |title=Good and Gay: nonbinary comics, lesbian teen film and more! |author= |work=Bella Media Channel |date=2 April 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021 |url= https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126193704/https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|author=starwars (Instagram account)|date=31 March 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626175250/https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/seemingly-dark/list?title_no=253011&page=1 Seemingly Dark] is a supernatural drama webcomic featuring a main character, Caro Greene, who is a nonbinary ghost hunter and internet celebrity.
* ''Moth & Whisper'', by Ted Anderson & Jen Hickman, has a genderqueer protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Stitch, in the ''Teen Titans Academy'' comics series, describes themself as nonbinary and genderqueer, and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=“Nonbinary Effigy” Teen Titans Academy Recruit Stitch Outraged At Being “Misgendered” By Arsenal, Lectures Titans In New Issue |last=Augustine |first=JB |work=Bounding Into Comics |date=2 January 2022 |access-date=4 January 2022 |url= https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/01/02/nonbinary-effigy-teen-titans-academy-recruit-stitch-outraged-at-being-misgendered-by-arsenal-lectures-titans-in-new-issue/}}</ref>
* [https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/datemate/list?title_no=680129&page=1 "Datemate"] is a slice-of-life romance webtoon about two nonbinary people named Robin and Angel.
* [https://aliceandthenightmare.com ''Alice and the Nightmare''] is a fantasy comic inspired by Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Dee and Dum, two supporting characters, are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-2-page-34|title=Chapter 2 Page 34|last=Krivanek|first=Michelle "Misha"|date=17 November 2015|website=Alice and the Nightmare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220100400/http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com:80/comic/chapter-2-page-34|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [https://dumbingofage.com ''Dumbing of Age''] by David Willis is a coming of age story about college students. Booster is nonbinary.
* [https://pandorastale.com Pandora's Tale] by Xanthippe Serenity Hutcheon focuses on a trans girl, but it features Hemmel a nonbinary character, and Zufolene, a genderfluid character.

===Movies ===

* Regarding the 2001 film ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig's actor and the movie's writer/director) has said that Hedwig is "more than a woman or a man. She's a gender of one and that is accidentally so beautiful."<ref name="Ouzounian">{{Cite web |title=John Cameron Mitchell to host Hedwig and the Angry Inch sing-along in Toronto |last=Ouzounian |first=Richard |work=thestar.com |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705184937/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''The Kings of Summer'' (2013), Biaggio asserts that he doesn't see himself as "having a gender."
* The 2016 film ''Zoolander 2'' has a short scene with a model named All (played by [[cisgender]] actor Benedict Cumberbatch). In response to being asked "Are you like, a male model or a female model?" All states "All is not defined by binary constructs." Another character then asks about All's genitals and doesn't get an answer. The [[pronoun]] "hermself" is used for All. One reviewer wrote about the scene, "Hollywood can surely do better than this."<ref name="Menta-Z2">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Characters in Film Deserve More Than ‘Zoolander 2’ |author=Menta, Anna |work=Decider |date=11 June 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928095324/https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2018 film ''Upgrade'', the hacker does not identify with any gender and wishes to not be called "Jamie".<ref>''Upgrade'' Directed by Leigh Wannell. Blumhouse Productions, Goalpost Pictures, Nervous Tick Productions, 2018</ref><ref name="Freeman2018">{{Cite web |title=Upgrade Ending Explained: What REALLY Happened With STEM |last=Freeman |first=Molly |work=ScreenRant |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032845/https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2019 British short film ''Orin & Anto'', Orin specifically says "I don't subscribe to the [[gender binary]], my pronouns are [[Singular they|they and them]]."<ref>https://orinandanto.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211210034100/http://orinandanto.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''John Wick 3'' (2019), the Adjudicator is nonbinary and played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Parsons-JW3">{{Cite web |title=Asia Kate Dillon's John Wick 3 character is non-binary because they suggested it |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032840/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Code 8'' (2019) features an assassin called Copperhead who goes by they/them pronouns.
*In ''0009: The Sharks Make Contact'' (2019), although not a single character's gender is ever explicitly mentioned, the characters Raisorshoorkle (the main protagonist), Shoogledocking (the main villain) and the Iki God (the overarching creator, who is named after the director) go by they/them pronouns. The Iki God went by she/her pronouns in the previous movie, "0000: A Shark Odyssey". A sequel titled "0010: The Sharks Make Contact - Part 2", came out in December of 2019.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221203113940/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> They will return in the shared universe film "Forevers 2: Age of Teeth" in December of 2020.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220103210700/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the 2020 American film ''Two Eyes'', [[Kate Bornstein]] plays a nonbinary therapist at a psychiatric center.<ref>https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes [https://web.archive.org/web/20200928204441/https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In introducing herself to another character, she says, "Me, I am nonbinary trans, and my pronouns are 'she' and 'they'. How about you? What pronouns would make you feel most comfortable?"<ref name="ReynoldsAug2020">{{Cite web |title=Kate Bornstein & Ryan Cassata Swap Pronouns in Exclusive Two Eyes Clip |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=27 August 2020 |access-date=27 August 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602212136/https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The 2020 film ''Under My Skin'' focuses on a nonbinary person named Denny, who is played by four different nonbinary actors throughout the movie: [[Liv Hewson]], [[Bobbi Salvör Menuez]], [[Lex Ryan]], and [[Chloe Freeman]].<ref name="Gush">{{Cite web |title=Under My Skin is the non-binary romance we’ve all been waiting for |last=Gush |first=Charlotte |work=i-D |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |url= https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524160331/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> (The film is unrelated to the ''Under My Skin'' book series listed in [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Books_and_other_literature|the literature section of this page]].<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Dooland|first=A. E.|user=Asynca|number=1323487561243746304|date=2 November 2020|title=Just a coincidence, it seems! Looking forward to seeing this}}</ref>)
* The 2020 short film ''Royalty'' is about a nonbinary teen named Jax.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13162262/</ref>
* In the 2020 short drama film ''Sheer Qorma'', Saira (played by Divya Dutta) is nonbinary. The film is directed by nonbinary filmmaker [[Faraz Arif Ansari]].<ref name="SheerQorma">{{Cite web |title=Why Pronouns Matter: Director Faraz Arif Ansari On The Importance of ‘They’ |last=Lochan |first=Vanya |work=Homegrown |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063011/https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The plot of the short revolves around a woman and a nonbinary person in love with each other. Content note: Saira's mother is conservative and not supportive of Saira's "lifestyle", calling it unholy and sinful.<ref name="SheerQorma2">{{Cite web |title='Sheer Qorma' trailer: Divya Dutta & Swara Bhasker's love blossoms in this film; Watch |last=Khollam |first=Amir |work=Republic World |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=27 April 2021 |url= https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301035447/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Netflix's 2021 horror movie ''There's Someone Inside Your House'' includes a genderfluid character named Darby, played by genderfluid actor [[Jesse LaTourette]].<ref name="Lennon">{{Cite web |title=There's Someone Inside Your House interview with Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette, Dale Whibley, and Diego Josef |last=Lennon |first=Mads |work=1428 Elm |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006164718/https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Guttmann">{{Cite web |title=Cast Interview: There's Someone Inside Your House |last=Guttmann |first=Graeme |work=ScreenRant |date=October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011183333/https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Plays===

*In [[Taylor Mac]]'s off-Broadway show ''Hir'', the character Max is [[genderqueer]] and [[transmasculine]], using ze/hir pronouns.<ref name="Scheck">{{Cite web |title='Hir': Theater Review |last=Scheck |first=Frank |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=2 May 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121625/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }} '''Note: Article misgenders character.''' </ref>
*In [[Rhiannon Collett]]'s play ''Wasp'', the protagonist Wasp is [[genderqueer]] and is to be played by only nonbinary actors.<ref name="mqli_Wasp">{{Cite web |title=Wasp |author= |work=Marquis Literary |date= |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034647/http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the play ''Wink'', written by Neil Koenigsberg, the title character is nonbinary.<ref name="Wink">{{Cite web |title=New play "Wink" gives non-binary actor a chance to shine |last=King |first=John Paul |work=Los Angeles Blade: America's LGBT News Source |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203152346/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Wink2">{{Cite web |title="Wink": Timely Story of Homeless LGBTQA Youth Comes to New York Stage |last=Ryan |first=Jed |work=HuffPost |date=April 2017 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706075407/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the musical ''Head Over Heels'', Pythio is nonbinary and was played by the trans woman Peppermint.<ref name="Duffy2018">{{Cite web |title=NYT theatre critic apologises for 'insensitive' review of Drag Race star's Broadway musical |last=Duffy |first=Nick |work=PinkNews |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''The Pink Unicorn'', the main character's child is genderqueer and says "I'm not a girl. Or anyway, I'm not all girl. I'm a boy, too."<ref name="pinkunicorn">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Pink Unicorn' Leads a Mother Into Unknown Territory |last=Vincentelli |first=By Elisabeth |work=New York Times |date=19 May 2019 |access-date=2 March 2021 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225082202/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* When the musical ''Jagged Little Pill'' originally played at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the character Jo was clearly nonbinary. Their gender identity was important to the plot, and Jo being nonbinary had been confirmed in social media posts by Jo's actor (Lauren Patten, a cis woman). However, when ''Jagged Little Pill'' came to Broadway, Jo was rewritten to be a cis woman, and all mentions of [[gender identity]] as a theme of the musical were removed from publicity materials. Patten deleted her prior social media posts, and even stated falsely in an interview "Jo never was written as anything other than cis." As an additional note, Patten's understudy [[Iris Menas]] is nonbinary and played Jo for one night on Broadway.<ref name="JLP">{{Cite web |title=One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Broadway's Jagged Little Journey Toward Nonbinary Inclusion |last=Lewis |first=Christian |work=The Brooklyn Rail |date=April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |url= https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302184116/https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** In September 2021, the lead producers of ''Jagged Little Pill'' put out a long apology statement, which read in part:
{{quote|In Jo, we set out to portray a character on a [[gender expansive]] journey without a known outcome. Throughout the creative process, as the character evolved and changed, between Boston & Broadway, we made mistakes in how we handled this evolution. In a process designed to clarify and streamline, many of the lines that signaled Jo as [[gender non-conforming]], and with them, something vital and integral, got removed from Jo’s character journey.

Compounding our mistake, we then stated publicly and categorically that Jo was never written or conceived as non-binary. That discounted and dismissed what people saw and felt in this character’s journey. We should not have done that.

We should have, instead, engaged in an open discussion about nuance and gender spectrum.

We should have protected and celebrated the fact that the non-binary audience members saw in Jo a bold, defiant, complex, and vibrant representation of their community.

For all of this we are deeply sorry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Lauren Patten Speaks Out On Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Controversy & Reveals Her Future With The Show As Producers Apologize For Erasing A Nonbinary Character – Update |last=Evans |first=Greg |work=Deadline |date=18 September 2021 |access-date=19 September 2021 |url= https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201082128/https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}
* The play ''I, Joan'' depicts historical person Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc) as nonbinary, using [[they/them]] pronouns. Joan is played by nonbinary actor [[Isobel Thom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan of Arc to be portrayed as nonbinary in new production at London's Globe Theatre |author=Sakur, Leila |work=NBC News |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006171409/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Table Top Games / Role Playing Games===

* [https://astrolago-press.myshopify.com/products/faerie-fire-digital-edition Faerie Fire a 5e Supplemental], is a D&D 5th edition supplemental. It features queer characters to add to any D&D 5e experience.
**Monarch (non-binary, uses they/them): "The ageless and paint-smeared Monarch has held the seat of fey power ever since the schism. How they inherited the throne is unknown."
**Tallisin Vos (genderfluid, uses he/him): "Tallisin splits his time between two physical forms: a fey man and a vixen, both of which are equally his true identity."
* In the TTRPG [https://tabletop.itch.io/arcana-academy Arcana Academy], there is a nonbinary sample character who is the transfiguration teacher.

===TV (live-action)===
:''Sorted chronologically by year of the first episode containing a nonbinary character, and then alphabetically by title of the TV show.''

====2016====
*The Canadian magical-realism comedy series ''The Switch'' features a nonbinary character, Chris, who uses "zie/zir" pronouns, and works as an assassin. Chris is played by Amy "Robbin" Fox.

====2017====
*Taylor Mason in season 2 of ''Billions'' is nonbinary and introduces themself with they/them pronouns. They're played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who realised they were nonbinary while auditioning for the role.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/02/142575/kate-dillon-billions-taylor-nonbinary-gender-identity-pronouns Meet ''Billions''' Asia Kate Dillon, TV's First Non-Binary Star]", Refinery29.com, 27 February 2017.</ref>
* In the fourth season of ''Degrassi: Next Class'', Yael Baron comes out as [[genderqueer]]. Yael is played by Jamie Bloch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|work=TV Guide|date=7 July 2017|last=Gennis|first=Sadie|title=Degrassi: Next Class: [Spoiler] Comes Out as the Show's First Genderqueer Character!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063856/https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The comedy-drama miniseries ''Fucking Adelaide'' (aka ''F*!#ing Adelaide'') features a [[genderfluid]] child, Cleo, played by nonbinary actor [[Audrey Mason-Hyde]].<ref name="Tedmanson">{{Cite web |title=How non-binary teenager Audrey Mason-Hyde is breaking down gender identity stereotypes, one label at a time |last=Tedmanson |first=Sophie |work=Vogue Australia |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=3 May 2020 |url= https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512040141/https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''The Murderbot Diaries'', by Martha Wells, features an agender protagonist who uses it/its pronouns. A number of minor characters use the singular "they" or other nonbinary pronouns.

====2018====
* In season three, episode two of ''The Detour'', there is a nonbinary character named Sarah and a [[Two-spirit]] character called Big Poppa.<ref name="Haskoor-Detour">{{Cite web |title='The Detour' Season 3 Is Tackling Gender Norms & Stereotypes Left And Right |last=Haskoor |first=Michael |work=Decider |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090341/https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*On ''One Day at a Time'', Syd (played by Sheridan Pierce) is the nonbinary romantic partner of Elena. Syd uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is uncomfortable with binary-gendered terms such as "girlfriend".<ref name="Heim">{{Cite web |title=What is "non-binary"? Learn from our favorite TV characters |last=Heim |first=Bec |work=Film Daily |date=26 March 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020 |url= https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524031326/https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
* In season one, episode seven of the legal drama ''All Rise'' (titled "Uncommon Women and Mothers"), Emily's client is a homeless nonbinary youth named Jax, played by [[transmasculine]] actor JJ Hawkins.<ref name="AllRise">{{Cite web |title=All Rise Review: Uncommon Women and Mothers (Season 1 Episode 7) |last=Wyneken |first=Caitlin |work=Tell-Tale TV |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516223344/https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Jax is misgendered during a court proceeding and their lawyer speaks up in objection, convincing the judge to enforce use of the correct [[they/them]] pronouns for Jax.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-BHDBhtrE/ Instagram post] 10 September 2020</ref>
* The sci-fi Netflix series ''Another Life'' includes among its characters a nonbinary psychologist named Zayn whose pronouns are [[ze/hir]]. Ze is played by nonbinary actor [[JayR Tinaco]].<ref name="LeightonDore">{{Cite web |title=Australian actor JayR Tinaco's role in 'Another Life' helped them come out as non-binary |last=Leighton-Dore |first=Samuel |work=Topics |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129090245/https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the drama ''David Makes Man'', the character Mx Elijah/Ms Elijah (played by nonbinary actor [[Travis Coles]]) is [[genderqueer]] and [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="OWN">{{Cite web |title=Meet Mx. Elijah {{!}} David Makes Man |author=OWN |work=YouTube |date=8 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203011445/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=3 December 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>, and according to Coles, has no pronoun preference.<ref name="DavidMakesMan">{{Cite web |title='David Makes Man' star Travis Coles on Ms Elijah and representation of Black queer people |author=MEAWW |work=YouTube |date=10 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429085325/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the BBC comedy miniseries ''Don't Forget the Driver'', the character Bradley/Brad is nonbinary, and played by nonbinary actor [[Jo Eaton-Kent]].<ref name="DFTD">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jo Eaton-Kent |author= |work=bbc.co.uk |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060620/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Amazon mini-series ''Good Omens'' features the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Pollution (who replaced Pestilence at some point in the past few centuries) is nonbinary, and is referred to as "sir" by another character and with they/them pronouns by the narrator. They are played by Lourdes Faberes.
*The second season of ''Good Trouble'' has a nonbinary character named Joey played by Daisy Eagan. Joey, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, is dating the lesbian character Alice, and asks to be called "partner" instead of "girlfriend".<ref name="Gilchrist">{{Cite web |title='Good Trouble' Tackles Coming Out as Nonbinary — While Dating! |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=17 July 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032904/https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Netflix sci-fi series ''The Umbrella Academy'' features Klaus, who according to the actor is "not necessarily a man, he's kind of just this creature that's not bound by traditional societal norms like 'man', 'woman', 'masculinity', 'femininity'. He just sort of… is.” Klaus is played by a cis man and called "he" throughout.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Get Ready To Stan ''The'' ''Umbrella Academy's'' Robert Sheehan]", Rachel Paige, February 22 2019, ''Refinery29''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220812010252/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2020====
* In the crime drama ''Big Sky'', Jerrie is a [[transfeminine]] nonbinary person played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse James Keitel]].<ref name="ReynoldsOct2020">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Actors and Creators Have Some Advice for Hollywood |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208140847/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Deputy Brianna Bishop in the Fox drama series ''Deputy'' is nonbinary canonically, thanks to a suggestion by the character's actor [[Bex Taylor-Klaus]] who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Bentley">{{Cite web |title=Bex Taylor-Klaus Hopes Their Nonbinary 'Deputy' Character Will Save Lives |last=Bentley |first=Jean |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=14 February 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032843/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Lovecraft Country'', there is a [[Two-Spirit]] character named Yahima Maraokoti in the episode "A History of Violence". The character is played by a [[cisgender]] woman and is soon murdered by one of the main characters.<ref name="Yahima">{{Cite web |title=Lovecraft Country Creator Apologizes for “Failed” Attempt at Two-Spirit Representation |last=Sanders |first=Wren |work=them. |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324103008/https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love in the Time of Corona'', [[Tommy Dorfman]] plays the nonbinary hairstylist Oscar.<ref name="Ramos-Corona">{{Cite web |title='Love In The Time Of Corona': Freeform Sets Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Tommy Dorfman, Rainey Qualley And 4 More For Limited Series Event |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=29 June 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222131158/https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The British comedy ''Maxxx'' has a nonbinary character named Roxx (played by Sonny Charlton), who uses [[they/them]] pronouns and is a romantic interest of Amit.<ref name="Maxxx">{{Cite web |title=Hulu's 'Maxxx' Features a Refreshing Nonbinary Romantic Interest |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=5 August 2020 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014080426/https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The drama series ''P-Valley'' follows several people who work at a Mississippi strip club named "The Pynk". The club's owner is Uncle Clifford, a nonbinary [[genderfluid]] person who uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref name="P-Valley">{{Cite web |title=P-Valley's Nicco Annan on Black queerness, serving looks, and why 'femininity is total strength' |author=Opie, David |work=Digital Spy |date=7 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |quote=And Uncle Clifford is a beautiful, black, non-binary queer who identifies with the pronoun 'she'. She's very gender fluid.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111043521/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Uncle Clifford is played by Nicco Annan, an out gay man.<ref name="esse_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet Nicco Annan: 'P-Valley's' Uncle Clifford Who's Giving Us Life |last=Penrice |first=Ronda Racha |work=Essence |date=27 July 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |quote='As a Black man and as a Black gay man, it's very seldom that I get the opportunity to tell such a rich, lush story that really means something and that I really feel speaks to my community and can uplift us," he says of ''P-Valley''. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126225325/https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Hulu comedy series ''Shrill'', the character Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Em is played by [[E.R. Fightmaster]] who is also nonbinary and uses they/them as well.<ref name="Bradley-Shrill">{{Cite web |title='Shrill' Ends on Its Best Season Yet Thanks to a Heart-Bursting Queer Romance |author=Bradley, Laura |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816041546/https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The third season of ''Star Trek: Discovery'' introduces a nonbinary character named Adira Tal, played by nonbinary actor [[Blu del Barrio]].<ref name="STDiscovery">{{Cite web |title='Star Trek: Discovery' Introduces First-Ever Non-Binary And Trans Characters With Blu Del Barrio And Ian Alexander |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=2 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520000721/https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Adira uses they/them pronouns.
* A nonbinary character named Alex plays a minor role in the drama series ''This Is Us''. Alex is played by nonbinary lesbian [[Presley Alexander]], and is the love interest of main character Tess. Alex first appears in the season five episode "Changes".
* The Brazilian drama series ''Todxs Nosotrxs'' (also known as ''Todxs Nós'' or ''He, She, They.'') stars Rafa, an 18-year-old pansexual and nonbinary person who decides to leave their unaccepting family and go live with their cousin. Rafa is played by Clara Gallo.<ref>https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388#about [https://web.archive.org/web/20210508044645/https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221228000909/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Canhisares">{{Cite web |title=Todxs Nós discute gênero com humor, mas nem só de "militância" vive a série |trans-title= |last=Canhisares |first=Mariana |work=Omelete |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819000202/https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'', main character Mo (played by Alex Newell) is [[genderfluid]].<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230320165052/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* Season 2, episode 5 of ''Batwoman'' introduced the nonbinary character Evan Blake, who is a friend of protagonist Kate Kane. Evan is played by Lincoln Clauss.<ref name="Batwoman>{{Cite web |title=Batwoman Writer Explains the Importance of the Show's New Nonbinary Character |last=Erao |first=Math |work=CBR |date= |access-date=27 February 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233539/https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the live-action remake of ''Cowboy Bebop'', Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, nicknamed Gren, is nonbinary and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].<ref name="RomanoCB">{{Cite web |title=Cowboy Bebop live-action series officially makes anime character Gren nonbinary |trans-title= |last=Romano |first=Nick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=19 November 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park/ |language=EN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Some fans complained that making Gren nonbinary was insensitive, as the character originally was a man who developed breasts due to experimental drugs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The amazing intersex hero from “Cowboy Bebop” gets wronged in Netflix's version |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=26 November 2021 |access-date=6 December 2021 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202163817/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Mae Martin]]'s character in ''Feel Good'' comes out as nonbinary in the season finale.<ref name="Dry-FeelGood">{{Cite web |title='Feel Good' Review: Mae Martin's Devastating Queer Comedy Levels Up in Season 2 |last=Dry |first=Jude |work=IndieWire |date=4 June 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705012944/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Kids' show ''Fruit Salad TV'' includes the nonbinary characters Shirley Shawn, Officer Beaples, and Bok.<ref name="Spadafore">{{Cite web |title=Conservatives Outraged After The Wiggles' New Kids' TV Show Introduces Non-Binary Unicorn |last=Spadafore |first=Sam |work=Comic Sands |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129221149/https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Nonbinary physician Dr. Kai Bartley (played by nonbinary actor [[E.R. Fightmaster]]) is a recurring character in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Dr. Bartley first appeared in the episode "Hotter Than Hell" (season 18, episode 3).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet 'Grey's Anatomy's First-Ever Nonbinary Doctor |last=Rude |first=Mey |work=out.com |date=28 October 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021 |url= https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127183152/https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The Peacock comedy series ''Rutherford Falls'' (2021) features a nonbinary character named Bobbie, played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse Leigh]]. The character was originally written as a gay man, but after Leigh auditioned in "glam-core" 1970s fashion, the show staff decided to make Bobbie nonbinary.<ref name="RutherfordFalls">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Leigh Is the Witchy, Nonbinary Bestie We All Need in Our Lives |last=Rudolph |first=Christopher |work=NewNowNext |date=22 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |quote=Bobbie was originally, I think, gay and male-presenting. So I went to the audition and I thought, I'm going to just make the character my own. And I did — I remember I wore bellbottoms, really cute, all '70s. I did a really cute winged liner and I was just myself; that's what I just wear on an everyday basis. So I show up in a little bit of glam-core, and they loved the character so much that they eventually ended up making Bobbie nonbinary. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122235536/http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In season three of the Netflix series ''Sex Education'', there is a nonbinary student named Cal Bowman. Cal is played by nonbinary actor [[Dua Saleh]].<ref name="López">{{Cite web |title='Sex Education' is adding a non-binary character to its cast for season 3 |last=López |first=Canela |work=Insider |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://www.insider.com/netflixs-sex-education-adds-black-non-binary-character-to-cast-2020-9}}</ref>
* BBC America's ''The Watch'' features Cheery Littlebottom, who is referred to by they/them and she/her pronouns and is played by [[Jo Eaton-Kent]] (who is trans and uses those same pronouns).
* In the HBO Max miniseries ''And Just Like That'' (a revival/reboot of the series ''Sex and the City''), nonbinary actor/comedian [[Sara Ramirez]] plays the nonbinary character Che Diaz.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicole Ari Parker completes the foursome in new photos from 'Sex and the City' revival set |last=Towers |first=Andrea |work=EW.com |date=17 August 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602201034/https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Ramirez Teases Her "Dynamic" Role in the Sex and the City Reboot |last=Taylor |first=Elizabeth |work=E! Online |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210185550/https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==== 2022 ====

* ''Our Flag Means Death'' features a genderly-interesting pirate named Jim Jiminez who goes by he/him and they/them pronouns. Jim is played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].

===Webseries ===

*In ''Carmilla'', the character Lafontaine is nonbinary and goes by they/them/their pronouns. They have been confirmed as nonbinary by the show's creators, and have hinted at it through the series though it has never been a major plot point. They are played by nonbinary actor [[Kaitlyn Alexander]].
*''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdi8HPMwFpYIf3qQlv7A0fg?&ab_channel=Couple-ish Couple-ish]'', a light-hearted rom-com webseries, features a nonbinary main character (Dee). Dee goes by they/them/their pronouns, and explicitly describes themselves as nonbinary in one episode.
*The short webseries ''These Thems'' features a [[genderqueer]] character named Vero, played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].<ref name="TheseThems">{{Cite web |title='These Thems' Is the Must-See Comedy That Centers Nonbinary People |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=26 February 2020 |access-date=13 May 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601051746/https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX1W43ZgDnWErDCU_6ejOBLln1NozzBj7 Dinette]'' is a remake of the 1982 movie ''Diner'', but with a non-male cast instead of the original's all-male cast. The character Jaq is nonbinary and is played by nonbinary writer [[Jude Dry]].<ref name="Mosthof">{{Cite web |title='Dinette' Gives Queer Women and Nonbinary Characters a Place to Go |last=Mosthof |first=Mariella |work=INTO |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208052635/https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''School Spirit: An Unlikely Webseries'', the character Charley Condomine is [[demigender]].<ref name="lezw_Char">{{Cite web |title=Charley Condomine |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=16 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419211457/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''I Hear You'' is a Canadian medical drama following the life of Dr. Alyssa Hartt, a family medicine practitioner. Her patients include nonbinary people.<ref>http://www.ihearyouseries.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230224092010/http://ihearyouseries.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''The Adventures of Jamie Watson (and Sherlock Holmes)'', Sherlock Holmes is [[demigender]] and aroace.<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230131224016/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The "Brave House" arc of the webseries ''The Feels'' focuses on the polyamorous throuple of [[genderqueer]] S (played by [[Sara Ramirez]]), [[transfeminine]] Nina ([[Ianne Fields Stewart]]), and [[transmasculine]] Lenny ([[Shantira Jackson]]).<ref name="BraveHouse">{{Cite web |title=Why We Should All Live in The Feels’ Brave House |author=Shayna Maci Warner |work=Bisexual Resource Center |date=15 August 2019 |access-date=20 October 2020 |url= https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602092014/https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The protagonist of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201023062615/https://www.transmonogamist.com/ Trans Monogamist]'' is a nonbinary dating columnist.
* In the Canadian webseries ''Babes'', one of the protagonists is AJ, a nonbinary man, played by nonbinary man [[T. Thomason]].<ref name="Ratchford">{{Cite web |title=Getting To Know The Creator Of ‘Babes,’ The Web’s Cutest Queer Series |last=Ratchford, Sarah |work=Medium |date=6 January 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url=https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720055243/https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="JMarie">{{Cite web |title=Watch ‘Babes’, A Web Series About a Queer Playboy |author=J Marie |work=KitschMix |date=10 May 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url= https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209145206/https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Damaged Goods'' is a webseries "centered around four messy creatives of color attempting to survive in the city of Chicago."<ref name="dama_Abou">{{Cite web |title=About — Damaged Goods |author= |work=Damaged Goods |date= |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110133443/https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> One of the characters is Caleb, described by the creators of the series as [[genderqueer]]<ref name="dama_Abou" /> and a [[gay man]].<ref name="Wittich">{{Cite web |title=New Web Series Finds Beauty in Being Queer and Messy |author=Wittich, Jake |work=PAPER |date=25 March 2019 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19#rebelltitem19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807230447/https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Caleb is played by gay model Chufue Yang.<ref name="Cadogan">{{Cite web |title=Meet the model claiming his agency dropped him for being gay and Asian |last=Cadogan |first=Dominic |work=Dazed |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327070551/https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Critical Role'' is a webseries "where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons." [https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Mollymauk_Tealeaf Mollymauk Tealeaf] was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043552/ Taliesin Jaffe], described by the DM [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2233310/ Matthew Mercer] as genderfluid and bisexual. Molly used he/him pronouns. A number of side characters in the show also use they/them pronouns.
*''The Oxventure'' is another webseries of people playing Dungeons & Dragons. In the "Faire Trial" campaign, a human paladin NPC named Max Williams plays a small role. Max uses [[they/them]] pronouns.

===Video games===

''See also [[Video games with nonbinary player character options]].''

*In ''Transistor'', the [[gender marker]] for Bailey Gilande in her character file is 'X', commonly used by, or in regards to, nonbinary people.
*In C''ult of the Lamb,'' the titular lamb is identified as genderless.
*In the MMORPG ''Runescape'', there is an NPC who can change the player character's avatar from male to female or female to male, as well as change the player's skin color. The NPC also switches their own avatar's "sex" at 10-second intervals. They are officially called "The Makeover Mage", but in a 2006 letter they wrote "My name is Pete, or Peta, depending on my mood", implying they may be [[genderfluid]], [[bigender]], or some other type of nonbinary.<ref>https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage [https://web.archive.org/web/20230317043935/https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Astoria: Fate's Kiss'', the romanceable character Alex Cyprin is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>[https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Pride Month Specials], 21 June 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102175329/https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Oregon Trail 4th Edition'', the character Hattie Caulfield identifies as neither a man nor a woman.{{citation needed}}
[[File:Earl Grey gender free pronouns.png|thumb|right|A screenshot of ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'' with the "gender liberated" option selected, so the game uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns.]]
*In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". Choosing gender free results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. The player can also choose to "make everyone else gender liberated too", resulting in the protagonist saying things like "Everybody knew about me, the eldest child of the late Gentleperson and Gentleperson Fairfax".
*In the sci-fi visual novel ''Incompatible Species'', Chris is nonbinary and uses [[she/her]] pronouns, while Pi-zan uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n [https://web.archive.org/web/20221103230458/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the visual novel ''Butterfly Soup'', Min-seo is nonbinary.<ref>https://vndb.org/c67408 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819114731/https://vndb.org/c67408 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Genderwrecked'' is a post-apocalyptic horror/gore visual novel about trying to find the meaning of gender. The player can select their pronouns from she/her, they/them, he/him, xe/xir, ze/zir, it/it, or custom pronouns.<ref name="genderwrecked">{{Cite web |title=GENDERWRECKED |author=ryan rose aceae |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305002650/https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Bloodhound in ''Apex Legends'' is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Clark|first=Allegra|user=SimplyAllegra |number=1093207979430576128 |title=*Their* voice (Bloodhound is non-binary, uses they/them pronouns), but thank you! I'm so happy that people have enjoyed the performance—Bloodhound means so much to me 😊😊😊😊|date=6 February 2019}}</ref>
* Ash in ''Wandersong'' uses they/them pronouns and has been confirmed as nonbinary by creator Greg Lobanov.<ref name="pink_9kic">{{Cite web |title=9 kick-ass video game characters you probably never knew were non-binary |last=Johnson |first=Shakeena |work=PinkNews |date=17 February 2021 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116125637/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the browser-based RPG ''4thewords'', several NPCs are implied to be nonbinary by way of their pronouns: [[singular they|Singular "they"]] is used for Ordco, Edrie, and Yuri, and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe|"xe"]] is used for Liq of Light.
*In the ''Dominique Pamplemousse'' series of point-and-click adventure games, the protagonist Dominique Pamplemousse is genderqueer. There are many instances in-game of other characters trying to figure out Dominique's gender.<ref name="squi_Domi">{{Cite web |title=Dominique Pamplemousse and Dominique Pamplemousse in "Combinatorial Explosion!" by Squinky |author= |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |quote=our favourite genderqueer private detective discovers that, through the power of multiple endings from the previous game, they have been cloned! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604111141/https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Chambers-Pamplemousse">{{Cite web |title=Indie Game Dominique Pamplemousse Review |author=Chambers, Becky |work=The Mary Sue |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810091542/https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the interactive novel ''Moonrise'', Rosario de la Cruz is a nonbinary pansexual who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Sati is a nonbinary bisexual who uses xe/xer/xem pronouns.<ref name="COG-representme">{{Cite web |title=Choice of Games (developer) |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=8 September 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063327/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet'', in the ending where Syrup befriends the cat Toffee, they ask Syrup to guess if they're a boy or a girl, then reveal that the correct answer is "neither".
* The ''Lonely Wolf Treat'' series features a variety of nonbinary characters.
** The fox Chai, as well as one of the unnamed cats in the third chapter, are nonbinary and use "they" pronouns.
** The wolf Trick is agender, uses "they" pronouns, and is uncomfortable with being called a "guy".
** An unnamed cat child claims "I am NOT a girl! I am a cat". Trick responds to this with "I'm like that too".
** The rabbit Dango at one point feels uncomfortable bathing with other male rabbits, which leads to them expressing doubts about their own gender and starting to experiment with "they" pronouns.
====1996====
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams]'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref name="Taylor2007">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS |last=Taylor |first=Mike |work=Nintendo Life |date=5 December 2007 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606075440/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2015====
[[File: ROM pronouns 1.png|thumb|A screenshot of pronoun selection in ''Read Only Memories''. Selecting 'more options' allows you to choose from 'ze/zir/, 'xe/xir', or your own custom pronouns.]]
*In ''Crypt of the Necrodancer,'' the game's artist Ted Martens stated that the unlockable character Bolt "is [[genderqueer]] and doesn't identify fully as either female or male."<ref>{{cite tweet| user=ted_martens |number=573223156724285440 |date=4 March 2015 |title=@JimDrizzle @fenekosan Bolt is genderqueer and doesn't identify fully as either female or male.}}</ref>
* Ashly Burch, the voice actress for Chloe Price in the adventure game ''Life is Strange'', said in a 2015 interview that "I think Chloe is sexually fluid. I don't think she really likes to label herself in any particular way— same with her gender."<ref name="Sloane2015">{{Cite web |title=Hella Talk: An Interview With Ashly Burch on Chloe Price, Queerness, & ‘Life Is Strange’ |author=Sloane |work=FemHype |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129024608/https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Read Only Memories'' the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is [[gender fluid]]"<ref>{{cite web|first=Jesse|last=Tannous|title=Read Only Memories Director discusses LGBTQ themes in gaming.|date=June 20, 2015|work=The Examiner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215026/http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming|archive-date=October 23, 2015|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming}}</ref>.The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.

====2017====
*In the visual novel ''A Foretold Affair'', one of the three people you can romance is [[agender]].<ref name="repr_AFor">{{Cite web |title=A Foretold Affair |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601014416/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2018====
* In the visual novel ''//TODO: today'', the protagonist and the main characters Joyce and Phoenix can be [[male]], [[female]], or [[nonbinary]], depending on player's choices.<ref>[https://vndb.org/v21649/chars#chars VNDB {{!}} //TODO: today characters] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819120206/https://vndb.org/v21649/chars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''When The Night Comes'', the romanceable character August is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524101833/https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the RPG ''Deltarune'', the main character Kris is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
* In the strategy/simulation game ''Your Royal Gayness'', the royal spymaster, Seraph, says "Just 'spymaster' will do, thank you. Or Seraph. I don't care for [[honorifics|all that 'sir' and 'lady' stuff.]]" This dialogue pretty explicitly shows that Seraph doesn't identify with the male nor female gender. Additionally, the "Library" section of the game refers to Seraph with [[they/them]] pronouns, and implies that Seraph is not their "[[Names|real name]]".<ref>Lizard Hazard Games. ''Your Royal Gayness''. 2018.</ref>

====2019====
*One of the player characters in the 2019 game ''Borderlands 3'', FL4K, is an emergent AI who uses they/them pronouns and wears a pin with the nonbinary flag.
*In the fantasy-mystery visual novel ''Catacomb Prince'', one of the romantic options is the nonbinary person Ravi Patel.<ref>https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince [https://web.archive.org/web/20221206035333/https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the interactive novel ''Drag Star!'', you meet multiple characters in the story who describe themselves as nonbinary. Additionally, your character can be nonbinary if you choose so.

====2020====
*In the simulation game ''BitLife'', since the June 2020 Pride Update, it is possible for characters to [[come out]] to you as nonbinary<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CEwrBGRhFCw/</ref> and in the "Gay Dating App" portion you can select a partner preference from a dropdown list of "Male", "Female", "Genderqueer", "Non-Binary", "Transgender Female", and "Transgender Male".<ref>https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_app [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324044621/https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_App Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The player themself can also select whether their character is [[cisgender]], genderqueer, nonbinary, transgender female, and transgender male (after the character reaches age 5). Being non-cis may cause the character to experience [[gender dysphoria]] in-game, lowering their Happiness level.<ref name="leve_BitL">{{Cite web |title=BitLife Pride Update Guide: Everything You Need to Know About BitLife Version 1.38, aka the Pride Update |author=Tim |work=Level Winner |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150757/https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Hades'', the NPC Primordial Chaos is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="pink_9kic" />
* In RPG indie game ''Ikenfell'', half of the main characters within the game are explicitly queer. One character uses ze/zir pronouns.
* In ''Star Wars: Squadrons'', the pilot Keo Venzee is referred to with [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee [https://web.archive.org/web/20230709023421/https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest'', the character Kim is nonbinary and referred to using they/them pronouns. Their in-game character description begins by referring to them as "A nonbinary activist from Berlin".
* In the creature-collecting game ''Temtem'', there are several nonbinary NPCS, and they will often scold the player character if the player uses dialogue options that misgender the NPC. It is also possible to play your own character as nonbinary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ and non-binary identity representation and integration in Temtem — Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |author=Warren, Jack |work=Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=10 January 2023 |url= https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150814/https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the adventure game ''Bugsnax'', scientist Floofty Fizzlebean is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns ([[Gender neutral language in Polish|onu/jenu]] in the Polish translation<ref>{{cite tweet|user=neutratywy|number=1329918251560787968|title=ekipa http://zaimki.pl miała zaszczyt i przyjemność pomóc w tłumaczeniu gry Bugsnax @YoungHorses na język polski[.] występującu tam naukowcu, Floofty, jest niebinarnu i używa dukazimów (http://zaimki.pl/onu)|date=20 November 2020}}</ref>). They are voiced by nonbinary actor [[Casey Mongillo]].<ref name="dist_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Voice Acting Cast Behind 'Bugsnax' |author=Belcher, Sara |work=Distractify |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606071243/https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the sci-fi indie game ''Ace In Space'', you play as Adrian Clarke, who is nonbinary and asexual.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230421042458/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* In the farming RPG ''Pumpkin Days'' (previously known as ''Pumpkin Online''), the official website uses [[singular they]] for several characters:<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Characters|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006003539/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
** Toni: "Toni is a chill person who likes to hang out at the island. They absolutely love anything to do with ducks."
** Lan: "They are very knowledgeable in medicine but have a hard time understanding social cues and reading people's mood."
** Charu Mishra: "they're ''(sic)'' passion is dancing and learning all the latest hip choreographed moves from popular Jpop music videos."
** Hikaru Komuro: "Hikaru is so good at what they do that Diamond Falls has more products for sale at the Saturday market compared to other towns."
** Harsha Puri: "Harsha is very friendly and tries to be helpful when they can. They tend to stutter and apologize constantly and unnecessarily, worrying if they have caused any inconveniences or said something wrong."
** Additionally, the player character creator has no gender selection nor any gender-locked clothes. The official website says that "specifying a gender does not play a role in Pumpkin Days. Simply use our body sliders in character customization to add feminine and/or as masculine features as you want. Any clothes you buy will fit the body you choose."<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Unique Features|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the first-person shooter ''Battlefield 2042'', a Specialist named Emma "Sundance" Rosier is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DrLupo stands up for nonbinary people during Battlefield 2042 stream |last=Lopez |first=Jalen |work=Dot Esports |date=12 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |url= https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517013043/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Purrgatory'' there are multiple instances of [[non-binary]] characters.
** The player has the options for pronouns as follows: [[they/them]], [[she/her]], [[he/him]], and custom.
** Two gravestone markers have possible non-binary characters, one says "they were a good parent but a bad tightrope walker" and the other "ze died like ze lived: fighting crocodiles."
** One of the main characters' partner, Dani, is non-binary using they/them pronouns.<ref>https://purrgatory.fandom.com/wiki/Sean</ref>

====2022====
*In the narrative bullet hell ''non-binary'', you play the story of two different enby characters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=non-binary - owof |access-date=4 November 2023 |url= https://www.owof.games/game/non-binary-3/}}</ref>
*In ''ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area'', a visual novel, the character Emhari Abdi is a bigender lesbian. Emhari uses both "he/him" and "she/her" pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|date=18 July 2020| user=ValiDateGame| number=1284540692962967553|title=Our first mini interview is with Nasr (@trashyvoid ), the artist of Emhari!}}</ref> The character Rocky Harrison is a nonbinary person using he/him pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1547621316554924032 |date=14 Jul 2022|title=yes rocky is a he/him nonbinary, they exist}}</ref> Some other characters use pronouns that imply they could be nonbinary too: Inaya Saifi uses she/they, and Anoki Wanderbull uses she/he/them.<ref>[https://validategame.com/#cast ValiDate: Meet The Cast!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517064141/https://validategame.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Emhari, Inaya, and Anoki were confirmed to be trans by the developers' Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1541102407748395010 |title=Are there any other trans characters besides Arihi and Catherine? — emhari, inaya and anoki and some others are Pending |date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
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====2023====
* In the dating sim ''Repurpose'', Noel Azulite is [[genderfluid]] and [[asexual]], DJ Roadkill is nonbinary and [[pansexual]], Cheri is [[bigender]] and [[omnisexual]], and Fayebael Noct is [[agender]] and "if we must assign a label, pansexual". Additionally, the player can choose their own pronouns from "he", "she", or "they".<ref name="Repurpose">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose (Demo) by Eros |author= |work=itch.io |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063331/https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="kick_Repu">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose |author=Resident Rabbit |work=Kickstarter |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
'''2024'''

* In ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', Acht (also known as their stage name Dedf1sh) is an Octoling DJ who makes their physical debut in the DLC, and has their pronouns confirmed to be [[they/them]]. Previously, the pronouns used for them in English promotional material for ''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'' were she/her, where they in-universe created the music for the Stations, but they are not mentioned in game. The [https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Inkipedia:Twitter_archive/2023/September#1705206569498017804 promotional] and in-game material for ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'' uses exclusively they/them. Marina, who has known Acht since their schooldays, refers to them as they/them automatically, implying that their previous pronouns were retconned. In the Japanese version of ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', they use the personal pronoun ボク, which is generally considered a masculine pronoun.

====2025====
*The dating sim ''The Office Type'' has equal numbers of male, female, and nonbinary characters for the player to romance. Every character's bio, even the cis ones, lists their pronouns. As listed on the game's website, the nonbinary characters available are Syl ([[demiboy]], they/them), Benny ([[agender]], they/them), Cal ([[demigirl]], they/she), Toni ([[agender]], xe/xem/xir), Ty ([[demiboy]], they/he), Addie ([[egogender]], prefers name as pronoun, but accepts they/them), Bee ([[genderfluid]], they/them), and Mx. Hura Stapleton ([[bigender]], he/she/they). There are also binary trans women and binary trans men among the cast.<ref>[https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Heavy Thought Studios - Projects] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212505/https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====Unreleased (currently in development)====

==Fictional sexes==

Some characters have a nonbinary gender identity only because they have a fictional kind of a physical sex. Their sex is different than female, male, or any kind of real-life intersex condition. For example, a robot that never had a physical sex, and might be correspondingly genderless. Or characters who have the fictional ability to change their sex at will, and might be said to have a corresponding [[genderfluid]] identity. Or an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. The fictional sexes are used as ''justification'' for these characters having nonbinary gender identities. No real nonbinary people have these sexes, and can't use that justification. As such, these kinds of characters don't really count as nonbinary representation.

=== Animation ===
*''Simoun'' takes place in a world that recognizes three genders: male, female, and a feminine "maiden" gender which everyone is assigned at birth. When people in this world come of age, they're required to give up the "maiden" gender and commit to male or female--those who do not choose have it chosen for them. Several of the main characters, including the two leads, decide that they do not want to be men or women, but rather keep their "maiden" gender, which goes against the rules of society. Despite the maiden gender being feminine, the fact that choosing to keep it is regarded as significantly different from choosing to become a woman shows that it is a third gender role and not the same as womanhood.
*''Steven Universe'' is about an alien kind called Gems, who all look similar to human women, except for the half-human Gem named Steven. The show creator, [[Rebecca Sugar]], says the Gems aren't female: "Steven is the first and only male Gem, because he is half human! Technically, there are no female Gems! There are only Gems!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p [https://web.archive.org/web/20220702054909/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The Gems are called by [[Pronouns#She|she]] pronouns just because it's easy: Sugar said, "There's a 50 50 chance to use some pronoun on Earth, so why not feminine ones-- it's as convenient as it is arbitrary!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032904/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In a later interview, Rebecca stated outright that "the Gems are all nonbinary women. [...] They wouldn't think of themselves as women, but they're fine with being interpreted that way amongst humans." (She also identified herself as a nonbinary woman in this same interview.)<ref name="TheMind">{{Cite web |title=The Mind Behind America's Most Empathetic Cartoon |work=NPR.org |date=14 July 2018 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231100935/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Furthermore, Gems can temporarily fuse together to become a combined being. In episode "Alone Together", the aforementioned Steven manages to pull off this skill with human girl Connie, resulting in a fusion named "Stevonnie." When asked about Stevonnie's gender, Rebecca Sugar replied that "Stevonnie is an experience! The living relationship between Steven and Connie," describing them as a "metaphor that is so complex and so specific but also really, really relatable, in the form of a character."<ref>http://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507191537/https://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> [http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Burnett Matt Burnett] confirmed on Twitter that Stevonnie uses they/them pronouns,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413004824/https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408|archive-date=13 April 2016|title=@Tumble234 Stevonnie uses them/they.|date=13 July 2015|url=https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408}}</ref> which do get used for Stevonnie in later episodes. Later, in a 2019 public service announcement about self-esteem and social media, which is also part of the canon, Stevonnie is briefly seen scrolling past their Instagram profile, in which they have described themself with the words "nonbinary" and "intersex."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|last=Ermac|first=Raffy|title=Cartoon Network Confirmed This ''Steven Universe'' Character Is Intersex|date=June 26, 2019|website=Pride.com|accessdate=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404161229/https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> These are both real human identities and conditions, even though Stevonnie's origins are only possible in fiction.
*Izana Shinatose in ''Knights of Sidonia'' is neither female nor male, but has the ability to eventually choose a sex if they fall in love. Izana's uniform is different from that of her classmates, reflecting their lack of gender (while females have skirts and males wear pants, Izana wears shorts). This gender is given the name of "middlesex" in the second season. Izana's body does eventually become female after falling in love with Nagate, against their conscious wishes and to their dismay.
*The Sailor Starlights in the ''Sailor Moon'' anime are male in their human form, but they can change to female when transformed into Sailor Senshi.
*The animated webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 Battle For Dream Island]'' features characters based on numbers, variables, and mathematical symbols (commonly called Algebralians) which are heavily implied to be a genderless race. When the topic of gender comes up, the character Four simply responds, "we don't have that where I'm from."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIZyD5-5gE BFB 10: Enter the Exit]</ref> The Algebralians Four and X are referred to with he/him and they/them pronouns, and Two, another major Algebralian, is referred to with they/them.

=== Audio ===

*In the ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' audio dramas by Big Finish, the character of Zagreus is an alien entity who inhabits various minds and bodies. Zagreus is played by one male actor and one female actress, and changes pronouns depending on each stolen body.

=== Board and card games ===

* The aetherborn race from Magic the Gathering's Kaladesh setting are sexless and typically [[agender]].<ref>James Wyatt, [https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Plane-Shift Kaladesh], pg. 16 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608112733/https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Agender aetherborn use they/them pronouns, including a secondary character for the Kaladesh arc, Yahenni.<ref>Alison Luhrs, [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/born-aether-2016-09-21 Born of Aether]</ref>

=== Books and other literature ===

*The Children of the Triad fantasy novel series by Laurie Marks includes a genderless species. The books are ''Delan the Mislaid'' (1989), ''The Moonbane Mage'' (1990), and ''Ara's Field'' (1991). The title character and protagonist of the first book is a member of that species.<ref>''All our worlds: Diverse fantastic fiction.'' http://doublediamond.net/aow [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202733/http://doublediamond.net/aow/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*Sayuri Ueda's science fiction novel ''The Cage of Zeus'' (2011) is about genetically engineered characters with a fictional sex and nonbinary gender.<ref>Sayuri Ueda, ''The Cage of Zeus.'' 2011.</ref>
*''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466375.Commitment_Hour Commitment Hour]'' by James Alan Gardner features a culture who switch between male and female sexes once a year until their 21st birthday, when they are asked to choose whether they want to stay forever as male, female, or both.
*The ''Culture'' series by Iain M. Bank is centred around a postgender civilisation.
**As described in ''Excession'', the humans are able to change sex by just thinking it, and nanomachines alter their anatomy accordingly over a period of a few days. It is described as common for couples to take turns bearing children.
*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082646/http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)].
*M.C.A. Hogarth's science-fiction series about the Jokka, an alien species that can randomly change sex twice at puberty, with three sexes, and three corresponding rigid gender roles: female, male, and neuter. These stories focus on individuals who don't conform to those prescribed gender roles, and some could be considered transgender. However, the author often publicly voices her opposition to transgender rights in real life, saying she "Will never stop fighting this trans thing. Never.";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 5, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220820220131/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097</ref> agreeing with anti-transgender author Abigail Shrier's opposition of the informed consent model of pediatric transgender health care;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. October 25, 2021. Tweet. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20211026003911/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791</ref> saying she liked Debrah Soh's anti-transgender book;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 11, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220511185719/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643</ref> siding with a student who expressed anti-transgender views, in reply to an anti-transgender Twitter account;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 17, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517095601/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696</ref> being a fan of an anti-trans podcaster;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. July 15, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220715124900/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752</ref> asserting the anti-transgender claim that "cisgender is a slur";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 29, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220821051705/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088</ref> and saying that transgender people should never transition, and should instead content themselves with "the flesh God gave" them.<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. August 23, 2021. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220818215810/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376</ref> This is an example of how authors who write representation of gender-variant characters can't be assumed to support the human rights of gender-variant people in real life and may even actively oppose it.
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by Ursula K. Le Guin is a classic science fiction novel published in 1976 featuring a race of people whose sexes become male or female only briefly for reproduction, and whose genders can be a variety of masculine, feminine, both or neither.
*CJ Carter's science fiction novel, ''Que Será Serees'' (2011) is about a species of people with a single gender.<ref>CJ Carter, "Genderless singular pronouns." http://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221212103224/https://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Que Será Serees". ''CJ's Creative Studio''. http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201031105743/http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*"In David Lindsay's ''Voyage to Arcturus'' (1920) a man from earth meets people on another planet who are neither man nor woman so he invents a new pronoun ''ae'' to refer to them."<ref>Suzanne Romaine, ''Communicating Gender.'' p. 343.</ref>
*Bard Bloom's World Tree is a setting with no human species, and many of the intelligent species in that setting have fictional sexes, such as co-lover, both-female, and so on. This includes the protagonist of a book in that setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/Sythyrys-Journal-Chronicle-Transaffection-Adventure/dp/1451562934 Sythyry's Journal]'', which was first serialized as a blog starting in 2002. Sythyry is a member of a dragon-like species who are all "hermaphrodites" (and not analogous to real-life intersex conditions), and don't identify as female or male. In World Tree society, species is more important than gender, so same-gender relationships are seen as unremarkable, but cross-species relationships are seen as queer, which is a significant plot element in that book. The setting also has a role-playing game handbook, ''World Tree: A role playing game of species and civilization'' (2001). A romance novel in the setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/MARRIAGE-OF-INSECTS-novel-World/dp/1890096369 A Marriage of Insects],'' deals with the relationships of a group of Herethroy, an insect-like species that has three (arguably four) sexes: male, female, co-lover (a sex necessary for males and females of that species to reproduce), and both-female (a socially unaccepted variant sex, indeterminate between female and co-lover).
*In ''Static'', a romance novel by L. A. Witt, there have always been a marginalized minority of humans capable of changing sex instantly and at will, known as "shifters." Shifters are usually, though not always, genderfluid, having different gender identities at different times, including male, female, and other genders. (Though they only have the ability to change between two sexes.) Alex, one of the protagonists and part of the lead romantic pair, is a genderfluid shifter who is the victim of medical assault to force them to remain in one form, but continues to be genderfluid and experience dysphoria.
*In the book ''Good Omens'' by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the character Aziraphale (and A. J. Crowley by extension) are described as man-shaped, sexless beings.
*In the Faction Paradox novel ''This Town Will Never Let Us Go...'' by Philip Purser-Hallard (a [[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] spinoff), there is a species of posthumans who are engineered to change sex from male to female as they mature. Some of these transformations are never completed. One of the main characters, Keth Marrane, is part of this species and has a body with both male and female characteristics. Marrane is fully happy with this body and is referred to as a "hermaphrodite" by other characters; a word without negative connotations in the cultures that are described. Marrane uses "one" pronouns when narrating.
*Adam Rex's sci-fi novel, ''The True Meaning of Smekday'' (2007), features the Boov, an alien people with seven genders (boy, girl, girlboy, boygirl, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy) based on their fish-like role in fertilizing an egg after they lay it in a designated part of town. Because of the impersonal way they reproduce, Boov society is egalitarian and aromantic. The sequel, ''Smek for President'' (2015), has a girlboy character named Ponch Sandhandler. She-he is addressed as "ladyfellow," and by she-he pronouns. The movie loosely based on the books, ''Home'' (2015), doesn't directly mention anything about Boov gender, and only refers to any Boov by he pronouns.
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin Ursula K. Le Guin], the inhabitants of the planet Gethen are referred to as ambisexual, and lack sex characteristics for the majority of the lunar cycle, which they acquire in order to reproduce.
* In Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's collaborative novel ''Good Omens,'' Neil Gaiman has confirmed that both of the main characters are non-binary, and they present as different genders at times in both the book and the 2019 tv-series (Crowley presenting as female as a nanny and at Jesus's cruxification, and Aziraphale presenting as female while possessing Madame Tracy). The characters usually present as males, and don't show any inclination to correct people on using masculine pronouns, but this is presented more as them not caring, and less them defining themself as males. The book specifically says that all angels and demons in it are neither male nor female, which is the standard belief about [[Gender variance in Christianity#Angels in Christianity|angels in Christianity]].
* In ''Wyvern'', a kids book by Kyle McGiverin, there is a sentient race of beings called wyverns. The wyverns are genderless and use "wy/wym/wys" pronouns.<ref name="Helkio">{{Cite web |title=ALDIA: A World Where Gender Is Meaningless |last=Helkio |first=Raymond |work=theBUZZ |date=2017 |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204213811/https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The ''Lilith's Brood'' series by Octavia Butler (three novels: ''Dawn'', ''Adulthood Rites'', and ''Imago'') features the oankali, an alien race with three genders: male, female, and ooloi.<ref name="SturgeonFW">{{Cite web |title=17 Pathbreaking Non-Binary and Gender-Fluid Novels |last=Sturgeon |first=Jonathon |work=Flavorwire |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032841/https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the ''Iska Universe'' series by Geneva Vand, the Iska race of aliens uses nongendered pronouns "eet" and "ta".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220706180121/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Clive Barker's fantasy/sci-fi book ''Imajica'', a main character named Pie'oh'pah is a shapeshifting extraterrestrial who uses the pronoun "it".
* In Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, The Vorkosigan Saga, major character Bel Thorne is one of a group of humans who were genetically engineered to have both male and female sex organs. This group is called "hermaphrodites" and use the pronoun "it". Bel Thorne is noted to usually have an "ambiguous-to-male" [[gender expression]], but sometimes presents more femininely. Additionally, there is a group of genetically-engineered beings called the "ba" who have no sex organs and are used as servants in the Cetagandan Empire.
* In ''Ice Song'' and ''Tattoo'', fantasy/sci-fi/paranormal books by Kirsten Imani Kasai, the protagonist, Sorykah Minuit, is a type of person known as a "Trader", meaning her physical [[sex]] changes at certain times due to her genetics. Traders are treated with superstition and harassment. Sorykah's male persona is Soryk, and his memories are separate from Sorykah's. Sorykah has twin children, Leander and Ayeda, who are also Traders.
* ''Everybody Loves Large Chests'', a (dark)comedy-fantasy webnovel by Exterminatus, features several sentient species who have no or only one biological sex. Some of them display gendered features and behavior, like the "motherly" Dryads and the various kinds of demons. Boxxy, the anti-hero protagonist, is explicitely stated to be genderless in the chapter "Mindgames 2".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |website= TV Tropes |access-date= 20 May 2021 |quote= The irony of a genderless creature with zero sex drive somehow surrounding itself with all manner of lewd women was so thick that one would probably need to dig through it with a pickaxe. |title= Literature / Everybody Loves Large Chests |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230315111851/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |archive-date= 17 July 2023 }}</ref> The story follows its life from Dungeon-Mimic to walking calamity.
* In the ''Wayfarers'' series by Becky Chambers (''<nowiki/>'The Long way to a Small, Angry Planet', 'A Closed and Common Orbit', 'Records of a Spaceborn Few'<nowiki/>'' and ''<nowiki/>'The Galaxy, and the Ground Within''') there are multiple interpretations of gender within the alien species.
** The Aeluon species are a four-gendered species, and separate them based on reproductive capability: Those who produced eggs, those who fertilised eggs, those who shifted between both reproductive abilities in phases (called shons) and those who could not do either. In galactic society, they used the common feminine-masculine-neuter pronoun set, which in the universe is she/he/xyr. Shons used the pronoun set that their body matched, unless they were in the middle of a shift. Children and those who could not reproduce used xyr. In book two, ''A Closed and Common Orbit,'' there is a Aeluon fertility festival called a ''Shimmerquick'', and the Aeluon taking part wear colour-coded clothing to illustrate their gender.
** In ''The Galaxy, and the Ground Within'', Tupo, a Laru child, is referred to with xe/xyr pronouns, as xyr has not yet reached adulthood where gender is chosen.

===Comics and graphic novels===

*In ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', a manga series by CLAMP, beings who were created by magic are canonically said to be neither female nor male. They're sexless, but may prefer a gender expression that is female, male, or androgynous. This includes some main characters, but it would be spoilers to say who and how. This is also the case in the anime based on the manga, of the same name.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' by Neil Gaiman and various artists - seminal graphic novel series, as recommended in [[Nonbinary_celebrities#Kate_Bornstein|Kate Bornstein]]'s ''My New Gender Workbook'' as having "Lots of good gender play." One character, Desire, is a being who can have any sex or gender.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051557/http://tapastic.com/series/The-Satrians The Satrians],'' a comic by Carlisle Robinson, a satyr-like alien species called Satrians have only one sex, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 no concept of gender]. They're all called by the pronoun set [[Pronouns#Xe|xe]], xyr, xem.<ref>Carlisle Robinson. "FAQ about gender." ''The Satrians''. http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Spectra]'', a science fiction comic by Cori Walters, the main characters are members of an alien species that has one sex, and all people voluntarily choose which of several gender roles they identify with. Outside of the story, Walters said, "They only have one physical sex but they have three socially enforced genders (or four if you count young children, who are seen as genderless until they choose their role in society.) For simplification reasons, in the comic the three main ones are referred to as he, she, and ne. The 'male' role is that of destruction, the 'female' is that of creation, and the third gender is that of preservation." The comic started in 2013 and is still in progress.<ref>''Spectra.'' [http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The comic series ''Crash and Burn'' involves "a genderless race of bird-like aliens" called the ornos.<ref>https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210906133101/https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

=== Movies ===

*''E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg. In an interview, Spielberg said that E.T. is a plant-like creature, and is neither male nor female.<ref>"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Trivia." ''Internet Movie Database.'' https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729004714/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The finished movie itself doesn't mention this fact. The finished script refers to E.T. as "he" and "the creature." This fact about E.T. was included in the first draft of the script written by Melissa Mathison.<ref>Charlie Jane Anders, "Weird Facts That You Didn't Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." October 10, 2012. ''Gizmodo''. https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230628140344/https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===TV (live-action)===

*In the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outcast_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29 The Outcast]" the Enterprise encounters an alien race called the "androgynous J'naii", whose society long ago had female and male roles, but their society had become sexless and genderless, which they believe to be more advanced. They have no physical sex differences, and reproduce without copulation. They all dress alike, and ask to be called by [[Pronouns#It|it]] pronouns. The J'naii believe that it's unhealthy to be female or male, and the genderlessness of their society is enforced on all its members. In that episode, a J'naii named Soren is revealed to be secretly a [[transgender women|transgender woman]]. In a reference to real-life "[[conversion therapy]]" used coercively on transgender people to make them not be transgender, the J'naii use brainwashing to force Soren to identify as androgynous rather than female. The episode fails at exploring the possibilities of a genderless society or identity, which is depicted as bland and repressive, but is a decent critique of conversion therapy, as well as a defense of transgender rights.
*The series ''Earth: Final Conflict'' is primarily about interactions between modern-day humans and aliens called Taelons, who seem to have neither sex nor gender. The Taelons use [[Pronouns#He|he pronouns]] for human convenience, but do not identify as male.
* Time Lords in ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' are able to transform their bodies in order to prevent death, giving them a new personality each time they undergo this process. See [[Gender in Doctor Who]] for more information.
*In the fantasy show ''The Good Place'', Janet is a nonhuman entity who acts as something akin to a superpowered computer-like assistant. Janet uses she/her pronouns but frequently corrects people who call her a girl. Janet's actor D'Arcy Carden and the show's creator Mike Schur have "unofficially concluded that Janet is [[agender]]."<ref name="Yip" />

=== Video games ===
====2000====
* In ''Final Fantasy IX'', Quina is a genderless character who is referred to as "he/she". This is true for his/her entire species.
====2007====
* The Asari species in ''Mass Effect'' are an alien race that all appear feminine and use she/her pronouns. However, Liara T'Soni of the Asari says that the species is "mono-gendered", and "male and female have no real meaning for us." Liara also says that she is "not precisely a woman." Despite this, the Codex describes the Asari as an all-female race. Conversation in Mass Effect 2 implies that the Asari are viewed to look like whatever species are viewing them.
====2016====
* Randy Varnell, the creative director for the first-person shooter ''Battleborn'', has "confirmed that Varimorphs (Orendi's species) are genderfluid, and can alter their gender / sex. He stated that Orendi identifies as female, 'currently, at least'."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battleborn |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=5 October 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324064854/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

=== Webseries ===

*"[http://sulmere.tumblr.com Ask Sulmere]" by Draque Thompson is an ongoing ask blog featuring aliens of a race that never evolved sexual dimorphism or the concept of gender.

==Gender nonconformity in fiction==

This section is for characters who are [[gender nonconforming]] but have a [[binary gender]] identity. That is, they identify as female, or as male, and are therefore not nonbinary. In significant ways, the characters don't conform to the expectations and norms for their gender. Fans may describe these characters as [[genderqueer]], which may be accurate. A character who is gender nonconforming and/or genderqueer isn't necessarily nonbinary, since they may still have a strictly binary gender identity, and they may also be [[cisgender]]. For example, a character who says something like, "I'm all man, and wearing a pink dress doesn't make me any less of a man" is gender nonconforming and perhaps genderqueer, but definitely not nonbinary.

===Animation===

* In the comedy series ''SheZow'', the legacy of a super-heroine has been passed down through generations of grand-aunts to grand-nieces when they inherit a magic ring that grants feminine-themed powers. For the first time, the ring is inherited by a boy, Guy Hamdon. Whenever he's being SheZow, which entails wearing a pink costume with a skirt and long hair, he has to keep up the appearance of being a girl in order to protect his secret identity. If anyone finds out who SheZow really is, his whole family will have to be relocated to the moon. Aside from his hair, SheZow's body doesn't change, and he has to remember to speak in a higher voice. Shezow often insists that his friends who are in the know need to call him by "she" pronouns whenever he appears in public as SheZow, and grumbles whenever they mess it up. When a friend hesitates and asks in private which pronoun Guy prefers, Guy shrugs and replies, "Eh, it depends on what I'm wearing." In other words, Guy's pronoun preference while being SheZow is "she," and is "he" while in his secret identity. Guy overcomes his initial discomfort and finds empowerment and confidence in femininity, even while remaining happily masculine when presenting as a boy. While this comfortable alternation between male and female presentations could be seen as a [[genderfluid]] or [[bigender]] character, the show creator has stated in an interview that, to the best of his understanding, this isn't so: "SheZow is not transgendered. He's a boy, his gender never changes, he's just trapped in a silly costume."<ref>Reiher, Andrea (1 June 2013). "'SheZow' creator talks 'transsexual' criticism, a 'coming out' episode and more". Zap2It. Retrieved 11 February 2014.</ref> As such, Shezow/Guy is a gender nonconforming cisgender boy.
** There are other gender noncomforming characters in Shezow than the title character. Shezow's evil clone, Shezap, can look like Guy or like Shezow. When they open a portal to a gender-swapped alternative universe, Shezow discovers that the version of herself there is Dudepow, a hero with masculine-themed powers who is secretly a girl.
* On the kids' show ''Cupcake and Dino General Services'', the two titular brothers often express themselves femininely.<ref name="cupcake&dino">{{Cite web |title=On My Quest for Inclusion, Cupcake and Dino Take the Cake |last=Williams |first=Star |work=Thrive Global |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929045141/https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Books and Literature===

====1972====
*''The Gods Themselves'' by Isaac Asimov - The 2nd part of this book features an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. However, the 3 fictional sexes are ''not'' used as justification for these characters having nonbinary gender identities, as the protagonists are depicted as being gender non-conforming by the standards of their own society. Most notable is Dua, the "emotional"/"mid" member of a triad, who has always struggled to fit in with the others of her sex. She's explicitly non-conforming, exhibiting traits normally associated with the "rational"/"left" sex of her species. As a result, her peers use the slur "left-em" against her, which she would eventually reclaim as her own identity, along with "queer". Would she also qualify as nonbinary (technically non-trinary) transgender? This is open to interpretation by the reader.

====2016====
* In children's book ''The Boy & The Bindi'' by Vivek Shraya, "A five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother’s bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. He wishes to have one of his own bindi, which his mother agrees to."<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi [https://web.archive.org/web/20220523014703/https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the novella ''Seven Minutes'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. The novella was expanded and republished in 2020 under the title ''Seven Minutes in Vegas''. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse.
* In the young-adult book ''Girl Mans Up'', by M.E. Girard, the protagonist Pen is a gender-nonconforming lesbian. Pen expresses herself in a masculine manner, though she doesn't use the term [[butch]]. Pen thinks the following in regards to her classmate Blake:
{{quote|I think maybe she could be my girlfriend. I don't want to be her girlfriend, though. But there's this part of me that totally knows I could be her boyfriend. I don't want her to think of me as a boy, or a boy substitute, though. I want to be a boyfriend who is a girl. I have no idea how to explain that stuff to anyone, let alone a girl I like. I just wish it was already all understood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Riordan's review of Girl Mans Up |author= |work=Goodreads |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005644/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}} Content note: "there are multiple scenes of sexual assault/intended sexual assault where a lot of manipulation and gaslighting happens".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artcentric asked: Hello, I am a teacher. Is this book appropriate for 6th grade students? Thank you. |author= |work=Goodreads |date= |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005641/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2017====
* ''Sparkle Boy'', by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Maria Mola, is a children's book about a "gender creative" three-year-old boy Casey and his older sister Jessie.<ref name="libr_Spar">{{Cite web |title=Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818051539/https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2019====
* In ''Pattern for an Angel'', by CJane Elliott, one of the protagonists, Gabe Martin, has a five-year-old named Ian who loves to wear dresses. The other protagonist, Loren Schuster, is a male [[drag queen]] who also wears skirts and dresses casually.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pattern for an Angel|date=2019 |last=Elliott|first=CJane|edition=Kindle}}</ref>

====2020====
* ''Tabitha and Magoo Dress Up Too''. A children's book in which siblings Tabitha and Magoo meet a [[drag queen]] named Morgana who helps them "learn to defy restrictive [[gender roles]]".<ref>https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does [https://web.archive.org/web/20220701164619/https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===Comics and graphic novels===
*The manga ''My Androgynous Boyfriend'', by artist/writer Tamekou, is a slice-of-life romance about Wako and her boyfriend Meguru, who is often mistaken for female due to his fashion style.<ref name="Silverman">{{Cite web |title=My Androgynous Boyfriend GN 1 |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |work=Anime News Network |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315041847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The Japanese title translates roughly to "I'm loved by a genderless boy", but Meguru is explicitly not [[trans]] and doesn't identify himself as nonbinary or [[agender]]; "genderless" refers to his fashion preferences.<ref name="JordanD">{{Cite web |title=Queer Fiction Blog: March 2021 |author=JordanD |work=Boston Public Library blogs |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=20 April 2021 |url= https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531005720/https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The manga ''Madoka no Himitsu'' (''Madoka's Secret'') is about a boy named Madoka who likes playing with dolls and wearing dresses. His family moves to a new city where he meets classmate Itsuki who is a tomboy.
*In the manga ''Otomen'', "Asuka is a guy who has likings for girly things like shoujo manga, baking, and sewing. However, his mother forbids this and wants him to grow up manly."<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 [https://web.archive.org/web/20221105193649/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manhwa ''It's Okay To Be Shy'', Hyo Jin is a feminine man, and Dam is a masculine girl.<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210723203057/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manga (and various adaptations of) ''Princess Jellyfish'' (海月姫, ''Kuragehime''), a main character Kuranosuke is a young man who enjoys [[cross-dressing]] and fashion.

===Movies===
* The 2019 short film ''Bind'' is about a Taiwanese immigrant mother and her gender-nonconforming child named Jules.<ref name="watc_BIND">{{Cite web |title=BIND |author= |work=Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2021 |date= |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205164737/https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

===Video Games===
*In the indie game ''Repurpose'', Ramon's child Ariel is gender nonconforming (as stated by one of the creators) and is addressed with they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620 |title=Eros here to bring the February 2021 progress report!|date=27 February 2021|author=Eros|quote=This is Ariel! They are Ramon's child. The image says “son” but it's a sub-plot point when going on either Ramon or Ariel's paths about how they should raise and address their gender non-conforming child. For the time being Ariel's pronouns are they/them.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228230011/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Undisclosed gender in fiction]]
*[[Gender in Doctor Who]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Transgender The ''TV Tropes'' Transgender page]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguousGender The ''TV Tropes'' Ambiguous Gender page]

==References==
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Nonbinary gender in fiction

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This list of [[fictional depictions of nonbinary gender]] is for taking note of all examples of [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] in fiction in any kind of media. The media includes animation, board and card games, books and other literature, comics and graphic novels, movies, performance, TV, webseries, and video games. Since most people don't know that people can have a nonbinary gender identity, the way that nonbinary genders are represented in fiction can be a valuable part of nonbinary visibility and awareness. Fiction can also be an outlet for nonbinary people to explore their identities and the possibilities of society's attitudes toward them. These are reasons why representation matters. It's very rare for fiction to have any real representation of nonbinary gender. It's almost as rare for characters to have an undisclosed gender, or to have a fictional sex, which almost but not really counts as nonbinary representation. They're close enough that they are dealt with on this page and the page [[Undisclosed gender in fiction]].

There is a difference between being born with a physical [[intersex]] condition, and having a nonbinary gender identity. Many intersex people identify as just [[female]] or [[male]], not nonbinary. Many nonbinary people are not intersex. If a character has a real-life kind of intersex condition, you should still list them on this page only if they also have a nonbinary gender identity.

If you add a piece of media to this list, please describe exactly which character is nonbinary, and how this is told in canon, or your entry will be deleted. Do not include media here that just has a popular "headcanon" (a fan's imaginary interpretation) of a nonbinary character, because this isn't representation. Please include direct quotes from canon that are evidence that the character is nonbinary.

==Nonbinary genders in fiction==

This section is for the most true-to-life representation of nonbinary gender identities. The story explicitly says that they don't identify as a woman or man, but as a different gender. The characters aren't nonbinary because of having fictional sexes. Their physical sexes and genders assigned at birth are non-intersex or a real-life intersex condition. If their physical sex or gender assigned at birth is undisclosed, their gender identity is still explicitly, specifically labeled as not female or male, but something else. They may or may not take a social or physical transition in their gender expression. They may or may not look androgynous. They may or may not go by gender-neutral pronouns.

===Animation===

* In ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. Episode 2, 2007.</ref> (Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.)
* Season four of ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' introduces the nonbinary character Double Trouble, who uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
* In the anime ''Soul Eater'', the character Crona is nonbinary. In a interview{{citation needed}} the writer said that he wanted to make a character that normalizes nonbinary/[[X-gender]], so all the other characters accept Crona's identity without question. (In the original translation they call Crona he/him; this is due to a mistranslation.)
* Shep in ''Steven Universe Future'' is a human nonbinary character (as opposed to the Gems who are nonhuman, see [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Fictional_sexes|Fictional sexes section of this page]]). Shep uses [[singular they]] and is voiced by [[Indya Moore]].
* In Nickelodeon's ''Middle School Moguls'', one of the teachers, Wren, is nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TimGunn|number=1169338993034461185|title=Schools in session! Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday, September 8th at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT for the premiere of Nickelodeon's Middle School Moguls – starring yours truly as Wren, a non-binary teacher in the Mogul Academy Fashion Branch! #Nickelodeon #middleschoolmoguls #mogulize|date=4 September 2019}}</ref>
* Yuta "Yū" Asuka (飛鳥悠, Asuka Yūta) from the Tokyo Broadcasting System anime series ''Stars Align'' had a short arc that touched on how they were [[questioning]] their gender identity. During this, they tell Maki that they want to be referred to with [[gender neutral language]] and that they think they are [[X-gender]] but don't want to be categorized.
* Astolfo from the ''Fate'' series uses ''both'' he/him and they/them pronouns, but presents in a very feminine manner. In their profile in ''Grand Order'' they list their gender as "le secret" per their request, and they use both male and female terms to describe themself, calling themself both a "cute boy", and a "maiden" in different scenes. Quotes from their bio include "Instead of making judgments based off of merits, Astolfo makes all choices based off if it feels good or not." and "Gender means nothing in the face of Astolfo's cuteness! But there's really no way Astolfo could be a girl...". Despite this many fans treat Astolfo as either a feminine man or a trans woman. Their pronouns also vary depending on the translation, with ''Grand Order''<nowiki/>'s English localization using they/them and ''Apocrypha's'' English dub using he/him.
* Le Chevalier d'Eon from the ''Fate'' series is [[genderfluid]], and accepts being seen as either a man or a woman by the player. Both he/him and she/her [[pronouns]] are used interchangeably, and their "Self Suggestion" skill allows them to alter both their body and aura between being masculine and feminine. The historical figure they are based on was also [[intersex]].
* Enkidu from the ''Fate'' series is genderless and uses they/them pronouns.
* Odee the Okapi is a nonbinary character introduced in the Hulu show ''Madagascar: A Little Wild'', which is a spinoff of the Dreamworks film franchise. Odee is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Madagascar2021">{{Cite web |title='Madagascar' Spinoff's Pride Episode Introduces Nonbinary Character |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609162116/https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Cartoon Network show ''Craig of the Creek'', minor character Merkid is nonbinary, recurring character Angel Jose is [[agender]], and minor character Pullstring is also agender.<ref name="insider-database">{{Cite web |title=We created the first-ever searchable database of 259 LGBTQ characters in cartoons that bust the myth that kids can't handle inclusion |author= |work=insider.com |date=June 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url= https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database}}</ref>
* In the Netflix show ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'', the recurring character Asher Berdacs is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* In the Netflix show ''The Dragon Prince'', minor character Kazi is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show ''Gargoyles'' was confirmed to be [[genderfluid]] and [[polysexual]] in a 2014 interview with the creative team.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Minor characters Milo and Sweet, from the ''Danger & Eggs'' animated series, are nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" /> Milo is played by the [[agender]] voice actor [[Tyler Ford]]<ref>''[https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ “Danger & Eggs” Is The Greatest Weirdest Queer-and-Trans Inclusive Kids Show Ever]'', Autostraddle, July 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324022836/https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and Sweet is voiced by nonbinary comedian [[RB Butcher]].
*In the Netflix kids' show ''Ridley Jones'', Fred the Bison is nonbinary and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Walsh-RidleyJones">{{Cite web |title=New Netflix Show For Preschoolers Features A Nonbinary Bison—And LGBTQ+ Fans Are Cheering |last=Walsh |first=Mike |work=Comic Sands |date=8 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605074906/https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the Disney show ''The Owl House'', the character Raine Whispers is shown to be nonbinary, using singular they pronouns throughout their appearances. They are voiced by [[Avi Roque]]. Raine debuts in episode 7 of season 2.<ref name="Zogbi">{{Cite web |title=The Owl House Introduces Disney's First Non-Binary Character |author=Zogbi, Emily |work=CBR |date=24 July 2021 |access-date=25 July 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403210732/https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://www.inanimateinsanity.com/ ''Inanimate Insanity''] is an animated webseries that features two nonbinary characters, [[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]] and Bot. Paintbrush starts out as the subject of a somewhat-transphobic running gag about their gender ambiguity, but is later revealed to be nonbinary and is referred to with they/them pronouns from then on. Bot similarly begins going by they/them pronouns after a journey of self-discovery. Paintbrush and Bot are both currently voiced by nonbinary actors, Jazzy Oliver and Shooshies, respectively.
*In the animated webseries [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 ''Battle For Dream Island''], the characters Winner, Price Tag, and Profily all go by they/them pronouns.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
Animation
!Which character(s) are nonbinary
!Proof of nonbinary status
!Character Role
!Title
!Showrunner(s) / Creator(s)
!Air Dates
!Publisher(s)
!Genre(s)
!Content Warning
!Notes
|-
|Leeron Littner
|Littner states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."
|Protagonist - Supporting
|''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''
|Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima
|04/01/2007 - 09/30/2007
|Aniplex, Konami
|Adventure, Mecha
|Many major characters die in the series, but not Leeron.
|Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.
|-
|Double Trouble
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Side character
|''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''
|N.D. Stevenson
|13/11/2018 - 15/05/2020
|Dreamworks Animation Television
|Adventure
|
|Double Trouble is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
|-
|Envy
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Secondary Antagonist
|''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Furumetaru Arukemisuto''
|Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Original Author: Hiromu Arakawa
|04/5/2009 – 07/4/2010
|Bones, MBS, Aniplex
|Adventure, Dark fantasy, Steampunk
|Many hard events in first episodes
|Many older translations used he/him when mentioning Envy, despite them only ever using non-gendered ways of refering to themself.
|-
|[[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]]
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
In a conversation, their friend Lightbulb says:
"Oh, it's C, isn't it? None of the above!"
| rowspan="2" |Contestant
| rowspan="2" |Inanimate Insanity
| rowspan="2" |Adam Katz
| rowspan="2" |2/2/2013
-
11/29/2024
| rowspan="2" |Adamation
| rowspan="2" |Dramady, Competition, Object show
|For all of season 1 and most of season 2, Paintbrush's gender was the subject of a gag. In a now-deleted clip, the show's host (MePhone4) refers to them as an "unknown gender freak!"
|Paintbrush is currently voiced by [https://twitter.com/LadyJazzington Jazzy Oliver], a transfemme nonbinary voice actress.
|-
|Bot
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
|
|Bot is currently voiced by [https://www.youtube.com/@shooshies Shooshies], a nonbinary voice actor.
|}

===Audio===

''Note: See the page [[Podcasts]] for nonfiction podcasts on the topic of gender outside the binary.''

* In the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', there are several characters who are referred to with [[they/them]]. In the first season, ''The Adventure Zone: Balanc''e, a minor character named Roswell (an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird) is [[agender]] and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>[https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell The Adventure Zone Wiki: Roswell] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202457/http://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the second season, ''The Adventure Zone: Amnesty'', a reoccurring secondary character named Hollis (the leader of a local gang named The Hornets) is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. <ref>[https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis The Adventure Zone Wiki: Hollis] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808233009/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the third season, ''The Adventure Zone: Graduation'', both a gnome student named Mimi and one of the recurring teachers, Festo the faerie, use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|title=Mimi|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808220528/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|title=Festo|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117033408/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the podcast series ''Welcome To Night Vale'', there are several nonbinary characters who are referred to with "they" pronouns. Recurring nonbinary characters include a scientist named Alice and the town's new Sheriff, Sam.
*In the podcast ''The Penumbra Podcast'', there are a vast number of nonbinary characters. The most prevalent of these is the namesake of the Juno Steel arc, who uses he/him pronouns but is explicitly nonbinary and refers to himself as a lady on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|title=Juno Steel|website=The Penumbra Podcast Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115023357/https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the podcast ''The Strange Case of Starship Iris'', Krejjh uses they/them pronouns, finds the concept of binary genders funny and states "[no pronouns] feel great"
*The main character known as "The Runner" in the fantasy podcast ''And 195'' is nonbinary.<ref>http://and195podcast.com/story-and-characters</ref>
* The main character Rion in ''Sidequesting'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser">{{cite web|access-date=23 November 2020 |url=https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|title=Nonbinary Rep!|last=Minear|first=Tal|work=Podchaser|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201161218/https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Inn Between'', Velune and Knowles both use [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Moonbase Theta, Out'', Ashwini Ray uses [[English neutral pronouns#Ze|ze/zir]] pronouns, Wilder uses she/they pronouns, and Alexandre Bragado-Fischer uses he/they pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Novitero'', Medic and Valzin both use they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Less Is Morgue'', Riley uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Light Hearts'', Kale uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Transmission Folklore'', Sorrel uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Null/Void'', supporting character Dodger uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Love and Luck'', supporting character CJ uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''The Van'', supporting character Audre uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Soulborn City'', supporting character Anacrea uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Zoo'', supporting character Normandy uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In the Trinyvale Campaign of ''Not Another D&D Podcast'', the world has three deities: one male, one female, one nonbinary.
* In ''Loveville High'', a musical podcast, the character Jendrix is [[genderqueer]] and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].

====2018====
* In the urban fantasy podcast ''Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services'', supporting character Desiree Onasis is nonbinary, uses they/them pronouns, and is played by nonbinary performer [[Zayn Thiam]].<ref name="Zutter">{{Cite web |title=8 Sweet, Funny, and Thrilling Queer Fiction Podcasts |last=Zutter |first=Natalie |work=Tor.com |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326003115/https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Desiree first appears in episode eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|title=Please join me in welcoming Zayn Thiam, the upcoming voice for Desiree Onasis.|date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001525/https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=30 September 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2019====
* The main character Alex in ''Evergreen Sky'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-11-23 |archive-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====2020====
* Several major characters in the podcast ''The Nonbinary Carrie Bradshaw'' are nonbinary.

===Board and card games===

* Magic the Gathering features multiple nonbinary characters.
**Ashiok is a character of unknown gender, who explicitly resists categorisation.<ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der [https://web.archive.org/web/20221205214329/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005059/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005104/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Though some depictions of the character erroneously use “he” as a pronoun, Ashiok has no confirmed pronouns. It is commonly believed Ashiok uses no pronouns; but the official style guide rules out they/them pronouns on the basis not being "'proper' English", rather than as any reflection on the character.<ref>[https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Ashiok's Style Guide Entry—The Official Magic the Gathering Tumblr] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230422184007/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This guide has not been updated to reflect Magic's adoption of they/them pronouns for both players and characters, leaving Ashiok's relationship with they/them pronouns ambiguous.
**Karn is an [[agender]]<ref name=":0">https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like [https://web.archive.org/web/20210430190205/https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> golem from the plane of Dominaria created by the planeswalker Urza as part of his experiments with time travel. Narration and other characters use he/him pronouns for Karn, though he has no pronoun preference.<ref name=":0" /> Although as a golem he has no sex, he was assigned male at creation.
**Hallar the Firefletcher is an nonbinary elf from the Llanowar forest on the plane of Dominaria. They use an unknown elvish pronoun set which is described as "genderless" and reflecting their "ambiguous identity". The narration refers to them with they/them pronouns.<ref>https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets [https://web.archive.org/web/20220901221059/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**Niko Aris, a planeswalker introduced in the ''Kaldheim'' set, is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Some of ''Kaldheim'''s game designers are real nonbinary people.<ref name="Kaldheim">{{Cite web |title=Meet Niko Aris, New Non-Binary Planeswalker From Magic: The Gathering Kaldheim |author= Weekes, Princess|work=The Mary Sue |date=16 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032857/https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="TurnerNiko">{{Cite web |title=Creating Niko Aris |last=Turner |first=Gerritt |work=Magic: The Gathering |date=14 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326022117/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** Alharu, Solemn Ritualist is a human monk from an unknown plane printed in ''Commander Legends''. Their character blurb uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/legendary-characters-commander-legends-part-2-2020-11-06</ref>

===Books and other literature ===

====1993====
*''Stone Butch Blues'' by [[Leslie Feinberg]], a semi-autobiographical novel about a [[butch]] named Jess Goldberg, and the trials and tribulations she faces growing up in the United States before the Stonewall riots. Feinberg defines butch as a gender identity neither female nor male.

====1995====
*Greg Egan's novel ''Distress'' (1995) includes transgender humans who transition to a specific gender outside the binary that they call "asex", called by [[Pronouns#Ve|ve pronouns]].<ref>John McIntosh, "ve, vis, ver." [http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230520043531/http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====1996====
* ''Genderflex: Sexy Stories on the Edge and In Between'', edited by Cecelia Tan, is an anthology dedicated to breaking down the gender binary.<ref name="torf_Bend">{{Cite web |title=Bending Genre, Bending Gender |author= |work=Tor/Forge Blog |date=1 May 2012 |access-date=8 August 2021 |url= https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329235710/https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====1998====
*''Halfway Human'' by Carolyn Ives Gilman is from the perspective of Tedla, an adult nonbinary character in a high science fiction setting. It is worth noting that this portrayal deals with the genderless (called "blands") as a sub-class of people.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human [https://web.archive.org/web/20210109165914/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2004====
*''River of Gods'', a sci-fi novel by Ian McDonald, is set in India in the year 2047. The novel includes subplots about [[Hijra]]. The pronoun "yt" is used for genderless characters.

====2005====
* In ''The Way of Thorn and Thunder'' fantasy series (also called ''The Kynship Chronicles''), by [[Two-Spirit]] author Daniel Heath Justice, there is a race called the Kyn, who recognize three genders: he-Kyn, she-Kyn and zhe-Kyn. These are specifically [[gender]]s, not [[sex]]es, according to reviewer [[Bogi Takács]].<ref name="kynship">{{Cite web |title=QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: The Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice (Part 1) |authorlink=Bogi Takács |last=Takács |first=Bogi |work=Tor.com |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001182336/https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Fool for Love'' (first written 2005, revised edition 2010), by Lisa Lees, is "A young adult coming of age / [[coming out]] romance with [[intersex]] and genderqueer main characters and a happy ending." ''A Triangular Attraction'' is the 2012 sequel, a "mystery novel with intersex, trans and genderqueer characters." Both can now be read free online in HTML or EPUB format on [https://lisalees.com/ll/books/index.html the author's website].

====2008====
* ''Down to the Bone'', a young-adult book by Mayra Dole, contains a character named Tazer who self-describes as [[genderqueer]] and a [[boi]]. [[He/him]] pronouns are used for Tazer. Another character describes him as "Tazer is a boy ''and'' a girl". Note: The main plot involves the protagonist being kicked out of her home because of her sexuality, and there are some LGBT-phobic opinions expressed by characters, as well as use of words that could be triggering to readers, such as "homo", "lesbo", and "[[dyke]]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Down to the Bone|year=2008|last= Dole|first= Mayra L.}}</ref>

====2009====
* Rose and Timothy in the ''Wolf House'' series by Mary Borsellino are nonbinary, as confirmed by the author, although different identity terminology is used in the text.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Borsellino |first=Mary |user=sharpest_rose |number=1252789205551288320|date=21 April 2020|title=Rose and Timothy in Wolf House are both nonbinary, though the term wasn't in as wide use in 2008 so they use other language to describe it.}}</ref>
*The short story collection ''Cyberabad Days'', by Ian McDonald, a follow-up to his 2004 novel ''River of Gods'', contains [[Hijra]] characters.

====2010====
* The protagonist of ''Annabel'', written by Kathleen Winter, is [[intersex]] and raised as male, including genital surgery and being put on masculinizing medical treatments. They are given the name "Wayne" but sometimes go by "Annabel", and they identify "at least in part" with femininity/girlhood.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annabel |last=Winter |first=Kathleen |year=2010 |publisher=House of Anansi Press |quote=...he wondered what would happen if he could tell her they were both girls, at least in part.}}</ref> The protagonist's father takes great strides to encourage his child to be more masculine, whereas multiple women encourage the child's feminine side. Wayne/Annabel has been interpreted as nonbinary by some readers, with one reviewer saying the character is "both male/female in both body and soul".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |date=28 December 2012 |title=Laurie's Reviews > Annabel |access-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001523/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Content note: Coercively assigned gender, infant genital surgery, sexual assault, ectopic pregnancy, some inaccurate/unrealistic depiction of intersex experiences.
* In ''Surface Detail'', by Iain M. Banks, the character Yime Nsokyi is "[[neuter]]-gendered" and has an [[intersex]] body by choice.

====2011====
*''Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica'' edited by Tristan Taormino

====2012====
*''Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction'' edited by Brit Mandelo
*In [[Sassafras Lowrey]]'s ''Roving Pack'', the protagonist, named Click, is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[ze/hir]] pronouns.
*''First Spring Grass Fire'', by [[Rae Spoon]], tells the story of a nonbinary kid growing up in the 80s and 90s in Calgary, Canada.<ref name="Casey" />
* ''Stranger Skies'', by Katje Van Loon, has a planet whose society recognizes five genders: woman, man, [[agender]], [[trigender]], and [[genderqueer]].
* In ''Every Day'', a novel by David Levithan, the protagonist named A wakes up every day in a different person's body. Each person whose body A inhabits has a clear-cut gender identity, but A themself says, "I didn’t think of myself as a boy or a girl—I never have."<ref>{{cite web |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040504if_/https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|archive-date=31 January 2019|url =https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|title=Trans Characters in Fiction|date=27 June 2018|last=Miceli|first=Cami}}</ref> The novel was adapted into a 2018 film.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230218224328/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2013====
*In a short sci-fi story by Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade]" (2013), one of the characters is described as a "[[neutrois]]," and called by "they" pronouns.<ref>Alex Dally MacFarlane, "Post-Binary Gender in SF: ExcitoTech and Non-Binary Pronouns." June 3, 2014. ''Tor.'' http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20230521042751/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade." ''Clarkesworld Magazine.'' 2013. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519102505/http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Crooked Words: A Collection of Queer, Transgender and Womanist Writings'' by K. A. Cook has several short stories about characters who are explicitly said to be nonbinary. The character Chris cultivates an androgynous appearance, and asks to be called by [[Pronouns#they|"they" pronouns]]. Chris is in the short stories "Blue Paint, Chocolate and Other Similes" and "Everything In A Name."<ref>K. A. Cook, ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "The Differently Animated and Queer Society," the queer-identified characters Pat and Moon go by "[[Pronouns#Ze|ze, hir]]" and "[[Pronouns#Ou|ou]]" pronouns, respectively.<ref>K. A. Cook, "The Differently Animated and Queer Society." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "Misstery Man," the self-described nonbinary character Darcy asks to be called by "[[Pronouns#Ey|ey and eir]]" pronouns.<ref>K. A. Cook, "Misstery Man." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref>
*At the end of ''Freakboy'', the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as [[genderfluid]]. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.
* The Micah Grey trilogy (''Pantomime'' 2013, ''Shadowplay'' 2014, and ''Masquerade'' 2017), by Laura Lam, stars Micah, an intersex nonbinary teen who runs away from home to join the circus.

====2014====
* In ''Just Girls'' by Rachel Gold, the side character Nico is nonbinary and uses various [[neopronouns|nonstandard pronouns]] such as [[English_neutral_pronouns#Per|per]] and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Yo|yo]]. Note: the main story centers on a [[cis]] woman who pretends she is trans in order to protect another woman who actually is trans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Just Girls: Danika at The Lesbrary's review|date=15 September 2014|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=9 October 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*Min Lee in the ''Under My Skin'' series by A. E. Dooland (''Under My Skin'' 2014, ''Flesh & Blood'' 2015, and ''Solve for i'' 2017) is nonbinary and accepts [[he/him]] or [[she/her]] pronouns, depending on the situation. Furthermore, the author has said that "She doesn't really like [[they/them]] (because she feels in many cases it draws too much attention to her gender), but in an event where someone used those pronouns, she'd prefer you just went along with it, too. [...] Min ''does'' typically prefer male-gendered words, such as 'boyfriend' and 'husband' etc."<ref>{{cite web|title=Anonymous asked: What pronouns does Min prefer?|date=July 19, 2019|url=https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906201935/https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2015====
*In Sam Farren's novel ''Dragonoak: The Complete History of Kastelir'' (2015) and its sequel ''Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath the Sun'' (2015), several nonbinary characters play important roles. All of them use "they" pronouns and are only described in gender-neutral terms. Their gender is not their defining feature - the novel's fictional society treats nonbinary genders as just as normal as binary ones. The author is a nonbinary lesbian.<ref>https://athetos.tumblr.com/post/181997780240/hey-uhhh-go-read-literally-anything-by-sam-farren</ref>
*In ''No More Heroes'', by Michelle Kan, the character Fang is genderfluid and aroace.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|title=Customer Reviews for No More Heroes|website=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002016/https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=13 December 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*The main character in ''Damsel Knight'', by Sam Austin, spends much of the book [[gender questioning]], and ends questioning but also settled into an identity somewhere between male and female. She eventually chooses she/her pronouns and a masculine name.
*''Lizard Radio'' by [[Pat Schmatz]] has a nonbinary protagonist named Kivali "Lizard" Kerwin.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="kirk_LIZA">{{Cite web |title=LIZARD RADIO |author= |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=18 May 2015 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818160240/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''A Boy Called Cin'', by Cecil Wilde, is a romance novel told from the point of view of Tom, a mostly-closeted genderqueer billionaire who falls for a trans man.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609104330/https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/| url=https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/|archive-date=9 June 2019|last=Alexander|first=Corey| authorlink=Corey Alexander|title=A Baker's Dozen of Stories Centering Non-Binary Characters}}</ref>
* In ''Defying Convention'', also by Cecil Wilde, one of the main characters, AJ, is a [[femme]] genderqueer person who uses singular "they" pronouns.<ref name="Evans2017">{{Cite web |title=My gender didn't exist in fiction when I was growing up – so I wrote myself into existence |author=Evans, Alison |authorlink=Alison Evans |work=the Guardian |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531105641/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love Spell'', by Mia Kerick, the protagonist Chance is out as [[gay]] but feels uncertain about their gender identity, "being stuck in the gray area between girl and boy".<ref name="good_Love">{{Cite web |title=Love Spell |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=9 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150828/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In Kameron Hurley's fantasy novel, ''Empire Ascendant,'' all people in a consent culture get to choose which of the five gender roles they identify with. Hurley calls characters who are "ungendered" by singular they pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GUEST POST: Beyond He-Man & She-Ra: Writing Non-Binary Characters by Kameron Hurley |author=Hurley Kameron |work=Intellectus Speculativus |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326002527/https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Long Macchiatos and Monsters'', by [[Alison Evans]], is a romance between a trans guy and a genderqueer person.<ref name="Casey" />
* In ''What We Left Behind'' by Robin Talley, Toni is a genderqueer student at Harvard in a long-distance relationship.<ref name="Acree">{{Cite web |title=Robin Talley: Young love in a nonbinary world |author=Acree, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 November 2015 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206172314/https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2016====
* ''Symptoms of Being Human'' stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted [[genderfluid]] teenager. The book text never uses a gendered pronoun for Riley and never discloses Riley's [[gender assigned at birth]].<ref name="Stewart">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms of Being Human - Book Review |last=Stewart |first=Darienne |work=commonsensemedia.org |date= |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603023611/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, murder, and suicidal thoughts/attempts.<ref name="supe_Symp">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms Of Being Human Summary |author= |work=SuperSummary |date= |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425035630/https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the sci-fi thriller novel ''Zero-G: Book 1'' (by William Shatner and Jeff Rovin), Adsila Waters is described multiple times as "[[pan-gender]]" (used as both an adjective and a noun in the book). "He" and "she" pronouns are variously used for Adsila. Adsila is also able to shapeshift her [[sex|sex characteristics]] to accompany gender switches.
* In the Star Wars novel ''Aftermath: Life Debt'', Eleodie Maracavanya is a human pirate who "is of an undisclosed gender separate from male or female". Eleodie mainly uses zhe/zher pronouns, occasionally using he/him or she/her.<ref name="Yip">{{Cite web |title=7 Genderqueer Characters to Celebrate Pride Month |last=Yip |first=By Annaliese |work=CBR |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=14 September 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421233942/https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Documenting Light'', by EE Ottoman, is a romance between the characters Grayson and Wyatt; Wyatt is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31922116-documenting-light</ref>
* In ''The Lauras'', by Sara Taylor, teenaged Alex says they have never felt like a boy nor a girl. Content note: there is a graphic scene in which a man sexually assaults Alex.<ref name="good_Darq">{{Cite web |title=Darque Dreamer's review of The Lauras |author= |work=goodreads.com |date=6 September 2017 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002610/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* In the young adult fantasy book ''Ida'', by genderqueer author [[Alison Evans]], the main character's partner, Daisy, is genderqueer.<ref name="Evans2017" />
* ''Light Up The Dark'', by Suki Fleet, has a minor character named Loz who uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Another character says about Loz: "They don't want to identify as a boy or a girl."
*Alex Fierro is a [[genderfluid]] character from the book series ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', by Rick Riordan. Alex switches between she/her and he/him pronouns, although expressing that she normally uses she/her pronouns. Alex first appears in the 2016 book ''The Hammer of Thor,'' and is the love interest of the main character of the series, Magnus Chase. During ''The Hammer of Thor'', Alex states "I'm gender fluid and transgender" (Riordan 54).

====2017====
* In ''An Unsuitable Heir'', by K.J. Charles, the character Pen Starling says "I'm not a woman, but that doesn't make me a man either." He/him pronouns are used for Pen, although Pen states that these pronouns don't feel ideal. Note: much of the plot involves an "imminent threat to force Pen to [...] conform to a binary gender."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530091653/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', by [[Rivers Solomon]]. The author has said "Aster is an [[intersex]] [[butch]] [[lesbian]], but maybe [[agender]]. Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035918/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=25 June 2019|title=An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon|last=Falck|first=Alex}}</ref>
* A minor character in ''A Tyranny of Queens'' by [[Foz Meadows]] is nonbinary.
* In ''The Black Tides of Heaven'' by nonbinary author [[Neon Yang]], gender is not assigned at birth and children get to choose at a gender confirmation later in life. One of the characters, Akeha feels at home with the childhood nonbinary designation.<ref name="Casey">{{Cite web |title=8 Fiction Books with Non-Binary Characters |author=Casey |work=Autostraddle |date=27 November 2018 |access-date=25 May 2020 |url= https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150808/https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Luna: Wolf Moon'' (2017) and its sequel ''Luna: Moon Rising'' (2019), by Ian McDonald, have a nonbinary character named Vidhya Rao.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Wolf_Moon and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Moon_Rising</ref>
* ''River of Teeth'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Twitter's Favourite Trans Books |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164049/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Raven Stratagem'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Tiger's Watch'' by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[they/them]] pronouns. The author notes that "Being [[Misgendering|misgendered]] and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|title=Shade asked: This sounds like an awesome story! I'm confused by the use of 'their' instead of 'her' or 'him' though.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009132437/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* Sal in ''Mask of Shadows'' (2017) and ''Ruin of Stars'' (2018), by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.
*In the fantasy books ''Divided Worlds'' (2017) and ''The Ascension of Lark'' (2019), by Jennifer Ridge, the character Lark is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. There is an author's note at the end of ''Divided Worlds'' which specifically describes Lark as "non-binary and androgynous". Content note: In ''The Ascension of Lark'' there is some misgendering, homelessness, and physical abuse in the flashbacks to Lark's younger days. Their [[deadname]] is redacted in the text.
* In ''At the Edge of the Universe'', Ozzie's best friend Lua is genderfluid and is referred to with different pronouns throughout the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|title=jami's Reviews > At the Edge of the Universe|date=2 February 2017|website=Goodreads|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003039/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|archive-date=21 July 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2018====
* ''No Man of Woman Born'', by Ana Mardoll, is a collection of fantasy short stories with a range of non-cis protagonists, including trans women, trans men, genderfluid protagonists, bigender protagonists, and agender protagonists.<ref name="IllustratedPage">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIAP Protagonists in Fantasy and Science Fiction |author= |work=The Illustrated Page |date= |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.theillustratedpage.net/diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309195940/http://theillustratedpage.net//diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Jilted'' by Lilah Suzanne, Link is "a genderqueer artist who lives life by their own rules".<ref name="stor_Jilt">{{Cite web |title=Jilted (print edition) |author= |work=Interlude Press |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712190822/https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Only See You'', by J.D. Chambers, Mal Copol is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you [https://web.archive.org/web/20210117155015/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Blanca & Roja, by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], the character Page is [[genderqueer]].<ref name="Paxson">{{Cite web |title=Light And Dark, Characters Shine In 'Blanca & Roja' |last=Paxson |first=Caitlyn |work=NPR.org |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003032528/https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Kink Aware'', by Morticia Knight, is a BDSM romance book starring a [[genderqueer]] character named Cruella. Cruella uses singular they, and the other protagonist, a man named Ray, says that Cruella is "the first person I've wanted who doesn't identify as male or female." Content note: references to past physical abuse.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kink Aware |last=Knight |first=Morticia |year=2018 |publisher=Pride Publishing}}</ref>
* ''Our Bloody Pearl'', by D.N. Bryn, features a nonbinary siren named Perle who falls in love with a pirate.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl [https://web.archive.org/web/20230710080246/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Unmasked by the Marquess'' (by Cat Sebastian), one of the main characters ends up identifying as nonbinary.<ref name="Unmasked">{{Cite web |title=Behind the Book - Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian |author=Sebastian, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601220612/https://www.bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the novel ''Star Wars: Last Shot'', Taka Jamoreesa is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. This was confirmed by the author on Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=djolder|number=1305540927008788483|title=This is still happening in translations and it's such a disappointment (See the translation and tweet below in the thread). Taka Jamoreesa is nb. Their pronouns are they/them. That's it. Find a way, translators, editors, publishers. Any other gendering is incorrect, it's erasure.|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*'' Starless'' by Jacqueline Carey includes a major character who discovers their own identity and unique relationship with gender while travelling all over their world in an effort to prevent an ancient consuming darkness. They encounter a number of different cultural expressions of gender and expected gender roles and eventually find their own place among them.
* Eli/Ellie, the protagonist of ''Genderfluid: A Cinderella Story'' (by Bridget Quinones) is, as the title says, [[genderfluid]]. Note: story contains transphobic violence and the T-slur.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45880850-genderfluid</ref>
*In ''The Brilliant Death'' by Amy Rose Capetta, one of the main characters, Cielo, is nonbinary. (Another main character, who is cis, has to [[crossdress]] for a disguise.)<ref name="Casey" />
* The protagonist of ''Baker Thief'', by Claudie Arseneault, is [[bigender]] and [[aromantic]].<ref name="Simkiss">{{Cite web |title=Author Interview: Xan West |author=Simkiss, Ceillie |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232147/https://www.letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night'', by Katherine Fabian & Iona Datt Sharma, has a genderqueer protagonist and genderqueer side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In the novel ''Anger is a Gift'', by [[Mark Oshiro]], the main character has a nonbinary friend.<ref name="AngerGift">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Mark Oshiro, Author of ANGER IS A GIFT |last=Sridhar |first=Priya |work=BOOK RIOT |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326190642/https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Quiver'', by Julia Watts, main character Zo is genderfluid.
* In the cyberpunk adventure ''Lucky 7'', by Rae D Magdon, Rami is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucky 7 by Rae D Magdon: Book Review |last=Aten |first=K. |work=The Lesbian Review |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=16 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110075330/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
*Ben De Backer in ''I Wish You All The Best'' is nonbinary. (Their sister is accepting but the rest of the family isn't.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Nonbinary Teen Makes Their Way In The World In 'I Wish You All The Best' |last=Kontis |first=Alethea |work=NPR.org |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414103433/https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author, [[Mason Deaver]], is also nonbinary.
* ''Weak Heart'', by Ban Gilmartin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="ReadsRainbow2021">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Standalone Fantasy |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117073710/https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''All That Entails'', by E.M. Hamill: "A [[gender-fluid]] prince finds an unexpected ally in an arranged marriage with a [[transgender man]]."<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221201034013/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The genderfluid Prince Dorian is described as having a "fluid nature", "suspended between male and female, one rising, the other ebbing without pattern or reason."
* ''Blood Borne'', by Archer Kay Leah, stars a nonbinary character, Adren, who uses ce/cir pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808115152/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''What Blooms Beneath'', by A.D. Ellis, is a fantasy/scifi romance between Kellan, a pansexual man, and Rhône, a nonbinary [[intersex]] person.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034445/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Melchior is a small side character in ''Shatter the Sky'' by Rebecca Kim Wells. Melchior is only addressed using they/them pronouns and genderless language such as "person," although it is never explicitly stated that they are nonbinary.
* In the book ''Zenobia July'' by Lisa Bunker, a supporting character named Arli is genderqueer and uses vo/ven/veir pronouns. The main character Zenobia is a trans girl.
* ''Of Kindred and Stardust'', by Archer Kay Leah, is a sci-fi polyamorous romance. One of the main characters, Mack Ainsley Tsallis, is nonbinary and uses [[xe/xir]] pronouns. Content note: Mentions of transphobia in the character's past, and a reference to xir [[deadname]].
* ''Best Game Ever: A Virtuella Novel'', by R R Angell, is a sci-fi young adult story centering on "a group of gay, nonbinary, and straight college nerds".<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Best-Game-Ever-Virtuella-Novel/dp/1949532097/</ref>
* The young-adult book ''In the Silences'' has many characters who self-define as nonbinary, including the protagonist.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Silences|year=2019|last=Roberts|first=Ann|publisher=Bella Books|ISBN=9781642471267}}</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Gypsy's Rogue'', by Layla Dorine, main character Gypsy is genderfluid and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="qri-gypsy">{{Cite web |title=Gypsy's Rogue |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=23 February 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020232927/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Quick Fire'', by Alex Silver, is an "urban fantasy romance featuring a trans man and an [[asexual]] non-binary person".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201202122144/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Starfall Ranch'', by California Dawes, is a lesbian romance with a nonbinary side character named Wallis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|author=Jay Pi|title=Strudel, Love, and Farm Bots - oh, my!|date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003542/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
* ''Rom & Yuli'', by Amara Lynn, is a post-apocalyptic urban fantasy romance between a man and a nonbinary person.<ref name="lets_LowH">{{Cite web |title=Low Heat Romance Recommendations |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |at=page 3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019095120/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In Karolina Fedyk's Polish-language novel ''Skrzydła'' (''Wings''), there is a nonbinary character Eliri who is referred to with [[Gender neutral language in Polish|oni/ich pronouns]].<ref name="telesep">{{Cite web |title=[PL] Czerwcowe czytanie pełne dumy |author= |work=Teleseparatist |date=6 June 2019 |access-date=29 November 2020 |url= https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305211308/https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zaimki.pl/korpus#oni-ich |title=Niebinarna polszczyzna w tekstach kultury |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226062919/https://zaimki.pl/korpus |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams'', by Ceilidh Michelle, is a coming-of-age novel starring a [[nonbinary woman]].<ref name="BZM">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams |work=All Lit Up |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805144612/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nap-Away Motel'', by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard, has a supporting character named Ori who is nonbinary.<ref name="NapAwayMotel">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: The Nap-Away Motel |work=All Lit Up |date=16 August 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324131224/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the mystery-fantasy book ''Out of Salem'' by Hal Schrieve, the protagonist Z Chilworth is nonbinary and recently became a zombie. Content note: the story contains body horror, family abuse, suicidal ideation, police violence toward children and marginalized groups, fatphobic and homophobic bullying, and discussion of medical abuse.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem [https://web.archive.org/web/20230331141504/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''The Melting Queen'', by Bruce Cinnamon, has a genderfluid protagonist named River Runson.
* ''Sexarchate: Hot Equations'', by Lia Meyers, is a sexually explicit sci-fi with a nonbinary character. From the same publisher (Less Than Three Press), ''A Party for Lola'' by Caitlin Ricci and ''Beginnings'' by Alexa Black also contain nonbinary characters.<ref name="LT3tumblr">{{cite web|url=https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|title=Less Than Three Press: Search results containing "non-binary"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026214542/https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|archive-date=26 October 2020|access-date=26 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Note: these books may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Why We Fight'', by T.J. Klune, has a bigender protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Lelia in ''The Lost Coast'', by Amy Rose Capetta, is a nonbinary gray-asexual, and described as such in the text.
*In the children's book (ages 8-12) ''The Moon Within'', by Aida Salazar, Marco is genderfluid. Content note: Part of the plot involves main character Celi getting her first period.
* ''The Vela'', a multi-author serially-published space opera, has a nonbinary character named Niko who uses [[they/them]] pronouns. There are other nonbinary characters as well. Yoon Ha Lee, one of the authors, revealed that in the original drafts "Niko was originally a [[cisgender]]ed male character named Oskar".<ref name="Hadi_thevela">{{Cite web |title=Unveiling ‘The Vela’: An interview with Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang and Yoon Ha Lee (Part 1) |last=Hadi |first=Shana E. |work=The Stanford Daily |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604002617/https://stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Jack Long and the Demon Deal'', by L. J. Hamlin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="jacklong">{{Cite web |title=Cover Reveal: Jack Long and the Demon Deal by L. J. Hamlin |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019084412/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Girl, Woman, Other'', by Bernardine Evaristo, revolves around twelve characters, one of which is a nonbinary person named Morgan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo review – joy as well as struggle |last=Frazer-Carroll |first=Micha |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519191248/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nonbinary Bunny'', by [[Maia Kobabe]], is a children's book that is "a loving re-make of the classic children's story The Runaway Bunny (1942) by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Herd. In this version, the little bunny comes out as nonbinary to eir mother and uses a variety of metaphors to explain what that means."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nonbinary Bunny |author=Kobabe, Maia |authorlink=Maia Kobabe |work=Etsy |date= |access-date=5 November 2021 |url= https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203134431/https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> ''The Nonbinary Bunny'' can be read for free at [https://redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/7121743 this page on the publisher's website].
* ''Ho’onani: Hula Warrior'' is a picture book based on the true story of a Native Hawaiian [[māhū]] child.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In New Picture Book, a Hawaiian Child Finds a Place Between Boy and Girl |author= |work=Mombian |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413200256/https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2020====
* ''The First Sister'', by [[Linden A. Lewis]], has multiple protagonists; one of them (Hiro val Akira) is nonbinary and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis |number=1300381570197598218|date=31 August 2020|title=The First Sister is bisexual; I am bisexual. Hiro is nonbinary; I am nonbinary. However, Hiro is Japanese, which I am not. Lito is panromantic asexual, which I am not. In these cases, I hired sensitivity readers for feedback.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis|number=1290286655304171522|title=Tomorrow THE FIRST SISTER releases! Meet Hiro, our final POV char. Hiro val Akira is:[Sparkles] Nonbinary genderqueer (they/them) [Sparkles] A spy-like Dagger [Sparkles] Lito’s former partner [Sparkles] A traitor to the Icarii?!|date= 3 August 2020}}</ref> At one point in the book, someone asks "Hey, Hiro, are you a boy or a girl?" and Hiro answers "I am what I am. Neither. Both. Who cares?"<ref name="Beeson">{{Cite web |title=My Favorite Bit: Linden Lewis talks about THE FIRST SISTER |last=Beeson |first=Donovan |work=Mary Robinette Kowal |date= |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810175808/https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''My Maddy'', by Gayle E. Pitman, is a children's book about a [[Family|nonbinary parent]].<ref name="good_MyMa">{{Cite web |title=My Maddy |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326170123/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''A More Graceful Shaboom'' is a 2020 children's book written by Jacinta Bunnell and illustrated by Crystal Vielula. The protagonist, Harmon Jitney, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web |title=LGBTQAI+ Non-Binary Childrens Book by Jacinta Bunnell- A More Graceful Shaboom- Kid's Picture Book |url=https://www.etsy.com/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-childrens-book-by |last=Bunnell |first=Jacinta |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004052/https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-pride-childrens-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Whirlwind'', by Reese Morrison, is a collection of interconnected short romance/sex stories. Dakota is [[intersex]] and nonbinary, describing their gender identity as "a combination of the best of both genders and something else beside." Carla is [[genderqueer]] and [[Masculine of center|masculine-of-center]] and uses [[he/him]] pronouns. Charlie is a [[gender questioning]] [[butch]] who uses [[she/her]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Whirlwind |last=Morrison |first=Reese|year=2020|edition=Kindle}}</ref>
* ''Under Shifting Stars'', by Alexandra Latos, has a genderfluid protagonist and a nonbinary love interest.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars [https://web.archive.org/web/20210528155842/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass'', by [[Adan Jerreat-Poole]], the character Tav is nonbinary.<ref name="Deo">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole |last=Deo |first=Annie |work=The Nerd Daily |date=7 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417060830/https://thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author is also nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet| user=AdanJerreat|number=973313816548315138|date= 12 March 2018|title=Non-binary thoughts: coming out as nb feels like giving myself permission to stop judging myself by gendered standards, and to play with performing boyishness or androgyny as well as femme #genderplay #nonbinary}}</ref>
* In the fantasy-mystery novel ''The Last Smile in Sunder City'', by Luke Arnold, one of the side characters is "an ageless nonbinary demon historian".<ref name="SunderCity">{{Cite web |title=Book Review - The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold |last=Cohen-Perez |first=Stephanie |work=BookPage.com |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330233454/https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Bloodlaced'', by Courtney Maguire, is a paranormal romance including the character Asagi who is "Both a man and a woman".<ref name="Bloodlaced">{{Cite web |title=Bloodlaced |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027202424/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Skythane'', a sci-fi book by J. Scott Coatsworth, includes some nonbinary characters, both human and alien.<ref>{{Cite web |title=O.E. Tearmann recommends Skythane |author=Tearmann, O.E. |work=bookbub.com |date= |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |quote=The LGBT issues are nicely worked into the arc of the story, causing no ripples in the flow. In fact, they're so well worked in that I had to go back and note the easy acceptance of tweeners (nonbinary folks) and triads, bookmarking those points for future mention. Now that's clever. By the time we get to non-human and non-binary aliens who use three gender pronouns, I didn’t even blink. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323111507/https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Flowers of Time'', by A. L. Lester, is a romance between Edie and Jones; Jones is nonbinary and "probably [[Demisexual|demi/gray asexual]]", per the author.<ref name="FlowersOfTime">{{Cite web |title=The Flowers of Time |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |quote=I started out with Jones, who I knew was non-binary and Edie, who's sexuality can best be described as 'pragmatic'. And as their journey over the mountains progressed it became clear that Jones was probably demi/gray asexual, as well. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325142523/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Felix Ever After'' stars a [[demiboy]] and was written by [[Kacen Callender]] who is a demiboy as well.
* ''Finding Me'', by Stella Rainbow, is a romance between a [[genderfluid]] [[nonbinary]] person named Charlie and a [[gender-nonconforming]] man named Brady.<ref>{{cite book |title=Finding Me|last=Rainbow|first=Stella|year=2020}}</ref>
* In ''Recipe for Two'', by Tia Fielding and Lisa Henry, Wyatt Abbot is "struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's [[genderfluid]]."<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090135/https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*The novel ''Somebody Told Me'' (by [[bigender]] author [[Mia Siegert]]) has a bigender protagonist who goes by Alexis and/or Aleks.<ref name="Lerner">{{Cite web |title=A Book Trailer, Podcast, and Mia Siegert's Playlist for Somebody Told Me |author= |publisher=Lerner Publishing Group |work=The Lerner Blog |date=May 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url= https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074348/https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Life Minus Me'', by Sara Codair, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2">{{Cite web |title=Book Releases: 2020 Books With Non-Cis Protagonists |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=16 January 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110064052/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spellhacker'', by M. K. England, has a nonbinary love interest character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''To the Flame'', by A. E. Ross, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Queens of Noise'', by Leigh Harlen, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Bloodsister'', by Alia Hess, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''The Strangeworlds Travel Agency'', by L.D. Lapinski, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Belle Révolte'', by Linsey Miller, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="bellerev">{{Cite web |title=Review: Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028114200/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Ana on the Edge'', by [[A. J. Sass]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Into the Real'', by [[Z Brewer]], has a genderqueer protagonist named Quinn.<ref name="Adler-Reads">{{Cite web |title=Happy International Nonbinary People's Day! |last=Adler |first=Dahlia |work=LGBTQ Reads |date=14 July 2021 |access-date=14 July 2021 |url= https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309010955/https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Night Shine'', by Tessa Gratton, the character Kirin Dark-Smile is nonbinary.<ref name="NightShine">{{Cite web |title=A Mismatched Adventure: Night Shine by Tessa Gratton |last=Bourke |first=Liz |work=Tor.com |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316082855/https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Jules, one of the main characters in ''Finna'' by [[Nino Cipri]], is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]].
* Alani Baum, the protagonist of [[John Elizabeth Stintzi]]'s ''Vanishing Monuments'', is nonbinary. Stintzi realized they themself were nonbinary during the writing of this novel.<ref name="VanishingMonuments">{{Cite web |title=Debut author John Elizabeth Stintzi talks poetry, gender identity, and their love of the unconventional |last=Porter |first=Ryan |work=Quill and Quire |date=April 2020 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131170610/https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Four Profound Weaves'', by [[R.B. Lemberg]], has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Empress of Salt and Fortune'' and ''When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain'' by Nghi Vo, the character Chih is nonbinary.<ref name="Ladd">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo |last=Ladd |first=Christina |work=The Nerd Daily |date=29 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105205158/https://thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Loveless'', by Alice Oseman, has a nonbinary side character.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=PineappleRobin|number=1401566434170376193 |title=Loveless by Alice Oseman One of my all time favorite books, I love the characters, I love the enemy to love romance between two side characters but the book is mostly about friendships. rep: Aroace MC, lesbian best friend, pansexual roommate, non binary side character|date= 6 June 2021}}</ref>
* ''Love Yourself: A Genderfluid Romance'', by N. R. Blythe, is a sexually explicit romance featuring a genderfluid person who goes by Cora when in girl mode and Corey when in boy mode.
* ''Shameful Scars'', by A. L. Williams, is a paranormal romance starring Gabriel, a nonbinary angel.<ref name="amaz_Sham">{{Cite web |title=Customer Review: Shameful scars |author=Cheryl_cajun |work=amazon.com |date=14 June 2020 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004043/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Dragons Past Dawn'', by Ennis Rook Bashe, has two nonbinary protagonists: Sely, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Andreas, who uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe.2C_xir|xe/xir]] pronouns.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dragons Past Dawn|year=2020|last=Bashe |first=Ennis Rook}}</ref>
* ''Upright Women Wanted'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Thirty Names of Night'' by Zeyn Joukhadar, stars a closeted Syrian American [[nonbinary man|nonbinary boy]] who uses he/him pronouns.<ref name="30names">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Thirty Names of Night' ties past to present in compelling tale of nonbinary identity |last=Barbiero |first=Delfina V |work=USA TODAY |date=25 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531045507/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Twitter thread by Zeyn Joukhadar], 24 November 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201124171425/https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Phoenix Extravagant'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water'', by Zen Cho, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Euphoria Kids'', by [[Alison Evans]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Once & Future'', by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />

====2021====
* ''Foxfire in the Snow'', by J.S. Fields, is a fantasy book with a nonbinary protagonist named Sorin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Foxfire in the Snow – J.S. Fields |author= |work=jscottcoatsworth.com |date=3 August 2021 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325115438/https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Foxfire In The Snow by J.S. Fields: Audiobook Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828085122/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Earth Reclaimed'', by nonbinary author [[Sara Codair]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021">{{Cite web |title=LIST: 2021 lgbtq+ ya releases |author=Michelle |work=magical reads |date=1 June 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819233307/https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Warlock Snare'', by Jimena i. Novaro, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''This Golden Flame'', by Emily Victoria, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Billions of Beautiful Hearts'', by Kevin Craig, has a nonbinary protagonist and nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Curse of the Divine'' (Ink in the Blood book #2), by Kim Smejkal, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Bruised'', by Tanya Boteju, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Victories Greater Than Death'', by Charlie Jane Anders, has multiple nonbinary side characters.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Between Perfect and Real'', by Ray Stoeve, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Meet Cute Diary'', by Emery Lee, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''When You Get the Chance'', by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Ghosts We Keep'', by nonbinary author [[Mason Deaver]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Passing Playbook'', by Isaac Fitzsimons, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The (Un)popular Vote'', by Jasper Sanchez, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Indestructible Object'', by Mary McCoy, has nonbinary character(s).<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms'', written by Crystal Frasier and illustrated by Val Wise, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''A Dark and Hollow Star'', by genderfluid author [[Ashley Shuttleworth]], has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''All Our Hidden Gifts'', by Caroline O'Donoghue, has a genderfluid love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''There's Magic Between Us'', by Jillian Maria, has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Love Kills Twice'', by Rien Gray, is a romance between a woman and the nonbinary assassin she hires to kill her abusive husband. The assassin is named Campbell and uses [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163422/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the short story collection ''Sarahland'', by Sam Cohen, the story "Gemstones" features a genderqueer couple: Manny and Ry.<ref name="Sarahland">{{Cite web |title=Heartbreak and Existential Hope in 'Sarahland' |last=MacAllen |first=Ian |work=Chicago Review of Books |date=17 March 2021 |access-date=27 March 2021 |url= https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531095542/https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Saving Throw'', by Alex Silver, is a romance between "Errol, demisexual panromantic production coordinator who likes to be in control and his first love, Rene, a non-binary [[trans masc]] ex-hockey player turned coach."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saving Throw |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207225954/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''+1 Bonus'', also by Alex Silver, is a romance between a man named Max and "a snarky genderfluid tea seller" named Si/Simon/Simone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plus One Bonus |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024065433/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts'', by Amara Lynn, is a short young-adult sci-fi starring a character named Sallon Lee who uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="AmaraLynn1">{{Cite web |title=REVIEW: Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts – Amara Lynn |author=scott |work=QueeRomance Ink |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034949/https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the romance/suspense novel ''A Jade's Diamond'', by Char Dafoe, the main characters are a [[Butch#Soft_butch|soft butch]] prostitute named Nayvee LaCroix and a [[Butch#Stone_butch|stone butch]] millionaire Trystan Diamond. Both characters are nonbinary and use [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9/#customerReviews Amazon reviews for ''A Jade's Diamond''] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210114173457/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Shug's Daddy'', by Siobhan Smile, is a sexually-explicit romance between a man named Grey and a nonbinary person named Sugar or Shug.<ref name="quee_Shug">{{Cite web |title=Shug's Daddy |author= |work=queeromanceink.com |date= |access-date=5 April 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163704/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Both Can Be True'', by Jules Machias, has a [[genderfluid]] main character named Ash.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''Gender Optics'', by genderfluid author [[Shalen Lowell]], has a genderfluid protagonist named Alex. Content note: the novel is set in a world where [[Cisnormativity|cisnormative]] gender ideals are legally enforced.<ref name="Farrell-GenderOptics">{{Cite web |title=An Exclusive Interview with Shalen Lowell, Author of Debut Novel Gender Optics |last=Farrell |first=Robyn Hussa |work=We Are The Real Deal |date=22 March 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408151718/http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spin With Me'', by Ami Polonsky, is a middle-school novel featuring Ollie who is nonbinary.<ref name="Koehler">{{Cite web |title=#ReadWithPride: Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky |last=Koehler |first=Mimi |work=The Nerd Daily |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124074340/https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''This is Our Rainbow'', edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, is an anthology of stories for middle-grade children. All the included stories have main characters that are LGBTQ+ in some way, including nonbinary characters.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''The Heartbreak Bakery'', by A.R. Capetta, is a romance between two nonbinary people, Syd ([[no pronouns]]) and Harley ([[he/him]] or [[they/them]]).<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* The YA book ''Can't Take That Away'', by genderqueer author [[Steven Salvatore]], stars teen protagonist Carey Parker who is also genderqueer.<ref name="CTTA">{{Cite web |title=Q&A With Steven Salvatore, Can’t Take That Away |last=Lavoie |first=Alaina |work=We Need Diverse Books |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601054432/https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Love Limits'', by genderqueer author [[Reese Morrison]], has a main character named Ash who is nonbinary and intersex, as well as Deaf. Their love interest is an asexual man named Zhong. Content note: the book centers around a BDSM kink relationship.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product-reviews/B08VVF6N6M Customer reviews for ''Love Limits'' on Amazon]</ref>
* Fantasy novel ''In The Ravenous Dark'', by A.M. Strickland, has a nonbinary [[asexual]] character.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=*whispers* I have an upcoming YA dark fantasy with a blood mage who's pan, a lesbian love interest (also a mage), an enby/ace best friend (also a mage), and a m/f/f poly relationship if you want more queer with your magic use:|user=AdriAnneMS|number=1270142172285689856|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
* In ''Simply the Best'', by Karen Kallmaker, one of the main character's best friends comes out as nonbinary near the start of the book.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simply The Best by Karin Kallmaker: Book Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=31 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124123537/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea'', by Ashley Herring Blake, is a middle-grade book with a nonbinary side character named Jules.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea |author= |work=Mombian |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url=https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004630/https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2022====
* The polyamorous sci-fi romance book ''Blasted Research'', by nonbinary author CoffeeQuills, stars Dr. Jules who is asexual and nonbinary. Dr. Jules uses [[xe/xem/xyr/xemself]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063122/https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Aimed at children eight to twelve years old, the book ''Both Can Be True'' by Jules Machias has two protagonists, one of which is a [[genderfluid]] kid named Ash.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Both Can Be True Book (Paperback) |author= |work=www.gayprideshop.co.uk |date= |access-date=26 February 2022 |url= https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |quote=Ash is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. For someone who cycles through genders, it's a daily struggle to feel in control of how people perceive you. Some days Ash is undoubtedly girl, but other times, 100 percent guy. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325144501/https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====Not yet published====
* ''Lakelore'', by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], is a nonbinary/nonbinary romance to be published March of 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LaAnnaMarie|number=1377639675536371715 |last=McLemore|first=Anna-Marie|authorlink=Anna-Marie McLemore|title=So last night during the last hours of #TransDayOfVisibility I turned in a book There maybe could have not been a more appropriate day to turn it in, bc LAKELORE is an enby/enby romance LAKELORE started in this sparkly notebook, & next March it's gonna be a very trans book|date=1 April 2021}}</ref>
*''The Water Outlaws'', a fantasy epic inspired by the 14th-century Chinese novel ''Water Margin'', is by [[genderqueer]] author [[S. L. Huang]] and has "a high percentage of [[gender nonconformity]] and of gender identities that in modern times we would call trans or nonbinary." ''The Water Outlaws'' is expected out in 2022.<ref name="wateroutlaws">{{Cite web |title=S. L. Huang’s New Take on the Most Famous Chinese Novel You’ve Never Read in English: Announcing The Water Outlaws |work=Tor.com |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321100522/https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

=== Comics/Webcomics/Graphic Novels===

*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105123856/http://erinptah.com/catperson/ But I'm A Cat Person]'' by Erin Ptah - Urban fantasy webcomic featuring a [[bigender]] character - Timothy/Camellia Mattei - as well as numerous 'Beings' who are able to take on both male and female forms. Also features various LGB characters. Updates three times a week.
*''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life]'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an [[agender]] person, their female partner, and their cats. Also covers various issues relating to GSM topics, politics, and mental health. Updates weekly.
*''[http://www.egscomics.com/ El Goonish Shive]'' includes a main character who identifies as genderfluid several years into the comic. Author Dan Shive has said that Tedd, like the author, has always been genderfluid but did not realise there was a word for it or even a concept of being nonbinary until much later in life. The comic also includes various other LGBT characters as well as shapeshifting technology.
*''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/ Eth's Skin]'' by Sfé R. Monster - Fantasy webcomic featuring a genderqueer protagonist - Eth. Fairly new, but the ''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/about 'About' page]'' suggests plans to include more nonbinary characters. Updates weekly.
*''[http://ignitionzero.com/comics/ Ignition Zero]'' by Noel Arthur Heimpel - An urban fantasy webcomic that features a genderqueer character - Neve Copeland - as one of its protagonists. Updates weekly.
*''[http://jobsatisfactioncomic.tumblr.com/ Job Satisfaction]'' by Jey Barnes - a slice of life webcomic about two queer nonbinary demon summoners - Lemme and Sinh - who live together. The comic is rated PG-13 and updates once a week.
*''[http://kyleandatticus.tumblr.com/ Kyle & Atticus]'' by Sfé R Monster - Webcomic about the adventures of a genderqueer teenager, Kyle, and their robot friend, Attticus. Currently on hiatus.
*[http://nwain.com Nwain: The Knight Who Wandered Dream] by Terrana Cliff - Fantasy webcomic with nonbinary main character, a knight from a culture with five genders. Extensively animated. PG-13. Updates when able.
*''[https://rain.thecomicseries.com Rain]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A light-hearted high-school webcomic that follows a trans girl and her friends, including Ky(lie), an AFAB genderfluid character who alternates between presenting as male and female. Also features a range of other LGBTQ characters. The story finished in 2022.
*''[https://mis.thecomicseries.com My Impossible Soulmante]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A follow-up to Rain. Micah is nonbinary.
*''[http://www.robot-hugs.com/ Robot Hugs]'' - semi-autobiographical webcomic by an author of nonbinary gender, which frequently addresses nonbinary issues and other aspects of gender politics. Also frequently covers the subject of mental health. Updates twice weekly.
*The 'New 52' version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Six_(comics)#New_52 Secret Six] introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.
*''[http://www.discordcomics.com/shades-cover/ Shades of A (NSFW)]'' by Tab Kimpton - Webcomic that focuses on [[asexuality|asexual]] relationships, as well as exploring various aspects of kink, and features a prominent nonbinary character (JD). Contains nudity and BDSM. Updates twice a week.
*[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 Homestuck] introduced an androgynous character named Davepetasprite^2 [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009779] that was formed by the fusion of two other characters. They establish that they are confused about their gender but happy to be what they've become and start using gender neutral pronouns (they/them). It also has other androgynous characters like Calliope.
*''[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and her Unicorn]'' by Dana Simpson has a nonbinary minor character named Infernus, the Unicorn of Death. Phoebe uses the pronoun "neigh" for Infernus.<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 09, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808132101/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The comic avoids "othering" nonbinary identities by having Phoebe say that "Humans have non-binary people too."<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 05, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220811110554/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201029193422/http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses]'' by Kagome features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201031141625/http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg]'' by Ren features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208040336/http://tapastic.com/episode/40617 Snailed It]'' by SnaiLords, who "identifies with both genders" and described themselves as an "androgynous snail".
*''[https://tapastic.com/episode/212183 Tattoo'd]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' by Antonia Bea features an intersex, genderfluid protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160308165055/http://tapastic.com/series/Your-Local-Non-Binary Your Local Non-Binary]'' is written by and features non-binary person Eliot Lime.
*''Moonstruck'' is a comic about fantasy creatures which includes a nonbinary centaur named Chet, who uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://teammoonstruckcomic.tumblr.com/post/164448014217/</ref><ref>https://comics.fandom.com/wiki/Moonstruck#Main_Characters</ref>
*[[Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy]] is "the first ever non-binary comics anthology, featuring 22 young adult stories made entirely by cartoonists who identify as a non-binary gender". Some stories have characters discuss being one gender and then the another, others may just refer to a character by 'they' pronouns.
*In volume six of Marvel Comics' series ''The New Warriors'', a nonbinary superhero was introduced. Their name "Snowflake" and their brother's name "Safespace" drew widespread backlash.<ref name="Villarreal">{{Cite web |title=Marvel criticized for first non-binary superhero named “Snowflake” |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527115737/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''On a Sunbeam'' by Tillie Walden has a nonbinary character, Elliot.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="Burt">{{Cite web |title=“On a Sunbeam,” the Sci-Fi Comic That Reimagines Utopia |last=Burt |first=Stephanie |work=The New Yorker |date=13 April 2019 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331022957/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Main character Mogumo in the manga ''Love Me for Who I Am'' is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am [https://web.archive.org/web/20220930003445/https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Graphic novel ''The Prince and the Dressmaker'', by Jen Wang. The author has said that "To me, Sebastian is someone who identifies with different modes of [[gender expression]] and is comfortable alternating between both masculine and feminine. Genderqueer is probably the best descriptor. But I'm also open to readers' interpretations of how they see the character. If a reader feels that this story is just the first step to Sebastian discovering they're trans, or if they feel Sebastian is a cis male that likes to dress up I'm happy with all of that!"<ref name="Orsini">{{Cite web |title='The Prince And The Dressmaker' Is A Genderqueer Fairy Tale For All Ages |last=Orsini |first=Lauren |work=Forbes |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=6 September 2020 |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/#256677825625|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322014420/https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hatfield|first=N.K.|year=2015 |title=TRANSforming Spaces: Transgender Webcomics as a Model for Transgender Empowerment and Representation within Library and Archive Spaces|journal=Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies|volume=1 |issue=1 |page=64 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034544/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Open Earth'', Franklin, one of the love interests, is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="OpenEarth">{{Cite web |title=rachel ☾'s review of Open Earth |author=rachel ☾ |work=goodreads.com |date=25 January 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2907532655?book_show_action=true|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Mooncakes'', written by Suzanne Walker and illustrated by Wendy Xu, one of the main characters is Tam Lang, a nonbinary werewolf.<ref name="Mooncakes">{{Cite web |title=Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808204230/https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The graphic novel ''Test'', written by Chris Sebela, has a nonbinary main character named Aleph Null. [[Singular they]] pronouns are used for Aleph, and in a character bio on them, it says "Gender: Various given."<ref name="comi_Test">{{Cite web |title=Test: An Interview With Chris Sebela |author= |work=Comics Pit |date=13 August 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731025108/https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''[https://tapas.io/series/Friends-With-Benefits1/info Friends With Benefits]'' is a webcomic that revolves around a genderfluid asexual person, Eri, who is struggling with his love life. (Eri is pronoun indifferent, and [[he/him]] is used by other characters for Eri.)
* Debuting in ''DC’s Very Merry Multiverse'', Jess Chambers/Kid Quick, part of the Teen Justice team from Earth-11, is [[genderfluid]]. They will also appear in ''Future State: Justice League''.<ref name="McGuireLiam">{{Cite web |title=New Teen Justice Team Debuts In DC's Very Merry Multiverse |last=McGuire |first=Liam |work=ScreenRant |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |quote=I suggested that Kid Quick could be Earth-11's first genderfluid character, and once editors saw Eleonora Carlini's terrific take on the character design, there was suddenly a lot of interest in them for stories beyond the Merry Multiverse Special in December. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103184254/https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="AdamsTim">{{Cite web |title=DC Comics Introduces a Non-Binary Flash in Future State |last=Adams |first=Tim |work=CBR |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518151240/https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Supergirl #19'', co-written by Steve Orlando and [[Vita Ayala]], introduces a nonbinary character named Lee Serano.<ref name="StewartCK">{{Cite web |title=Authentic Trans & Nonbinary Representation in Comics Requires More Than Just a Plot Twist |last=Stewart |first=C.K. |work=Paste Magazine |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830131430/https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/ Assigned Male], a webcomic revolving around a trans girl and often addressing trans issues, has some nonbinary characters, for example Ciel, who also stars in a spinoff novel.
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/list?title_no=71914 Wish] is a fantasy webcomic starring Seth who self describes as a "dashing enby".<ref>https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220818115013/https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''Star Wars: The High Republic'', there are two Jedi named Terec and Ceret who were stated to be [[trans]] [[nonbinary]] in an official Instagram post for [[Holidays|Transgender Day of Visibility]] 2021.<ref name="StarWars-HighRepublic">{{Cite web |title=Good and Gay: nonbinary comics, lesbian teen film and more! |author= |work=Bella Media Channel |date=2 April 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021 |url= https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126193704/https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|author=starwars (Instagram account)|date=31 March 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626175250/https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/seemingly-dark/list?title_no=253011&page=1 Seemingly Dark] is a supernatural drama webcomic featuring a main character, Caro Greene, who is a nonbinary ghost hunter and internet celebrity.
* ''Moth & Whisper'', by Ted Anderson & Jen Hickman, has a genderqueer protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Stitch, in the ''Teen Titans Academy'' comics series, describes themself as nonbinary and genderqueer, and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=“Nonbinary Effigy” Teen Titans Academy Recruit Stitch Outraged At Being “Misgendered” By Arsenal, Lectures Titans In New Issue |last=Augustine |first=JB |work=Bounding Into Comics |date=2 January 2022 |access-date=4 January 2022 |url= https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/01/02/nonbinary-effigy-teen-titans-academy-recruit-stitch-outraged-at-being-misgendered-by-arsenal-lectures-titans-in-new-issue/}}</ref>
* [https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/datemate/list?title_no=680129&page=1 "Datemate"] is a slice-of-life romance webtoon about two nonbinary people named Robin and Angel.
* [https://aliceandthenightmare.com ''Alice and the Nightmare''] is a fantasy comic inspired by Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Dee and Dum, two supporting characters, are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-2-page-34|title=Chapter 2 Page 34|last=Krivanek|first=Michelle "Misha"|date=17 November 2015|website=Alice and the Nightmare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220100400/http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com:80/comic/chapter-2-page-34|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [https://dumbingofage.com ''Dumbing of Age''] by David Willis is a coming of age story about college students. Booster is nonbinary.
* [https://pandorastale.com Pandora's Tale] by Xanthippe Serenity Hutcheon focuses on a trans girl, but it features Hemmel a nonbinary character, and Zufolene, a genderfluid character.

===Movies ===

* Regarding the 2001 film ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig's actor and the movie's writer/director) has said that Hedwig is "more than a woman or a man. She's a gender of one and that is accidentally so beautiful."<ref name="Ouzounian">{{Cite web |title=John Cameron Mitchell to host Hedwig and the Angry Inch sing-along in Toronto |last=Ouzounian |first=Richard |work=thestar.com |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705184937/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''The Kings of Summer'' (2013), Biaggio asserts that he doesn't see himself as "having a gender."
* The 2016 film ''Zoolander 2'' has a short scene with a model named All (played by [[cisgender]] actor Benedict Cumberbatch). In response to being asked "Are you like, a male model or a female model?" All states "All is not defined by binary constructs." Another character then asks about All's genitals and doesn't get an answer. The [[pronoun]] "hermself" is used for All. One reviewer wrote about the scene, "Hollywood can surely do better than this."<ref name="Menta-Z2">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Characters in Film Deserve More Than ‘Zoolander 2’ |author=Menta, Anna |work=Decider |date=11 June 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928095324/https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2018 film ''Upgrade'', the hacker does not identify with any gender and wishes to not be called "Jamie".<ref>''Upgrade'' Directed by Leigh Wannell. Blumhouse Productions, Goalpost Pictures, Nervous Tick Productions, 2018</ref><ref name="Freeman2018">{{Cite web |title=Upgrade Ending Explained: What REALLY Happened With STEM |last=Freeman |first=Molly |work=ScreenRant |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032845/https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2019 British short film ''Orin & Anto'', Orin specifically says "I don't subscribe to the [[gender binary]], my pronouns are [[Singular they|they and them]]."<ref>https://orinandanto.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211210034100/http://orinandanto.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''John Wick 3'' (2019), the Adjudicator is nonbinary and played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Parsons-JW3">{{Cite web |title=Asia Kate Dillon's John Wick 3 character is non-binary because they suggested it |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032840/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Code 8'' (2019) features an assassin called Copperhead who goes by they/them pronouns.
*In ''0009: The Sharks Make Contact'' (2019), although not a single character's gender is ever explicitly mentioned, the characters Raisorshoorkle (the main protagonist), Shoogledocking (the main villain) and the Iki God (the overarching creator, who is named after the director) go by they/them pronouns. The Iki God went by she/her pronouns in the previous movie, "0000: A Shark Odyssey". A sequel titled "0010: The Sharks Make Contact - Part 2", came out in December of 2019.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221203113940/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> They will return in the shared universe film "Forevers 2: Age of Teeth" in December of 2020.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220103210700/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the 2020 American film ''Two Eyes'', [[Kate Bornstein]] plays a nonbinary therapist at a psychiatric center.<ref>https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes [https://web.archive.org/web/20200928204441/https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In introducing herself to another character, she says, "Me, I am nonbinary trans, and my pronouns are 'she' and 'they'. How about you? What pronouns would make you feel most comfortable?"<ref name="ReynoldsAug2020">{{Cite web |title=Kate Bornstein & Ryan Cassata Swap Pronouns in Exclusive Two Eyes Clip |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=27 August 2020 |access-date=27 August 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602212136/https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The 2020 film ''Under My Skin'' focuses on a nonbinary person named Denny, who is played by four different nonbinary actors throughout the movie: [[Liv Hewson]], [[Bobbi Salvör Menuez]], [[Lex Ryan]], and [[Chloe Freeman]].<ref name="Gush">{{Cite web |title=Under My Skin is the non-binary romance we’ve all been waiting for |last=Gush |first=Charlotte |work=i-D |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |url= https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524160331/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> (The film is unrelated to the ''Under My Skin'' book series listed in [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Books_and_other_literature|the literature section of this page]].<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Dooland|first=A. E.|user=Asynca|number=1323487561243746304|date=2 November 2020|title=Just a coincidence, it seems! Looking forward to seeing this}}</ref>)
* The 2020 short film ''Royalty'' is about a nonbinary teen named Jax.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13162262/</ref>
* In the 2020 short drama film ''Sheer Qorma'', Saira (played by Divya Dutta) is nonbinary. The film is directed by nonbinary filmmaker [[Faraz Arif Ansari]].<ref name="SheerQorma">{{Cite web |title=Why Pronouns Matter: Director Faraz Arif Ansari On The Importance of ‘They’ |last=Lochan |first=Vanya |work=Homegrown |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063011/https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The plot of the short revolves around a woman and a nonbinary person in love with each other. Content note: Saira's mother is conservative and not supportive of Saira's "lifestyle", calling it unholy and sinful.<ref name="SheerQorma2">{{Cite web |title='Sheer Qorma' trailer: Divya Dutta & Swara Bhasker's love blossoms in this film; Watch |last=Khollam |first=Amir |work=Republic World |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=27 April 2021 |url= https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301035447/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Netflix's 2021 horror movie ''There's Someone Inside Your House'' includes a genderfluid character named Darby, played by genderfluid actor [[Jesse LaTourette]].<ref name="Lennon">{{Cite web |title=There's Someone Inside Your House interview with Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette, Dale Whibley, and Diego Josef |last=Lennon |first=Mads |work=1428 Elm |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006164718/https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Guttmann">{{Cite web |title=Cast Interview: There's Someone Inside Your House |last=Guttmann |first=Graeme |work=ScreenRant |date=October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011183333/https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Plays===

*In [[Taylor Mac]]'s off-Broadway show ''Hir'', the character Max is [[genderqueer]] and [[transmasculine]], using ze/hir pronouns.<ref name="Scheck">{{Cite web |title='Hir': Theater Review |last=Scheck |first=Frank |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=2 May 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121625/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }} '''Note: Article misgenders character.''' </ref>
*In [[Rhiannon Collett]]'s play ''Wasp'', the protagonist Wasp is [[genderqueer]] and is to be played by only nonbinary actors.<ref name="mqli_Wasp">{{Cite web |title=Wasp |author= |work=Marquis Literary |date= |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034647/http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the play ''Wink'', written by Neil Koenigsberg, the title character is nonbinary.<ref name="Wink">{{Cite web |title=New play "Wink" gives non-binary actor a chance to shine |last=King |first=John Paul |work=Los Angeles Blade: America's LGBT News Source |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203152346/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Wink2">{{Cite web |title="Wink": Timely Story of Homeless LGBTQA Youth Comes to New York Stage |last=Ryan |first=Jed |work=HuffPost |date=April 2017 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706075407/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the musical ''Head Over Heels'', Pythio is nonbinary and was played by the trans woman Peppermint.<ref name="Duffy2018">{{Cite web |title=NYT theatre critic apologises for 'insensitive' review of Drag Race star's Broadway musical |last=Duffy |first=Nick |work=PinkNews |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''The Pink Unicorn'', the main character's child is genderqueer and says "I'm not a girl. Or anyway, I'm not all girl. I'm a boy, too."<ref name="pinkunicorn">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Pink Unicorn' Leads a Mother Into Unknown Territory |last=Vincentelli |first=By Elisabeth |work=New York Times |date=19 May 2019 |access-date=2 March 2021 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225082202/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* When the musical ''Jagged Little Pill'' originally played at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the character Jo was clearly nonbinary. Their gender identity was important to the plot, and Jo being nonbinary had been confirmed in social media posts by Jo's actor (Lauren Patten, a cis woman). However, when ''Jagged Little Pill'' came to Broadway, Jo was rewritten to be a cis woman, and all mentions of [[gender identity]] as a theme of the musical were removed from publicity materials. Patten deleted her prior social media posts, and even stated falsely in an interview "Jo never was written as anything other than cis." As an additional note, Patten's understudy [[Iris Menas]] is nonbinary and played Jo for one night on Broadway.<ref name="JLP">{{Cite web |title=One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Broadway's Jagged Little Journey Toward Nonbinary Inclusion |last=Lewis |first=Christian |work=The Brooklyn Rail |date=April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |url= https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302184116/https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** In September 2021, the lead producers of ''Jagged Little Pill'' put out a long apology statement, which read in part:
{{quote|In Jo, we set out to portray a character on a [[gender expansive]] journey without a known outcome. Throughout the creative process, as the character evolved and changed, between Boston & Broadway, we made mistakes in how we handled this evolution. In a process designed to clarify and streamline, many of the lines that signaled Jo as [[gender non-conforming]], and with them, something vital and integral, got removed from Jo’s character journey.

Compounding our mistake, we then stated publicly and categorically that Jo was never written or conceived as non-binary. That discounted and dismissed what people saw and felt in this character’s journey. We should not have done that.

We should have, instead, engaged in an open discussion about nuance and gender spectrum.

We should have protected and celebrated the fact that the non-binary audience members saw in Jo a bold, defiant, complex, and vibrant representation of their community.

For all of this we are deeply sorry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Lauren Patten Speaks Out On Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Controversy & Reveals Her Future With The Show As Producers Apologize For Erasing A Nonbinary Character – Update |last=Evans |first=Greg |work=Deadline |date=18 September 2021 |access-date=19 September 2021 |url= https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201082128/https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}
* The play ''I, Joan'' depicts historical person Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc) as nonbinary, using [[they/them]] pronouns. Joan is played by nonbinary actor [[Isobel Thom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan of Arc to be portrayed as nonbinary in new production at London's Globe Theatre |author=Sakur, Leila |work=NBC News |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006171409/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Table Top Games / Role Playing Games===

* [https://astrolago-press.myshopify.com/products/faerie-fire-digital-edition Faerie Fire a 5e Supplemental], is a D&D 5th edition supplemental. It features queer characters to add to any D&D 5e experience.
**Monarch (non-binary, uses they/them): "The ageless and paint-smeared Monarch has held the seat of fey power ever since the schism. How they inherited the throne is unknown."
**Tallisin Vos (genderfluid, uses he/him): "Tallisin splits his time between two physical forms: a fey man and a vixen, both of which are equally his true identity."
* In the TTRPG [https://tabletop.itch.io/arcana-academy Arcana Academy], there is a nonbinary sample character who is the transfiguration teacher.

===TV (live-action)===
:''Sorted chronologically by year of the first episode containing a nonbinary character, and then alphabetically by title of the TV show.''

====2016====
*The Canadian magical-realism comedy series ''The Switch'' features a nonbinary character, Chris, who uses "zie/zir" pronouns, and works as an assassin. Chris is played by Amy "Robbin" Fox.

====2017====
*Taylor Mason in season 2 of ''Billions'' is nonbinary and introduces themself with they/them pronouns. They're played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who realised they were nonbinary while auditioning for the role.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/02/142575/kate-dillon-billions-taylor-nonbinary-gender-identity-pronouns Meet ''Billions''' Asia Kate Dillon, TV's First Non-Binary Star]", Refinery29.com, 27 February 2017.</ref>
* In the fourth season of ''Degrassi: Next Class'', Yael Baron comes out as [[genderqueer]]. Yael is played by Jamie Bloch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|work=TV Guide|date=7 July 2017|last=Gennis|first=Sadie|title=Degrassi: Next Class: [Spoiler] Comes Out as the Show's First Genderqueer Character!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063856/https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The comedy-drama miniseries ''Fucking Adelaide'' (aka ''F*!#ing Adelaide'') features a [[genderfluid]] child, Cleo, played by nonbinary actor [[Audrey Mason-Hyde]].<ref name="Tedmanson">{{Cite web |title=How non-binary teenager Audrey Mason-Hyde is breaking down gender identity stereotypes, one label at a time |last=Tedmanson |first=Sophie |work=Vogue Australia |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=3 May 2020 |url= https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512040141/https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''The Murderbot Diaries'', by Martha Wells, features an agender protagonist who uses it/its pronouns. A number of minor characters use the singular "they" or other nonbinary pronouns.

====2018====
* In season three, episode two of ''The Detour'', there is a nonbinary character named Sarah and a [[Two-spirit]] character called Big Poppa.<ref name="Haskoor-Detour">{{Cite web |title='The Detour' Season 3 Is Tackling Gender Norms & Stereotypes Left And Right |last=Haskoor |first=Michael |work=Decider |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090341/https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*On ''One Day at a Time'', Syd (played by Sheridan Pierce) is the nonbinary romantic partner of Elena. Syd uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is uncomfortable with binary-gendered terms such as "girlfriend".<ref name="Heim">{{Cite web |title=What is "non-binary"? Learn from our favorite TV characters |last=Heim |first=Bec |work=Film Daily |date=26 March 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020 |url= https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524031326/https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
* In season one, episode seven of the legal drama ''All Rise'' (titled "Uncommon Women and Mothers"), Emily's client is a homeless nonbinary youth named Jax, played by [[transmasculine]] actor JJ Hawkins.<ref name="AllRise">{{Cite web |title=All Rise Review: Uncommon Women and Mothers (Season 1 Episode 7) |last=Wyneken |first=Caitlin |work=Tell-Tale TV |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516223344/https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Jax is misgendered during a court proceeding and their lawyer speaks up in objection, convincing the judge to enforce use of the correct [[they/them]] pronouns for Jax.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-BHDBhtrE/ Instagram post] 10 September 2020</ref>
* The sci-fi Netflix series ''Another Life'' includes among its characters a nonbinary psychologist named Zayn whose pronouns are [[ze/hir]]. Ze is played by nonbinary actor [[JayR Tinaco]].<ref name="LeightonDore">{{Cite web |title=Australian actor JayR Tinaco's role in 'Another Life' helped them come out as non-binary |last=Leighton-Dore |first=Samuel |work=Topics |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129090245/https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the drama ''David Makes Man'', the character Mx Elijah/Ms Elijah (played by nonbinary actor [[Travis Coles]]) is [[genderqueer]] and [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="OWN">{{Cite web |title=Meet Mx. Elijah {{!}} David Makes Man |author=OWN |work=YouTube |date=8 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203011445/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=3 December 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>, and according to Coles, has no pronoun preference.<ref name="DavidMakesMan">{{Cite web |title='David Makes Man' star Travis Coles on Ms Elijah and representation of Black queer people |author=MEAWW |work=YouTube |date=10 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429085325/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the BBC comedy miniseries ''Don't Forget the Driver'', the character Bradley/Brad is nonbinary, and played by nonbinary actor [[Jo Eaton-Kent]].<ref name="DFTD">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jo Eaton-Kent |author= |work=bbc.co.uk |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060620/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Amazon mini-series ''Good Omens'' features the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Pollution (who replaced Pestilence at some point in the past few centuries) is nonbinary, and is referred to as "sir" by another character and with they/them pronouns by the narrator. They are played by Lourdes Faberes.
*The second season of ''Good Trouble'' has a nonbinary character named Joey played by Daisy Eagan. Joey, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, is dating the lesbian character Alice, and asks to be called "partner" instead of "girlfriend".<ref name="Gilchrist">{{Cite web |title='Good Trouble' Tackles Coming Out as Nonbinary — While Dating! |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=17 July 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032904/https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Netflix sci-fi series ''The Umbrella Academy'' features Klaus, who according to the actor is "not necessarily a man, he's kind of just this creature that's not bound by traditional societal norms like 'man', 'woman', 'masculinity', 'femininity'. He just sort of… is.” Klaus is played by a cis man and called "he" throughout.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Get Ready To Stan ''The'' ''Umbrella Academy's'' Robert Sheehan]", Rachel Paige, February 22 2019, ''Refinery29''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220812010252/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2020====
* In the crime drama ''Big Sky'', Jerrie is a [[transfeminine]] nonbinary person played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse James Keitel]].<ref name="ReynoldsOct2020">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Actors and Creators Have Some Advice for Hollywood |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208140847/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Deputy Brianna Bishop in the Fox drama series ''Deputy'' is nonbinary canonically, thanks to a suggestion by the character's actor [[Bex Taylor-Klaus]] who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Bentley">{{Cite web |title=Bex Taylor-Klaus Hopes Their Nonbinary 'Deputy' Character Will Save Lives |last=Bentley |first=Jean |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=14 February 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032843/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Lovecraft Country'', there is a [[Two-Spirit]] character named Yahima Maraokoti in the episode "A History of Violence". The character is played by a [[cisgender]] woman and is soon murdered by one of the main characters.<ref name="Yahima">{{Cite web |title=Lovecraft Country Creator Apologizes for “Failed” Attempt at Two-Spirit Representation |last=Sanders |first=Wren |work=them. |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324103008/https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love in the Time of Corona'', [[Tommy Dorfman]] plays the nonbinary hairstylist Oscar.<ref name="Ramos-Corona">{{Cite web |title='Love In The Time Of Corona': Freeform Sets Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Tommy Dorfman, Rainey Qualley And 4 More For Limited Series Event |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=29 June 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222131158/https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The British comedy ''Maxxx'' has a nonbinary character named Roxx (played by Sonny Charlton), who uses [[they/them]] pronouns and is a romantic interest of Amit.<ref name="Maxxx">{{Cite web |title=Hulu's 'Maxxx' Features a Refreshing Nonbinary Romantic Interest |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=5 August 2020 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014080426/https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The drama series ''P-Valley'' follows several people who work at a Mississippi strip club named "The Pynk". The club's owner is Uncle Clifford, a nonbinary [[genderfluid]] person who uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref name="P-Valley">{{Cite web |title=P-Valley's Nicco Annan on Black queerness, serving looks, and why 'femininity is total strength' |author=Opie, David |work=Digital Spy |date=7 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |quote=And Uncle Clifford is a beautiful, black, non-binary queer who identifies with the pronoun 'she'. She's very gender fluid.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111043521/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Uncle Clifford is played by Nicco Annan, an out gay man.<ref name="esse_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet Nicco Annan: 'P-Valley's' Uncle Clifford Who's Giving Us Life |last=Penrice |first=Ronda Racha |work=Essence |date=27 July 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |quote='As a Black man and as a Black gay man, it's very seldom that I get the opportunity to tell such a rich, lush story that really means something and that I really feel speaks to my community and can uplift us," he says of ''P-Valley''. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126225325/https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Hulu comedy series ''Shrill'', the character Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Em is played by [[E.R. Fightmaster]] who is also nonbinary and uses they/them as well.<ref name="Bradley-Shrill">{{Cite web |title='Shrill' Ends on Its Best Season Yet Thanks to a Heart-Bursting Queer Romance |author=Bradley, Laura |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816041546/https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The third season of ''Star Trek: Discovery'' introduces a nonbinary character named Adira Tal, played by nonbinary actor [[Blu del Barrio]].<ref name="STDiscovery">{{Cite web |title='Star Trek: Discovery' Introduces First-Ever Non-Binary And Trans Characters With Blu Del Barrio And Ian Alexander |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=2 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520000721/https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Adira uses they/them pronouns.
* A nonbinary character named Alex plays a minor role in the drama series ''This Is Us''. Alex is played by nonbinary lesbian [[Presley Alexander]], and is the love interest of main character Tess. Alex first appears in the season five episode "Changes".
* The Brazilian drama series ''Todxs Nosotrxs'' (also known as ''Todxs Nós'' or ''He, She, They.'') stars Rafa, an 18-year-old pansexual and nonbinary person who decides to leave their unaccepting family and go live with their cousin. Rafa is played by Clara Gallo.<ref>https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388#about [https://web.archive.org/web/20210508044645/https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221228000909/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Canhisares">{{Cite web |title=Todxs Nós discute gênero com humor, mas nem só de "militância" vive a série |trans-title= |last=Canhisares |first=Mariana |work=Omelete |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819000202/https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'', main character Mo (played by Alex Newell) is [[genderfluid]].<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230320165052/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* Season 2, episode 5 of ''Batwoman'' introduced the nonbinary character Evan Blake, who is a friend of protagonist Kate Kane. Evan is played by Lincoln Clauss.<ref name="Batwoman>{{Cite web |title=Batwoman Writer Explains the Importance of the Show's New Nonbinary Character |last=Erao |first=Math |work=CBR |date= |access-date=27 February 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233539/https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the live-action remake of ''Cowboy Bebop'', Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, nicknamed Gren, is nonbinary and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].<ref name="RomanoCB">{{Cite web |title=Cowboy Bebop live-action series officially makes anime character Gren nonbinary |trans-title= |last=Romano |first=Nick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=19 November 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park/ |language=EN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Some fans complained that making Gren nonbinary was insensitive, as the character originally was a man who developed breasts due to experimental drugs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The amazing intersex hero from “Cowboy Bebop” gets wronged in Netflix's version |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=26 November 2021 |access-date=6 December 2021 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202163817/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Mae Martin]]'s character in ''Feel Good'' comes out as nonbinary in the season finale.<ref name="Dry-FeelGood">{{Cite web |title='Feel Good' Review: Mae Martin's Devastating Queer Comedy Levels Up in Season 2 |last=Dry |first=Jude |work=IndieWire |date=4 June 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705012944/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Kids' show ''Fruit Salad TV'' includes the nonbinary characters Shirley Shawn, Officer Beaples, and Bok.<ref name="Spadafore">{{Cite web |title=Conservatives Outraged After The Wiggles' New Kids' TV Show Introduces Non-Binary Unicorn |last=Spadafore |first=Sam |work=Comic Sands |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129221149/https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Nonbinary physician Dr. Kai Bartley (played by nonbinary actor [[E.R. Fightmaster]]) is a recurring character in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Dr. Bartley first appeared in the episode "Hotter Than Hell" (season 18, episode 3).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet 'Grey's Anatomy's First-Ever Nonbinary Doctor |last=Rude |first=Mey |work=out.com |date=28 October 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021 |url= https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127183152/https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The Peacock comedy series ''Rutherford Falls'' (2021) features a nonbinary character named Bobbie, played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse Leigh]]. The character was originally written as a gay man, but after Leigh auditioned in "glam-core" 1970s fashion, the show staff decided to make Bobbie nonbinary.<ref name="RutherfordFalls">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Leigh Is the Witchy, Nonbinary Bestie We All Need in Our Lives |last=Rudolph |first=Christopher |work=NewNowNext |date=22 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |quote=Bobbie was originally, I think, gay and male-presenting. So I went to the audition and I thought, I'm going to just make the character my own. And I did — I remember I wore bellbottoms, really cute, all '70s. I did a really cute winged liner and I was just myself; that's what I just wear on an everyday basis. So I show up in a little bit of glam-core, and they loved the character so much that they eventually ended up making Bobbie nonbinary. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122235536/http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In season three of the Netflix series ''Sex Education'', there is a nonbinary student named Cal Bowman. Cal is played by nonbinary actor [[Dua Saleh]].<ref name="López">{{Cite web |title='Sex Education' is adding a non-binary character to its cast for season 3 |last=López |first=Canela |work=Insider |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://www.insider.com/netflixs-sex-education-adds-black-non-binary-character-to-cast-2020-9}}</ref>
* BBC America's ''The Watch'' features Cheery Littlebottom, who is referred to by they/them and she/her pronouns and is played by [[Jo Eaton-Kent]] (who is trans and uses those same pronouns).
* In the HBO Max miniseries ''And Just Like That'' (a revival/reboot of the series ''Sex and the City''), nonbinary actor/comedian [[Sara Ramirez]] plays the nonbinary character Che Diaz.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicole Ari Parker completes the foursome in new photos from 'Sex and the City' revival set |last=Towers |first=Andrea |work=EW.com |date=17 August 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602201034/https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Ramirez Teases Her "Dynamic" Role in the Sex and the City Reboot |last=Taylor |first=Elizabeth |work=E! Online |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210185550/https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==== 2022 ====

* ''Our Flag Means Death'' features a genderly-interesting pirate named Jim Jiminez who goes by he/him and they/them pronouns. Jim is played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].

===Webseries ===

*In ''Carmilla'', the character Lafontaine is nonbinary and goes by they/them/their pronouns. They have been confirmed as nonbinary by the show's creators, and have hinted at it through the series though it has never been a major plot point. They are played by nonbinary actor [[Kaitlyn Alexander]].
*''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdi8HPMwFpYIf3qQlv7A0fg?&ab_channel=Couple-ish Couple-ish]'', a light-hearted rom-com webseries, features a nonbinary main character (Dee). Dee goes by they/them/their pronouns, and explicitly describes themselves as nonbinary in one episode.
*The short webseries ''These Thems'' features a [[genderqueer]] character named Vero, played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].<ref name="TheseThems">{{Cite web |title='These Thems' Is the Must-See Comedy That Centers Nonbinary People |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=26 February 2020 |access-date=13 May 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601051746/https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX1W43ZgDnWErDCU_6ejOBLln1NozzBj7 Dinette]'' is a remake of the 1982 movie ''Diner'', but with a non-male cast instead of the original's all-male cast. The character Jaq is nonbinary and is played by nonbinary writer [[Jude Dry]].<ref name="Mosthof">{{Cite web |title='Dinette' Gives Queer Women and Nonbinary Characters a Place to Go |last=Mosthof |first=Mariella |work=INTO |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208052635/https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''School Spirit: An Unlikely Webseries'', the character Charley Condomine is [[demigender]].<ref name="lezw_Char">{{Cite web |title=Charley Condomine |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=16 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419211457/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''I Hear You'' is a Canadian medical drama following the life of Dr. Alyssa Hartt, a family medicine practitioner. Her patients include nonbinary people.<ref>http://www.ihearyouseries.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230224092010/http://ihearyouseries.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''The Adventures of Jamie Watson (and Sherlock Holmes)'', Sherlock Holmes is [[demigender]] and aroace.<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230131224016/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The "Brave House" arc of the webseries ''The Feels'' focuses on the polyamorous throuple of [[genderqueer]] S (played by [[Sara Ramirez]]), [[transfeminine]] Nina ([[Ianne Fields Stewart]]), and [[transmasculine]] Lenny ([[Shantira Jackson]]).<ref name="BraveHouse">{{Cite web |title=Why We Should All Live in The Feels’ Brave House |author=Shayna Maci Warner |work=Bisexual Resource Center |date=15 August 2019 |access-date=20 October 2020 |url= https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602092014/https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The protagonist of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201023062615/https://www.transmonogamist.com/ Trans Monogamist]'' is a nonbinary dating columnist.
* In the Canadian webseries ''Babes'', one of the protagonists is AJ, a nonbinary man, played by nonbinary man [[T. Thomason]].<ref name="Ratchford">{{Cite web |title=Getting To Know The Creator Of ‘Babes,’ The Web’s Cutest Queer Series |last=Ratchford, Sarah |work=Medium |date=6 January 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url=https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720055243/https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="JMarie">{{Cite web |title=Watch ‘Babes’, A Web Series About a Queer Playboy |author=J Marie |work=KitschMix |date=10 May 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url= https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209145206/https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Damaged Goods'' is a webseries "centered around four messy creatives of color attempting to survive in the city of Chicago."<ref name="dama_Abou">{{Cite web |title=About — Damaged Goods |author= |work=Damaged Goods |date= |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110133443/https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> One of the characters is Caleb, described by the creators of the series as [[genderqueer]]<ref name="dama_Abou" /> and a [[gay man]].<ref name="Wittich">{{Cite web |title=New Web Series Finds Beauty in Being Queer and Messy |author=Wittich, Jake |work=PAPER |date=25 March 2019 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19#rebelltitem19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807230447/https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Caleb is played by gay model Chufue Yang.<ref name="Cadogan">{{Cite web |title=Meet the model claiming his agency dropped him for being gay and Asian |last=Cadogan |first=Dominic |work=Dazed |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327070551/https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Critical Role'' is a webseries "where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons." [https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Mollymauk_Tealeaf Mollymauk Tealeaf] was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043552/ Taliesin Jaffe], described by the DM [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2233310/ Matthew Mercer] as genderfluid and bisexual. Molly used he/him pronouns. A number of side characters in the show also use they/them pronouns.
*''The Oxventure'' is another webseries of people playing Dungeons & Dragons. In the "Faire Trial" campaign, a human paladin NPC named Max Williams plays a small role. Max uses [[they/them]] pronouns.

===Video games===

''See also [[Video games with nonbinary player character options]].''

*In ''Transistor'', the [[gender marker]] for Bailey Gilande in her character file is 'X', commonly used by, or in regards to, nonbinary people.
*In C''ult of the Lamb,'' the titular lamb is identified as genderless.
*In the MMORPG ''Runescape'', there is an NPC who can change the player character's avatar from male to female or female to male, as well as change the player's skin color. The NPC also switches their own avatar's "sex" at 10-second intervals. They are officially called "The Makeover Mage", but in a 2006 letter they wrote "My name is Pete, or Peta, depending on my mood", implying they may be [[genderfluid]], [[bigender]], or some other type of nonbinary.<ref>https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage [https://web.archive.org/web/20230317043935/https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Astoria: Fate's Kiss'', the romanceable character Alex Cyprin is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>[https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Pride Month Specials], 21 June 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102175329/https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Oregon Trail 4th Edition'', the character Hattie Caulfield identifies as neither a man nor a woman.{{citation needed}}
[[File:Earl Grey gender free pronouns.png|thumb|right|A screenshot of ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'' with the "gender liberated" option selected, so the game uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns.]]
*In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". Choosing gender free results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. The player can also choose to "make everyone else gender liberated too", resulting in the protagonist saying things like "Everybody knew about me, the eldest child of the late Gentleperson and Gentleperson Fairfax".
*In the sci-fi visual novel ''Incompatible Species'', Chris is nonbinary and uses [[she/her]] pronouns, while Pi-zan uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n [https://web.archive.org/web/20221103230458/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the visual novel ''Butterfly Soup'', Min-seo is nonbinary.<ref>https://vndb.org/c67408 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819114731/https://vndb.org/c67408 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Genderwrecked'' is a post-apocalyptic horror/gore visual novel about trying to find the meaning of gender. The player can select their pronouns from she/her, they/them, he/him, xe/xir, ze/zir, it/it, or custom pronouns.<ref name="genderwrecked">{{Cite web |title=GENDERWRECKED |author=ryan rose aceae |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305002650/https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Bloodhound in ''Apex Legends'' is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Clark|first=Allegra|user=SimplyAllegra |number=1093207979430576128 |title=*Their* voice (Bloodhound is non-binary, uses they/them pronouns), but thank you! I'm so happy that people have enjoyed the performance—Bloodhound means so much to me 😊😊😊😊|date=6 February 2019}}</ref>
* Ash in ''Wandersong'' uses they/them pronouns and has been confirmed as nonbinary by creator Greg Lobanov.<ref name="pink_9kic">{{Cite web |title=9 kick-ass video game characters you probably never knew were non-binary |last=Johnson |first=Shakeena |work=PinkNews |date=17 February 2021 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116125637/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the browser-based RPG ''4thewords'', several NPCs are implied to be nonbinary by way of their pronouns: [[singular they|Singular "they"]] is used for Ordco, Edrie, and Yuri, and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe|"xe"]] is used for Liq of Light.
*In the ''Dominique Pamplemousse'' series of point-and-click adventure games, the protagonist Dominique Pamplemousse is genderqueer. There are many instances in-game of other characters trying to figure out Dominique's gender.<ref name="squi_Domi">{{Cite web |title=Dominique Pamplemousse and Dominique Pamplemousse in "Combinatorial Explosion!" by Squinky |author= |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |quote=our favourite genderqueer private detective discovers that, through the power of multiple endings from the previous game, they have been cloned! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604111141/https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Chambers-Pamplemousse">{{Cite web |title=Indie Game Dominique Pamplemousse Review |author=Chambers, Becky |work=The Mary Sue |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810091542/https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the interactive novel ''Moonrise'', Rosario de la Cruz is a nonbinary pansexual who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Sati is a nonbinary bisexual who uses xe/xer/xem pronouns.<ref name="COG-representme">{{Cite web |title=Choice of Games (developer) |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=8 September 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063327/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet'', in the ending where Syrup befriends the cat Toffee, they ask Syrup to guess if they're a boy or a girl, then reveal that the correct answer is "neither".
* The ''Lonely Wolf Treat'' series features a variety of nonbinary characters.
** The fox Chai, as well as one of the unnamed cats in the third chapter, are nonbinary and use "they" pronouns.
** The wolf Trick is agender, uses "they" pronouns, and is uncomfortable with being called a "guy".
** An unnamed cat child claims "I am NOT a girl! I am a cat". Trick responds to this with "I'm like that too".
** The rabbit Dango at one point feels uncomfortable bathing with other male rabbits, which leads to them expressing doubts about their own gender and starting to experiment with "they" pronouns.
====1996====
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams]'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref name="Taylor2007">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS |last=Taylor |first=Mike |work=Nintendo Life |date=5 December 2007 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606075440/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2015====
[[File: ROM pronouns 1.png|thumb|A screenshot of pronoun selection in ''Read Only Memories''. Selecting 'more options' allows you to choose from 'ze/zir/, 'xe/xir', or your own custom pronouns.]]
*In ''Crypt of the Necrodancer,'' the game's artist Ted Martens stated that the unlockable character Bolt "is [[genderqueer]] and doesn't identify fully as either female or male."<ref>{{cite tweet| user=ted_martens |number=573223156724285440 |date=4 March 2015 |title=@JimDrizzle @fenekosan Bolt is genderqueer and doesn't identify fully as either female or male.}}</ref>
* Ashly Burch, the voice actress for Chloe Price in the adventure game ''Life is Strange'', said in a 2015 interview that "I think Chloe is sexually fluid. I don't think she really likes to label herself in any particular way— same with her gender."<ref name="Sloane2015">{{Cite web |title=Hella Talk: An Interview With Ashly Burch on Chloe Price, Queerness, & ‘Life Is Strange’ |author=Sloane |work=FemHype |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129024608/https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Read Only Memories'' the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is [[gender fluid]]"<ref>{{cite web|first=Jesse|last=Tannous|title=Read Only Memories Director discusses LGBTQ themes in gaming.|date=June 20, 2015|work=The Examiner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215026/http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming|archive-date=October 23, 2015|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming}}</ref>.The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.

====2017====
*In the visual novel ''A Foretold Affair'', one of the three people you can romance is [[agender]].<ref name="repr_AFor">{{Cite web |title=A Foretold Affair |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601014416/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2018====
* In the visual novel ''//TODO: today'', the protagonist and the main characters Joyce and Phoenix can be [[male]], [[female]], or [[nonbinary]], depending on player's choices.<ref>[https://vndb.org/v21649/chars#chars VNDB {{!}} //TODO: today characters] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819120206/https://vndb.org/v21649/chars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''When The Night Comes'', the romanceable character August is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524101833/https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the RPG ''Deltarune'', the main character Kris is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
* In the strategy/simulation game ''Your Royal Gayness'', the royal spymaster, Seraph, says "Just 'spymaster' will do, thank you. Or Seraph. I don't care for [[honorifics|all that 'sir' and 'lady' stuff.]]" This dialogue pretty explicitly shows that Seraph doesn't identify with the male nor female gender. Additionally, the "Library" section of the game refers to Seraph with [[they/them]] pronouns, and implies that Seraph is not their "[[Names|real name]]".<ref>Lizard Hazard Games. ''Your Royal Gayness''. 2018.</ref>

====2019====
*One of the player characters in the 2019 game ''Borderlands 3'', FL4K, is an emergent AI who uses they/them pronouns and wears a pin with the nonbinary flag.
*In the fantasy-mystery visual novel ''Catacomb Prince'', one of the romantic options is the nonbinary person Ravi Patel.<ref>https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince [https://web.archive.org/web/20221206035333/https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the interactive novel ''Drag Star!'', you meet multiple characters in the story who describe themselves as nonbinary. Additionally, your character can be nonbinary if you choose so.

====2020====
*In the simulation game ''BitLife'', since the June 2020 Pride Update, it is possible for characters to [[come out]] to you as nonbinary<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CEwrBGRhFCw/</ref> and in the "Gay Dating App" portion you can select a partner preference from a dropdown list of "Male", "Female", "Genderqueer", "Non-Binary", "Transgender Female", and "Transgender Male".<ref>https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_app [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324044621/https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_App Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The player themself can also select whether their character is [[cisgender]], genderqueer, nonbinary, transgender female, and transgender male (after the character reaches age 5). Being non-cis may cause the character to experience [[gender dysphoria]] in-game, lowering their Happiness level.<ref name="leve_BitL">{{Cite web |title=BitLife Pride Update Guide: Everything You Need to Know About BitLife Version 1.38, aka the Pride Update |author=Tim |work=Level Winner |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150757/https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Hades'', the NPC Primordial Chaos is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="pink_9kic" />
* In RPG indie game ''Ikenfell'', half of the main characters within the game are explicitly queer. One character uses ze/zir pronouns.
* In ''Star Wars: Squadrons'', the pilot Keo Venzee is referred to with [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee [https://web.archive.org/web/20230709023421/https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest'', the character Kim is nonbinary and referred to using they/them pronouns. Their in-game character description begins by referring to them as "A nonbinary activist from Berlin".
* In the creature-collecting game ''Temtem'', there are several nonbinary NPCS, and they will often scold the player character if the player uses dialogue options that misgender the NPC. It is also possible to play your own character as nonbinary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ and non-binary identity representation and integration in Temtem — Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |author=Warren, Jack |work=Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=10 January 2023 |url= https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150814/https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the adventure game ''Bugsnax'', scientist Floofty Fizzlebean is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns ([[Gender neutral language in Polish|onu/jenu]] in the Polish translation<ref>{{cite tweet|user=neutratywy|number=1329918251560787968|title=ekipa http://zaimki.pl miała zaszczyt i przyjemność pomóc w tłumaczeniu gry Bugsnax @YoungHorses na język polski[.] występującu tam naukowcu, Floofty, jest niebinarnu i używa dukazimów (http://zaimki.pl/onu)|date=20 November 2020}}</ref>). They are voiced by nonbinary actor [[Casey Mongillo]].<ref name="dist_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Voice Acting Cast Behind 'Bugsnax' |author=Belcher, Sara |work=Distractify |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606071243/https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the sci-fi indie game ''Ace In Space'', you play as Adrian Clarke, who is nonbinary and asexual.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230421042458/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* In the farming RPG ''Pumpkin Days'' (previously known as ''Pumpkin Online''), the official website uses [[singular they]] for several characters:<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Characters|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006003539/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
** Toni: "Toni is a chill person who likes to hang out at the island. They absolutely love anything to do with ducks."
** Lan: "They are very knowledgeable in medicine but have a hard time understanding social cues and reading people's mood."
** Charu Mishra: "they're ''(sic)'' passion is dancing and learning all the latest hip choreographed moves from popular Jpop music videos."
** Hikaru Komuro: "Hikaru is so good at what they do that Diamond Falls has more products for sale at the Saturday market compared to other towns."
** Harsha Puri: "Harsha is very friendly and tries to be helpful when they can. They tend to stutter and apologize constantly and unnecessarily, worrying if they have caused any inconveniences or said something wrong."
** Additionally, the player character creator has no gender selection nor any gender-locked clothes. The official website says that "specifying a gender does not play a role in Pumpkin Days. Simply use our body sliders in character customization to add feminine and/or as masculine features as you want. Any clothes you buy will fit the body you choose."<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Unique Features|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the first-person shooter ''Battlefield 2042'', a Specialist named Emma "Sundance" Rosier is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DrLupo stands up for nonbinary people during Battlefield 2042 stream |last=Lopez |first=Jalen |work=Dot Esports |date=12 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |url= https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517013043/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Purrgatory'' there are multiple instances of [[non-binary]] characters.
** The player has the options for pronouns as follows: [[they/them]], [[she/her]], [[he/him]], and custom.
** Two gravestone markers have possible non-binary characters, one says "they were a good parent but a bad tightrope walker" and the other "ze died like ze lived: fighting crocodiles."
** One of the main characters' partner, Dani, is non-binary using they/them pronouns.<ref>https://purrgatory.fandom.com/wiki/Sean</ref>

====2022====
*In the narrative bullet hell ''non-binary'', you play the story of two different enby characters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=non-binary - owof |access-date=4 November 2023 |url= https://www.owof.games/game/non-binary-3/}}</ref>
*In ''ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area'', a visual novel, the character Emhari Abdi is a bigender lesbian. Emhari uses both "he/him" and "she/her" pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|date=18 July 2020| user=ValiDateGame| number=1284540692962967553|title=Our first mini interview is with Nasr (@trashyvoid ), the artist of Emhari!}}</ref> The character Rocky Harrison is a nonbinary person using he/him pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1547621316554924032 |date=14 Jul 2022|title=yes rocky is a he/him nonbinary, they exist}}</ref> Some other characters use pronouns that imply they could be nonbinary too: Inaya Saifi uses she/they, and Anoki Wanderbull uses she/he/them.<ref>[https://validategame.com/#cast ValiDate: Meet The Cast!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517064141/https://validategame.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Emhari, Inaya, and Anoki were confirmed to be trans by the developers' Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1541102407748395010 |title=Are there any other trans characters besides Arihi and Catherine? — emhari, inaya and anoki and some others are Pending |date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
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====2023====
* In the dating sim ''Repurpose'', Noel Azulite is [[genderfluid]] and [[asexual]], DJ Roadkill is nonbinary and [[pansexual]], Cheri is [[bigender]] and [[omnisexual]], and Fayebael Noct is [[agender]] and "if we must assign a label, pansexual". Additionally, the player can choose their own pronouns from "he", "she", or "they".<ref name="Repurpose">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose (Demo) by Eros |author= |work=itch.io |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063331/https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="kick_Repu">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose |author=Resident Rabbit |work=Kickstarter |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
'''2024'''

* In ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', Acht (also known as their stage name Dedf1sh) is an Octoling DJ who makes their physical debut in the DLC, and has their pronouns confirmed to be [[they/them]]. Previously, the pronouns used for them in English promotional material for ''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'' were she/her, where they in-universe created the music for the Stations, but they are not mentioned in game. The [https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Inkipedia:Twitter_archive/2023/September#1705206569498017804 promotional] and in-game material for ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'' uses exclusively they/them. Marina, who has known Acht since their schooldays, refers to them as they/them automatically, implying that their previous pronouns were retconned. In the Japanese version of ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', they use the personal pronoun ボク, which is generally considered a masculine pronoun.

====2025====
*The dating sim ''The Office Type'' has equal numbers of male, female, and nonbinary characters for the player to romance. Every character's bio, even the cis ones, lists their pronouns. As listed on the game's website, the nonbinary characters available are Syl ([[demiboy]], they/them), Benny ([[agender]], they/them), Cal ([[demigirl]], they/she), Toni ([[agender]], xe/xem/xir), Ty ([[demiboy]], they/he), Addie ([[egogender]], prefers name as pronoun, but accepts they/them), Bee ([[genderfluid]], they/them), and Mx. Hura Stapleton ([[bigender]], he/she/they). There are also binary trans women and binary trans men among the cast.<ref>[https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Heavy Thought Studios - Projects] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212505/https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====Unreleased (currently in development)====
* In the furry drama video game ''Goodbye Volcano High'' (to be released 2023), the protagonist Fang uses [[they/them]] pronouns and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Lachlan Watson]].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Goodbye_Volcano_High/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226074304/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Goodbye_Volcano_High/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Fictional sexes==

Some characters have a nonbinary gender identity only because they have a fictional kind of a physical sex. Their sex is different than female, male, or any kind of real-life intersex condition. For example, a robot that never had a physical sex, and might be correspondingly genderless. Or characters who have the fictional ability to change their sex at will, and might be said to have a corresponding [[genderfluid]] identity. Or an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. The fictional sexes are used as ''justification'' for these characters having nonbinary gender identities. No real nonbinary people have these sexes, and can't use that justification. As such, these kinds of characters don't really count as nonbinary representation.

=== Animation ===
*''Simoun'' takes place in a world that recognizes three genders: male, female, and a feminine "maiden" gender which everyone is assigned at birth. When people in this world come of age, they're required to give up the "maiden" gender and commit to male or female--those who do not choose have it chosen for them. Several of the main characters, including the two leads, decide that they do not want to be men or women, but rather keep their "maiden" gender, which goes against the rules of society. Despite the maiden gender being feminine, the fact that choosing to keep it is regarded as significantly different from choosing to become a woman shows that it is a third gender role and not the same as womanhood.
*''Steven Universe'' is about an alien kind called Gems, who all look similar to human women, except for the half-human Gem named Steven. The show creator, [[Rebecca Sugar]], says the Gems aren't female: "Steven is the first and only male Gem, because he is half human! Technically, there are no female Gems! There are only Gems!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p [https://web.archive.org/web/20220702054909/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The Gems are called by [[Pronouns#She|she]] pronouns just because it's easy: Sugar said, "There's a 50 50 chance to use some pronoun on Earth, so why not feminine ones-- it's as convenient as it is arbitrary!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032904/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In a later interview, Rebecca stated outright that "the Gems are all nonbinary women. [...] They wouldn't think of themselves as women, but they're fine with being interpreted that way amongst humans." (She also identified herself as a nonbinary woman in this same interview.)<ref name="TheMind">{{Cite web |title=The Mind Behind America's Most Empathetic Cartoon |work=NPR.org |date=14 July 2018 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231100935/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Furthermore, Gems can temporarily fuse together to become a combined being. In episode "Alone Together", the aforementioned Steven manages to pull off this skill with human girl Connie, resulting in a fusion named "Stevonnie." When asked about Stevonnie's gender, Rebecca Sugar replied that "Stevonnie is an experience! The living relationship between Steven and Connie," describing them as a "metaphor that is so complex and so specific but also really, really relatable, in the form of a character."<ref>http://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507191537/https://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> [http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Burnett Matt Burnett] confirmed on Twitter that Stevonnie uses they/them pronouns,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413004824/https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408|archive-date=13 April 2016|title=@Tumble234 Stevonnie uses them/they.|date=13 July 2015|url=https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408}}</ref> which do get used for Stevonnie in later episodes. Later, in a 2019 public service announcement about self-esteem and social media, which is also part of the canon, Stevonnie is briefly seen scrolling past their Instagram profile, in which they have described themself with the words "nonbinary" and "intersex."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|last=Ermac|first=Raffy|title=Cartoon Network Confirmed This ''Steven Universe'' Character Is Intersex|date=June 26, 2019|website=Pride.com|accessdate=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404161229/https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> These are both real human identities and conditions, even though Stevonnie's origins are only possible in fiction.
*Izana Shinatose in ''Knights of Sidonia'' is neither female nor male, but has the ability to eventually choose a sex if they fall in love. Izana's uniform is different from that of her classmates, reflecting their lack of gender (while females have skirts and males wear pants, Izana wears shorts). This gender is given the name of "middlesex" in the second season. Izana's body does eventually become female after falling in love with Nagate, against their conscious wishes and to their dismay.
*The Sailor Starlights in the ''Sailor Moon'' anime are male in their human form, but they can change to female when transformed into Sailor Senshi.
*The animated webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 Battle For Dream Island]'' features characters based on numbers, variables, and mathematical symbols (commonly called Algebralians) which are heavily implied to be a genderless race. When the topic of gender comes up, the character Four simply responds, "we don't have that where I'm from."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIZyD5-5gE BFB 10: Enter the Exit]</ref> The Algebralians Four and X are referred to with he/him and they/them pronouns, and Two, another major Algebralian, is referred to with they/them.

=== Audio ===

*In the ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' audio dramas by Big Finish, the character of Zagreus is an alien entity who inhabits various minds and bodies. Zagreus is played by one male actor and one female actress, and changes pronouns depending on each stolen body.

=== Board and card games ===

* The aetherborn race from Magic the Gathering's Kaladesh setting are sexless and typically [[agender]].<ref>James Wyatt, [https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Plane-Shift Kaladesh], pg. 16 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608112733/https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Agender aetherborn use they/them pronouns, including a secondary character for the Kaladesh arc, Yahenni.<ref>Alison Luhrs, [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/born-aether-2016-09-21 Born of Aether]</ref>

=== Books and other literature ===

*The Children of the Triad fantasy novel series by Laurie Marks includes a genderless species. The books are ''Delan the Mislaid'' (1989), ''The Moonbane Mage'' (1990), and ''Ara's Field'' (1991). The title character and protagonist of the first book is a member of that species.<ref>''All our worlds: Diverse fantastic fiction.'' http://doublediamond.net/aow [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202733/http://doublediamond.net/aow/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*Sayuri Ueda's science fiction novel ''The Cage of Zeus'' (2011) is about genetically engineered characters with a fictional sex and nonbinary gender.<ref>Sayuri Ueda, ''The Cage of Zeus.'' 2011.</ref>
*''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466375.Commitment_Hour Commitment Hour]'' by James Alan Gardner features a culture who switch between male and female sexes once a year until their 21st birthday, when they are asked to choose whether they want to stay forever as male, female, or both.
*The ''Culture'' series by Iain M. Bank is centred around a postgender civilisation.
**As described in ''Excession'', the humans are able to change sex by just thinking it, and nanomachines alter their anatomy accordingly over a period of a few days. It is described as common for couples to take turns bearing children.
*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082646/http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)].
*M.C.A. Hogarth's science-fiction series about the Jokka, an alien species that can randomly change sex twice at puberty, with three sexes, and three corresponding rigid gender roles: female, male, and neuter. These stories focus on individuals who don't conform to those prescribed gender roles, and some could be considered transgender. However, the author often publicly voices her opposition to transgender rights in real life, saying she "Will never stop fighting this trans thing. Never.";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 5, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220820220131/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097</ref> agreeing with anti-transgender author Abigail Shrier's opposition of the informed consent model of pediatric transgender health care;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. October 25, 2021. Tweet. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20211026003911/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791</ref> saying she liked Debrah Soh's anti-transgender book;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 11, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220511185719/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643</ref> siding with a student who expressed anti-transgender views, in reply to an anti-transgender Twitter account;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 17, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517095601/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696</ref> being a fan of an anti-trans podcaster;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. July 15, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220715124900/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752</ref> asserting the anti-transgender claim that "cisgender is a slur";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 29, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220821051705/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088</ref> and saying that transgender people should never transition, and should instead content themselves with "the flesh God gave" them.<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. August 23, 2021. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220818215810/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376</ref> This is an example of how authors who write representation of gender-variant characters can't be assumed to support the human rights of gender-variant people in real life and may even actively oppose it.
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by Ursula K. Le Guin is a classic science fiction novel published in 1976 featuring a race of people whose sexes become male or female only briefly for reproduction, and whose genders can be a variety of masculine, feminine, both or neither.
*CJ Carter's science fiction novel, ''Que Será Serees'' (2011) is about a species of people with a single gender.<ref>CJ Carter, "Genderless singular pronouns." http://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221212103224/https://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Que Será Serees". ''CJ's Creative Studio''. http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201031105743/http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*"In David Lindsay's ''Voyage to Arcturus'' (1920) a man from earth meets people on another planet who are neither man nor woman so he invents a new pronoun ''ae'' to refer to them."<ref>Suzanne Romaine, ''Communicating Gender.'' p. 343.</ref>
*Bard Bloom's World Tree is a setting with no human species, and many of the intelligent species in that setting have fictional sexes, such as co-lover, both-female, and so on. This includes the protagonist of a book in that setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/Sythyrys-Journal-Chronicle-Transaffection-Adventure/dp/1451562934 Sythyry's Journal]'', which was first serialized as a blog starting in 2002. Sythyry is a member of a dragon-like species who are all "hermaphrodites" (and not analogous to real-life intersex conditions), and don't identify as female or male. In World Tree society, species is more important than gender, so same-gender relationships are seen as unremarkable, but cross-species relationships are seen as queer, which is a significant plot element in that book. The setting also has a role-playing game handbook, ''World Tree: A role playing game of species and civilization'' (2001). A romance novel in the setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/MARRIAGE-OF-INSECTS-novel-World/dp/1890096369 A Marriage of Insects],'' deals with the relationships of a group of Herethroy, an insect-like species that has three (arguably four) sexes: male, female, co-lover (a sex necessary for males and females of that species to reproduce), and both-female (a socially unaccepted variant sex, indeterminate between female and co-lover).
*In ''Static'', a romance novel by L. A. Witt, there have always been a marginalized minority of humans capable of changing sex instantly and at will, known as "shifters." Shifters are usually, though not always, genderfluid, having different gender identities at different times, including male, female, and other genders. (Though they only have the ability to change between two sexes.) Alex, one of the protagonists and part of the lead romantic pair, is a genderfluid shifter who is the victim of medical assault to force them to remain in one form, but continues to be genderfluid and experience dysphoria.
*In the book ''Good Omens'' by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the character Aziraphale (and A. J. Crowley by extension) are described as man-shaped, sexless beings.
*In the Faction Paradox novel ''This Town Will Never Let Us Go...'' by Philip Purser-Hallard (a [[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] spinoff), there is a species of posthumans who are engineered to change sex from male to female as they mature. Some of these transformations are never completed. One of the main characters, Keth Marrane, is part of this species and has a body with both male and female characteristics. Marrane is fully happy with this body and is referred to as a "hermaphrodite" by other characters; a word without negative connotations in the cultures that are described. Marrane uses "one" pronouns when narrating.
*Adam Rex's sci-fi novel, ''The True Meaning of Smekday'' (2007), features the Boov, an alien people with seven genders (boy, girl, girlboy, boygirl, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy) based on their fish-like role in fertilizing an egg after they lay it in a designated part of town. Because of the impersonal way they reproduce, Boov society is egalitarian and aromantic. The sequel, ''Smek for President'' (2015), has a girlboy character named Ponch Sandhandler. She-he is addressed as "ladyfellow," and by she-he pronouns. The movie loosely based on the books, ''Home'' (2015), doesn't directly mention anything about Boov gender, and only refers to any Boov by he pronouns.
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin Ursula K. Le Guin], the inhabitants of the planet Gethen are referred to as ambisexual, and lack sex characteristics for the majority of the lunar cycle, which they acquire in order to reproduce.
* In Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's collaborative novel ''Good Omens,'' Neil Gaiman has confirmed that both of the main characters are non-binary, and they present as different genders at times in both the book and the 2019 tv-series (Crowley presenting as female as a nanny and at Jesus's cruxification, and Aziraphale presenting as female while possessing Madame Tracy). The characters usually present as males, and don't show any inclination to correct people on using masculine pronouns, but this is presented more as them not caring, and less them defining themself as males. The book specifically says that all angels and demons in it are neither male nor female, which is the standard belief about [[Gender variance in Christianity#Angels in Christianity|angels in Christianity]].
* In ''Wyvern'', a kids book by Kyle McGiverin, there is a sentient race of beings called wyverns. The wyverns are genderless and use "wy/wym/wys" pronouns.<ref name="Helkio">{{Cite web |title=ALDIA: A World Where Gender Is Meaningless |last=Helkio |first=Raymond |work=theBUZZ |date=2017 |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204213811/https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The ''Lilith's Brood'' series by Octavia Butler (three novels: ''Dawn'', ''Adulthood Rites'', and ''Imago'') features the oankali, an alien race with three genders: male, female, and ooloi.<ref name="SturgeonFW">{{Cite web |title=17 Pathbreaking Non-Binary and Gender-Fluid Novels |last=Sturgeon |first=Jonathon |work=Flavorwire |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032841/https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the ''Iska Universe'' series by Geneva Vand, the Iska race of aliens uses nongendered pronouns "eet" and "ta".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220706180121/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Clive Barker's fantasy/sci-fi book ''Imajica'', a main character named Pie'oh'pah is a shapeshifting extraterrestrial who uses the pronoun "it".
* In Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, The Vorkosigan Saga, major character Bel Thorne is one of a group of humans who were genetically engineered to have both male and female sex organs. This group is called "hermaphrodites" and use the pronoun "it". Bel Thorne is noted to usually have an "ambiguous-to-male" [[gender expression]], but sometimes presents more femininely. Additionally, there is a group of genetically-engineered beings called the "ba" who have no sex organs and are used as servants in the Cetagandan Empire.
* In ''Ice Song'' and ''Tattoo'', fantasy/sci-fi/paranormal books by Kirsten Imani Kasai, the protagonist, Sorykah Minuit, is a type of person known as a "Trader", meaning her physical [[sex]] changes at certain times due to her genetics. Traders are treated with superstition and harassment. Sorykah's male persona is Soryk, and his memories are separate from Sorykah's. Sorykah has twin children, Leander and Ayeda, who are also Traders.
* ''Everybody Loves Large Chests'', a (dark)comedy-fantasy webnovel by Exterminatus, features several sentient species who have no or only one biological sex. Some of them display gendered features and behavior, like the "motherly" Dryads and the various kinds of demons. Boxxy, the anti-hero protagonist, is explicitely stated to be genderless in the chapter "Mindgames 2".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |website= TV Tropes |access-date= 20 May 2021 |quote= The irony of a genderless creature with zero sex drive somehow surrounding itself with all manner of lewd women was so thick that one would probably need to dig through it with a pickaxe. |title= Literature / Everybody Loves Large Chests |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230315111851/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |archive-date= 17 July 2023 }}</ref> The story follows its life from Dungeon-Mimic to walking calamity.
* In the ''Wayfarers'' series by Becky Chambers (''<nowiki/>'The Long way to a Small, Angry Planet', 'A Closed and Common Orbit', 'Records of a Spaceborn Few'<nowiki/>'' and ''<nowiki/>'The Galaxy, and the Ground Within''') there are multiple interpretations of gender within the alien species.
** The Aeluon species are a four-gendered species, and separate them based on reproductive capability: Those who produced eggs, those who fertilised eggs, those who shifted between both reproductive abilities in phases (called shons) and those who could not do either. In galactic society, they used the common feminine-masculine-neuter pronoun set, which in the universe is she/he/xyr. Shons used the pronoun set that their body matched, unless they were in the middle of a shift. Children and those who could not reproduce used xyr. In book two, ''A Closed and Common Orbit,'' there is a Aeluon fertility festival called a ''Shimmerquick'', and the Aeluon taking part wear colour-coded clothing to illustrate their gender.
** In ''The Galaxy, and the Ground Within'', Tupo, a Laru child, is referred to with xe/xyr pronouns, as xyr has not yet reached adulthood where gender is chosen.

===Comics and graphic novels===

*In ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', a manga series by CLAMP, beings who were created by magic are canonically said to be neither female nor male. They're sexless, but may prefer a gender expression that is female, male, or androgynous. This includes some main characters, but it would be spoilers to say who and how. This is also the case in the anime based on the manga, of the same name.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' by Neil Gaiman and various artists - seminal graphic novel series, as recommended in [[Nonbinary_celebrities#Kate_Bornstein|Kate Bornstein]]'s ''My New Gender Workbook'' as having "Lots of good gender play." One character, Desire, is a being who can have any sex or gender.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051557/http://tapastic.com/series/The-Satrians The Satrians],'' a comic by Carlisle Robinson, a satyr-like alien species called Satrians have only one sex, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 no concept of gender]. They're all called by the pronoun set [[Pronouns#Xe|xe]], xyr, xem.<ref>Carlisle Robinson. "FAQ about gender." ''The Satrians''. http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Spectra]'', a science fiction comic by Cori Walters, the main characters are members of an alien species that has one sex, and all people voluntarily choose which of several gender roles they identify with. Outside of the story, Walters said, "They only have one physical sex but they have three socially enforced genders (or four if you count young children, who are seen as genderless until they choose their role in society.) For simplification reasons, in the comic the three main ones are referred to as he, she, and ne. The 'male' role is that of destruction, the 'female' is that of creation, and the third gender is that of preservation." The comic started in 2013 and is still in progress.<ref>''Spectra.'' [http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The comic series ''Crash and Burn'' involves "a genderless race of bird-like aliens" called the ornos.<ref>https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210906133101/https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

=== Movies ===

*''E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg. In an interview, Spielberg said that E.T. is a plant-like creature, and is neither male nor female.<ref>"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Trivia." ''Internet Movie Database.'' https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729004714/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The finished movie itself doesn't mention this fact. The finished script refers to E.T. as "he" and "the creature." This fact about E.T. was included in the first draft of the script written by Melissa Mathison.<ref>Charlie Jane Anders, "Weird Facts That You Didn't Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." October 10, 2012. ''Gizmodo''. https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230628140344/https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===TV (live-action)===

*In the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outcast_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29 The Outcast]" the Enterprise encounters an alien race called the "androgynous J'naii", whose society long ago had female and male roles, but their society had become sexless and genderless, which they believe to be more advanced. They have no physical sex differences, and reproduce without copulation. They all dress alike, and ask to be called by [[Pronouns#It|it]] pronouns. The J'naii believe that it's unhealthy to be female or male, and the genderlessness of their society is enforced on all its members. In that episode, a J'naii named Soren is revealed to be secretly a [[transgender women|transgender woman]]. In a reference to real-life "[[conversion therapy]]" used coercively on transgender people to make them not be transgender, the J'naii use brainwashing to force Soren to identify as androgynous rather than female. The episode fails at exploring the possibilities of a genderless society or identity, which is depicted as bland and repressive, but is a decent critique of conversion therapy, as well as a defense of transgender rights.
*The series ''Earth: Final Conflict'' is primarily about interactions between modern-day humans and aliens called Taelons, who seem to have neither sex nor gender. The Taelons use [[Pronouns#He|he pronouns]] for human convenience, but do not identify as male.
* Time Lords in ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' are able to transform their bodies in order to prevent death, giving them a new personality each time they undergo this process. See [[Gender in Doctor Who]] for more information.
*In the fantasy show ''The Good Place'', Janet is a nonhuman entity who acts as something akin to a superpowered computer-like assistant. Janet uses she/her pronouns but frequently corrects people who call her a girl. Janet's actor D'Arcy Carden and the show's creator Mike Schur have "unofficially concluded that Janet is [[agender]]."<ref name="Yip" />

=== Video games ===
====2000====
* In ''Final Fantasy IX'', Quina is a genderless character who is referred to as "he/she". This is true for his/her entire species.
====2007====
* The Asari species in ''Mass Effect'' are an alien race that all appear feminine and use she/her pronouns. However, Liara T'Soni of the Asari says that the species is "mono-gendered", and "male and female have no real meaning for us." Liara also says that she is "not precisely a woman." Despite this, the Codex describes the Asari as an all-female race. Conversation in Mass Effect 2 implies that the Asari are viewed to look like whatever species are viewing them.
====2016====
* Randy Varnell, the creative director for the first-person shooter ''Battleborn'', has "confirmed that Varimorphs (Orendi's species) are genderfluid, and can alter their gender / sex. He stated that Orendi identifies as female, 'currently, at least'."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battleborn |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=5 October 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324064854/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

=== Webseries ===

*"[http://sulmere.tumblr.com Ask Sulmere]" by Draque Thompson is an ongoing ask blog featuring aliens of a race that never evolved sexual dimorphism or the concept of gender.

==Gender nonconformity in fiction==

This section is for characters who are [[gender nonconforming]] but have a [[binary gender]] identity. That is, they identify as female, or as male, and are therefore not nonbinary. In significant ways, the characters don't conform to the expectations and norms for their gender. Fans may describe these characters as [[genderqueer]], which may be accurate. A character who is gender nonconforming and/or genderqueer isn't necessarily nonbinary, since they may still have a strictly binary gender identity, and they may also be [[cisgender]]. For example, a character who says something like, "I'm all man, and wearing a pink dress doesn't make me any less of a man" is gender nonconforming and perhaps genderqueer, but definitely not nonbinary.

===Animation===

* In the comedy series ''SheZow'', the legacy of a super-heroine has been passed down through generations of grand-aunts to grand-nieces when they inherit a magic ring that grants feminine-themed powers. For the first time, the ring is inherited by a boy, Guy Hamdon. Whenever he's being SheZow, which entails wearing a pink costume with a skirt and long hair, he has to keep up the appearance of being a girl in order to protect his secret identity. If anyone finds out who SheZow really is, his whole family will have to be relocated to the moon. Aside from his hair, SheZow's body doesn't change, and he has to remember to speak in a higher voice. Shezow often insists that his friends who are in the know need to call him by "she" pronouns whenever he appears in public as SheZow, and grumbles whenever they mess it up. When a friend hesitates and asks in private which pronoun Guy prefers, Guy shrugs and replies, "Eh, it depends on what I'm wearing." In other words, Guy's pronoun preference while being SheZow is "she," and is "he" while in his secret identity. Guy overcomes his initial discomfort and finds empowerment and confidence in femininity, even while remaining happily masculine when presenting as a boy. While this comfortable alternation between male and female presentations could be seen as a [[genderfluid]] or [[bigender]] character, the show creator has stated in an interview that, to the best of his understanding, this isn't so: "SheZow is not transgendered. He's a boy, his gender never changes, he's just trapped in a silly costume."<ref>Reiher, Andrea (1 June 2013). "'SheZow' creator talks 'transsexual' criticism, a 'coming out' episode and more". Zap2It. Retrieved 11 February 2014.</ref> As such, Shezow/Guy is a gender nonconforming cisgender boy.
** There are other gender noncomforming characters in Shezow than the title character. Shezow's evil clone, Shezap, can look like Guy or like Shezow. When they open a portal to a gender-swapped alternative universe, Shezow discovers that the version of herself there is Dudepow, a hero with masculine-themed powers who is secretly a girl.
* On the kids' show ''Cupcake and Dino General Services'', the two titular brothers often express themselves femininely.<ref name="cupcake&dino">{{Cite web |title=On My Quest for Inclusion, Cupcake and Dino Take the Cake |last=Williams |first=Star |work=Thrive Global |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929045141/https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Books and Literature===

====1972====
*''The Gods Themselves'' by Isaac Asimov - The 2nd part of this book features an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. However, the 3 fictional sexes are ''not'' used as justification for these characters having nonbinary gender identities, as the protagonists are depicted as being gender non-conforming by the standards of their own society. Most notable is Dua, the "emotional"/"mid" member of a triad, who has always struggled to fit in with the others of her sex. She's explicitly non-conforming, exhibiting traits normally associated with the "rational"/"left" sex of her species. As a result, her peers use the slur "left-em" against her, which she would eventually reclaim as her own identity, along with "queer". Would she also qualify as nonbinary (technically non-trinary) transgender? This is open to interpretation by the reader.

====2016====
* In children's book ''The Boy & The Bindi'' by Vivek Shraya, "A five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother’s bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. He wishes to have one of his own bindi, which his mother agrees to."<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi [https://web.archive.org/web/20220523014703/https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the novella ''Seven Minutes'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. The novella was expanded and republished in 2020 under the title ''Seven Minutes in Vegas''. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse.
* In the young-adult book ''Girl Mans Up'', by M.E. Girard, the protagonist Pen is a gender-nonconforming lesbian. Pen expresses herself in a masculine manner, though she doesn't use the term [[butch]]. Pen thinks the following in regards to her classmate Blake:
{{quote|I think maybe she could be my girlfriend. I don't want to be her girlfriend, though. But there's this part of me that totally knows I could be her boyfriend. I don't want her to think of me as a boy, or a boy substitute, though. I want to be a boyfriend who is a girl. I have no idea how to explain that stuff to anyone, let alone a girl I like. I just wish it was already all understood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Riordan's review of Girl Mans Up |author= |work=Goodreads |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005644/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}} Content note: "there are multiple scenes of sexual assault/intended sexual assault where a lot of manipulation and gaslighting happens".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artcentric asked: Hello, I am a teacher. Is this book appropriate for 6th grade students? Thank you. |author= |work=Goodreads |date= |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005641/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2017====
* ''Sparkle Boy'', by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Maria Mola, is a children's book about a "gender creative" three-year-old boy Casey and his older sister Jessie.<ref name="libr_Spar">{{Cite web |title=Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818051539/https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2019====
* In ''Pattern for an Angel'', by CJane Elliott, one of the protagonists, Gabe Martin, has a five-year-old named Ian who loves to wear dresses. The other protagonist, Loren Schuster, is a male [[drag queen]] who also wears skirts and dresses casually.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pattern for an Angel|date=2019 |last=Elliott|first=CJane|edition=Kindle}}</ref>

====2020====
* ''Tabitha and Magoo Dress Up Too''. A children's book in which siblings Tabitha and Magoo meet a [[drag queen]] named Morgana who helps them "learn to defy restrictive [[gender roles]]".<ref>https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does [https://web.archive.org/web/20220701164619/https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===Comics and graphic novels===
*The manga ''My Androgynous Boyfriend'', by artist/writer Tamekou, is a slice-of-life romance about Wako and her boyfriend Meguru, who is often mistaken for female due to his fashion style.<ref name="Silverman">{{Cite web |title=My Androgynous Boyfriend GN 1 |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |work=Anime News Network |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315041847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The Japanese title translates roughly to "I'm loved by a genderless boy", but Meguru is explicitly not [[trans]] and doesn't identify himself as nonbinary or [[agender]]; "genderless" refers to his fashion preferences.<ref name="JordanD">{{Cite web |title=Queer Fiction Blog: March 2021 |author=JordanD |work=Boston Public Library blogs |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=20 April 2021 |url= https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531005720/https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The manga ''Madoka no Himitsu'' (''Madoka's Secret'') is about a boy named Madoka who likes playing with dolls and wearing dresses. His family moves to a new city where he meets classmate Itsuki who is a tomboy.
*In the manga ''Otomen'', "Asuka is a guy who has likings for girly things like shoujo manga, baking, and sewing. However, his mother forbids this and wants him to grow up manly."<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 [https://web.archive.org/web/20221105193649/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manhwa ''It's Okay To Be Shy'', Hyo Jin is a feminine man, and Dam is a masculine girl.<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210723203057/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manga (and various adaptations of) ''Princess Jellyfish'' (海月姫, ''Kuragehime''), a main character Kuranosuke is a young man who enjoys [[cross-dressing]] and fashion.

===Movies===
* The 2019 short film ''Bind'' is about a Taiwanese immigrant mother and her gender-nonconforming child named Jules.<ref name="watc_BIND">{{Cite web |title=BIND |author= |work=Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2021 |date= |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205164737/https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

===Video Games===
*In the indie game ''Repurpose'', Ramon's child Ariel is gender nonconforming (as stated by one of the creators) and is addressed with they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620 |title=Eros here to bring the February 2021 progress report!|date=27 February 2021|author=Eros|quote=This is Ariel! They are Ramon's child. The image says “son” but it's a sub-plot point when going on either Ramon or Ariel's paths about how they should raise and address their gender non-conforming child. For the time being Ariel's pronouns are they/them.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228230011/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Undisclosed gender in fiction]]
*[[Gender in Doctor Who]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Transgender The ''TV Tropes'' Transgender page]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguousGender The ''TV Tropes'' Ambiguous Gender page]

==References==
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[[Category:Visibility]]

Nonbinary gender in fiction

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This list of [[fictional depictions of nonbinary gender]] is for taking note of all examples of [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] in fiction in any kind of media. The media includes animation, board and card games, books and other literature, comics and graphic novels, movies, performance, TV, webseries, and video games. Since most people don't know that people can have a nonbinary gender identity, the way that nonbinary genders are represented in fiction can be a valuable part of nonbinary visibility and awareness. Fiction can also be an outlet for nonbinary people to explore their identities and the possibilities of society's attitudes toward them. These are reasons why representation matters. It's very rare for fiction to have any real representation of nonbinary gender. It's almost as rare for characters to have an undisclosed gender, or to have a fictional sex, which almost but not really counts as nonbinary representation. They're close enough that they are dealt with on this page and the page [[Undisclosed gender in fiction]].

There is a difference between being born with a physical [[intersex]] condition, and having a nonbinary gender identity. Many intersex people identify as just [[female]] or [[male]], not nonbinary. Many nonbinary people are not intersex. If a character has a real-life kind of intersex condition, you should still list them on this page only if they also have a nonbinary gender identity.

If you add a piece of media to this list, please describe exactly which character is nonbinary, and how this is told in canon, or your entry will be deleted. Do not include media here that just has a popular "headcanon" (a fan's imaginary interpretation) of a nonbinary character, because this isn't representation. Please include direct quotes from canon that are evidence that the character is nonbinary.

==Nonbinary genders in fiction==

This section is for the most true-to-life representation of nonbinary gender identities. The story explicitly says that they don't identify as a woman or man, but as a different gender. The characters aren't nonbinary because of having fictional sexes. Their physical sexes and genders assigned at birth are non-intersex or a real-life intersex condition. If their physical sex or gender assigned at birth is undisclosed, their gender identity is still explicitly, specifically labeled as not female or male, but something else. They may or may not take a social or physical transition in their gender expression. They may or may not look androgynous. They may or may not go by gender-neutral pronouns.

===Animation===

* In ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. Episode 2, 2007.</ref> (Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.)
* Season four of ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' introduces the nonbinary character Double Trouble, who uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
* In the anime ''Soul Eater'', the character Crona is nonbinary. In a interview{{citation needed}} the writer said that he wanted to make a character that normalizes nonbinary/[[X-gender]], so all the other characters accept Crona's identity without question. (In the original translation they call Crona he/him; this is due to a mistranslation.)
* Shep in ''Steven Universe Future'' is a human nonbinary character (as opposed to the Gems who are nonhuman, see [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Fictional_sexes|Fictional sexes section of this page]]). Shep uses [[singular they]] and is voiced by [[Indya Moore]].
* In Nickelodeon's ''Middle School Moguls'', one of the teachers, Wren, is nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TimGunn|number=1169338993034461185|title=Schools in session! Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday, September 8th at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT for the premiere of Nickelodeon's Middle School Moguls – starring yours truly as Wren, a non-binary teacher in the Mogul Academy Fashion Branch! #Nickelodeon #middleschoolmoguls #mogulize|date=4 September 2019}}</ref>
* Yuta "Yū" Asuka (飛鳥悠, Asuka Yūta) from the Tokyo Broadcasting System anime series ''Stars Align'' had a short arc that touched on how they were [[questioning]] their gender identity. During this, they tell Maki that they want to be referred to with [[gender neutral language]] and that they think they are [[X-gender]] but don't want to be categorized.
* Astolfo from the ''Fate'' series uses ''both'' he/him and they/them pronouns, but presents in a very feminine manner. In their profile in ''Grand Order'' they list their gender as "le secret" per their request, and they use both male and female terms to describe themself, calling themself both a "cute boy", and a "maiden" in different scenes. Quotes from their bio include "Instead of making judgments based off of merits, Astolfo makes all choices based off if it feels good or not." and "Gender means nothing in the face of Astolfo's cuteness! But there's really no way Astolfo could be a girl...". Despite this many fans treat Astolfo as either a feminine man or a trans woman. Their pronouns also vary depending on the translation, with ''Grand Order''<nowiki/>'s English localization using they/them and ''Apocrypha's'' English dub using he/him.
* Le Chevalier d'Eon from the ''Fate'' series is [[genderfluid]], and accepts being seen as either a man or a woman by the player. Both he/him and she/her [[pronouns]] are used interchangeably, and their "Self Suggestion" skill allows them to alter both their body and aura between being masculine and feminine. The historical figure they are based on was also [[intersex]].
* Enkidu from the ''Fate'' series is genderless and uses they/them pronouns.
* Odee the Okapi is a nonbinary character introduced in the Hulu show ''Madagascar: A Little Wild'', which is a spinoff of the Dreamworks film franchise. Odee is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Madagascar2021">{{Cite web |title='Madagascar' Spinoff's Pride Episode Introduces Nonbinary Character |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609162116/https://www.pride.com/tv/2021/6/08/madagascar-spinoffs-pride-episode-introduces-nonbinary-character |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Cartoon Network show ''Craig of the Creek'', minor character Merkid is nonbinary, recurring character Angel Jose is [[agender]], and minor character Pullstring is also agender.<ref name="insider-database">{{Cite web |title=We created the first-ever searchable database of 259 LGBTQ characters in cartoons that bust the myth that kids can't handle inclusion |author= |work=insider.com |date=June 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url= https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database}}</ref>
* In the Netflix show ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'', the recurring character Asher Berdacs is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* In the Netflix show ''The Dragon Prince'', minor character Kazi is nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show ''Gargoyles'' was confirmed to be [[genderfluid]] and [[polysexual]] in a 2014 interview with the creative team.<ref name="insider-database" />
* Minor characters Milo and Sweet, from the ''Danger & Eggs'' animated series, are nonbinary.<ref name="insider-database" /> Milo is played by the [[agender]] voice actor [[Tyler Ford]]<ref>''[https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ “Danger & Eggs” Is The Greatest Weirdest Queer-and-Trans Inclusive Kids Show Ever]'', Autostraddle, July 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324022836/https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and Sweet is voiced by nonbinary comedian [[RB Butcher]].
*In the Netflix kids' show ''Ridley Jones'', Fred the Bison is nonbinary and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Iris Menas]].<ref name="Walsh-RidleyJones">{{Cite web |title=New Netflix Show For Preschoolers Features A Nonbinary Bison—And LGBTQ+ Fans Are Cheering |last=Walsh |first=Mike |work=Comic Sands |date=8 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605074906/https://www.comicsands.com/ridley-jones-netflix-nonbinary-bison-2653716236.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the Disney show ''The Owl House'', the character Raine Whispers is shown to be nonbinary, using singular they pronouns throughout their appearances. They are voiced by [[Avi Roque]]. Raine debuts in episode 7 of season 2.<ref name="Zogbi">{{Cite web |title=The Owl House Introduces Disney's First Non-Binary Character |author=Zogbi, Emily |work=CBR |date=24 July 2021 |access-date=25 July 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403210732/https://www.cbr.com/the-owl-house-disney-first-non-binary-character/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://www.inanimateinsanity.com/ ''Inanimate Insanity''] is an animated webseries that features two nonbinary characters, [[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]] and Bot. Paintbrush starts out as the subject of a somewhat-transphobic running gag about their gender ambiguity, but is later revealed to be nonbinary and is referred to with they/them pronouns from then on. Bot similarly begins going by they/them pronouns after a journey of self-discovery. Paintbrush and Bot are both currently voiced by nonbinary actors, Jazzy Oliver and Shooshies, respectively.
*In the animated webseries [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 ''Battle For Dream Island''], the characters Winner, Price Tag, and Profily all go by they/them pronouns.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
Animation
!Which character(s) are nonbinary
!Proof of nonbinary status
!Character Role
!Title
!Showrunner(s) / Creator(s)
!Air Dates
!Publisher(s)
!Genre(s)
!Content Warning
!Notes
|-
|Leeron Littner
|Littner states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."
|Protagonist - Supporting
|''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''
|Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima
|04/01/2007 - 09/30/2007
|Aniplex, Konami
|Adventure, Mecha
|Many major characters die in the series, but not Leeron.
|Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.
|-
|Double Trouble
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Side character
|''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''
|N.D. Stevenson
|13/11/2018 - 15/05/2020
|Dreamworks Animation Television
|Adventure
|
|Double Trouble is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Jacob Tobia]].
|-
|Envy
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns
|Secondary Antagonist
|''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Furumetaru Arukemisuto''
|Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Original Author: Hiromu Arakawa
|04/5/2009 – 07/4/2010
|Bones, MBS, Aniplex
|Adventure, Dark fantasy, Steampunk
|Many hard events in first episodes
|Many older translations used he/him when mentioning Envy, despite them only ever using non-gendered ways of refering to themself.
|-
|[[Paintbrush (Inanimate Insanity)|Paintbrush]]
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
In a conversation, their friend Lightbulb says:
"Oh, it's C, isn't it? None of the above!"
| rowspan="2" |Contestant
| rowspan="2" |Inanimate Insanity
| rowspan="2" |Adam Katz
| rowspan="2" |2/2/2013
-
11/29/2024
| rowspan="2" |Adamation
| rowspan="2" |Dramady, Competition, Object show
|For all of season 1 and most of season 2, Paintbrush's gender was the subject of a gag. In a now-deleted clip, the show's host (MePhone4) refers to them as an "unknown gender freak!"
|Paintbrush is currently voiced by [https://twitter.com/LadyJazzington Jazzy Oliver], a transfemme nonbinary voice actress.
|-
|Bot
|uses [[singular they]] pronouns.
|
|Bot is currently voiced by [https://www.youtube.com/@shooshies Shooshies], a nonbinary voice actor.
|}

===Audio===

''Note: See the page [[Podcasts]] for nonfiction podcasts on the topic of gender outside the binary.''

* In the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', there are several characters who are referred to with [[they/them]]. In the first season, ''The Adventure Zone: Balanc''e, a minor character named Roswell (an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird) is [[agender]] and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>[https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell The Adventure Zone Wiki: Roswell] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202457/http://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the second season, ''The Adventure Zone: Amnesty'', a reoccurring secondary character named Hollis (the leader of a local gang named The Hornets) is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. <ref>[https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis The Adventure Zone Wiki: Hollis] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808233009/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Hollis Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**In the third season, ''The Adventure Zone: Graduation'', both a gnome student named Mimi and one of the recurring teachers, Festo the faerie, use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|title=Mimi|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808220528/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|title=Festo|website=The Adventure Zone Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117033408/https://theadventurezone.fandom.com/wiki/Festo|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the podcast series ''Welcome To Night Vale'', there are several nonbinary characters who are referred to with "they" pronouns. Recurring nonbinary characters include a scientist named Alice and the town's new Sheriff, Sam.
*In the podcast ''The Penumbra Podcast'', there are a vast number of nonbinary characters. The most prevalent of these is the namesake of the Juno Steel arc, who uses he/him pronouns but is explicitly nonbinary and refers to himself as a lady on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|title=Juno Steel|website=The Penumbra Podcast Wiki|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115023357/https://thepenumbrapodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Juno_Steel|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the podcast ''The Strange Case of Starship Iris'', Krejjh uses they/them pronouns, finds the concept of binary genders funny and states "[no pronouns] feel great"
*The main character known as "The Runner" in the fantasy podcast ''And 195'' is nonbinary.<ref>http://and195podcast.com/story-and-characters</ref>
* The main character Rion in ''Sidequesting'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser">{{cite web|access-date=23 November 2020 |url=https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|title=Nonbinary Rep!|last=Minear|first=Tal|work=Podchaser|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201161218/https://www.podchaser.com/lists/nonbinary-rep-107ZzsCTo0|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Inn Between'', Velune and Knowles both use [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Moonbase Theta, Out'', Ashwini Ray uses [[English neutral pronouns#Ze|ze/zir]] pronouns, Wilder uses she/they pronouns, and Alexandre Bragado-Fischer uses he/they pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Novitero'', Medic and Valzin both use they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Less Is Morgue'', Riley uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Light Hearts'', Kale uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Transmission Folklore'', Sorrel uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Null/Void'', supporting character Dodger uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Love and Luck'', supporting character CJ uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''The Van'', supporting character Audre uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Soulborn City'', supporting character Anacrea uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In ''Zoo'', supporting character Normandy uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="podchaser" />
* In the Trinyvale Campaign of ''Not Another D&D Podcast'', the world has three deities: one male, one female, one nonbinary.
* In ''Loveville High'', a musical podcast, the character Jendrix is [[genderqueer]] and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].

====2018====
* In the urban fantasy podcast ''Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services'', supporting character Desiree Onasis is nonbinary, uses they/them pronouns, and is played by nonbinary performer [[Zayn Thiam]].<ref name="Zutter">{{Cite web |title=8 Sweet, Funny, and Thrilling Queer Fiction Podcasts |last=Zutter |first=Natalie |work=Tor.com |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326003115/https://www.tor.com/2019/10/16/8-sweet-funny-and-thrilling-queer-fiction-podcasts/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Desiree first appears in episode eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|title=Please join me in welcoming Zayn Thiam, the upcoming voice for Desiree Onasis.|date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001525/https://kalilastormfire.tumblr.com/post/173709521927/please-join-me-in-welcoming-zayn-thiam-the|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=30 September 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2019====
* The main character Alex in ''Evergreen Sky'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |title=Archive copy |access-date=2020-11-23 |archive-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====2020====
* Several major characters in the podcast ''The Nonbinary Carrie Bradshaw'' are nonbinary.

===Board and card games===

* Magic the Gathering features multiple nonbinary characters.
**Ashiok is a character of unknown gender, who explicitly resists categorisation.<ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der [https://web.archive.org/web/20221205214329/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005059/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender [https://web.archive.org/web/20210410005104/https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Though some depictions of the character erroneously use “he” as a pronoun, Ashiok has no confirmed pronouns. It is commonly believed Ashiok uses no pronouns; but the official style guide rules out they/them pronouns on the basis not being "'proper' English", rather than as any reflection on the character.<ref>[https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Ashiok's Style Guide Entry—The Official Magic the Gathering Tumblr] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230422184007/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This guide has not been updated to reflect Magic's adoption of they/them pronouns for both players and characters, leaving Ashiok's relationship with they/them pronouns ambiguous.
**Karn is an [[agender]]<ref name=":0">https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like [https://web.archive.org/web/20210430190205/https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> golem from the plane of Dominaria created by the planeswalker Urza as part of his experiments with time travel. Narration and other characters use he/him pronouns for Karn, though he has no pronoun preference.<ref name=":0" /> Although as a golem he has no sex, he was assigned male at creation.
**Hallar the Firefletcher is an nonbinary elf from the Llanowar forest on the plane of Dominaria. They use an unknown elvish pronoun set which is described as "genderless" and reflecting their "ambiguous identity". The narration refers to them with they/them pronouns.<ref>https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets [https://web.archive.org/web/20220901221059/http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
**Niko Aris, a planeswalker introduced in the ''Kaldheim'' set, is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Some of ''Kaldheim'''s game designers are real nonbinary people.<ref name="Kaldheim">{{Cite web |title=Meet Niko Aris, New Non-Binary Planeswalker From Magic: The Gathering Kaldheim |author= Weekes, Princess|work=The Mary Sue |date=16 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032857/https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="TurnerNiko">{{Cite web |title=Creating Niko Aris |last=Turner |first=Gerritt |work=Magic: The Gathering |date=14 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326022117/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** Alharu, Solemn Ritualist is a human monk from an unknown plane printed in ''Commander Legends''. Their character blurb uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/legendary-characters-commander-legends-part-2-2020-11-06</ref>

===Books and other literature ===

====1993====
*''Stone Butch Blues'' by [[Leslie Feinberg]], a semi-autobiographical novel about a [[butch]] named Jess Goldberg, and the trials and tribulations she faces growing up in the United States before the Stonewall riots. Feinberg defines butch as a gender identity neither female nor male.

====1995====
*Greg Egan's novel ''Distress'' (1995) includes transgender humans who transition to a specific gender outside the binary that they call "asex", called by [[Pronouns#Ve|ve pronouns]].<ref>John McIntosh, "ve, vis, ver." [http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230520043531/http://www.urticator.net/essay/0/30.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====1996====
* ''Genderflex: Sexy Stories on the Edge and In Between'', edited by Cecelia Tan, is an anthology dedicated to breaking down the gender binary.<ref name="torf_Bend">{{Cite web |title=Bending Genre, Bending Gender |author= |work=Tor/Forge Blog |date=1 May 2012 |access-date=8 August 2021 |url= https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329235710/https://www.torforgeblog.com/2012/05/01/bending-genre-bending-gender/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====1998====
*''Halfway Human'' by Carolyn Ives Gilman is from the perspective of Tedla, an adult nonbinary character in a high science fiction setting. It is worth noting that this portrayal deals with the genderless (called "blands") as a sub-class of people.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human [https://web.archive.org/web/20210109165914/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1082276.Halfway_Human Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2004====
*''River of Gods'', a sci-fi novel by Ian McDonald, is set in India in the year 2047. The novel includes subplots about [[Hijra]]. The pronoun "yt" is used for genderless characters.

====2005====
* In ''The Way of Thorn and Thunder'' fantasy series (also called ''The Kynship Chronicles''), by [[Two-Spirit]] author Daniel Heath Justice, there is a race called the Kyn, who recognize three genders: he-Kyn, she-Kyn and zhe-Kyn. These are specifically [[gender]]s, not [[sex]]es, according to reviewer [[Bogi Takács]].<ref name="kynship">{{Cite web |title=QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: The Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice (Part 1) |authorlink=Bogi Takács |last=Takács |first=Bogi |work=Tor.com |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001182336/https://www.tor.com/2019/05/21/quiltbag-speculative-classics-the-way-of-thorn-and-thunder-by-daniel-heath-justice-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Fool for Love'' (first written 2005, revised edition 2010), by Lisa Lees, is "A young adult coming of age / [[coming out]] romance with [[intersex]] and genderqueer main characters and a happy ending." ''A Triangular Attraction'' is the 2012 sequel, a "mystery novel with intersex, trans and genderqueer characters." Both can now be read free online in HTML or EPUB format on [https://lisalees.com/ll/books/index.html the author's website].

====2008====
* ''Down to the Bone'', a young-adult book by Mayra Dole, contains a character named Tazer who self-describes as [[genderqueer]] and a [[boi]]. [[He/him]] pronouns are used for Tazer. Another character describes him as "Tazer is a boy ''and'' a girl". Note: The main plot involves the protagonist being kicked out of her home because of her sexuality, and there are some LGBT-phobic opinions expressed by characters, as well as use of words that could be triggering to readers, such as "homo", "lesbo", and "[[dyke]]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Down to the Bone|year=2008|last= Dole|first= Mayra L.}}</ref>

====2009====
* Rose and Timothy in the ''Wolf House'' series by Mary Borsellino are nonbinary, as confirmed by the author, although different identity terminology is used in the text.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Borsellino |first=Mary |user=sharpest_rose |number=1252789205551288320|date=21 April 2020|title=Rose and Timothy in Wolf House are both nonbinary, though the term wasn't in as wide use in 2008 so they use other language to describe it.}}</ref>
*The short story collection ''Cyberabad Days'', by Ian McDonald, a follow-up to his 2004 novel ''River of Gods'', contains [[Hijra]] characters.

====2010====
* The protagonist of ''Annabel'', written by Kathleen Winter, is [[intersex]] and raised as male, including genital surgery and being put on masculinizing medical treatments. They are given the name "Wayne" but sometimes go by "Annabel", and they identify "at least in part" with femininity/girlhood.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annabel |last=Winter |first=Kathleen |year=2010 |publisher=House of Anansi Press |quote=...he wondered what would happen if he could tell her they were both girls, at least in part.}}</ref> The protagonist's father takes great strides to encourage his child to be more masculine, whereas multiple women encourage the child's feminine side. Wayne/Annabel has been interpreted as nonbinary by some readers, with one reviewer saying the character is "both male/female in both body and soul".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |date=28 December 2012 |title=Laurie's Reviews > Annabel |access-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001523/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/487958071?book_show_action=false |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Content note: Coercively assigned gender, infant genital surgery, sexual assault, ectopic pregnancy, some inaccurate/unrealistic depiction of intersex experiences.
* In ''Surface Detail'', by Iain M. Banks, the character Yime Nsokyi is "[[neuter]]-gendered" and has an [[intersex]] body by choice.

====2011====
*''Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica'' edited by Tristan Taormino

====2012====
*''Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction'' edited by Brit Mandelo
*In [[Sassafras Lowrey]]'s ''Roving Pack'', the protagonist, named Click, is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[ze/hir]] pronouns.
*''First Spring Grass Fire'', by [[Rae Spoon]], tells the story of a nonbinary kid growing up in the 80s and 90s in Calgary, Canada.<ref name="Casey" />
* ''Stranger Skies'', by Katje Van Loon, has a planet whose society recognizes five genders: woman, man, [[agender]], [[trigender]], and [[genderqueer]].
* In ''Every Day'', a novel by David Levithan, the protagonist named A wakes up every day in a different person's body. Each person whose body A inhabits has a clear-cut gender identity, but A themself says, "I didn’t think of myself as a boy or a girl—I never have."<ref>{{cite web |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040504if_/https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|archive-date=31 January 2019|url =https://outwritenewsmag.org/2018/06/trans-characters-in-fiction/|title=Trans Characters in Fiction|date=27 June 2018|last=Miceli|first=Cami}}</ref> The novel was adapted into a 2018 film.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230218224328/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026672/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2013====
*In a short sci-fi story by Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "[http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade]" (2013), one of the characters is described as a "[[neutrois]]," and called by "they" pronouns.<ref>Alex Dally MacFarlane, "Post-Binary Gender in SF: ExcitoTech and Non-Binary Pronouns." June 3, 2014. ''Tor.'' http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns [https://web.archive.org/web/20230521042751/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/post-binary-gender-in-sf-excitotech-and-non-binary-pronouns Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>Benjanun Sriduangkaew, "Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade." ''Clarkesworld Magazine.'' 2013. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230519102505/http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sriduangkaew_12_13/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Crooked Words: A Collection of Queer, Transgender and Womanist Writings'' by K. A. Cook has several short stories about characters who are explicitly said to be nonbinary. The character Chris cultivates an androgynous appearance, and asks to be called by [[Pronouns#they|"they" pronouns]]. Chris is in the short stories "Blue Paint, Chocolate and Other Similes" and "Everything In A Name."<ref>K. A. Cook, ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "The Differently Animated and Queer Society," the queer-identified characters Pat and Moon go by "[[Pronouns#Ze|ze, hir]]" and "[[Pronouns#Ou|ou]]" pronouns, respectively.<ref>K. A. Cook, "The Differently Animated and Queer Society." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref> In "Misstery Man," the self-described nonbinary character Darcy asks to be called by "[[Pronouns#Ey|ey and eir]]" pronouns.<ref>K. A. Cook, "Misstery Man." ''Crooked Words.'' Unpaged.</ref>
*At the end of ''Freakboy'', the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as [[genderfluid]]. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.
* The Micah Grey trilogy (''Pantomime'' 2013, ''Shadowplay'' 2014, and ''Masquerade'' 2017), by Laura Lam, stars Micah, an intersex nonbinary teen who runs away from home to join the circus.

====2014====
* In ''Just Girls'' by Rachel Gold, the side character Nico is nonbinary and uses various [[neopronouns|nonstandard pronouns]] such as [[English_neutral_pronouns#Per|per]] and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Yo|yo]]. Note: the main story centers on a [[cis]] woman who pretends she is trans in order to protect another woman who actually is trans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Just Girls: Danika at The Lesbrary's review|date=15 September 2014|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721001522/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1056011765?book_show_action=true|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=9 October 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*Min Lee in the ''Under My Skin'' series by A. E. Dooland (''Under My Skin'' 2014, ''Flesh & Blood'' 2015, and ''Solve for i'' 2017) is nonbinary and accepts [[he/him]] or [[she/her]] pronouns, depending on the situation. Furthermore, the author has said that "She doesn't really like [[they/them]] (because she feels in many cases it draws too much attention to her gender), but in an event where someone used those pronouns, she'd prefer you just went along with it, too. [...] Min ''does'' typically prefer male-gendered words, such as 'boyfriend' and 'husband' etc."<ref>{{cite web|title=Anonymous asked: What pronouns does Min prefer?|date=July 19, 2019|url=https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906201935/https://asynca.tumblr.com/post/186394898034/what-pronouns-does-min-prefer|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2015====
*In Sam Farren's novel ''Dragonoak: The Complete History of Kastelir'' (2015) and its sequel ''Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath the Sun'' (2015), several nonbinary characters play important roles. All of them use "they" pronouns and are only described in gender-neutral terms. Their gender is not their defining feature - the novel's fictional society treats nonbinary genders as just as normal as binary ones. The author is a nonbinary lesbian.<ref>https://athetos.tumblr.com/post/181997780240/hey-uhhh-go-read-literally-anything-by-sam-farren</ref>
*In ''No More Heroes'', by Michelle Kan, the character Fang is genderfluid and aroace.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|title=Customer Reviews for No More Heroes|website=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002016/https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Heroes-Michelle-Kan-ebook/product-reviews/B010TDJ0BM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=13 December 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*The main character in ''Damsel Knight'', by Sam Austin, spends much of the book [[gender questioning]], and ends questioning but also settled into an identity somewhere between male and female. She eventually chooses she/her pronouns and a masculine name.
*''Lizard Radio'' by [[Pat Schmatz]] has a nonbinary protagonist named Kivali "Lizard" Kerwin.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="kirk_LIZA">{{Cite web |title=LIZARD RADIO |author= |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=18 May 2015 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818160240/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/pat-schmatz/lizard-radio/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''A Boy Called Cin'', by Cecil Wilde, is a romance novel told from the point of view of Tom, a mostly-closeted genderqueer billionaire who falls for a trans man.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609104330/https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/| url=https://justlovereviews.com/2017/07/22/trans-book-month-corey-alexander/|archive-date=9 June 2019|last=Alexander|first=Corey| authorlink=Corey Alexander|title=A Baker's Dozen of Stories Centering Non-Binary Characters}}</ref>
* In ''Defying Convention'', also by Cecil Wilde, one of the main characters, AJ, is a [[femme]] genderqueer person who uses singular "they" pronouns.<ref name="Evans2017">{{Cite web |title=My gender didn't exist in fiction when I was growing up – so I wrote myself into existence |author=Evans, Alison |authorlink=Alison Evans |work=the Guardian |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531105641/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/28/my-gender-didnt-exist-in-fiction-when-i-was-growing-up-so-i-wrote-myself-into-existence |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love Spell'', by Mia Kerick, the protagonist Chance is out as [[gay]] but feels uncertain about their gender identity, "being stuck in the gray area between girl and boy".<ref name="good_Love">{{Cite web |title=Love Spell |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=9 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150828/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In Kameron Hurley's fantasy novel, ''Empire Ascendant,'' all people in a consent culture get to choose which of the five gender roles they identify with. Hurley calls characters who are "ungendered" by singular they pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GUEST POST: Beyond He-Man & She-Ra: Writing Non-Binary Characters by Kameron Hurley |author=Hurley Kameron |work=Intellectus Speculativus |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326002527/https://intellectusspeculativus.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/guest-post-beyond-he-man-she-ra-writing-non-binary-characters-by-kameron-hurley/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Long Macchiatos and Monsters'', by [[Alison Evans]], is a romance between a trans guy and a genderqueer person.<ref name="Casey" />
* In ''What We Left Behind'' by Robin Talley, Toni is a genderqueer student at Harvard in a long-distance relationship.<ref name="Acree">{{Cite web |title=Robin Talley: Young love in a nonbinary world |author=Acree, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 November 2015 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206172314/https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/19062-robin-talley-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2016====
* ''Symptoms of Being Human'' stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted [[genderfluid]] teenager. The book text never uses a gendered pronoun for Riley and never discloses Riley's [[gender assigned at birth]].<ref name="Stewart">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms of Being Human - Book Review |last=Stewart |first=Darienne |work=commonsensemedia.org |date= |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603023611/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/symptoms-of-being-human |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, murder, and suicidal thoughts/attempts.<ref name="supe_Symp">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms Of Being Human Summary |author= |work=SuperSummary |date= |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425035630/https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the sci-fi thriller novel ''Zero-G: Book 1'' (by William Shatner and Jeff Rovin), Adsila Waters is described multiple times as "[[pan-gender]]" (used as both an adjective and a noun in the book). "He" and "she" pronouns are variously used for Adsila. Adsila is also able to shapeshift her [[sex|sex characteristics]] to accompany gender switches.
* In the Star Wars novel ''Aftermath: Life Debt'', Eleodie Maracavanya is a human pirate who "is of an undisclosed gender separate from male or female". Eleodie mainly uses zhe/zher pronouns, occasionally using he/him or she/her.<ref name="Yip">{{Cite web |title=7 Genderqueer Characters to Celebrate Pride Month |last=Yip |first=By Annaliese |work=CBR |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=14 September 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421233942/https://www.cbr.com/7-genderqueer-characters-to-celebrate-pride-month/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Documenting Light'', by EE Ottoman, is a romance between the characters Grayson and Wyatt; Wyatt is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31922116-documenting-light</ref>
* In ''The Lauras'', by Sara Taylor, teenaged Alex says they have never felt like a boy nor a girl. Content note: there is a graphic scene in which a man sexually assaults Alex.<ref name="good_Darq">{{Cite web |title=Darque Dreamer's review of The Lauras |author= |work=goodreads.com |date=6 September 2017 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721002610/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2110137433?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* In the young adult fantasy book ''Ida'', by genderqueer author [[Alison Evans]], the main character's partner, Daisy, is genderqueer.<ref name="Evans2017" />
* ''Light Up The Dark'', by Suki Fleet, has a minor character named Loz who uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Another character says about Loz: "They don't want to identify as a boy or a girl."
*Alex Fierro is a [[genderfluid]] character from the book series ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', by Rick Riordan. Alex switches between she/her and he/him pronouns, although expressing that she normally uses she/her pronouns. Alex first appears in the 2016 book ''The Hammer of Thor,'' and is the love interest of the main character of the series, Magnus Chase. During ''The Hammer of Thor'', Alex states "I'm gender fluid and transgender" (Riordan 54).

====2017====
* In ''An Unsuitable Heir'', by K.J. Charles, the character Pen Starling says "I'm not a woman, but that doesn't make me a man either." He/him pronouns are used for Pen, although Pen states that these pronouns don't feel ideal. Note: much of the plot involves an "imminent threat to force Pen to [...] conform to a binary gender."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530091653/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33841918-an-unsuitable-heir Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''An Unkindness of Ghosts'', by [[Rivers Solomon]]. The author has said "Aster is an [[intersex]] [[butch]] [[lesbian]], but maybe [[agender]]. Theo is a nonbinary trans woman. These are my interpretations, but arguments could certainly be made for other classifiers."<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625035918/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15918|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=25 June 2019|title=An Interview with Author Rivers Solomon|last=Falck|first=Alex}}</ref>
* A minor character in ''A Tyranny of Queens'' by [[Foz Meadows]] is nonbinary.
* In ''The Black Tides of Heaven'' by nonbinary author [[Neon Yang]], gender is not assigned at birth and children get to choose at a gender confirmation later in life. One of the characters, Akeha feels at home with the childhood nonbinary designation.<ref name="Casey">{{Cite web |title=8 Fiction Books with Non-Binary Characters |author=Casey |work=Autostraddle |date=27 November 2018 |access-date=25 May 2020 |url= https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150808/https://www.autostraddle.com/8-fiction-books-with-non-binary-characters-439192/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Luna: Wolf Moon'' (2017) and its sequel ''Luna: Moon Rising'' (2019), by Ian McDonald, have a nonbinary character named Vidhya Rao.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Wolf_Moon and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna:_Moon_Rising</ref>
* ''River of Teeth'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Twitter's Favourite Trans Books |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164049/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Raven Stratagem'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Tiger's Watch'' by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is [[genderfluid]] and uses [[they/them]] pronouns. The author notes that "Being [[Misgendering|misgendered]] and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|title=Shade asked: This sounds like an awesome story! I'm confused by the use of 'their' instead of 'her' or 'him' though.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009132437/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* Sal in ''Mask of Shadows'' (2017) and ''Ruin of Stars'' (2018), by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.
*In the fantasy books ''Divided Worlds'' (2017) and ''The Ascension of Lark'' (2019), by Jennifer Ridge, the character Lark is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. There is an author's note at the end of ''Divided Worlds'' which specifically describes Lark as "non-binary and androgynous". Content note: In ''The Ascension of Lark'' there is some misgendering, homelessness, and physical abuse in the flashbacks to Lark's younger days. Their [[deadname]] is redacted in the text.
* In ''At the Edge of the Universe'', Ozzie's best friend Lua is genderfluid and is referred to with different pronouns throughout the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|title=jami's Reviews > At the Edge of the Universe|date=2 February 2017|website=Goodreads|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003039/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1900257728?book_show_action=false|archive-date=21 July 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

====2018====
* ''No Man of Woman Born'', by Ana Mardoll, is a collection of fantasy short stories with a range of non-cis protagonists, including trans women, trans men, genderfluid protagonists, bigender protagonists, and agender protagonists.<ref name="IllustratedPage">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIAP Protagonists in Fantasy and Science Fiction |author= |work=The Illustrated Page |date= |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.theillustratedpage.net/diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309195940/http://theillustratedpage.net//diversity-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/lgbtq-protagonists-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Jilted'' by Lilah Suzanne, Link is "a genderqueer artist who lives life by their own rules".<ref name="stor_Jilt">{{Cite web |title=Jilted (print edition) |author= |work=Interlude Press |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712190822/https://store.interludepress.com/products/jilted-print-edition|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In ''Only See You'', by J.D. Chambers, Mal Copol is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you [https://web.archive.org/web/20210117155015/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38227512-only-see-you Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Blanca & Roja, by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], the character Page is [[genderqueer]].<ref name="Paxson">{{Cite web |title=Light And Dark, Characters Shine In 'Blanca & Roja' |last=Paxson |first=Caitlyn |work=NPR.org |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003032528/https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/655871750/light-and-dark-characters-shine-in-blanca-roja |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Kink Aware'', by Morticia Knight, is a BDSM romance book starring a [[genderqueer]] character named Cruella. Cruella uses singular they, and the other protagonist, a man named Ray, says that Cruella is "the first person I've wanted who doesn't identify as male or female." Content note: references to past physical abuse.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kink Aware |last=Knight |first=Morticia |year=2018 |publisher=Pride Publishing}}</ref>
* ''Our Bloody Pearl'', by D.N. Bryn, features a nonbinary siren named Perle who falls in love with a pirate.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl [https://web.archive.org/web/20230710080246/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40612896-our-bloody-pearl Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Unmasked by the Marquess'' (by Cat Sebastian), one of the main characters ends up identifying as nonbinary.<ref name="Unmasked">{{Cite web |title=Behind the Book - Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian |author=Sebastian, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601220612/https://www.bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the novel ''Star Wars: Last Shot'', Taka Jamoreesa is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. This was confirmed by the author on Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=djolder|number=1305540927008788483|title=This is still happening in translations and it's such a disappointment (See the translation and tweet below in the thread). Taka Jamoreesa is nb. Their pronouns are they/them. That's it. Find a way, translators, editors, publishers. Any other gendering is incorrect, it's erasure.|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*'' Starless'' by Jacqueline Carey includes a major character who discovers their own identity and unique relationship with gender while travelling all over their world in an effort to prevent an ancient consuming darkness. They encounter a number of different cultural expressions of gender and expected gender roles and eventually find their own place among them.
* Eli/Ellie, the protagonist of ''Genderfluid: A Cinderella Story'' (by Bridget Quinones) is, as the title says, [[genderfluid]]. Note: story contains transphobic violence and the T-slur.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45880850-genderfluid</ref>
*In ''The Brilliant Death'' by Amy Rose Capetta, one of the main characters, Cielo, is nonbinary. (Another main character, who is cis, has to [[crossdress]] for a disguise.)<ref name="Casey" />
* The protagonist of ''Baker Thief'', by Claudie Arseneault, is [[bigender]] and [[aromantic]].<ref name="Simkiss">{{Cite web |title=Author Interview: Xan West |author=Simkiss, Ceillie |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232147/https://www.letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night'', by Katherine Fabian & Iona Datt Sharma, has a genderqueer protagonist and genderqueer side characters.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In the novel ''Anger is a Gift'', by [[Mark Oshiro]], the main character has a nonbinary friend.<ref name="AngerGift">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Mark Oshiro, Author of ANGER IS A GIFT |last=Sridhar |first=Priya |work=BOOK RIOT |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326190642/https://bookriot.com/mark-oshiro-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Quiver'', by Julia Watts, main character Zo is genderfluid.
* In the cyberpunk adventure ''Lucky 7'', by Rae D Magdon, Rami is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucky 7 by Rae D Magdon: Book Review |last=Aten |first=K. |work=The Lesbian Review |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=16 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110075330/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/lucky-7-rae-d-magdon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
*Ben De Backer in ''I Wish You All The Best'' is nonbinary. (Their sister is accepting but the rest of the family isn't.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Nonbinary Teen Makes Their Way In The World In 'I Wish You All The Best' |last=Kontis |first=Alethea |work=NPR.org |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414103433/https://www.npr.org/2019/06/01/726669344/a-nonbinary-teen-makes-their-way-in-the-world-in-i-wish-you-all-the-best |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author, [[Mason Deaver]], is also nonbinary.
* ''Weak Heart'', by Ban Gilmartin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="ReadsRainbow2021">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Standalone Fantasy |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117073710/https://readsrainbow.com/2021/05/book-recs-standalone-fantasy |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''All That Entails'', by E.M. Hamill: "A [[gender-fluid]] prince finds an unexpected ally in an arranged marriage with a [[transgender man]]."<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221201034013/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/all-that-entails/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The genderfluid Prince Dorian is described as having a "fluid nature", "suspended between male and female, one rising, the other ebbing without pattern or reason."
* ''Blood Borne'', by Archer Kay Leah, stars a nonbinary character, Adren, who uses ce/cir pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808115152/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/blood-borne/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''What Blooms Beneath'', by A.D. Ellis, is a fantasy/scifi romance between Kellan, a pansexual man, and Rhône, a nonbinary [[intersex]] person.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034445/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/what-blooms-beneath/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Melchior is a small side character in ''Shatter the Sky'' by Rebecca Kim Wells. Melchior is only addressed using they/them pronouns and genderless language such as "person," although it is never explicitly stated that they are nonbinary.
* In the book ''Zenobia July'' by Lisa Bunker, a supporting character named Arli is genderqueer and uses vo/ven/veir pronouns. The main character Zenobia is a trans girl.
* ''Of Kindred and Stardust'', by Archer Kay Leah, is a sci-fi polyamorous romance. One of the main characters, Mack Ainsley Tsallis, is nonbinary and uses [[xe/xir]] pronouns. Content note: Mentions of transphobia in the character's past, and a reference to xir [[deadname]].
* ''Best Game Ever: A Virtuella Novel'', by R R Angell, is a sci-fi young adult story centering on "a group of gay, nonbinary, and straight college nerds".<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Best-Game-Ever-Virtuella-Novel/dp/1949532097/</ref>
* The young-adult book ''In the Silences'' has many characters who self-define as nonbinary, including the protagonist.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Silences|year=2019|last=Roberts|first=Ann|publisher=Bella Books|ISBN=9781642471267}}</ref>
* In the romance novel ''Gypsy's Rogue'', by Layla Dorine, main character Gypsy is genderfluid and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="qri-gypsy">{{Cite web |title=Gypsy's Rogue |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=23 February 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020232927/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/gypsys-rogue/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Quick Fire'', by Alex Silver, is an "urban fantasy romance featuring a trans man and an [[asexual]] non-binary person".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201202122144/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/quick-fire/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Starfall Ranch'', by California Dawes, is a lesbian romance with a nonbinary side character named Wallis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|author=Jay Pi|title=Strudel, Love, and Farm Bots - oh, my!|date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003542/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R12S7W9YQA6PXQ/|archive-date=21 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
* ''Rom & Yuli'', by Amara Lynn, is a post-apocalyptic urban fantasy romance between a man and a nonbinary person.<ref name="lets_LowH">{{Cite web |title=Low Heat Romance Recommendations |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |at=page 3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019095120/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/low-heat-romance-recommendations/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In Karolina Fedyk's Polish-language novel ''Skrzydła'' (''Wings''), there is a nonbinary character Eliri who is referred to with [[Gender neutral language in Polish|oni/ich pronouns]].<ref name="telesep">{{Cite web |title=[PL] Czerwcowe czytanie pełne dumy |author= |work=Teleseparatist |date=6 June 2019 |access-date=29 November 2020 |url= https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305211308/https://teleseparatist.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/pl-czerwcowe-czytanie-pelne-dumy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zaimki.pl/korpus#oni-ich |title=Niebinarna polszczyzna w tekstach kultury |language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226062919/https://zaimki.pl/korpus |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams'', by Ceilidh Michelle, is a coming-of-age novel starring a [[nonbinary woman]].<ref name="BZM">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams |work=All Lit Up |date=25 October 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805144612/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-Butterflies-Zebras-Moonbeams |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nap-Away Motel'', by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard, has a supporting character named Ori who is nonbinary.<ref name="NapAwayMotel">{{Cite web |title=First Fiction Friday: The Nap-Away Motel |work=All Lit Up |date=16 August 2019 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324131224/https://alllitup.ca/Blog/2019/First-Fiction-Friday-The-Nap-Away-Motel |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the mystery-fantasy book ''Out of Salem'' by Hal Schrieve, the protagonist Z Chilworth is nonbinary and recently became a zombie. Content note: the story contains body horror, family abuse, suicidal ideation, police violence toward children and marginalized groups, fatphobic and homophobic bullying, and discussion of medical abuse.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem [https://web.archive.org/web/20230331141504/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40585222-out-of-salem Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''The Melting Queen'', by Bruce Cinnamon, has a genderfluid protagonist named River Runson.
* ''Sexarchate: Hot Equations'', by Lia Meyers, is a sexually explicit sci-fi with a nonbinary character. From the same publisher (Less Than Three Press), ''A Party for Lola'' by Caitlin Ricci and ''Beginnings'' by Alexa Black also contain nonbinary characters.<ref name="LT3tumblr">{{cite web|url=https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|title=Less Than Three Press: Search results containing "non-binary"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026214542/https://lessthanthreepress.tumblr.com/search/non-binary|archive-date=26 October 2020|access-date=26 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Note: these books may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Why We Fight'', by T.J. Klune, has a bigender protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Lelia in ''The Lost Coast'', by Amy Rose Capetta, is a nonbinary gray-asexual, and described as such in the text.
*In the children's book (ages 8-12) ''The Moon Within'', by Aida Salazar, Marco is genderfluid. Content note: Part of the plot involves main character Celi getting her first period.
* ''The Vela'', a multi-author serially-published space opera, has a nonbinary character named Niko who uses [[they/them]] pronouns. There are other nonbinary characters as well. Yoon Ha Lee, one of the authors, revealed that in the original drafts "Niko was originally a [[cisgender]]ed male character named Oskar".<ref name="Hadi_thevela">{{Cite web |title=Unveiling ‘The Vela’: An interview with Becky Chambers, S. L. Huang and Yoon Ha Lee (Part 1) |last=Hadi |first=Shana E. |work=The Stanford Daily |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604002617/https://stanforddaily.com/2019/03/06/unveiling-the-vela-an-interview-with-becky-chambers-s-l-huang-and-yoon-ha-lee-part-1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Jack Long and the Demon Deal'', by L. J. Hamlin, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="jacklong">{{Cite web |title=Cover Reveal: Jack Long and the Demon Deal by L. J. Hamlin |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019084412/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/cover-reveal-jack-long-and-the-demon-deal-by-l-j-hamlin/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Note: may be hard to find, as the publisher closed down in 2019.
* ''Girl, Woman, Other'', by Bernardine Evaristo, revolves around twelve characters, one of which is a nonbinary person named Morgan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo review – joy as well as struggle |last=Frazer-Carroll |first=Micha |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519191248/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/08/girl-woman-other-by-bernardine-evaristo-review |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Nonbinary Bunny'', by [[Maia Kobabe]], is a children's book that is "a loving re-make of the classic children's story The Runaway Bunny (1942) by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Herd. In this version, the little bunny comes out as nonbinary to eir mother and uses a variety of metaphors to explain what that means."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nonbinary Bunny |author=Kobabe, Maia |authorlink=Maia Kobabe |work=Etsy |date= |access-date=5 November 2021 |url= https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203134431/https://www.etsy.com/listing/738066629/the-nonbinary-bunny |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> ''The Nonbinary Bunny'' can be read for free at [https://redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/7121743 this page on the publisher's website].
* ''Ho’onani: Hula Warrior'' is a picture book based on the true story of a Native Hawaiian [[māhū]] child.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In New Picture Book, a Hawaiian Child Finds a Place Between Boy and Girl |author= |work=Mombian |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413200256/https://mombian.com/2019/11/15/in-new-picture-book-a-hawaiian-child-finds-a-place-between-boy-and-girl/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2020====
* ''The First Sister'', by [[Linden A. Lewis]], has multiple protagonists; one of them (Hiro val Akira) is nonbinary and genderqueer.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis |number=1300381570197598218|date=31 August 2020|title=The First Sister is bisexual; I am bisexual. Hiro is nonbinary; I am nonbinary. However, Hiro is Japanese, which I am not. Lito is panromantic asexual, which I am not. In these cases, I hired sensitivity readers for feedback.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lindenalewis|number=1290286655304171522|title=Tomorrow THE FIRST SISTER releases! Meet Hiro, our final POV char. Hiro val Akira is:[Sparkles] Nonbinary genderqueer (they/them) [Sparkles] A spy-like Dagger [Sparkles] Lito’s former partner [Sparkles] A traitor to the Icarii?!|date= 3 August 2020}}</ref> At one point in the book, someone asks "Hey, Hiro, are you a boy or a girl?" and Hiro answers "I am what I am. Neither. Both. Who cares?"<ref name="Beeson">{{Cite web |title=My Favorite Bit: Linden Lewis talks about THE FIRST SISTER |last=Beeson |first=Donovan |work=Mary Robinette Kowal |date= |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810175808/https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-linden-lewis-talks-about-the-first-sister/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''My Maddy'', by Gayle E. Pitman, is a children's book about a [[Family|nonbinary parent]].<ref name="good_MyMa">{{Cite web |title=My Maddy |author= |work=goodreads.com |date= |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326170123/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43271383-my-maddy|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''A More Graceful Shaboom'' is a 2020 children's book written by Jacinta Bunnell and illustrated by Crystal Vielula. The protagonist, Harmon Jitney, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web |title=LGBTQAI+ Non-Binary Childrens Book by Jacinta Bunnell- A More Graceful Shaboom- Kid's Picture Book |url=https://www.etsy.com/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-childrens-book-by |last=Bunnell |first=Jacinta |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004052/https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/876633975/lgbtqai-non-binary-pride-childrens-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Whirlwind'', by Reese Morrison, is a collection of interconnected short romance/sex stories. Dakota is [[intersex]] and nonbinary, describing their gender identity as "a combination of the best of both genders and something else beside." Carla is [[genderqueer]] and [[Masculine of center|masculine-of-center]] and uses [[he/him]] pronouns. Charlie is a [[gender questioning]] [[butch]] who uses [[she/her]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Whirlwind |last=Morrison |first=Reese|year=2020|edition=Kindle}}</ref>
* ''Under Shifting Stars'', by Alexandra Latos, has a genderfluid protagonist and a nonbinary love interest.<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars [https://web.archive.org/web/20210528155842/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44286277-under-shifting-stars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass'', by [[Adan Jerreat-Poole]], the character Tav is nonbinary.<ref name="Deo">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole |last=Deo |first=Annie |work=The Nerd Daily |date=7 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417060830/https://thenerddaily.com/review-the-girl-of-hawthorn-and-glass-by-adan-jerreat-poole/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The author is also nonbinary.<ref>{{cite tweet| user=AdanJerreat|number=973313816548315138|date= 12 March 2018|title=Non-binary thoughts: coming out as nb feels like giving myself permission to stop judging myself by gendered standards, and to play with performing boyishness or androgyny as well as femme #genderplay #nonbinary}}</ref>
* In the fantasy-mystery novel ''The Last Smile in Sunder City'', by Luke Arnold, one of the side characters is "an ageless nonbinary demon historian".<ref name="SunderCity">{{Cite web |title=Book Review - The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold |last=Cohen-Perez |first=Stephanie |work=BookPage.com |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330233454/https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/24930-luke-arnold-last-smile-sunder-city-science-fiction-fantasy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Bloodlaced'', by Courtney Maguire, is a paranormal romance including the character Asagi who is "Both a man and a woman".<ref name="Bloodlaced">{{Cite web |title=Bloodlaced |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027202424/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/bloodlaced/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Skythane'', a sci-fi book by J. Scott Coatsworth, includes some nonbinary characters, both human and alien.<ref>{{Cite web |title=O.E. Tearmann recommends Skythane |author=Tearmann, O.E. |work=bookbub.com |date= |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |quote=The LGBT issues are nicely worked into the arc of the story, causing no ripples in the flow. In fact, they're so well worked in that I had to go back and note the easy acceptance of tweeners (nonbinary folks) and triads, bookmarking those points for future mention. Now that's clever. By the time we get to non-human and non-binary aliens who use three gender pronouns, I didn’t even blink. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323111507/https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3379140071 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Flowers of Time'', by A. L. Lester, is a romance between Edie and Jones; Jones is nonbinary and "probably [[Demisexual|demi/gray asexual]]", per the author.<ref name="FlowersOfTime">{{Cite web |title=The Flowers of Time |author= |work=Queeromance Ink |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |quote=I started out with Jones, who I knew was non-binary and Edie, who's sexuality can best be described as 'pragmatic'. And as their journey over the mountains progressed it became clear that Jones was probably demi/gray asexual, as well. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325142523/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/the-flowers-of-time/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Felix Ever After'' stars a [[demiboy]] and was written by [[Kacen Callender]] who is a demiboy as well.
* ''Finding Me'', by Stella Rainbow, is a romance between a [[genderfluid]] [[nonbinary]] person named Charlie and a [[gender-nonconforming]] man named Brady.<ref>{{cite book |title=Finding Me|last=Rainbow|first=Stella|year=2020}}</ref>
* In ''Recipe for Two'', by Tia Fielding and Lisa Henry, Wyatt Abbot is "struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's [[genderfluid]]."<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090135/https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Two-Tia-Fielding-ebook/dp/B085FZZGJ9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*The novel ''Somebody Told Me'' (by [[bigender]] author [[Mia Siegert]]) has a bigender protagonist who goes by Alexis and/or Aleks.<ref name="Lerner">{{Cite web |title=A Book Trailer, Podcast, and Mia Siegert's Playlist for Somebody Told Me |author= |publisher=Lerner Publishing Group |work=The Lerner Blog |date=May 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url= https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074348/https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Life Minus Me'', by Sara Codair, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2">{{Cite web |title=Book Releases: 2020 Books With Non-Cis Protagonists |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=16 January 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110064052/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/book-releases-2020-books-with-non-cis-protagonists/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spellhacker'', by M. K. England, has a nonbinary love interest character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''To the Flame'', by A. E. Ross, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Queens of Noise'', by Leigh Harlen, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Bloodsister'', by Alia Hess, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''The Strangeworlds Travel Agency'', by L.D. Lapinski, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Belle Révolte'', by Linsey Miller, has nonbinary side characters.<ref name="bellerev">{{Cite web |title=Review: Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller |author= |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=8 November 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028114200/https://letsfoxaboutit.com/review-belle-revolte-by-linsey-miller/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Ana on the Edge'', by [[A. J. Sass]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow2" />
* ''Into the Real'', by [[Z Brewer]], has a genderqueer protagonist named Quinn.<ref name="Adler-Reads">{{Cite web |title=Happy International Nonbinary People's Day! |last=Adler |first=Dahlia |work=LGBTQ Reads |date=14 July 2021 |access-date=14 July 2021 |url= https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309010955/https://lgbtqreads.com/2021/07/14/happy-nonbinary-visibility-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Night Shine'', by Tessa Gratton, the character Kirin Dark-Smile is nonbinary.<ref name="NightShine">{{Cite web |title=A Mismatched Adventure: Night Shine by Tessa Gratton |last=Bourke |first=Liz |work=Tor.com |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316082855/https://www.tor.com/2020/09/10/book-reviews-night-shine-by-tessa-gratton/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Jules, one of the main characters in ''Finna'' by [[Nino Cipri]], is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]].
* Alani Baum, the protagonist of [[John Elizabeth Stintzi]]'s ''Vanishing Monuments'', is nonbinary. Stintzi realized they themself were nonbinary during the writing of this novel.<ref name="VanishingMonuments">{{Cite web |title=Debut author John Elizabeth Stintzi talks poetry, gender identity, and their love of the unconventional |last=Porter |first=Ryan |work=Quill and Quire |date=April 2020 |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131170610/https://quillandquire.com/authors/debut-author-john-elizabeth-stintzi-talks-poetry-gender-identity-and-their-love-of-the-unconventional/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Four Profound Weaves'', by [[R.B. Lemberg]], has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* In ''The Empress of Salt and Fortune'' and ''When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain'' by Nghi Vo, the character Chih is nonbinary.<ref name="Ladd">{{Cite web |title=Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo |last=Ladd |first=Christina |work=The Nerd Daily |date=29 December 2019 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105205158/https://thenerddaily.com/the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune-nghi-vo/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Loveless'', by Alice Oseman, has a nonbinary side character.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=PineappleRobin|number=1401566434170376193 |title=Loveless by Alice Oseman One of my all time favorite books, I love the characters, I love the enemy to love romance between two side characters but the book is mostly about friendships. rep: Aroace MC, lesbian best friend, pansexual roommate, non binary side character|date= 6 June 2021}}</ref>
* ''Love Yourself: A Genderfluid Romance'', by N. R. Blythe, is a sexually explicit romance featuring a genderfluid person who goes by Cora when in girl mode and Corey when in boy mode.
* ''Shameful Scars'', by A. L. Williams, is a paranormal romance starring Gabriel, a nonbinary angel.<ref name="amaz_Sham">{{Cite web |title=Customer Review: Shameful scars |author=Cheryl_cajun |work=amazon.com |date=14 June 2020 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004043/https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R23Z4KKA7LKDFB/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B089G8N99X |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* ''Dragons Past Dawn'', by Ennis Rook Bashe, has two nonbinary protagonists: Sely, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Andreas, who uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe.2C_xir|xe/xir]] pronouns.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dragons Past Dawn|year=2020|last=Bashe |first=Ennis Rook}}</ref>
* ''Upright Women Wanted'', by [[Sarah Gailey]], has a nonbinary character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Thirty Names of Night'' by Zeyn Joukhadar, stars a closeted Syrian American [[nonbinary man|nonbinary boy]] who uses he/him pronouns.<ref name="30names">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Thirty Names of Night' ties past to present in compelling tale of nonbinary identity |last=Barbiero |first=Delfina V |work=USA TODAY |date=25 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531045507/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/11/24/review-the-thirty-names-night-delves-into-nonbinary-identity/6407219002/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Twitter thread by Zeyn Joukhadar], 24 November 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201124171425/https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1331252073434898435 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Phoenix Extravagant'', by Yoon Ha Lee, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water'', by Zen Cho, has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Euphoria Kids'', by [[Alison Evans]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* ''Once & Future'', by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="readsrainbow" />

====2021====
* ''Foxfire in the Snow'', by J.S. Fields, is a fantasy book with a nonbinary protagonist named Sorin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Foxfire in the Snow – J.S. Fields |author= |work=jscottcoatsworth.com |date=3 August 2021 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url= https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325115438/https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/announcement-giveaway-foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Foxfire In The Snow by J.S. Fields: Audiobook Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828085122/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/foxfire-in-the-snow-j-s-fields/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Earth Reclaimed'', by nonbinary author [[Sara Codair]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021">{{Cite web |title=LIST: 2021 lgbtq+ ya releases |author=Michelle |work=magical reads |date=1 June 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |url= https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819233307/https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/list-2021-lgbtq-ya-releases/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''The Warlock Snare'', by Jimena i. Novaro, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''This Golden Flame'', by Emily Victoria, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Billions of Beautiful Hearts'', by Kevin Craig, has a nonbinary protagonist and nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Curse of the Divine'' (Ink in the Blood book #2), by Kim Smejkal, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Bruised'', by Tanya Boteju, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Victories Greater Than Death'', by Charlie Jane Anders, has multiple nonbinary side characters.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Between Perfect and Real'', by Ray Stoeve, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Meet Cute Diary'', by Emery Lee, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''When You Get the Chance'', by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson, has a nonbinary love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Ghosts We Keep'', by nonbinary author [[Mason Deaver]], has a nonbinary protagonist.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The Passing Playbook'', by Isaac Fitzsimons, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''The (Un)popular Vote'', by Jasper Sanchez, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Indestructible Object'', by Mary McCoy, has nonbinary character(s).<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms'', written by Crystal Frasier and illustrated by Val Wise, has a nonbinary side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''A Dark and Hollow Star'', by genderfluid author [[Ashley Shuttleworth]], has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''All Our Hidden Gifts'', by Caroline O'Donoghue, has a genderfluid love interest.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''There's Magic Between Us'', by Jillian Maria, has a genderfluid side character.<ref name="magicalreads2021" />
* ''Love Kills Twice'', by Rien Gray, is a romance between a woman and the nonbinary assassin she hires to kill her abusive husband. The assassin is named Campbell and uses [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163422/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/love-kills-twice/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the short story collection ''Sarahland'', by Sam Cohen, the story "Gemstones" features a genderqueer couple: Manny and Ry.<ref name="Sarahland">{{Cite web |title=Heartbreak and Existential Hope in 'Sarahland' |last=MacAllen |first=Ian |work=Chicago Review of Books |date=17 March 2021 |access-date=27 March 2021 |url= https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531095542/https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/03/17/heartbreak-and-existential-hope-in-sarahland/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Saving Throw'', by Alex Silver, is a romance between "Errol, demisexual panromantic production coordinator who likes to be in control and his first love, Rene, a non-binary [[trans masc]] ex-hockey player turned coach."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saving Throw |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207225954/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''+1 Bonus'', also by Alex Silver, is a romance between a man named Max and "a snarky genderfluid tea seller" named Si/Simon/Simone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plus One Bonus |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024065433/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/plus-one-bonus/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts'', by Amara Lynn, is a short young-adult sci-fi starring a character named Sallon Lee who uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="AmaraLynn1">{{Cite web |title=REVIEW: Futures, Friends, and Other Firsts – Amara Lynn |author=scott |work=QueeRomance Ink |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127034949/https://www.queeromanceink.com/2021/06/24/review-futures-friends-and-other-firsts-amara-lynn/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the romance/suspense novel ''A Jade's Diamond'', by Char Dafoe, the main characters are a [[Butch#Soft_butch|soft butch]] prostitute named Nayvee LaCroix and a [[Butch#Stone_butch|stone butch]] millionaire Trystan Diamond. Both characters are nonbinary and use [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9/#customerReviews Amazon reviews for ''A Jade's Diamond''] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210114173457/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1JW9Q9 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Shug's Daddy'', by Siobhan Smile, is a sexually-explicit romance between a man named Grey and a nonbinary person named Sugar or Shug.<ref name="quee_Shug">{{Cite web |title=Shug's Daddy |author= |work=queeromanceink.com |date= |access-date=5 April 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731163704/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/shugs-daddy/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''Both Can Be True'', by Jules Machias, has a [[genderfluid]] main character named Ash.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''Gender Optics'', by genderfluid author [[Shalen Lowell]], has a genderfluid protagonist named Alex. Content note: the novel is set in a world where [[Cisnormativity|cisnormative]] gender ideals are legally enforced.<ref name="Farrell-GenderOptics">{{Cite web |title=An Exclusive Interview with Shalen Lowell, Author of Debut Novel Gender Optics |last=Farrell |first=Robyn Hussa |work=We Are The Real Deal |date=22 March 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408151718/http://wearetherealdeal.com/2021/03/22/an-exclusive-interview-with-shalen-lowell-author-of-debut-novel-gender-optics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Spin With Me'', by Ami Polonsky, is a middle-school novel featuring Ollie who is nonbinary.<ref name="Koehler">{{Cite web |title=#ReadWithPride: Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky |last=Koehler |first=Mimi |work=The Nerd Daily |date=9 September 2020 |access-date=19 October 2020 |url= https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124074340/https://www.thenerddaily.com/spin-with-me-by-ami-polonsky/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''This is Our Rainbow'', edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, is an anthology of stories for middle-grade children. All the included stories have main characters that are LGBTQ+ in some way, including nonbinary characters.<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* ''The Heartbreak Bakery'', by A.R. Capetta, is a romance between two nonbinary people, Syd ([[no pronouns]]) and Harley ([[he/him]] or [[they/them]]).<ref name="Adler-Reads" />
* The YA book ''Can't Take That Away'', by genderqueer author [[Steven Salvatore]], stars teen protagonist Carey Parker who is also genderqueer.<ref name="CTTA">{{Cite web |title=Q&A With Steven Salvatore, Can’t Take That Away |last=Lavoie |first=Alaina |work=We Need Diverse Books |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601054432/https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-steven-salvatore-cant-take-that-away/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Love Limits'', by genderqueer author [[Reese Morrison]], has a main character named Ash who is nonbinary and intersex, as well as Deaf. Their love interest is an asexual man named Zhong. Content note: the book centers around a BDSM kink relationship.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product-reviews/B08VVF6N6M Customer reviews for ''Love Limits'' on Amazon]</ref>
* Fantasy novel ''In The Ravenous Dark'', by A.M. Strickland, has a nonbinary [[asexual]] character.<ref>{{cite tweet|title=*whispers* I have an upcoming YA dark fantasy with a blood mage who's pan, a lesbian love interest (also a mage), an enby/ace best friend (also a mage), and a m/f/f poly relationship if you want more queer with your magic use:|user=AdriAnneMS|number=1270142172285689856|date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
* In ''Simply the Best'', by Karen Kallmaker, one of the main character's best friends comes out as nonbinary near the start of the book.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simply The Best by Karin Kallmaker: Book Review |author=Sheena |work=The Lesbian Review |date=31 October 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124123537/https://www.thelesbianreview.com/simply-best-karin-kallmaker/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea'', by Ashley Herring Blake, is a middle-grade book with a nonbinary side character named Jules.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea |author= |work=Mombian |date= |access-date=8 November 2021 |url=https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721004630/https://mombian.com/database/hazel-bly-and-the-deep-blue-sea/ |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2022====
* The polyamorous sci-fi romance book ''Blasted Research'', by nonbinary author CoffeeQuills, stars Dr. Jules who is asexual and nonbinary. Dr. Jules uses [[xe/xem/xyr/xemself]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063122/https://www.amazon.com/Blasted-Research-Post-Apocalyptic-Polyamorous-Romance-ebook/dp/B09QZ1RS35/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Aimed at children eight to twelve years old, the book ''Both Can Be True'' by Jules Machias has two protagonists, one of which is a [[genderfluid]] kid named Ash.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Both Can Be True Book (Paperback) |author= |work=www.gayprideshop.co.uk |date= |access-date=26 February 2022 |url= https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |quote=Ash is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. For someone who cycles through genders, it's a daily struggle to feel in control of how people perceive you. Some days Ash is undoubtedly girl, but other times, 100 percent guy. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325144501/https://gayprideshop.co.uk/products/both-can-be-true-book-paperback |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====Not yet published====
* ''Lakelore'', by [[Anna-Marie McLemore]], is a nonbinary/nonbinary romance to be published March of 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LaAnnaMarie|number=1377639675536371715 |last=McLemore|first=Anna-Marie|authorlink=Anna-Marie McLemore|title=So last night during the last hours of #TransDayOfVisibility I turned in a book There maybe could have not been a more appropriate day to turn it in, bc LAKELORE is an enby/enby romance LAKELORE started in this sparkly notebook, & next March it's gonna be a very trans book|date=1 April 2021}}</ref>
*''The Water Outlaws'', a fantasy epic inspired by the 14th-century Chinese novel ''Water Margin'', is by [[genderqueer]] author [[S. L. Huang]] and has "a high percentage of [[gender nonconformity]] and of gender identities that in modern times we would call trans or nonbinary." ''The Water Outlaws'' is expected out in 2022.<ref name="wateroutlaws">{{Cite web |title=S. L. Huang’s New Take on the Most Famous Chinese Novel You’ve Never Read in English: Announcing The Water Outlaws |work=Tor.com |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020 |url= https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321100522/https://www.tor.com/2020/10/15/book-announcements-s-l-huang-the-water-outlaws/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

=== Comics/Webcomics/Graphic Novels===

*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105123856/http://erinptah.com/catperson/ But I'm A Cat Person]'' by Erin Ptah - Urban fantasy webcomic featuring a [[bigender]] character - Timothy/Camellia Mattei - as well as numerous 'Beings' who are able to take on both male and female forms. Also features various LGB characters. Updates three times a week.
*''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life]'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an [[agender]] person, their female partner, and their cats. Also covers various issues relating to GSM topics, politics, and mental health. Updates weekly.
*''[http://www.egscomics.com/ El Goonish Shive]'' includes a main character who identifies as genderfluid several years into the comic. Author Dan Shive has said that Tedd, like the author, has always been genderfluid but did not realise there was a word for it or even a concept of being nonbinary until much later in life. The comic also includes various other LGBT characters as well as shapeshifting technology.
*''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/ Eth's Skin]'' by Sfé R. Monster - Fantasy webcomic featuring a genderqueer protagonist - Eth. Fairly new, but the ''[http://eths-skin.tumblr.com/about 'About' page]'' suggests plans to include more nonbinary characters. Updates weekly.
*''[http://ignitionzero.com/comics/ Ignition Zero]'' by Noel Arthur Heimpel - An urban fantasy webcomic that features a genderqueer character - Neve Copeland - as one of its protagonists. Updates weekly.
*''[http://jobsatisfactioncomic.tumblr.com/ Job Satisfaction]'' by Jey Barnes - a slice of life webcomic about two queer nonbinary demon summoners - Lemme and Sinh - who live together. The comic is rated PG-13 and updates once a week.
*''[http://kyleandatticus.tumblr.com/ Kyle & Atticus]'' by Sfé R Monster - Webcomic about the adventures of a genderqueer teenager, Kyle, and their robot friend, Attticus. Currently on hiatus.
*[http://nwain.com Nwain: The Knight Who Wandered Dream] by Terrana Cliff - Fantasy webcomic with nonbinary main character, a knight from a culture with five genders. Extensively animated. PG-13. Updates when able.
*''[https://rain.thecomicseries.com Rain]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A light-hearted high-school webcomic that follows a trans girl and her friends, including Ky(lie), an AFAB genderfluid character who alternates between presenting as male and female. Also features a range of other LGBTQ characters. The story finished in 2022.
*''[https://mis.thecomicseries.com My Impossible Soulmante]'' by Jocelyn Samara - A follow-up to Rain. Micah is nonbinary.
*''[http://www.robot-hugs.com/ Robot Hugs]'' - semi-autobiographical webcomic by an author of nonbinary gender, which frequently addresses nonbinary issues and other aspects of gender politics. Also frequently covers the subject of mental health. Updates twice weekly.
*The 'New 52' version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Six_(comics)#New_52 Secret Six] introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.
*''[http://www.discordcomics.com/shades-cover/ Shades of A (NSFW)]'' by Tab Kimpton - Webcomic that focuses on [[asexuality|asexual]] relationships, as well as exploring various aspects of kink, and features a prominent nonbinary character (JD). Contains nudity and BDSM. Updates twice a week.
*[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 Homestuck] introduced an androgynous character named Davepetasprite^2 [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009779] that was formed by the fusion of two other characters. They establish that they are confused about their gender but happy to be what they've become and start using gender neutral pronouns (they/them). It also has other androgynous characters like Calliope.
*''[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and her Unicorn]'' by Dana Simpson has a nonbinary minor character named Infernus, the Unicorn of Death. Phoebe uses the pronoun "neigh" for Infernus.<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 09, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220808132101/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/09 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The comic avoids "othering" nonbinary identities by having Phoebe say that "Humans have non-binary people too."<ref>[https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 05, 2019] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220811110554/https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2019/02/05 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201029193422/http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses]'' by Kagome features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201031141625/http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg]'' by Ren features an agender protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208040336/http://tapastic.com/episode/40617 Snailed It]'' by SnaiLords, who "identifies with both genders" and described themselves as an "androgynous snail".
*''[https://tapastic.com/episode/212183 Tattoo'd]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'' by Antonia Bea features an intersex, genderfluid protagonist.
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160308165055/http://tapastic.com/series/Your-Local-Non-Binary Your Local Non-Binary]'' is written by and features non-binary person Eliot Lime.
*''Moonstruck'' is a comic about fantasy creatures which includes a nonbinary centaur named Chet, who uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://teammoonstruckcomic.tumblr.com/post/164448014217/</ref><ref>https://comics.fandom.com/wiki/Moonstruck#Main_Characters</ref>
*[[Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy]] is "the first ever non-binary comics anthology, featuring 22 young adult stories made entirely by cartoonists who identify as a non-binary gender". Some stories have characters discuss being one gender and then the another, others may just refer to a character by 'they' pronouns.
*In volume six of Marvel Comics' series ''The New Warriors'', a nonbinary superhero was introduced. Their name "Snowflake" and their brother's name "Safespace" drew widespread backlash.<ref name="Villarreal">{{Cite web |title=Marvel criticized for first non-binary superhero named “Snowflake” |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527115737/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''On a Sunbeam'' by Tillie Walden has a nonbinary character, Elliot.<ref name="Casey" /><ref name="Burt">{{Cite web |title=“On a Sunbeam,” the Sci-Fi Comic That Reimagines Utopia |last=Burt |first=Stephanie |work=The New Yorker |date=13 April 2019 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331022957/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-a-sunbeam-the-sci-fi-comic-that-reimagines-utopia |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Main character Mogumo in the manga ''Love Me for Who I Am'' is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am [https://web.archive.org/web/20220930003445/https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Graphic novel ''The Prince and the Dressmaker'', by Jen Wang. The author has said that "To me, Sebastian is someone who identifies with different modes of [[gender expression]] and is comfortable alternating between both masculine and feminine. Genderqueer is probably the best descriptor. But I'm also open to readers' interpretations of how they see the character. If a reader feels that this story is just the first step to Sebastian discovering they're trans, or if they feel Sebastian is a cis male that likes to dress up I'm happy with all of that!"<ref name="Orsini">{{Cite web |title='The Prince And The Dressmaker' Is A Genderqueer Fairy Tale For All Ages |last=Orsini |first=Lauren |work=Forbes |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=6 September 2020 |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/#256677825625|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322014420/https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hatfield|first=N.K.|year=2015 |title=TRANSforming Spaces: Transgender Webcomics as a Model for Transgender Empowerment and Representation within Library and Archive Spaces|journal=Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies|volume=1 |issue=1 |page=64 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034544/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Open Earth'', Franklin, one of the love interests, is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="OpenEarth">{{Cite web |title=rachel ☾'s review of Open Earth |author=rachel ☾ |work=goodreads.com |date=25 January 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2907532655?book_show_action=true|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the graphic novel ''Mooncakes'', written by Suzanne Walker and illustrated by Wendy Xu, one of the main characters is Tam Lang, a nonbinary werewolf.<ref name="Mooncakes">{{Cite web |title=Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808204230/https://www.librarything.com/work/23289223|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The graphic novel ''Test'', written by Chris Sebela, has a nonbinary main character named Aleph Null. [[Singular they]] pronouns are used for Aleph, and in a character bio on them, it says "Gender: Various given."<ref name="comi_Test">{{Cite web |title=Test: An Interview With Chris Sebela |author= |work=Comics Pit |date=13 August 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731025108/https://comicspit.com/2019/08/13/test-an-interview-with-chris-sebela/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''[https://tapas.io/series/Friends-With-Benefits1/info Friends With Benefits]'' is a webcomic that revolves around a genderfluid asexual person, Eri, who is struggling with his love life. (Eri is pronoun indifferent, and [[he/him]] is used by other characters for Eri.)
* Debuting in ''DC’s Very Merry Multiverse'', Jess Chambers/Kid Quick, part of the Teen Justice team from Earth-11, is [[genderfluid]]. They will also appear in ''Future State: Justice League''.<ref name="McGuireLiam">{{Cite web |title=New Teen Justice Team Debuts In DC's Very Merry Multiverse |last=McGuire |first=Liam |work=ScreenRant |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |quote=I suggested that Kid Quick could be Earth-11's first genderfluid character, and once editors saw Eleonora Carlini's terrific take on the character design, there was suddenly a lot of interest in them for stories beyond the Merry Multiverse Special in December. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103184254/https://screenrant.com/teen-justice-future-state-earth-11-dc/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="AdamsTim">{{Cite web |title=DC Comics Introduces a Non-Binary Flash in Future State |last=Adams |first=Tim |work=CBR |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518151240/https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-non-binary-flash-future-state/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* ''Supergirl #19'', co-written by Steve Orlando and [[Vita Ayala]], introduces a nonbinary character named Lee Serano.<ref name="StewartCK">{{Cite web |title=Authentic Trans & Nonbinary Representation in Comics Requires More Than Just a Plot Twist |last=Stewart |first=C.K. |work=Paste Magazine |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=15 November 2020 |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830131430/https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/the-backstagers/authentic-trans-nonbinary-representation-in-comics/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[https://assignedmale.tumblr.com/ Assigned Male], a webcomic revolving around a trans girl and often addressing trans issues, has some nonbinary characters, for example Ciel, who also stars in a spinoff novel.
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/list?title_no=71914 Wish] is a fantasy webcomic starring Seth who self describes as a "dashing enby".<ref>https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220818115013/https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/wish/the-story-begins-/viewer?title_no=71914&episode_no=3 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''Star Wars: The High Republic'', there are two Jedi named Terec and Ceret who were stated to be [[trans]] [[nonbinary]] in an official Instagram post for [[Holidays|Transgender Day of Visibility]] 2021.<ref name="StarWars-HighRepublic">{{Cite web |title=Good and Gay: nonbinary comics, lesbian teen film and more! |author= |work=Bella Media Channel |date=2 April 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021 |url= https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126193704/https://www.bellamediachannel.com/good-and-gay-nonbinary-comics-lesbian-teen-film-and-more/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|author=starwars (Instagram account)|date=31 March 2021 |access-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626175250/https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwI8oFhR-/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/seemingly-dark/list?title_no=253011&page=1 Seemingly Dark] is a supernatural drama webcomic featuring a main character, Caro Greene, who is a nonbinary ghost hunter and internet celebrity.
* ''Moth & Whisper'', by Ted Anderson & Jen Hickman, has a genderqueer protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow" />
* Stitch, in the ''Teen Titans Academy'' comics series, describes themself as nonbinary and genderqueer, and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=“Nonbinary Effigy” Teen Titans Academy Recruit Stitch Outraged At Being “Misgendered” By Arsenal, Lectures Titans In New Issue |last=Augustine |first=JB |work=Bounding Into Comics |date=2 January 2022 |access-date=4 January 2022 |url= https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/01/02/nonbinary-effigy-teen-titans-academy-recruit-stitch-outraged-at-being-misgendered-by-arsenal-lectures-titans-in-new-issue/}}</ref>
* [https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/datemate/list?title_no=680129&page=1 "Datemate"] is a slice-of-life romance webtoon about two nonbinary people named Robin and Angel.
* [https://aliceandthenightmare.com ''Alice and the Nightmare''] is a fantasy comic inspired by Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Dee and Dum, two supporting characters, are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-2-page-34|title=Chapter 2 Page 34|last=Krivanek|first=Michelle "Misha"|date=17 November 2015|website=Alice and the Nightmare|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220100400/http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com:80/comic/chapter-2-page-34|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [https://dumbingofage.com ''Dumbing of Age''] by David Willis is a coming of age story about college students. Booster is nonbinary.
* [https://pandorastale.com Pandora's Tale] by Xanthippe Serenity Hutcheon focuses on a trans girl, but it features Hemmel a nonbinary character, and Zufolene, a genderfluid character.

===Movies ===

* Regarding the 2001 film ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig's actor and the movie's writer/director) has said that Hedwig is "more than a woman or a man. She's a gender of one and that is accidentally so beautiful."<ref name="Ouzounian">{{Cite web |title=John Cameron Mitchell to host Hedwig and the Angry Inch sing-along in Toronto |last=Ouzounian |first=Richard |work=thestar.com |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705184937/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/06/18/singalong_hedwig_and_the_angry_inch_comes_to_lgbt_film_fest.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''The Kings of Summer'' (2013), Biaggio asserts that he doesn't see himself as "having a gender."
* The 2016 film ''Zoolander 2'' has a short scene with a model named All (played by [[cisgender]] actor Benedict Cumberbatch). In response to being asked "Are you like, a male model or a female model?" All states "All is not defined by binary constructs." Another character then asks about All's genitals and doesn't get an answer. The [[pronoun]] "hermself" is used for All. One reviewer wrote about the scene, "Hollywood can surely do better than this."<ref name="Menta-Z2">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Characters in Film Deserve More Than ‘Zoolander 2’ |author=Menta, Anna |work=Decider |date=11 June 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928095324/https://decider.com/2019/06/11/nonbinary-characters-in-film-zoolander-2/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2018 film ''Upgrade'', the hacker does not identify with any gender and wishes to not be called "Jamie".<ref>''Upgrade'' Directed by Leigh Wannell. Blumhouse Productions, Goalpost Pictures, Nervous Tick Productions, 2018</ref><ref name="Freeman2018">{{Cite web |title=Upgrade Ending Explained: What REALLY Happened With STEM |last=Freeman |first=Molly |work=ScreenRant |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032845/https://screenrant.com/upgrade-movie-ending-stem-explained/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the 2019 British short film ''Orin & Anto'', Orin specifically says "I don't subscribe to the [[gender binary]], my pronouns are [[Singular they|they and them]]."<ref>https://orinandanto.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211210034100/http://orinandanto.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''John Wick 3'' (2019), the Adjudicator is nonbinary and played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Parsons-JW3">{{Cite web |title=Asia Kate Dillon's John Wick 3 character is non-binary because they suggested it |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032840/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/27/asia-kate-dillon-john-wick-non-binary/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Code 8'' (2019) features an assassin called Copperhead who goes by they/them pronouns.
*In ''0009: The Sharks Make Contact'' (2019), although not a single character's gender is ever explicitly mentioned, the characters Raisorshoorkle (the main protagonist), Shoogledocking (the main villain) and the Iki God (the overarching creator, who is named after the director) go by they/them pronouns. The Iki God went by she/her pronouns in the previous movie, "0000: A Shark Odyssey". A sequel titled "0010: The Sharks Make Contact - Part 2", came out in December of 2019.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221203113940/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10315070/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> They will return in the shared universe film "Forevers 2: Age of Teeth" in December of 2020.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220103210700/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11434668/fullcredits Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the 2020 American film ''Two Eyes'', [[Kate Bornstein]] plays a nonbinary therapist at a psychiatric center.<ref>https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes [https://web.archive.org/web/20200928204441/https://www.outfestnow.com/two-eyes Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In introducing herself to another character, she says, "Me, I am nonbinary trans, and my pronouns are 'she' and 'they'. How about you? What pronouns would make you feel most comfortable?"<ref name="ReynoldsAug2020">{{Cite web |title=Kate Bornstein & Ryan Cassata Swap Pronouns in Exclusive Two Eyes Clip |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=27 August 2020 |access-date=27 August 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602212136/https://www.advocate.com/film/2020/8/27/kate-bornstein-ryan-cassata-swap-pronouns-exclusive-two-eyes-clip |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The 2020 film ''Under My Skin'' focuses on a nonbinary person named Denny, who is played by four different nonbinary actors throughout the movie: [[Liv Hewson]], [[Bobbi Salvör Menuez]], [[Lex Ryan]], and [[Chloe Freeman]].<ref name="Gush">{{Cite web |title=Under My Skin is the non-binary romance we’ve all been waiting for |last=Gush |first=Charlotte |work=i-D |date=29 October 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |url= https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524160331/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epddge/under-my-skin-nonbinary-movie-starring-liv-hewson-bobbi-salvor-menuez-chloe-freeman-lex-ryan |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> (The film is unrelated to the ''Under My Skin'' book series listed in [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Books_and_other_literature|the literature section of this page]].<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Dooland|first=A. E.|user=Asynca|number=1323487561243746304|date=2 November 2020|title=Just a coincidence, it seems! Looking forward to seeing this}}</ref>)
* The 2020 short film ''Royalty'' is about a nonbinary teen named Jax.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13162262/</ref>
* In the 2020 short drama film ''Sheer Qorma'', Saira (played by Divya Dutta) is nonbinary. The film is directed by nonbinary filmmaker [[Faraz Arif Ansari]].<ref name="SheerQorma">{{Cite web |title=Why Pronouns Matter: Director Faraz Arif Ansari On The Importance of ‘They’ |last=Lochan |first=Vanya |work=Homegrown |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063011/https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The plot of the short revolves around a woman and a nonbinary person in love with each other. Content note: Saira's mother is conservative and not supportive of Saira's "lifestyle", calling it unholy and sinful.<ref name="SheerQorma2">{{Cite web |title='Sheer Qorma' trailer: Divya Dutta & Swara Bhasker's love blossoms in this film; Watch |last=Khollam |first=Amir |work=Republic World |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=27 April 2021 |url= https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301035447/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/sheer-qorma-trailer-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Netflix's 2021 horror movie ''There's Someone Inside Your House'' includes a genderfluid character named Darby, played by genderfluid actor [[Jesse LaTourette]].<ref name="Lennon">{{Cite web |title=There's Someone Inside Your House interview with Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette, Dale Whibley, and Diego Josef |last=Lennon |first=Mads |work=1428 Elm |date=6 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006164718/https://1428elm.com/2021/10/06/theres-someone-inside-your-house-interview-cast-netflix/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Guttmann">{{Cite web |title=Cast Interview: There's Someone Inside Your House |last=Guttmann |first=Graeme |work=ScreenRant |date=October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021 |url= https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011183333/https://screenrant.com/theres-someone-inside-house-cast-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Plays===

*In [[Taylor Mac]]'s off-Broadway show ''Hir'', the character Max is [[genderqueer]] and [[transmasculine]], using ze/hir pronouns.<ref name="Scheck">{{Cite web |title='Hir': Theater Review |last=Scheck |first=Frank |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=2 May 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121625/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/taylor-macs-hir-theater-review-838231 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }} '''Note: Article misgenders character.''' </ref>
*In [[Rhiannon Collett]]'s play ''Wasp'', the protagonist Wasp is [[genderqueer]] and is to be played by only nonbinary actors.<ref name="mqli_Wasp">{{Cite web |title=Wasp |author= |work=Marquis Literary |date= |access-date=9 May 2020 |url= http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505034647/http://mqlit.ca/plays/wasp/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the play ''Wink'', written by Neil Koenigsberg, the title character is nonbinary.<ref name="Wink">{{Cite web |title=New play "Wink" gives non-binary actor a chance to shine |last=King |first=John Paul |work=Los Angeles Blade: America's LGBT News Source |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203152346/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/14/new-play-wink-gives-non-binary-actor-a-chance-to-shine/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Wink2">{{Cite web |title="Wink": Timely Story of Homeless LGBTQA Youth Comes to New York Stage |last=Ryan |first=Jed |work=HuffPost |date=April 2017 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706075407/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wink-timely-story-of-homeless-lgbtqa-youth-comes_b_58f522d6e4b048372700daa3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the musical ''Head Over Heels'', Pythio is nonbinary and was played by the trans woman Peppermint.<ref name="Duffy2018">{{Cite web |title=NYT theatre critic apologises for 'insensitive' review of Drag Race star's Broadway musical |last=Duffy |first=Nick |work=PinkNews |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=24 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/07/31/new-york-times-theatre-critic-apologises-for-insensitive-review-of-peppermint-musical-head-over-heels/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''The Pink Unicorn'', the main character's child is genderqueer and says "I'm not a girl. Or anyway, I'm not all girl. I'm a boy, too."<ref name="pinkunicorn">{{Cite web |title=Review: 'The Pink Unicorn' Leads a Mother Into Unknown Territory |last=Vincentelli |first=By Elisabeth |work=New York Times |date=19 May 2019 |access-date=2 March 2021 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225082202/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/theater/the-pink-unicorn-alice-ripley-review.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* When the musical ''Jagged Little Pill'' originally played at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the character Jo was clearly nonbinary. Their gender identity was important to the plot, and Jo being nonbinary had been confirmed in social media posts by Jo's actor (Lauren Patten, a cis woman). However, when ''Jagged Little Pill'' came to Broadway, Jo was rewritten to be a cis woman, and all mentions of [[gender identity]] as a theme of the musical were removed from publicity materials. Patten deleted her prior social media posts, and even stated falsely in an interview "Jo never was written as anything other than cis." As an additional note, Patten's understudy [[Iris Menas]] is nonbinary and played Jo for one night on Broadway.<ref name="JLP">{{Cite web |title=One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Broadway's Jagged Little Journey Toward Nonbinary Inclusion |last=Lewis |first=Christian |work=The Brooklyn Rail |date=April 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021 |url= https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302184116/https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** In September 2021, the lead producers of ''Jagged Little Pill'' put out a long apology statement, which read in part:
{{quote|In Jo, we set out to portray a character on a [[gender expansive]] journey without a known outcome. Throughout the creative process, as the character evolved and changed, between Boston & Broadway, we made mistakes in how we handled this evolution. In a process designed to clarify and streamline, many of the lines that signaled Jo as [[gender non-conforming]], and with them, something vital and integral, got removed from Jo’s character journey.

Compounding our mistake, we then stated publicly and categorically that Jo was never written or conceived as non-binary. That discounted and dismissed what people saw and felt in this character’s journey. We should not have done that.

We should have, instead, engaged in an open discussion about nuance and gender spectrum.

We should have protected and celebrated the fact that the non-binary audience members saw in Jo a bold, defiant, complex, and vibrant representation of their community.

For all of this we are deeply sorry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor Lauren Patten Speaks Out On Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Controversy & Reveals Her Future With The Show As Producers Apologize For Erasing A Nonbinary Character – Update |last=Evans |first=Greg |work=Deadline |date=18 September 2021 |access-date=19 September 2021 |url= https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201082128/https://deadline.com/2021/09/jagged-little-pill-broadway-producers-nonbinary-erasure-lauren-patten-1234839144/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}
* The play ''I, Joan'' depicts historical person Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc) as nonbinary, using [[they/them]] pronouns. Joan is played by nonbinary actor [[Isobel Thom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan of Arc to be portrayed as nonbinary in new production at London's Globe Theatre |author=Sakur, Leila |work=NBC News |date=13 August 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006171409/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/joan-arc-portrayed-nonbinary-new-production-londons-globe-theatre-rcna42968 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Table Top Games / Role Playing Games===

* [https://astrolago-press.myshopify.com/products/faerie-fire-digital-edition Faerie Fire a 5e Supplemental], is a D&D 5th edition supplemental. It features queer characters to add to any D&D 5e experience.
**Monarch (non-binary, uses they/them): "The ageless and paint-smeared Monarch has held the seat of fey power ever since the schism. How they inherited the throne is unknown."
**Tallisin Vos (genderfluid, uses he/him): "Tallisin splits his time between two physical forms: a fey man and a vixen, both of which are equally his true identity."
* In the TTRPG [https://tabletop.itch.io/arcana-academy Arcana Academy], there is a nonbinary sample character who is the transfiguration teacher.

===TV (live-action)===
:''Sorted chronologically by year of the first episode containing a nonbinary character, and then alphabetically by title of the TV show.''

====2016====
*The Canadian magical-realism comedy series ''The Switch'' features a nonbinary character, Chris, who uses "zie/zir" pronouns, and works as an assassin. Chris is played by Amy "Robbin" Fox.

====2017====
*Taylor Mason in season 2 of ''Billions'' is nonbinary and introduces themself with they/them pronouns. They're played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who realised they were nonbinary while auditioning for the role.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/02/142575/kate-dillon-billions-taylor-nonbinary-gender-identity-pronouns Meet ''Billions''' Asia Kate Dillon, TV's First Non-Binary Star]", Refinery29.com, 27 February 2017.</ref>
* In the fourth season of ''Degrassi: Next Class'', Yael Baron comes out as [[genderqueer]]. Yael is played by Jamie Bloch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|work=TV Guide|date=7 July 2017|last=Gennis|first=Sadie|title=Degrassi: Next Class: [Spoiler] Comes Out as the Show's First Genderqueer Character!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207063856/https://www.tvguide.com/news/degrassi-next-class-yael-genderqueer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*The comedy-drama miniseries ''Fucking Adelaide'' (aka ''F*!#ing Adelaide'') features a [[genderfluid]] child, Cleo, played by nonbinary actor [[Audrey Mason-Hyde]].<ref name="Tedmanson">{{Cite web |title=How non-binary teenager Audrey Mason-Hyde is breaking down gender identity stereotypes, one label at a time |last=Tedmanson |first=Sophie |work=Vogue Australia |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=3 May 2020 |url= https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512040141/https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/how-nonbinary-teenager-audrey-masonhyde-is-breaking-down-gender-identity-stereotypes-one-label-at-a-time/news-story/9c213c8adcd6395a7ff8abf41592e4d3 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''The Murderbot Diaries'', by Martha Wells, features an agender protagonist who uses it/its pronouns. A number of minor characters use the singular "they" or other nonbinary pronouns.

====2018====
* In season three, episode two of ''The Detour'', there is a nonbinary character named Sarah and a [[Two-spirit]] character called Big Poppa.<ref name="Haskoor-Detour">{{Cite web |title='The Detour' Season 3 Is Tackling Gender Norms & Stereotypes Left And Right |last=Haskoor |first=Michael |work=Decider |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204090341/https://decider.com/2018/02/11/the-detour-season-3-is-tackling-gender-norms-stereotypes-left-and-right/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*On ''One Day at a Time'', Syd (played by Sheridan Pierce) is the nonbinary romantic partner of Elena. Syd uses [[singular they]] pronouns and is uncomfortable with binary-gendered terms such as "girlfriend".<ref name="Heim">{{Cite web |title=What is "non-binary"? Learn from our favorite TV characters |last=Heim |first=Bec |work=Film Daily |date=26 March 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020 |url= https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524031326/https://filmdaily.co/news/non-binary-tv-characters/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2019====
* In season one, episode seven of the legal drama ''All Rise'' (titled "Uncommon Women and Mothers"), Emily's client is a homeless nonbinary youth named Jax, played by [[transmasculine]] actor JJ Hawkins.<ref name="AllRise">{{Cite web |title=All Rise Review: Uncommon Women and Mothers (Season 1 Episode 7) |last=Wyneken |first=Caitlin |work=Tell-Tale TV |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516223344/https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Jax is misgendered during a court proceeding and their lawyer speaks up in objection, convincing the judge to enforce use of the correct [[they/them]] pronouns for Jax.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-BHDBhtrE/ Instagram post] 10 September 2020</ref>
* The sci-fi Netflix series ''Another Life'' includes among its characters a nonbinary psychologist named Zayn whose pronouns are [[ze/hir]]. Ze is played by nonbinary actor [[JayR Tinaco]].<ref name="LeightonDore">{{Cite web |title=Australian actor JayR Tinaco's role in 'Another Life' helped them come out as non-binary |last=Leighton-Dore |first=Samuel |work=Topics |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129090245/https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the drama ''David Makes Man'', the character Mx Elijah/Ms Elijah (played by nonbinary actor [[Travis Coles]]) is [[genderqueer]] and [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="OWN">{{Cite web |title=Meet Mx. Elijah {{!}} David Makes Man |author=OWN |work=YouTube |date=8 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203011445/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX0OwY5X4I&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=3 December 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>, and according to Coles, has no pronoun preference.<ref name="DavidMakesMan">{{Cite web |title='David Makes Man' star Travis Coles on Ms Elijah and representation of Black queer people |author=MEAWW |work=YouTube |date=10 August 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429085325/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItZzo2-0gA |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the BBC comedy miniseries ''Don't Forget the Driver'', the character Bradley/Brad is nonbinary, and played by nonbinary actor [[Jo Eaton-Kent]].<ref name="DFTD">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jo Eaton-Kent |author= |work=bbc.co.uk |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060620/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Amazon mini-series ''Good Omens'' features the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Pollution (who replaced Pestilence at some point in the past few centuries) is nonbinary, and is referred to as "sir" by another character and with they/them pronouns by the narrator. They are played by Lourdes Faberes.
*The second season of ''Good Trouble'' has a nonbinary character named Joey played by Daisy Eagan. Joey, who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, is dating the lesbian character Alice, and asks to be called "partner" instead of "girlfriend".<ref name="Gilchrist">{{Cite web |title='Good Trouble' Tackles Coming Out as Nonbinary — While Dating! |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=17 July 2019 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032904/https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/7/16/good-trouble-tackles-coming-out-nonbinary-while-dating |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The Netflix sci-fi series ''The Umbrella Academy'' features Klaus, who according to the actor is "not necessarily a man, he's kind of just this creature that's not bound by traditional societal norms like 'man', 'woman', 'masculinity', 'femininity'. He just sort of… is.” Klaus is played by a cis man and called "he" throughout.<ref>"[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Get Ready To Stan ''The'' ''Umbrella Academy's'' Robert Sheehan]", Rachel Paige, February 22 2019, ''Refinery29''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220812010252/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/225048/umbrella-academy-klaus-robert-sheehan-ex-girlfriend-dating-sexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2020====
* In the crime drama ''Big Sky'', Jerrie is a [[transfeminine]] nonbinary person played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse James Keitel]].<ref name="ReynoldsOct2020">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Actors and Creators Have Some Advice for Hollywood |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208140847/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Deputy Brianna Bishop in the Fox drama series ''Deputy'' is nonbinary canonically, thanks to a suggestion by the character's actor [[Bex Taylor-Klaus]] who is also nonbinary.<ref name="Bentley">{{Cite web |title=Bex Taylor-Klaus Hopes Their Nonbinary 'Deputy' Character Will Save Lives |last=Bentley |first=Jean |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=14 February 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032843/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bex-taylor-klaus-deputy-binary-reveal-1279351 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Lovecraft Country'', there is a [[Two-Spirit]] character named Yahima Maraokoti in the episode "A History of Violence". The character is played by a [[cisgender]] woman and is soon murdered by one of the main characters.<ref name="Yahima">{{Cite web |title=Lovecraft Country Creator Apologizes for “Failed” Attempt at Two-Spirit Representation |last=Sanders |first=Wren |work=them. |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324103008/https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Love in the Time of Corona'', [[Tommy Dorfman]] plays the nonbinary hairstylist Oscar.<ref name="Ramos-Corona">{{Cite web |title='Love In The Time Of Corona': Freeform Sets Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Tommy Dorfman, Rainey Qualley And 4 More For Limited Series Event |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=29 June 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222131158/https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The British comedy ''Maxxx'' has a nonbinary character named Roxx (played by Sonny Charlton), who uses [[they/them]] pronouns and is a romantic interest of Amit.<ref name="Maxxx">{{Cite web |title=Hulu's 'Maxxx' Features a Refreshing Nonbinary Romantic Interest |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |work=Pride.com |date=5 August 2020 |access-date=4 March 2021 |url= https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014080426/https://www.pride.com/tv/2020/8/05/hulus-maxxx-features-refreshing-nonbinary-romantic-interest |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The drama series ''P-Valley'' follows several people who work at a Mississippi strip club named "The Pynk". The club's owner is Uncle Clifford, a nonbinary [[genderfluid]] person who uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref name="P-Valley">{{Cite web |title=P-Valley's Nicco Annan on Black queerness, serving looks, and why 'femininity is total strength' |author=Opie, David |work=Digital Spy |date=7 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |quote=And Uncle Clifford is a beautiful, black, non-binary queer who identifies with the pronoun 'she'. She's very gender fluid.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111043521/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33132271/p-valley-nicco-annan-uncle-clifford-katori-hall-interview/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Uncle Clifford is played by Nicco Annan, an out gay man.<ref name="esse_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet Nicco Annan: 'P-Valley's' Uncle Clifford Who's Giving Us Life |last=Penrice |first=Ronda Racha |work=Essence |date=27 July 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |quote='As a Black man and as a Black gay man, it's very seldom that I get the opportunity to tell such a rich, lush story that really means something and that I really feel speaks to my community and can uplift us," he says of ''P-Valley''. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126225325/https://www.essence.com/entertainment/meet-nicco-annan-p-valleys-uncle-clifford-whos-giving-us-life/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the Hulu comedy series ''Shrill'', the character Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Em is played by [[E.R. Fightmaster]] who is also nonbinary and uses they/them as well.<ref name="Bradley-Shrill">{{Cite web |title='Shrill' Ends on Its Best Season Yet Thanks to a Heart-Bursting Queer Romance |author=Bradley, Laura |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816041546/https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The third season of ''Star Trek: Discovery'' introduces a nonbinary character named Adira Tal, played by nonbinary actor [[Blu del Barrio]].<ref name="STDiscovery">{{Cite web |title='Star Trek: Discovery' Introduces First-Ever Non-Binary And Trans Characters With Blu Del Barrio And Ian Alexander |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=2 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520000721/https://deadline.com/2020/09/star-trek-discovery-non-binary-transgender-characters-blu-del-barrio-ian-alexander-lgbtq-diversity-inclusion-representation-1234568890/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Adira uses they/them pronouns.
* A nonbinary character named Alex plays a minor role in the drama series ''This Is Us''. Alex is played by nonbinary lesbian [[Presley Alexander]], and is the love interest of main character Tess. Alex first appears in the season five episode "Changes".
* The Brazilian drama series ''Todxs Nosotrxs'' (also known as ''Todxs Nós'' or ''He, She, They.'') stars Rafa, an 18-year-old pansexual and nonbinary person who decides to leave their unaccepting family and go live with their cousin. Rafa is played by Clara Gallo.<ref>https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388#about [https://web.archive.org/web/20210508044645/https://www.hbolapress.com/programming/search/388 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221228000909/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212828/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Canhisares">{{Cite web |title=Todxs Nós discute gênero com humor, mas nem só de "militância" vive a série |trans-title= |last=Canhisares |first=Mariana |work=Omelete |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=22 August 2020 |url= https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819000202/https://www.omelete.com.br/series-tv/todxs-nos-primeiras-impressoes |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'', main character Mo (played by Alex Newell) is [[genderfluid]].<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230320165052/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mo-3/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* Season 2, episode 5 of ''Batwoman'' introduced the nonbinary character Evan Blake, who is a friend of protagonist Kate Kane. Evan is played by Lincoln Clauss.<ref name="Batwoman>{{Cite web |title=Batwoman Writer Explains the Importance of the Show's New Nonbinary Character |last=Erao |first=Math |work=CBR |date= |access-date=27 February 2021 |url= https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233539/https://www.cbr.com/batwoman-nonbinary-evan-blake-writer-coments/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the live-action remake of ''Cowboy Bebop'', Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, nicknamed Gren, is nonbinary and played by nonbinary actor [[Mason Alexander Park]].<ref name="RomanoCB">{{Cite web |title=Cowboy Bebop live-action series officially makes anime character Gren nonbinary |trans-title= |last=Romano |first=Nick |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=19 November 2020 |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park/ |language=EN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032839/https://ew.com/tv/cowboy-bebop-gren-nonbinary-mason-alexander-park |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Some fans complained that making Gren nonbinary was insensitive, as the character originally was a man who developed breasts due to experimental drugs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The amazing intersex hero from “Cowboy Bebop” gets wronged in Netflix's version |work=LGBTQ Nation |date=26 November 2021 |access-date=6 December 2021 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202163817/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/queerest-cowboy-bebop-character-gets-wronged-netflixs-version/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Mae Martin]]'s character in ''Feel Good'' comes out as nonbinary in the season finale.<ref name="Dry-FeelGood">{{Cite web |title='Feel Good' Review: Mae Martin's Devastating Queer Comedy Levels Up in Season 2 |last=Dry |first=Jude |work=IndieWire |date=4 June 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705012944/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Kids' show ''Fruit Salad TV'' includes the nonbinary characters Shirley Shawn, Officer Beaples, and Bok.<ref name="Spadafore">{{Cite web |title=Conservatives Outraged After The Wiggles' New Kids' TV Show Introduces Non-Binary Unicorn |last=Spadafore |first=Sam |work=Comic Sands |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129221149/https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Nonbinary physician Dr. Kai Bartley (played by nonbinary actor [[E.R. Fightmaster]]) is a recurring character in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Dr. Bartley first appeared in the episode "Hotter Than Hell" (season 18, episode 3).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet 'Grey's Anatomy's First-Ever Nonbinary Doctor |last=Rude |first=Mey |work=out.com |date=28 October 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021 |url= https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127183152/https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The Peacock comedy series ''Rutherford Falls'' (2021) features a nonbinary character named Bobbie, played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse Leigh]]. The character was originally written as a gay man, but after Leigh auditioned in "glam-core" 1970s fashion, the show staff decided to make Bobbie nonbinary.<ref name="RutherfordFalls">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Leigh Is the Witchy, Nonbinary Bestie We All Need in Our Lives |last=Rudolph |first=Christopher |work=NewNowNext |date=22 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |quote=Bobbie was originally, I think, gay and male-presenting. So I went to the audition and I thought, I'm going to just make the character my own. And I did — I remember I wore bellbottoms, really cute, all '70s. I did a really cute winged liner and I was just myself; that's what I just wear on an everyday basis. So I show up in a little bit of glam-core, and they loved the character so much that they eventually ended up making Bobbie nonbinary. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122235536/http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In season three of the Netflix series ''Sex Education'', there is a nonbinary student named Cal Bowman. Cal is played by nonbinary actor [[Dua Saleh]].<ref name="López">{{Cite web |title='Sex Education' is adding a non-binary character to its cast for season 3 |last=López |first=Canela |work=Insider |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://www.insider.com/netflixs-sex-education-adds-black-non-binary-character-to-cast-2020-9}}</ref>
* BBC America's ''The Watch'' features Cheery Littlebottom, who is referred to by they/them and she/her pronouns and is played by [[Jo Eaton-Kent]] (who is trans and uses those same pronouns).
* In the HBO Max miniseries ''And Just Like That'' (a revival/reboot of the series ''Sex and the City''), nonbinary actor/comedian [[Sara Ramirez]] plays the nonbinary character Che Diaz.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicole Ari Parker completes the foursome in new photos from 'Sex and the City' revival set |last=Towers |first=Andrea |work=EW.com |date=17 August 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602201034/https://ew.com/tv/nicole-ari-parker-sex-and-the-city-revival-photos/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Ramirez Teases Her "Dynamic" Role in the Sex and the City Reboot |last=Taylor |first=Elizabeth |work=E! Online |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021 |url= https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210185550/https://www.eonline.com/news/1308093/sara-ramirez-teases-her-dynamic-role-in-the-sex-and-the-city-reboot |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==== 2022 ====

* ''Our Flag Means Death'' features a genderly-interesting pirate named Jim Jiminez who goes by he/him and they/them pronouns. Jim is played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].

===Webseries ===

*In ''Carmilla'', the character Lafontaine is nonbinary and goes by they/them/their pronouns. They have been confirmed as nonbinary by the show's creators, and have hinted at it through the series though it has never been a major plot point. They are played by nonbinary actor [[Kaitlyn Alexander]].
*''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdi8HPMwFpYIf3qQlv7A0fg?&ab_channel=Couple-ish Couple-ish]'', a light-hearted rom-com webseries, features a nonbinary main character (Dee). Dee goes by they/them/their pronouns, and explicitly describes themselves as nonbinary in one episode.
*The short webseries ''These Thems'' features a [[genderqueer]] character named Vero, played by nonbinary actor [[Vico Ortiz]].<ref name="TheseThems">{{Cite web |title='These Thems' Is the Must-See Comedy That Centers Nonbinary People |last=Gilchrist |first=Tracy E. |work=The Advocate |date=26 February 2020 |access-date=13 May 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601051746/https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/2/26/these-thems-must-see-comedy-centers-nonbinary-people |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX1W43ZgDnWErDCU_6ejOBLln1NozzBj7 Dinette]'' is a remake of the 1982 movie ''Diner'', but with a non-male cast instead of the original's all-male cast. The character Jaq is nonbinary and is played by nonbinary writer [[Jude Dry]].<ref name="Mosthof">{{Cite web |title='Dinette' Gives Queer Women and Nonbinary Characters a Place to Go |last=Mosthof |first=Mariella |work=INTO |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=1 June 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208052635/https://www.intomore.com/culture/dinette-gives-queer-women-and-nonbinary-characters-a-place-to-go/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''School Spirit: An Unlikely Webseries'', the character Charley Condomine is [[demigender]].<ref name="lezw_Char">{{Cite web |title=Charley Condomine |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=16 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419211457/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charley-condomine/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* ''I Hear You'' is a Canadian medical drama following the life of Dr. Alyssa Hartt, a family medicine practitioner. Her patients include nonbinary people.<ref>http://www.ihearyouseries.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230224092010/http://ihearyouseries.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''The Adventures of Jamie Watson (and Sherlock Holmes)'', Sherlock Holmes is [[demigender]] and aroace.<ref>https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230131224016/https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The "Brave House" arc of the webseries ''The Feels'' focuses on the polyamorous throuple of [[genderqueer]] S (played by [[Sara Ramirez]]), [[transfeminine]] Nina ([[Ianne Fields Stewart]]), and [[transmasculine]] Lenny ([[Shantira Jackson]]).<ref name="BraveHouse">{{Cite web |title=Why We Should All Live in The Feels’ Brave House |author=Shayna Maci Warner |work=Bisexual Resource Center |date=15 August 2019 |access-date=20 October 2020 |url= https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602092014/https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The protagonist of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201023062615/https://www.transmonogamist.com/ Trans Monogamist]'' is a nonbinary dating columnist.
* In the Canadian webseries ''Babes'', one of the protagonists is AJ, a nonbinary man, played by nonbinary man [[T. Thomason]].<ref name="Ratchford">{{Cite web |title=Getting To Know The Creator Of ‘Babes,’ The Web’s Cutest Queer Series |last=Ratchford, Sarah |work=Medium |date=6 January 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url=https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720055243/https://medium.com/the-establishment/getting-to-know-the-creator-of-babes-the-cutest-queer-series-on-the-web-ab4e0325e5f0 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="JMarie">{{Cite web |title=Watch ‘Babes’, A Web Series About a Queer Playboy |author=J Marie |work=KitschMix |date=10 May 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url= https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209145206/https://kitschmix.com/watch-babes-web-series-queer-playboy/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Damaged Goods'' is a webseries "centered around four messy creatives of color attempting to survive in the city of Chicago."<ref name="dama_Abou">{{Cite web |title=About — Damaged Goods |author= |work=Damaged Goods |date= |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110133443/https://damagedgoodswebseries.com/about|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> One of the characters is Caleb, described by the creators of the series as [[genderqueer]]<ref name="dama_Abou" /> and a [[gay man]].<ref name="Wittich">{{Cite web |title=New Web Series Finds Beauty in Being Queer and Messy |author=Wittich, Jake |work=PAPER |date=25 March 2019 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19#rebelltitem19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807230447/https://www.papermag.com/damaged-goods-vam-studios-2632757932.html?rebelltitem=19 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Caleb is played by gay model Chufue Yang.<ref name="Cadogan">{{Cite web |title=Meet the model claiming his agency dropped him for being gay and Asian |last=Cadogan |first=Dominic |work=Dazed |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=10 November 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327070551/https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/41073/1/ford-model-agency-chufue-yang-dropped-him-for-being-gay-asian-chicago |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*''Critical Role'' is a webseries "where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons." [https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Mollymauk_Tealeaf Mollymauk Tealeaf] was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043552/ Taliesin Jaffe], described by the DM [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2233310/ Matthew Mercer] as genderfluid and bisexual. Molly used he/him pronouns. A number of side characters in the show also use they/them pronouns.
*''The Oxventure'' is another webseries of people playing Dungeons & Dragons. In the "Faire Trial" campaign, a human paladin NPC named Max Williams plays a small role. Max uses [[they/them]] pronouns.

===Video games===

''See also [[Video games with nonbinary player character options]].''

*In ''Transistor'', the [[gender marker]] for Bailey Gilande in her character file is 'X', commonly used by, or in regards to, nonbinary people.
*In C''ult of the Lamb,'' the titular lamb is identified as genderless.
*In the MMORPG ''Runescape'', there is an NPC who can change the player character's avatar from male to female or female to male, as well as change the player's skin color. The NPC also switches their own avatar's "sex" at 10-second intervals. They are officially called "The Makeover Mage", but in a 2006 letter they wrote "My name is Pete, or Peta, depending on my mood", implying they may be [[genderfluid]], [[bigender]], or some other type of nonbinary.<ref>https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage [https://web.archive.org/web/20230317043935/https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Astoria: Fate's Kiss'', the romanceable character Alex Cyprin is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>[https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Pride Month Specials], 21 June 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102175329/https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/162091662113/pride-month-specials-weve-prepared-a-very-special Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In ''The Oregon Trail 4th Edition'', the character Hattie Caulfield identifies as neither a man nor a woman.{{citation needed}}
[[File:Earl Grey gender free pronouns.png|thumb|right|A screenshot of ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'' with the "gender liberated" option selected, so the game uses [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns.]]
*In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". Choosing gender free results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. The player can also choose to "make everyone else gender liberated too", resulting in the protagonist saying things like "Everybody knew about me, the eldest child of the late Gentleperson and Gentleperson Fairfax".
*In the sci-fi visual novel ''Incompatible Species'', Chris is nonbinary and uses [[she/her]] pronouns, while Pi-zan uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n [https://web.archive.org/web/20221103230458/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poxni/incompatible-species-a-hopeful-futuristic-visual-n Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the visual novel ''Butterfly Soup'', Min-seo is nonbinary.<ref>https://vndb.org/c67408 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819114731/https://vndb.org/c67408 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Genderwrecked'' is a post-apocalyptic horror/gore visual novel about trying to find the meaning of gender. The player can select their pronouns from she/her, they/them, he/him, xe/xir, ze/zir, it/it, or custom pronouns.<ref name="genderwrecked">{{Cite web |title=GENDERWRECKED |author=ryan rose aceae |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305002650/https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Bloodhound in ''Apex Legends'' is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Clark|first=Allegra|user=SimplyAllegra |number=1093207979430576128 |title=*Their* voice (Bloodhound is non-binary, uses they/them pronouns), but thank you! I'm so happy that people have enjoyed the performance—Bloodhound means so much to me 😊😊😊😊|date=6 February 2019}}</ref>
* Ash in ''Wandersong'' uses they/them pronouns and has been confirmed as nonbinary by creator Greg Lobanov.<ref name="pink_9kic">{{Cite web |title=9 kick-ass video game characters you probably never knew were non-binary |last=Johnson |first=Shakeena |work=PinkNews |date=17 February 2021 |access-date=20 February 2021 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116125637/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/17/non-binary-video-game-characters-bloodhound-apex-legends-lgbt-gaming-fl4k-borderlands-3/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the browser-based RPG ''4thewords'', several NPCs are implied to be nonbinary by way of their pronouns: [[singular they|Singular "they"]] is used for Ordco, Edrie, and Yuri, and [[English_neutral_pronouns#Xe|"xe"]] is used for Liq of Light.
*In the ''Dominique Pamplemousse'' series of point-and-click adventure games, the protagonist Dominique Pamplemousse is genderqueer. There are many instances in-game of other characters trying to figure out Dominique's gender.<ref name="squi_Domi">{{Cite web |title=Dominique Pamplemousse and Dominique Pamplemousse in "Combinatorial Explosion!" by Squinky |author= |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |quote=our favourite genderqueer private detective discovers that, through the power of multiple endings from the previous game, they have been cloned! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604111141/https://squinky.itch.io/dompam2 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Chambers-Pamplemousse">{{Cite web |title=Indie Game Dominique Pamplemousse Review |author=Chambers, Becky |work=The Mary Sue |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=27 July 2021 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810091542/https://www.themarysue.com/dominique-pamplemousse/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the interactive novel ''Moonrise'', Rosario de la Cruz is a nonbinary pansexual who uses [[they/them]] pronouns, and Sati is a nonbinary bisexual who uses xe/xer/xem pronouns.<ref name="COG-representme">{{Cite web |title=Choice of Games (developer) |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=8 September 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063327/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet'', in the ending where Syrup befriends the cat Toffee, they ask Syrup to guess if they're a boy or a girl, then reveal that the correct answer is "neither".
* The ''Lonely Wolf Treat'' series features a variety of nonbinary characters.
** The fox Chai, as well as one of the unnamed cats in the third chapter, are nonbinary and use "they" pronouns.
** The wolf Trick is agender, uses "they" pronouns, and is uncomfortable with being called a "guy".
** An unnamed cat child claims "I am NOT a girl! I am a cat". Trick responds to this with "I'm like that too".
** The rabbit Dango at one point feels uncomfortable bathing with other male rabbits, which leads to them expressing doubts about their own gender and starting to experiment with "they" pronouns.
====1996====
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams]'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref name="Taylor2007">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS |last=Taylor |first=Mike |work=Nintendo Life |date=5 December 2007 |access-date=23 September 2020 |url= https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606075440/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

====2015====
[[File: ROM pronouns 1.png|thumb|A screenshot of pronoun selection in ''Read Only Memories''. Selecting 'more options' allows you to choose from 'ze/zir/, 'xe/xir', or your own custom pronouns.]]
*In ''Crypt of the Necrodancer,'' the game's artist Ted Martens stated that the unlockable character Bolt "is [[genderqueer]] and doesn't identify fully as either female or male."<ref>{{cite tweet| user=ted_martens |number=573223156724285440 |date=4 March 2015 |title=@JimDrizzle @fenekosan Bolt is genderqueer and doesn't identify fully as either female or male.}}</ref>
* Ashly Burch, the voice actress for Chloe Price in the adventure game ''Life is Strange'', said in a 2015 interview that "I think Chloe is sexually fluid. I don't think she really likes to label herself in any particular way— same with her gender."<ref name="Sloane2015">{{Cite web |title=Hella Talk: An Interview With Ashly Burch on Chloe Price, Queerness, & ‘Life Is Strange’ |author=Sloane |work=FemHype |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129024608/https://femhype.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/hella-talk-an-interview-with-ashly-burch-on-chloe-price-queerness-life-is-strange/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Read Only Memories'' the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is [[gender fluid]]"<ref>{{cite web|first=Jesse|last=Tannous|title=Read Only Memories Director discusses LGBTQ themes in gaming.|date=June 20, 2015|work=The Examiner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215026/http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming|archive-date=October 23, 2015|url=http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming}}</ref>.The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.

====2017====
*In the visual novel ''A Foretold Affair'', one of the three people you can romance is [[agender]].<ref name="repr_AFor">{{Cite web |title=A Foretold Affair |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601014416/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2018====
* In the visual novel ''//TODO: today'', the protagonist and the main characters Joyce and Phoenix can be [[male]], [[female]], or [[nonbinary]], depending on player's choices.<ref>[https://vndb.org/v21649/chars#chars VNDB {{!}} //TODO: today characters] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819120206/https://vndb.org/v21649/chars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''When The Night Comes'', the romanceable character August is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524101833/https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the RPG ''Deltarune'', the main character Kris is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
* In the strategy/simulation game ''Your Royal Gayness'', the royal spymaster, Seraph, says "Just 'spymaster' will do, thank you. Or Seraph. I don't care for [[honorifics|all that 'sir' and 'lady' stuff.]]" This dialogue pretty explicitly shows that Seraph doesn't identify with the male nor female gender. Additionally, the "Library" section of the game refers to Seraph with [[they/them]] pronouns, and implies that Seraph is not their "[[Names|real name]]".<ref>Lizard Hazard Games. ''Your Royal Gayness''. 2018.</ref>

====2019====
*One of the player characters in the 2019 game ''Borderlands 3'', FL4K, is an emergent AI who uses they/them pronouns and wears a pin with the nonbinary flag.
*In the fantasy-mystery visual novel ''Catacomb Prince'', one of the romantic options is the nonbinary person Ravi Patel.<ref>https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince [https://web.archive.org/web/20221206035333/https://skeleteam.itch.io/catacombprince Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the interactive novel ''Drag Star!'', you meet multiple characters in the story who describe themselves as nonbinary. Additionally, your character can be nonbinary if you choose so.

====2020====
*In the simulation game ''BitLife'', since the June 2020 Pride Update, it is possible for characters to [[come out]] to you as nonbinary<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CEwrBGRhFCw/</ref> and in the "Gay Dating App" portion you can select a partner preference from a dropdown list of "Male", "Female", "Genderqueer", "Non-Binary", "Transgender Female", and "Transgender Male".<ref>https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_app [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324044621/https://bitlife-life-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Dating_App Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The player themself can also select whether their character is [[cisgender]], genderqueer, nonbinary, transgender female, and transgender male (after the character reaches age 5). Being non-cis may cause the character to experience [[gender dysphoria]] in-game, lowering their Happiness level.<ref name="leve_BitL">{{Cite web |title=BitLife Pride Update Guide: Everything You Need to Know About BitLife Version 1.38, aka the Pride Update |author=Tim |work=Level Winner |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150757/https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In ''Hades'', the NPC Primordial Chaos is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.<ref name="pink_9kic" />
* In RPG indie game ''Ikenfell'', half of the main characters within the game are explicitly queer. One character uses ze/zir pronouns.
* In ''Star Wars: Squadrons'', the pilot Keo Venzee is referred to with [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee [https://web.archive.org/web/20230709023421/https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Keo_Venzee Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest'', the character Kim is nonbinary and referred to using they/them pronouns. Their in-game character description begins by referring to them as "A nonbinary activist from Berlin".
* In the creature-collecting game ''Temtem'', there are several nonbinary NPCS, and they will often scold the player character if the player uses dialogue options that misgender the NPC. It is also possible to play your own character as nonbinary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ and non-binary identity representation and integration in Temtem — Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |author=Warren, Jack |work=Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=10 January 2023 |url= https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150814/https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the adventure game ''Bugsnax'', scientist Floofty Fizzlebean is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns ([[Gender neutral language in Polish|onu/jenu]] in the Polish translation<ref>{{cite tweet|user=neutratywy|number=1329918251560787968|title=ekipa http://zaimki.pl miała zaszczyt i przyjemność pomóc w tłumaczeniu gry Bugsnax @YoungHorses na język polski[.] występującu tam naukowcu, Floofty, jest niebinarnu i używa dukazimów (http://zaimki.pl/onu)|date=20 November 2020}}</ref>). They are voiced by nonbinary actor [[Casey Mongillo]].<ref name="dist_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Voice Acting Cast Behind 'Bugsnax' |author=Belcher, Sara |work=Distractify |date= |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606071243/https://www.distractify.com/p/bugsnax-cast |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the sci-fi indie game ''Ace In Space'', you play as Adrian Clarke, who is nonbinary and asexual.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230421042458/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220710/Ace_In_Space/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====2021====
* In the farming RPG ''Pumpkin Days'' (previously known as ''Pumpkin Online''), the official website uses [[singular they]] for several characters:<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Characters|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006003539/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/pumpkin-days-screenshots|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
** Toni: "Toni is a chill person who likes to hang out at the island. They absolutely love anything to do with ducks."
** Lan: "They are very knowledgeable in medicine but have a hard time understanding social cues and reading people's mood."
** Charu Mishra: "they're ''(sic)'' passion is dancing and learning all the latest hip choreographed moves from popular Jpop music videos."
** Hikaru Komuro: "Hikaru is so good at what they do that Diamond Falls has more products for sale at the Saturday market compared to other towns."
** Harsha Puri: "Harsha is very friendly and tries to be helpful when they can. They tend to stutter and apologize constantly and unnecessarily, worrying if they have caused any inconveniences or said something wrong."
** Additionally, the player character creator has no gender selection nor any gender-locked clothes. The official website says that "specifying a gender does not play a role in Pumpkin Days. Simply use our body sliders in character customization to add feminine and/or as masculine features as you want. Any clothes you buy will fit the body you choose."<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Unique Features|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the first-person shooter ''Battlefield 2042'', a Specialist named Emma "Sundance" Rosier is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DrLupo stands up for nonbinary people during Battlefield 2042 stream |last=Lopez |first=Jalen |work=Dot Esports |date=12 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |url= https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517013043/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/drlupo-stands-up-for-nonbinary-people-during-battlefield-2042-stream |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''Purrgatory'' there are multiple instances of [[non-binary]] characters.
** The player has the options for pronouns as follows: [[they/them]], [[she/her]], [[he/him]], and custom.
** Two gravestone markers have possible non-binary characters, one says "they were a good parent but a bad tightrope walker" and the other "ze died like ze lived: fighting crocodiles."
** One of the main characters' partner, Dani, is non-binary using they/them pronouns.<ref>https://purrgatory.fandom.com/wiki/Sean</ref>

====2022====
*In the narrative bullet hell ''non-binary'', you play the story of two different enby characters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=non-binary - owof |access-date=4 November 2023 |url= https://www.owof.games/game/non-binary-3/}}</ref>
*In ''ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area'', a visual novel, the character Emhari Abdi is a bigender lesbian. Emhari uses both "he/him" and "she/her" pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|date=18 July 2020| user=ValiDateGame| number=1284540692962967553|title=Our first mini interview is with Nasr (@trashyvoid ), the artist of Emhari!}}</ref> The character Rocky Harrison is a nonbinary person using he/him pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1547621316554924032 |date=14 Jul 2022|title=yes rocky is a he/him nonbinary, they exist}}</ref> Some other characters use pronouns that imply they could be nonbinary too: Inaya Saifi uses she/they, and Anoki Wanderbull uses she/he/them.<ref>[https://validategame.com/#cast ValiDate: Meet The Cast!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517064141/https://validategame.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Emhari, Inaya, and Anoki were confirmed to be trans by the developers' Twitter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ValiDateGame |number=1541102407748395010 |title=Are there any other trans characters besides Arihi and Catherine? — emhari, inaya and anoki and some others are Pending |date=26 June 2022}}</ref>
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====2023====
* In the dating sim ''Repurpose'', Noel Azulite is [[genderfluid]] and [[asexual]], DJ Roadkill is nonbinary and [[pansexual]], Cheri is [[bigender]] and [[omnisexual]], and Fayebael Noct is [[agender]] and "if we must assign a label, pansexual". Additionally, the player can choose their own pronouns from "he", "she", or "they".<ref name="Repurpose">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose (Demo) by Eros |author= |work=itch.io |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063331/https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="kick_Repu">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose |author=Resident Rabbit |work=Kickstarter |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
'''2024'''

* In ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', Acht (also known as their stage name Dedf1sh) is an Octoling DJ who makes their physical debut in the DLC, and has their pronouns confirmed to be [[they/them]]. Previously, the pronouns used for them in English promotional material for ''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'' were she/her, where they in-universe created the music for the Stations, but they are not mentioned in game. The [https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Inkipedia:Twitter_archive/2023/September#1705206569498017804 promotional] and in-game material for ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'' uses exclusively they/them. Marina, who has known Acht since their schooldays, refers to them as they/them automatically, implying that their previous pronouns were retconned. In the Japanese version of ''Splatoon 3: Side Order'', they use the personal pronoun ボク, which is generally considered a masculine pronoun.

====2025====
*The dating sim ''The Office Type'' has equal numbers of male, female, and nonbinary characters for the player to romance. Every character's bio, even the cis ones, lists their pronouns. The nonbinary characters listed so far are Syl ([[demiboy]]), Benny ([[agender]]), Cal ([[demigirl]]), Toni ([[aporagender]]), Ty ([[anogender]]), Addie ([[egogender]]), Bee ([[genderfluid]]), and Mx. Hura Stapleton ([[bigender]]). There are also binary trans women and binary trans men among the cast.<ref>[https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Heavy Thought Studios - Projects] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212505/https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

====Unreleased (currently in development)====
* In the furry drama video game ''Goodbye Volcano High'' (to be released 2023), the protagonist Fang uses [[they/them]] pronouns and is voiced by nonbinary actor [[Lachlan Watson]].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Goodbye_Volcano_High/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226074304/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/Goodbye_Volcano_High/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Fictional sexes==

Some characters have a nonbinary gender identity only because they have a fictional kind of a physical sex. Their sex is different than female, male, or any kind of real-life intersex condition. For example, a robot that never had a physical sex, and might be correspondingly genderless. Or characters who have the fictional ability to change their sex at will, and might be said to have a corresponding [[genderfluid]] identity. Or an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. The fictional sexes are used as ''justification'' for these characters having nonbinary gender identities. No real nonbinary people have these sexes, and can't use that justification. As such, these kinds of characters don't really count as nonbinary representation.

=== Animation ===
*''Simoun'' takes place in a world that recognizes three genders: male, female, and a feminine "maiden" gender which everyone is assigned at birth. When people in this world come of age, they're required to give up the "maiden" gender and commit to male or female--those who do not choose have it chosen for them. Several of the main characters, including the two leads, decide that they do not want to be men or women, but rather keep their "maiden" gender, which goes against the rules of society. Despite the maiden gender being feminine, the fact that choosing to keep it is regarded as significantly different from choosing to become a woman shows that it is a third gender role and not the same as womanhood.
*''Steven Universe'' is about an alien kind called Gems, who all look similar to human women, except for the half-human Gem named Steven. The show creator, [[Rebecca Sugar]], says the Gems aren't female: "Steven is the first and only male Gem, because he is half human! Technically, there are no female Gems! There are only Gems!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p [https://web.archive.org/web/20220702054909/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8e1p/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The Gems are called by [[Pronouns#She|she]] pronouns just because it's easy: Sugar said, "There's a 50 50 chance to use some pronoun on Earth, so why not feminine ones-- it's as convenient as it is arbitrary!"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032904/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e4gmx/i_am_rebecca_sugar_creator_of_steven_universe_and/cjw8ztw/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In a later interview, Rebecca stated outright that "the Gems are all nonbinary women. [...] They wouldn't think of themselves as women, but they're fine with being interpreted that way amongst humans." (She also identified herself as a nonbinary woman in this same interview.)<ref name="TheMind">{{Cite web |title=The Mind Behind America's Most Empathetic Cartoon |work=NPR.org |date=14 July 2018 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231100935/https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628885509/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Furthermore, Gems can temporarily fuse together to become a combined being. In episode "Alone Together", the aforementioned Steven manages to pull off this skill with human girl Connie, resulting in a fusion named "Stevonnie." When asked about Stevonnie's gender, Rebecca Sugar replied that "Stevonnie is an experience! The living relationship between Steven and Connie," describing them as a "metaphor that is so complex and so specific but also really, really relatable, in the form of a character."<ref>http://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507191537/https://io9.com/steven-universe-guidebook-spills-the-secrets-of-the-cry-1704470546 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> [http://steven-universe.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Burnett Matt Burnett] confirmed on Twitter that Stevonnie uses they/them pronouns,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413004824/https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408|archive-date=13 April 2016|title=@Tumble234 Stevonnie uses them/they.|date=13 July 2015|url=https://twitter.com/mcburnett/status/620637717731217408}}</ref> which do get used for Stevonnie in later episodes. Later, in a 2019 public service announcement about self-esteem and social media, which is also part of the canon, Stevonnie is briefly seen scrolling past their Instagram profile, in which they have described themself with the words "nonbinary" and "intersex."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|last=Ermac|first=Raffy|title=Cartoon Network Confirmed This ''Steven Universe'' Character Is Intersex|date=June 26, 2019|website=Pride.com|accessdate=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404161229/https://www.pride.com/geek/2019/6/26/cartoon-network-confirmed-steven-universe-character-intersex|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> These are both real human identities and conditions, even though Stevonnie's origins are only possible in fiction.
*Izana Shinatose in ''Knights of Sidonia'' is neither female nor male, but has the ability to eventually choose a sex if they fall in love. Izana's uniform is different from that of her classmates, reflecting their lack of gender (while females have skirts and males wear pants, Izana wears shorts). This gender is given the name of "middlesex" in the second season. Izana's body does eventually become female after falling in love with Nagate, against their conscious wishes and to their dismay.
*The Sailor Starlights in the ''Sailor Moon'' anime are male in their human form, but they can change to female when transformed into Sailor Senshi.
*The animated webseries ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24C8378F296DB656 Battle For Dream Island]'' features characters based on numbers, variables, and mathematical symbols (commonly called Algebralians) which are heavily implied to be a genderless race. When the topic of gender comes up, the character Four simply responds, "we don't have that where I'm from."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIZyD5-5gE BFB 10: Enter the Exit]</ref> The Algebralians Four and X are referred to with he/him and they/them pronouns, and Two, another major Algebralian, is referred to with they/them.

=== Audio ===

*In the ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' audio dramas by Big Finish, the character of Zagreus is an alien entity who inhabits various minds and bodies. Zagreus is played by one male actor and one female actress, and changes pronouns depending on each stolen body.

=== Board and card games ===

* The aetherborn race from Magic the Gathering's Kaladesh setting are sexless and typically [[agender]].<ref>James Wyatt, [https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Plane-Shift Kaladesh], pg. 16 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230608112733/https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/Plane-Shift_Kaladesh.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Agender aetherborn use they/them pronouns, including a secondary character for the Kaladesh arc, Yahenni.<ref>Alison Luhrs, [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/born-aether-2016-09-21 Born of Aether]</ref>

=== Books and other literature ===

*The Children of the Triad fantasy novel series by Laurie Marks includes a genderless species. The books are ''Delan the Mislaid'' (1989), ''The Moonbane Mage'' (1990), and ''Ara's Field'' (1991). The title character and protagonist of the first book is a member of that species.<ref>''All our worlds: Diverse fantastic fiction.'' http://doublediamond.net/aow [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202733/http://doublediamond.net/aow/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*Sayuri Ueda's science fiction novel ''The Cage of Zeus'' (2011) is about genetically engineered characters with a fictional sex and nonbinary gender.<ref>Sayuri Ueda, ''The Cage of Zeus.'' 2011.</ref>
*''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466375.Commitment_Hour Commitment Hour]'' by James Alan Gardner features a culture who switch between male and female sexes once a year until their 21st birthday, when they are asked to choose whether they want to stay forever as male, female, or both.
*The ''Culture'' series by Iain M. Bank is centred around a postgender civilisation.
**As described in ''Excession'', the humans are able to change sex by just thinking it, and nanomachines alter their anatomy accordingly over a period of a few days. It is described as common for couples to take turns bearing children.
*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082646/http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)].
*M.C.A. Hogarth's science-fiction series about the Jokka, an alien species that can randomly change sex twice at puberty, with three sexes, and three corresponding rigid gender roles: female, male, and neuter. These stories focus on individuals who don't conform to those prescribed gender roles, and some could be considered transgender. However, the author often publicly voices her opposition to transgender rights in real life, saying she "Will never stop fighting this trans thing. Never.";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 5, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220820220131/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1511294884514308097</ref> agreeing with anti-transgender author Abigail Shrier's opposition of the informed consent model of pediatric transgender health care;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. October 25, 2021. Tweet. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20211026003911/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1452699729519947791</ref> saying she liked Debrah Soh's anti-transgender book;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 11, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220511185719/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1524463492266352643</ref> siding with a student who expressed anti-transgender views, in reply to an anti-transgender Twitter account;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. May 17, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220517095601/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1526501664747933696</ref> being a fan of an anti-trans podcaster;<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. July 15, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220715124900/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1547926016521162752</ref> asserting the anti-transgender claim that "cisgender is a slur";<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. April 29, 2022. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220821051705/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1520102220510937088</ref> and saying that transgender people should never transition, and should instead content themselves with "the flesh God gave" them.<ref>M.C.A. Hogarth. Tweet. August 23, 2021. https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220818215810/https://twitter.com/mcahogarth/status/1429783919889637376</ref> This is an example of how authors who write representation of gender-variant characters can't be assumed to support the human rights of gender-variant people in real life and may even actively oppose it.
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by Ursula K. Le Guin is a classic science fiction novel published in 1976 featuring a race of people whose sexes become male or female only briefly for reproduction, and whose genders can be a variety of masculine, feminine, both or neither.
*CJ Carter's science fiction novel, ''Que Será Serees'' (2011) is about a species of people with a single gender.<ref>CJ Carter, "Genderless singular pronouns." http://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221212103224/https://tib.cjcs.com/genderless-pronouns-ey-em-and-eir-2 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Que Será Serees". ''CJ's Creative Studio''. http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20201031105743/http://cjcs.com/writing/fiction/que-sera-serees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*"In David Lindsay's ''Voyage to Arcturus'' (1920) a man from earth meets people on another planet who are neither man nor woman so he invents a new pronoun ''ae'' to refer to them."<ref>Suzanne Romaine, ''Communicating Gender.'' p. 343.</ref>
*Bard Bloom's World Tree is a setting with no human species, and many of the intelligent species in that setting have fictional sexes, such as co-lover, both-female, and so on. This includes the protagonist of a book in that setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/Sythyrys-Journal-Chronicle-Transaffection-Adventure/dp/1451562934 Sythyry's Journal]'', which was first serialized as a blog starting in 2002. Sythyry is a member of a dragon-like species who are all "hermaphrodites" (and not analogous to real-life intersex conditions), and don't identify as female or male. In World Tree society, species is more important than gender, so same-gender relationships are seen as unremarkable, but cross-species relationships are seen as queer, which is a significant plot element in that book. The setting also has a role-playing game handbook, ''World Tree: A role playing game of species and civilization'' (2001). A romance novel in the setting, ''[http://www.amazon.com/MARRIAGE-OF-INSECTS-novel-World/dp/1890096369 A Marriage of Insects],'' deals with the relationships of a group of Herethroy, an insect-like species that has three (arguably four) sexes: male, female, co-lover (a sex necessary for males and females of that species to reproduce), and both-female (a socially unaccepted variant sex, indeterminate between female and co-lover).
*In ''Static'', a romance novel by L. A. Witt, there have always been a marginalized minority of humans capable of changing sex instantly and at will, known as "shifters." Shifters are usually, though not always, genderfluid, having different gender identities at different times, including male, female, and other genders. (Though they only have the ability to change between two sexes.) Alex, one of the protagonists and part of the lead romantic pair, is a genderfluid shifter who is the victim of medical assault to force them to remain in one form, but continues to be genderfluid and experience dysphoria.
*In the book ''Good Omens'' by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the character Aziraphale (and A. J. Crowley by extension) are described as man-shaped, sexless beings.
*In the Faction Paradox novel ''This Town Will Never Let Us Go...'' by Philip Purser-Hallard (a [[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]] spinoff), there is a species of posthumans who are engineered to change sex from male to female as they mature. Some of these transformations are never completed. One of the main characters, Keth Marrane, is part of this species and has a body with both male and female characteristics. Marrane is fully happy with this body and is referred to as a "hermaphrodite" by other characters; a word without negative connotations in the cultures that are described. Marrane uses "one" pronouns when narrating.
*Adam Rex's sci-fi novel, ''The True Meaning of Smekday'' (2007), features the Boov, an alien people with seven genders (boy, girl, girlboy, boygirl, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy) based on their fish-like role in fertilizing an egg after they lay it in a designated part of town. Because of the impersonal way they reproduce, Boov society is egalitarian and aromantic. The sequel, ''Smek for President'' (2015), has a girlboy character named Ponch Sandhandler. She-he is addressed as "ladyfellow," and by she-he pronouns. The movie loosely based on the books, ''Home'' (2015), doesn't directly mention anything about Boov gender, and only refers to any Boov by he pronouns.
*In ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin Ursula K. Le Guin], the inhabitants of the planet Gethen are referred to as ambisexual, and lack sex characteristics for the majority of the lunar cycle, which they acquire in order to reproduce.
* In Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's collaborative novel ''Good Omens,'' Neil Gaiman has confirmed that both of the main characters are non-binary, and they present as different genders at times in both the book and the 2019 tv-series (Crowley presenting as female as a nanny and at Jesus's cruxification, and Aziraphale presenting as female while possessing Madame Tracy). The characters usually present as males, and don't show any inclination to correct people on using masculine pronouns, but this is presented more as them not caring, and less them defining themself as males. The book specifically says that all angels and demons in it are neither male nor female, which is the standard belief about [[Gender variance in Christianity#Angels in Christianity|angels in Christianity]].
* In ''Wyvern'', a kids book by Kyle McGiverin, there is a sentient race of beings called wyverns. The wyverns are genderless and use "wy/wym/wys" pronouns.<ref name="Helkio">{{Cite web |title=ALDIA: A World Where Gender Is Meaningless |last=Helkio |first=Raymond |work=theBUZZ |date=2017 |access-date=14 June 2020 |url= https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204213811/https://thebuzzmag.ca/2017/03/aldia-world-gender-meaningless/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The ''Lilith's Brood'' series by Octavia Butler (three novels: ''Dawn'', ''Adulthood Rites'', and ''Imago'') features the oankali, an alien race with three genders: male, female, and ooloi.<ref name="SturgeonFW">{{Cite web |title=17 Pathbreaking Non-Binary and Gender-Fluid Novels |last=Sturgeon |first=Jonathon |work=Flavorwire |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=9 December 2020 |url= https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210032841/https://www.flavorwire.com/518203/17-pathbreaking-non-binary-and-gender-fluid-novels |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the ''Iska Universe'' series by Geneva Vand, the Iska race of aliens uses nongendered pronouns "eet" and "ta".<ref>https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220706180121/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/roommates-and-space-trees/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In Clive Barker's fantasy/sci-fi book ''Imajica'', a main character named Pie'oh'pah is a shapeshifting extraterrestrial who uses the pronoun "it".
* In Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, The Vorkosigan Saga, major character Bel Thorne is one of a group of humans who were genetically engineered to have both male and female sex organs. This group is called "hermaphrodites" and use the pronoun "it". Bel Thorne is noted to usually have an "ambiguous-to-male" [[gender expression]], but sometimes presents more femininely. Additionally, there is a group of genetically-engineered beings called the "ba" who have no sex organs and are used as servants in the Cetagandan Empire.
* In ''Ice Song'' and ''Tattoo'', fantasy/sci-fi/paranormal books by Kirsten Imani Kasai, the protagonist, Sorykah Minuit, is a type of person known as a "Trader", meaning her physical [[sex]] changes at certain times due to her genetics. Traders are treated with superstition and harassment. Sorykah's male persona is Soryk, and his memories are separate from Sorykah's. Sorykah has twin children, Leander and Ayeda, who are also Traders.
* ''Everybody Loves Large Chests'', a (dark)comedy-fantasy webnovel by Exterminatus, features several sentient species who have no or only one biological sex. Some of them display gendered features and behavior, like the "motherly" Dryads and the various kinds of demons. Boxxy, the anti-hero protagonist, is explicitely stated to be genderless in the chapter "Mindgames 2".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |website= TV Tropes |access-date= 20 May 2021 |quote= The irony of a genderless creature with zero sex drive somehow surrounding itself with all manner of lewd women was so thick that one would probably need to dig through it with a pickaxe. |title= Literature / Everybody Loves Large Chests |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230315111851/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/EverybodyLovesLargeChests |archive-date= 17 July 2023 }}</ref> The story follows its life from Dungeon-Mimic to walking calamity.
* In the ''Wayfarers'' series by Becky Chambers (''<nowiki/>'The Long way to a Small, Angry Planet', 'A Closed and Common Orbit', 'Records of a Spaceborn Few'<nowiki/>'' and ''<nowiki/>'The Galaxy, and the Ground Within''') there are multiple interpretations of gender within the alien species.
** The Aeluon species are a four-gendered species, and separate them based on reproductive capability: Those who produced eggs, those who fertilised eggs, those who shifted between both reproductive abilities in phases (called shons) and those who could not do either. In galactic society, they used the common feminine-masculine-neuter pronoun set, which in the universe is she/he/xyr. Shons used the pronoun set that their body matched, unless they were in the middle of a shift. Children and those who could not reproduce used xyr. In book two, ''A Closed and Common Orbit,'' there is a Aeluon fertility festival called a ''Shimmerquick'', and the Aeluon taking part wear colour-coded clothing to illustrate their gender.
** In ''The Galaxy, and the Ground Within'', Tupo, a Laru child, is referred to with xe/xyr pronouns, as xyr has not yet reached adulthood where gender is chosen.

===Comics and graphic novels===

*In ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', a manga series by CLAMP, beings who were created by magic are canonically said to be neither female nor male. They're sexless, but may prefer a gender expression that is female, male, or androgynous. This includes some main characters, but it would be spoilers to say who and how. This is also the case in the anime based on the manga, of the same name.
*''[[Wikipedia:The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' by Neil Gaiman and various artists - seminal graphic novel series, as recommended in [[Nonbinary_celebrities#Kate_Bornstein|Kate Bornstein]]'s ''My New Gender Workbook'' as having "Lots of good gender play." One character, Desire, is a being who can have any sex or gender.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051557/http://tapastic.com/series/The-Satrians The Satrians],'' a comic by Carlisle Robinson, a satyr-like alien species called Satrians have only one sex, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 no concept of gender]. They're all called by the pronoun set [[Pronouns#Xe|xe]], xyr, xem.<ref>Carlisle Robinson. "FAQ about gender." ''The Satrians''. http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 [https://web.archive.org/web/20180902202745/http://tapastic.com/episode/221562 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Spectra]'', a science fiction comic by Cori Walters, the main characters are members of an alien species that has one sex, and all people voluntarily choose which of several gender roles they identify with. Outside of the story, Walters said, "They only have one physical sex but they have three socially enforced genders (or four if you count young children, who are seen as genderless until they choose their role in society.) For simplification reasons, in the comic the three main ones are referred to as he, she, and ne. The 'male' role is that of destruction, the 'female' is that of creation, and the third gender is that of preservation." The comic started in 2013 and is still in progress.<ref>''Spectra.'' [http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201102162719/http://spectracomic.smackjeeves.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The comic series ''Crash and Burn'' involves "a genderless race of bird-like aliens" called the ornos.<ref>https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210906133101/https://www.comixology.com/Crash-and-Burn/comics-series/78750 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

=== Movies ===

*''E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg. In an interview, Spielberg said that E.T. is a plant-like creature, and is neither male nor female.<ref>"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Trivia." ''Internet Movie Database.'' https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729004714/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/trivia Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The finished movie itself doesn't mention this fact. The finished script refers to E.T. as "he" and "the creature." This fact about E.T. was included in the first draft of the script written by Melissa Mathison.<ref>Charlie Jane Anders, "Weird Facts That You Didn't Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." October 10, 2012. ''Gizmodo''. https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230628140344/https://io9.gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===TV (live-action)===

*In the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outcast_%28Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation%29 The Outcast]" the Enterprise encounters an alien race called the "androgynous J'naii", whose society long ago had female and male roles, but their society had become sexless and genderless, which they believe to be more advanced. They have no physical sex differences, and reproduce without copulation. They all dress alike, and ask to be called by [[Pronouns#It|it]] pronouns. The J'naii believe that it's unhealthy to be female or male, and the genderlessness of their society is enforced on all its members. In that episode, a J'naii named Soren is revealed to be secretly a [[transgender women|transgender woman]]. In a reference to real-life "[[conversion therapy]]" used coercively on transgender people to make them not be transgender, the J'naii use brainwashing to force Soren to identify as androgynous rather than female. The episode fails at exploring the possibilities of a genderless society or identity, which is depicted as bland and repressive, but is a decent critique of conversion therapy, as well as a defense of transgender rights.
*The series ''Earth: Final Conflict'' is primarily about interactions between modern-day humans and aliens called Taelons, who seem to have neither sex nor gender. The Taelons use [[Pronouns#He|he pronouns]] for human convenience, but do not identify as male.
* Time Lords in ''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' are able to transform their bodies in order to prevent death, giving them a new personality each time they undergo this process. See [[Gender in Doctor Who]] for more information.
*In the fantasy show ''The Good Place'', Janet is a nonhuman entity who acts as something akin to a superpowered computer-like assistant. Janet uses she/her pronouns but frequently corrects people who call her a girl. Janet's actor D'Arcy Carden and the show's creator Mike Schur have "unofficially concluded that Janet is [[agender]]."<ref name="Yip" />

=== Video games ===
====2000====
* In ''Final Fantasy IX'', Quina is a genderless character who is referred to as "he/she". This is true for his/her entire species.
====2007====
* The Asari species in ''Mass Effect'' are an alien race that all appear feminine and use she/her pronouns. However, Liara T'Soni of the Asari says that the species is "mono-gendered", and "male and female have no real meaning for us." Liara also says that she is "not precisely a woman." Despite this, the Codex describes the Asari as an all-female race. Conversation in Mass Effect 2 implies that the Asari are viewed to look like whatever species are viewing them.
====2016====
* Randy Varnell, the creative director for the first-person shooter ''Battleborn'', has "confirmed that Varimorphs (Orendi's species) are genderfluid, and can alter their gender / sex. He stated that Orendi identifies as female, 'currently, at least'."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battleborn |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=5 October 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324064854/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/battleborn|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

=== Webseries ===

*"[http://sulmere.tumblr.com Ask Sulmere]" by Draque Thompson is an ongoing ask blog featuring aliens of a race that never evolved sexual dimorphism or the concept of gender.

==Gender nonconformity in fiction==

This section is for characters who are [[gender nonconforming]] but have a [[binary gender]] identity. That is, they identify as female, or as male, and are therefore not nonbinary. In significant ways, the characters don't conform to the expectations and norms for their gender. Fans may describe these characters as [[genderqueer]], which may be accurate. A character who is gender nonconforming and/or genderqueer isn't necessarily nonbinary, since they may still have a strictly binary gender identity, and they may also be [[cisgender]]. For example, a character who says something like, "I'm all man, and wearing a pink dress doesn't make me any less of a man" is gender nonconforming and perhaps genderqueer, but definitely not nonbinary.

===Animation===

* In the comedy series ''SheZow'', the legacy of a super-heroine has been passed down through generations of grand-aunts to grand-nieces when they inherit a magic ring that grants feminine-themed powers. For the first time, the ring is inherited by a boy, Guy Hamdon. Whenever he's being SheZow, which entails wearing a pink costume with a skirt and long hair, he has to keep up the appearance of being a girl in order to protect his secret identity. If anyone finds out who SheZow really is, his whole family will have to be relocated to the moon. Aside from his hair, SheZow's body doesn't change, and he has to remember to speak in a higher voice. Shezow often insists that his friends who are in the know need to call him by "she" pronouns whenever he appears in public as SheZow, and grumbles whenever they mess it up. When a friend hesitates and asks in private which pronoun Guy prefers, Guy shrugs and replies, "Eh, it depends on what I'm wearing." In other words, Guy's pronoun preference while being SheZow is "she," and is "he" while in his secret identity. Guy overcomes his initial discomfort and finds empowerment and confidence in femininity, even while remaining happily masculine when presenting as a boy. While this comfortable alternation between male and female presentations could be seen as a [[genderfluid]] or [[bigender]] character, the show creator has stated in an interview that, to the best of his understanding, this isn't so: "SheZow is not transgendered. He's a boy, his gender never changes, he's just trapped in a silly costume."<ref>Reiher, Andrea (1 June 2013). "'SheZow' creator talks 'transsexual' criticism, a 'coming out' episode and more". Zap2It. Retrieved 11 February 2014.</ref> As such, Shezow/Guy is a gender nonconforming cisgender boy.
** There are other gender noncomforming characters in Shezow than the title character. Shezow's evil clone, Shezap, can look like Guy or like Shezow. When they open a portal to a gender-swapped alternative universe, Shezow discovers that the version of herself there is Dudepow, a hero with masculine-themed powers who is secretly a girl.
* On the kids' show ''Cupcake and Dino General Services'', the two titular brothers often express themselves femininely.<ref name="cupcake&dino">{{Cite web |title=On My Quest for Inclusion, Cupcake and Dino Take the Cake |last=Williams |first=Star |work=Thrive Global |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |url= https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929045141/https://thriveglobal.com/stories/on-my-quest-for-inclusion-cupcake-and-dino-take-the-cake/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===Books and Literature===

====1972====
*''The Gods Themselves'' by Isaac Asimov - The 2nd part of this book features an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. However, the 3 fictional sexes are ''not'' used as justification for these characters having nonbinary gender identities, as the protagonists are depicted as being gender non-conforming by the standards of their own society. Most notable is Dua, the "emotional"/"mid" member of a triad, who has always struggled to fit in with the others of her sex. She's explicitly non-conforming, exhibiting traits normally associated with the "rational"/"left" sex of her species. As a result, her peers use the slur "left-em" against her, which she would eventually reclaim as her own identity, along with "queer". Would she also qualify as nonbinary (technically non-trinary) transgender? This is open to interpretation by the reader.

====2016====
* In children's book ''The Boy & The Bindi'' by Vivek Shraya, "A five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother’s bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. He wishes to have one of his own bindi, which his mother agrees to."<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi [https://web.archive.org/web/20220523014703/https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the novella ''Seven Minutes'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. The novella was expanded and republished in 2020 under the title ''Seven Minutes in Vegas''. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse.
* In the young-adult book ''Girl Mans Up'', by M.E. Girard, the protagonist Pen is a gender-nonconforming lesbian. Pen expresses herself in a masculine manner, though she doesn't use the term [[butch]]. Pen thinks the following in regards to her classmate Blake:
{{quote|I think maybe she could be my girlfriend. I don't want to be her girlfriend, though. But there's this part of me that totally knows I could be her boyfriend. I don't want her to think of me as a boy, or a boy substitute, though. I want to be a boyfriend who is a girl. I have no idea how to explain that stuff to anyone, let alone a girl I like. I just wish it was already all understood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Riordan's review of Girl Mans Up |author= |work=Goodreads |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005644/https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2696916013?book_show_action=true |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}} Content note: "there are multiple scenes of sexual assault/intended sexual assault where a lot of manipulation and gaslighting happens".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artcentric asked: Hello, I am a teacher. Is this book appropriate for 6th grade students? Thank you. |author= |work=Goodreads |date= |access-date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005641/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1044998-hello-i-am-a-teacher-is-this-book |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

====2017====
* ''Sparkle Boy'', by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Maria Mola, is a children's book about a "gender creative" three-year-old boy Casey and his older sister Jessie.<ref name="libr_Spar">{{Cite web |title=Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818051539/https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

====2019====
* In ''Pattern for an Angel'', by CJane Elliott, one of the protagonists, Gabe Martin, has a five-year-old named Ian who loves to wear dresses. The other protagonist, Loren Schuster, is a male [[drag queen]] who also wears skirts and dresses casually.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pattern for an Angel|date=2019 |last=Elliott|first=CJane|edition=Kindle}}</ref>

====2020====
* ''Tabitha and Magoo Dress Up Too''. A children's book in which siblings Tabitha and Magoo meet a [[drag queen]] named Morgana who helps them "learn to defy restrictive [[gender roles]]".<ref>https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does [https://web.archive.org/web/20220701164619/https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===Comics and graphic novels===
*The manga ''My Androgynous Boyfriend'', by artist/writer Tamekou, is a slice-of-life romance about Wako and her boyfriend Meguru, who is often mistaken for female due to his fashion style.<ref name="Silverman">{{Cite web |title=My Androgynous Boyfriend GN 1 |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |work=Anime News Network |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315041847/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/my-androgynous-boyfriend/gn-1/.157221 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The Japanese title translates roughly to "I'm loved by a genderless boy", but Meguru is explicitly not [[trans]] and doesn't identify himself as nonbinary or [[agender]]; "genderless" refers to his fashion preferences.<ref name="JordanD">{{Cite web |title=Queer Fiction Blog: March 2021 |author=JordanD |work=Boston Public Library blogs |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=20 April 2021 |url= https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531005720/https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/queer-fiction-blog-march-2021/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The manga ''Madoka no Himitsu'' (''Madoka's Secret'') is about a boy named Madoka who likes playing with dolls and wearing dresses. His family moves to a new city where he meets classmate Itsuki who is a tomboy.
*In the manga ''Otomen'', "Asuka is a guy who has likings for girly things like shoujo manga, baking, and sewing. However, his mother forbids this and wants him to grow up manly."<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 [https://web.archive.org/web/20221105193649/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6530 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manhwa ''It's Okay To Be Shy'', Hyo Jin is a feminine man, and Dam is a masculine girl.<ref>https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210723203057/https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=145636 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the manga (and various adaptations of) ''Princess Jellyfish'' (海月姫, ''Kuragehime''), a main character Kuranosuke is a young man who enjoys [[cross-dressing]] and fashion.

===Movies===
* The 2019 short film ''Bind'' is about a Taiwanese immigrant mother and her gender-nonconforming child named Jules.<ref name="watc_BIND">{{Cite web |title=BIND |author= |work=Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2021 |date= |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205164737/https://watch.eventive.org/saaff2021/play/601224180f17c131aef493d9|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

===Video Games===
*In the indie game ''Repurpose'', Ramon's child Ariel is gender nonconforming (as stated by one of the creators) and is addressed with they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620 |title=Eros here to bring the February 2021 progress report!|date=27 February 2021|author=Eros|quote=This is Ariel! They are Ramon's child. The image says “son” but it's a sub-plot point when going on either Ramon or Ariel's paths about how they should raise and address their gender non-conforming child. For the time being Ariel's pronouns are they/them.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228230011/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/posts/3114620|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Undisclosed gender in fiction]]
*[[Gender in Doctor Who]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Transgender The ''TV Tropes'' Transgender page]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguousGender The ''TV Tropes'' Ambiguous Gender page]

==References==
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Alex Manley

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'''Alex Manley''' (born 1988) is a Canadian writer of nonfiction and poetry. They are openly neurodivergent and nonbinary.

Alex serves as the senior editor for the website AskMen.

==Published Works==
* ''We Are All Just Animals & Plants'' (2016)
* ''Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture Under Late Capitalism'' (English translation of Daphné B.'s ''Maquillée'') (2021)
* ''The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood'' (2023)
* ''Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person'' (2025)

==References==
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==External links==
* https://www.alexmanley.com
* https://www.instagram.com/alex_icon
* https://bsky.app/profile/alexicon.bsky.social

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Alex Manley

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'''Alex Manley''' (born 1988) is a Canadian writer. They are openly neurodivergent and nonbinary.

Alex serves as the senior editor for the website AskMen.

==Published Works==
* ''We Are All Just Animals & Plants'' (2016)
* ''Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture Under Late Capitalism'' (English translation of Daphné B.'s ''Maquillée'') (2021)
* ''The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood'' (2023)
* ''Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person'' (2025)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* https://www.alexmanley.com
* https://www.instagram.com/alex_icon
* https://bsky.app/profile/alexicon.bsky.social

[[Category:Authors]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Nonbinary people]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manley, Alex}}

Alex Manley

2025-09-01T17:02:36Z

TXJ:

'''Alex Manley''' (born 1988) is a Canadian writer. They are openly neurodivergent and nonbinary.

Alex serves as the senior editor for the website AskMen

==Published Works==
* ''We Are All Just Animals & Plants'' (2016)
* ''The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood'' (2023)
* ''Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person'' (2025)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* https://www.alexmanley.com
* https://www.instagram.com/alex_icon
* https://bsky.app/profile/alexicon.bsky.social

[[Category:Authors]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Nonbinary people]]

Alex Manley

2025-09-01T17:01:09Z

TXJ:

'''Alex Manley''' (born 1988) is a Canadian writer. They are openly neurodivergent and nonbinary.

Alex serves as the senior editor for the website AskMen

==Published Works==
* ''We Are All Just Animals & Plants'' (2016)
* ''The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood'' (2023)
* ''Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person'' (2025)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* https://www.alexmanley.com
* https://www.instagram.com/alex_icon

[[Category:Authors]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Nonbinary people]]

Alex Manley

2025-09-01T16:58:36Z

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'''Alex Manley''' (born 1988) is a Canadian writer. They are openly neurodivergent and nonbinary.

==Published Works==
* ''We Are All Just Animals & Plants'' (2016)
* ''The New Masculinity'' (2023)
* ''Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person'' (2025)

[[Category:Authors]]
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:Nonbinary people]]

Andrea Gibson

2025-07-20T02:18:03Z

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| date_death = July 14, 2025
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'''Andrea Gibson''' (August 13, 1975 – July 14, 2025) was an American poet and activist from Calais, Maine, who has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 1999. Their poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform, and the struggles LGBTQ people face in today's society.

Gibson was [[queer]] and [[genderqueer]], and said in a 2015 interview "I've never in my life really felt like a woman and I've certainly never felt like a man. I look at gender on a spectrum and I feel somewhere on that spectrum that's not landing on either side of that." <ref name="Notaro">{{Cite web |title=The Pioneering Poet |last=Notaro |first=Tig |work=Interview Magazine |date=22 April 2015 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url= https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/andrea-gibson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128061232/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/andrea-gibson |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They used [[singular they]] pronouns, and sometimes used the name "Andrew" instead of "Andrea".<ref name="AMA">{{Cite web |title=r/IAmA - Comments on "I am Andrea Gibson, a queer touring poet with extreme stage fright. AMA!" |author= |work=reddit |date=10 August 2014 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2d60ih/i_am_andrea_gibson_a_queer_touring_poet_with/cjmevgj/?context=8&depth=9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719060005/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2d60ih/comment/cjmevgj/?context=8&depth=9 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

Before learning the word "genderqueer" in the mid-2000s, Gibson had identified as [[bisexual]], then as [[gay]], then as a [[butch]] [[dyke]], although "I never really felt that butch."<ref name="Groat">{{Cite web |title=Poet Andrea Gibson Shares How They Learned About Their Gender Identity Through Writing |last=Groat |first=Kylie |work=Seventeen |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.seventeen.com/life/a20102112/andrea-gibson-interview-on-poetry/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220232718/https://www.seventeen.com/life/a20102112/andrea-gibson-interview-on-poetry/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Gibson2017">{{Cite web |title=Andrea Gibson: 'Genderqueer is a Constant Coming Out' |last=Gibson |first=Andrea |work=out.com |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2017/10/11/andrea-gibson-genderqueer-constant-coming-out|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227195036/https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2017/10/11/andrea-gibson-genderqueer-constant-coming-out |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Gibson passed away July 14, 2025 of ovarian cancer.<ref>https://denvergazette.com/arts-entertainment/wife-reveals-poet-laureate-andrea-gibsons-last-words/article_bcda83f8-205d-4320-bf9f-c737709d631c.html</ref>

==Links==
*[https://andreagibson.org/ Website]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Activists]]
[[Category:Genderqueer people]]
[[Category:Nonbinary people]]
[[Category:Authors]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Andrea}}

Andrea Gibson

2025-07-20T02:16:05Z

TXJ:

{{Infobox person
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| date_birth = August 13, 1975
| place_birth = Calais, Maine
| date_death = July 14, 2025
| nationality = American
| pronouns = [[they/them]]
| gender = [[genderqueer]]
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| known_for =
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'''Andrea Gibson''' (August 13, 1975 – July 14, 2025) was an American poet and activist from Calais, Maine, who has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 1999. Their poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform, and the struggles LGBTQ people face in today's society.

Gibson is [[queer]] and [[genderqueer]], and said in a 2015 interview "I've never in my life really felt like a woman and I've certainly never felt like a man. I look at gender on a spectrum and I feel somewhere on that spectrum that's not landing on either side of that." <ref name="Notaro">{{Cite web |title=The Pioneering Poet |last=Notaro |first=Tig |work=Interview Magazine |date=22 April 2015 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url= https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/andrea-gibson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128061232/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/andrea-gibson |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They use [[singular they]] pronouns, and sometimes use the name "Andrew" instead of "Andrea".<ref name="AMA">{{Cite web |title=r/IAmA - Comments on "I am Andrea Gibson, a queer touring poet with extreme stage fright. AMA!" |author= |work=reddit |date=10 August 2014 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2d60ih/i_am_andrea_gibson_a_queer_touring_poet_with/cjmevgj/?context=8&depth=9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719060005/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2d60ih/comment/cjmevgj/?context=8&depth=9 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

Before learning the word "genderqueer" in the mid-2000s, Gibson had identified as [[bisexual]], then as [[gay]], then as a [[butch]] [[dyke]], although "I never really felt that butch."<ref name="Groat">{{Cite web |title=Poet Andrea Gibson Shares How They Learned About Their Gender Identity Through Writing |last=Groat |first=Kylie |work=Seventeen |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.seventeen.com/life/a20102112/andrea-gibson-interview-on-poetry/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220232718/https://www.seventeen.com/life/a20102112/andrea-gibson-interview-on-poetry/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Gibson2017">{{Cite web |title=Andrea Gibson: 'Genderqueer is a Constant Coming Out' |last=Gibson |first=Andrea |work=out.com |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2017/10/11/andrea-gibson-genderqueer-constant-coming-out|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227195036/https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2017/10/11/andrea-gibson-genderqueer-constant-coming-out |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Gibson passed away July 14, 2025 of ovarian cancer.<ref>https://denvergazette.com/arts-entertainment/wife-reveals-poet-laureate-andrea-gibsons-last-words/article_bcda83f8-205d-4320-bf9f-c737709d631c.html</ref>

==Links==
*[https://andreagibson.org/ Website]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Activists]]
[[Category:Genderqueer people]]
[[Category:Nonbinary people]]
[[Category:Authors]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Andrea}}

Family

2025-05-14T19:31:22Z

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[[File:Lozenge - black simple.svg|thumb|A rhombus is a botanical symbol for a plant of unknown sex, as well as a standard family tree symbol for a person of unknown gender.]]
This page is for collecting resources on the topic of '''family''' that have to do with [[nonbinary]] identity.

==Family and relationship words==

Some nonbinary people don't feel right about being called words that give an idea of being female or male. Many words for family titles and relationships do: mother, brother, husband, girlfriend, and so on. Nonbinary people who prefer to be called by gender-neutral words can ask to be instead called parent, sibling, spouse, datemate, and so on. See the page [[Gender neutral language in English#Family and relationship words]] for a long list. This includes some new words that are not just gender-neutral, but specifically for nonbinary people only.

==Being a nonbinary parent==

Nonbinary Parents Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of April; this date was chosen by nonbinary parent and educator Johnny Blazes.<ref name="fami_Cele">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes |author= |work=Family Equality |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605072918/https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="transfamilies">{{Cite web |title=Happy Nonbinary Parents Day! |author=debi |work=Trans Families |date=18 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://transfamilies.org/happy-nonbinary-parents-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125031633/https://transfamilies.org/happy-nonbinary-parents-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

In the US state of North Carolina, December 6 is formally recognized as Gender Expansive Parents' Day since 2020.<ref name="news_Aday">{{Cite web |title=A day to celebrate all parents, including LGBTQ parents, in NC |last=Vaughan |first=Dawn Baumgartner |work=The News & Observer |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |url= https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115202935/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Nonbinary parents might also celebrate Trans Parents Day (the first Sunday of November) if they identify with the trans label. See the [[Holidays]] page for a list of other observances related to trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people.

In 2021, a nonbinary [[transmasculine]] person named [[Krys Malcolm Belc]] published a [[Books|book]] titled ''The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood''.

==Family trees==

A diagram of a person's family is called a genogram or pedigree. These diagrams use a symbols for different kinds of people and relationships. This includes some standard [[gender symbols|symbols]] for a person's [[sex]] or [[gender]]. A square represents a [[men|man]] or boy, and a circle represents a [[women|woman]] or girl. The standard genogram symbol for a person whose gender is unknown is a rhombus/diamond or triangle. Some nonbinary people, if they are put into a family tree diagram, may prefer to have themselves represented by a genderless symbol.

In the Journal of Genetic Counseling in 2020, a group of scientists proposed a downward-pointing equilateral triangle to be the pedigree symbol for a nonbinary or [[gender questioning]] person, with additional markings to indicate [[assigned sex]].<ref name="TuiteDalla PiazzaBrandi2020">{{cite journal | last1 = Tuite | first1 = Allysa | last2 = Dalla Piazza | first2 = Michelle | last3 = Brandi | first3 = Kristyn | last4 = Pletcher | first4 = Beth A. | title = Beyond circles and squares: A commentary on updating pedigree nomenclature to better represent patient diversity | journal = Journal of Genetic Counseling | date = 27 February 2020 | volume = 29 | issue = 3 | pages = 435–439 | issn = 1059-7700 | eissn = 1573-3599 | doi = 10.1002/jgc4.1234 | pmid = 32103563 | url = | archive-url = False | archive-date = 17 July 2023 }}</ref> However, other scientists have recommended using the rhombus/diamond, because of "the historical use of inverted triangles to designate certain prisoner groups in Nazi concentration camps".<ref name="BennettFrenchResta2022">{{cite journal | last1 = Bennett | first1 = Robin L. | last2 = French | first2 = Kathryn Steinhaus | last3 = Resta | first3 = Robert G. | last4 = Austin | first4 = Jehannine | title = Practice resource‐focused revision: Standardized pedigree nomenclature update centered on sex and gender inclusivity: A practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors | journal = Journal of Genetic Counseling | date = 15 September 2022 | issn = 1059-7700 | eissn = 1573-3599 | doi = 10.1002/jgc4.1621 | pmid = 36106433 | url =https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jgc4.1621 }} (Free-access article)</ref>

==Marriage==

Nonbinary people who have a [[legal gender]] of "X" (or something else besides M or F) may face barriers to marriage, especially in places that define marriage as "between a man and a woman", as happened in Australia for intersex nonbinary person [[Tony Briffa]]. Additionally, some jurisdictions offer M and F as the only options on applications for marriage, requiring nonbinary people to misgender themselves even if they have other documents recognizing their nonbinary gender.<ref name="Sosin">{{Cite web |title=Can You Actually Get Married With a Non-Binary ID? |last=Sosin |first=Kate |work=NewNowNext |date=4 August 2019 |access-date=12 November 2020 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/non-binary-id-married/04/2019/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018191551/http://www.newnownext.com/non-binary-id-married/04/2019/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Children]]
* [[Intimacy]]
* [[Coming out]]
* [[Fertility preservation]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Practical resources]]

Children

2025-05-14T19:29:45Z

TXJ:

{{Incomplete}}
This page gives a collection of resources about [[children]] who have [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity|gender identities]], or are [[gender nonconforming]].

It is often thought that young children are incapable of understanding [[transgender]] and [[nonbinary]] identities, but this is untrue. Additionally, "No harm is done on an individual or societal level if a child has the option of exploring their [[gender identity]] from early on," even if the child later turns out to be [[cisgender]].<ref name="Myths">{{Cite web |title=Overcoming Myths in Legal Gender Recognition Discussions |author=Transgender Europe |work=tgeu.org |date= |access-date=10 October 2020 |url= https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Toolkit16_OvercomingMyths.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423170159/https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Toolkit16_OvercomingMyths.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

In rare cases, parents choose to raise their child without [[Assigned gender|assigning a gender]] to them, allowing the child to come to their [[gender identity]] on their own as they grow up. These children can be known as "theybies" (mixture of the words "[[Singular they|they]]" and "babies"). The concept of raising "theybies" became popularized in the 2010s, especially after media coverage in 2011 of a Canadian couple and their child named [[Neutral names starting with S|Storm]].<ref name="Compton">{{Cite web |title='Boy or girl?' Parents raising 'theybies' let kids decide |author=Compton, Julie |work=NBC News |date=19 July 2018 |access-date=18 April 2021 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/boy-or-girl-parents-raising-theybies-let-kids-decide-n891836|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406062644/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/boy-or-girl-parents-raising-theybies-let-kids-decide-n891836 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Different to raising a child as a "theyby" is the concept of gender-neutral parenting, which is the practice of parenting without enforcing [[gender roles]] or gender norms. Gender-neutral parenting relies on the idea that a child's [[sex assigned at birth]] should not dictate what clothes they are allowed to wear, what toys they are allowed to play with, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=5 Myths About Gender Neutral Parenting |last=Lucas-Stannard |first=Paige |work=Everyday Feminism |date=8 January 2013 |access-date=13 November 2021 |url= https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/01/gender-neutral-parenting-myths/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525074347/https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/01/gender-neutral-parenting-myths/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Observances==

In 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14th was established as Day of Visibility for Trans and/or [[Gender nonconformity|Nonconforming]] Children and Adolescents (Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans y/o no Hegemónicas), to commemorate the day that in 2019 a trans child named Tito had gotten a [[Gender recognition|birth certificate]] [[Gender markers|sex marker]] correction to reflect their gender identity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmarplatense.com/se-conmemoro-el-primer-dia-de-la-visibilidad-de-las-nineces-y-adolescencias-trans-en-general-pueyrredon |date=14 May 2021 |title=Se conmemoró el primer Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans en General Pueyrredon |trans-title=The first Day of Visibility of Trans Children and Adolescents was commemorated in General Pueyrredon |publisher=El Marplatense |lang=es}}</ref>

Also in 2021, National Nonbinary Kids Day (October 1st) was established by PFLAG of Jacksonville, Florida in collaboration with a sexologist named Angel K
(she/they).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/|title=PFLAG of Jacksonville and Professor Sex are excited to announce tomorrow October 1, 2021 is the first National Nonbinary Kids Day! We filed the paperwork to make it official, but until then we can still celebrate! Use #NonbinaryKidsDay and #NonbinaryKidsDay2021 and celebrate our wonderful enby kids!|date=30 September 2021|author=PFLAG of Jacksonville}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Family]]
*[[Charities and groups that benefit gender variant people]]
*[[Coming out]]
*[[Gender nonconformity]]
*[[Practical resources]]
*[[Nonbinary gender in fiction]]

==External links==
* [http://www.examiner.com/lgbt-parenting-in-columbus-ga/my-child-is-genderqueer-lou-and-jack, Examiner: My Child is Genderqueer: Lou and Jack] {{dead link}}
* [http://rethinkingschools.org/archive/26_01/26_01_tempel.shtml Rethinking Schools: It's Ok to Be Neither - Teaching that supports gender-variant children]
* [http://tinyvoiceofreason.typepad.com/thetinyvoiceofreason/2010/06/growing-up-gender-queer.html, The Tiny Voice of Reason: Growing Up Genderqueer] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20120103151106/https://tinyvoiceofreason.typepad.com/thetinyvoiceofreason/2010/06/growing-up-gender-queer.html Wayback archive])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201002150400/https://lifeoutsidethebinary.com/post/96149381358/so-your-child-is-nonbinary-a-guide-for-parents So Your Child Is Nonbinary: A Guide For Parents]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201002150508/https://discoveries.childrenshospital.org/non-binary-guide/ What it means to be non-binary: A guide for parents]
* [https://www.parents.com/kids/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-gender/ Explaining Nonbinary: How to Talk to Kids About Gender], by [[Amber Leventry]]
* [https://genderqueer.me/2016/04/14/fv-loving-my-agender-child/ Loving my Agender Child]

==Further reading==
* Gonzales, Maya. ''Gender Now Coloring Book: A Learning Adventure for Children and Adults''. Reflection Press, 2010.
* Lucas-Stannard, Paige. ''Gender Neutral Parenting: Raising Kids with the Freedom to Be Themselves''. Verity Publishing, 2013.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Practical resources]]

Children

2025-05-14T19:25:16Z

TXJ:

{{Incomplete}}
This page gives a collection of resources about [[children]] who have [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity|gender identities]], or are [[gender nonconforming]].

It is often thought that young children are incapable of understanding [[transgender]] and [[nonbinary]] identities, but this is untrue. Additionally, "No harm is done on an individual or societal level if a child has the option of exploring their [[gender identity]] from early on," even if the child later turns out to be [[cisgender]].<ref name="Myths">{{Cite web |title=Overcoming Myths in Legal Gender Recognition Discussions |author=Transgender Europe |work=tgeu.org |date= |access-date=10 October 2020 |url= https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Toolkit16_OvercomingMyths.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423170159/https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Toolkit16_OvercomingMyths.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

In rare cases, parents choose to raise their child without [[Assigned gender|assigning a gender]] to them, allowing the child to come to their [[gender identity]] on their own as they grow up. These children can be known as "theybies" (mixture of the words "[[Singular they|they]]" and "babies"). The concept of raising "theybies" became popularized in the 2010s, especially after media coverage in 2011 of a Canadian couple and their child named [[Neutral names starting with S|Storm]].<ref name="Compton">{{Cite web |title='Boy or girl?' Parents raising 'theybies' let kids decide |author=Compton, Julie |work=NBC News |date=19 July 2018 |access-date=18 April 2021 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/boy-or-girl-parents-raising-theybies-let-kids-decide-n891836|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406062644/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/boy-or-girl-parents-raising-theybies-let-kids-decide-n891836 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Different to raising a child as a "theyby" is the concept of gender-neutral parenting, which is the practice of parenting without enforcing [[gender roles]] or gender norms. Gender-neutral parenting relies on the idea that a child's [[sex assigned at birth]] should not dictate what clothes they are allowed to wear, what toys they are allowed to play with, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=5 Myths About Gender Neutral Parenting |last=Lucas-Stannard |first=Paige |work=Everyday Feminism |date=8 January 2013 |access-date=13 November 2021 |url= https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/01/gender-neutral-parenting-myths/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525074347/https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/01/gender-neutral-parenting-myths/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Observances==

In 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14th was established as Day of Visibility for Trans and/or [[Gender nonconformity|Nonconforming]] [[Children]] and Adolescents (Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans y/o no Hegemónicas), to commemorate the day that in 2019 a trans child named Tito had gotten a [[Gender recognition|birth certificate]] [[Gender markers|sex marker]] correction to reflect their gender identity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmarplatense.com/se-conmemoro-el-primer-dia-de-la-visibilidad-de-las-nineces-y-adolescencias-trans-en-general-pueyrredon |date=14 May 2021 |title=Se conmemoró el primer Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans en General Pueyrredon |trans-title=The first Day of Visibility of Trans Children and Adolescents was commemorated in General Pueyrredon |publisher=El Marplatense}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Family]]
*[[Charities and groups that benefit gender variant people]]
*[[Coming out]]
*[[Gender nonconformity]]
*[[Practical resources]]
*[[Nonbinary gender in fiction]]

==External links==
* [http://www.examiner.com/lgbt-parenting-in-columbus-ga/my-child-is-genderqueer-lou-and-jack, Examiner: My Child is Genderqueer: Lou and Jack] {{dead link}}
* [http://rethinkingschools.org/archive/26_01/26_01_tempel.shtml Rethinking Schools: It's Ok to Be Neither - Teaching that supports gender-variant children]
* [http://tinyvoiceofreason.typepad.com/thetinyvoiceofreason/2010/06/growing-up-gender-queer.html, The Tiny Voice of Reason: Growing Up Genderqueer] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20120103151106/https://tinyvoiceofreason.typepad.com/thetinyvoiceofreason/2010/06/growing-up-gender-queer.html Wayback archive])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201002150400/https://lifeoutsidethebinary.com/post/96149381358/so-your-child-is-nonbinary-a-guide-for-parents So Your Child Is Nonbinary: A Guide For Parents]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201002150508/https://discoveries.childrenshospital.org/non-binary-guide/ What it means to be non-binary: A guide for parents]
* [https://www.parents.com/kids/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-gender/ Explaining Nonbinary: How to Talk to Kids About Gender], by [[Amber Leventry]]
* [https://genderqueer.me/2016/04/14/fv-loving-my-agender-child/ Loving my Agender Child]

==Further reading==
* Gonzales, Maya. ''Gender Now Coloring Book: A Learning Adventure for Children and Adults''. Reflection Press, 2010.
* Lucas-Stannard, Paige. ''Gender Neutral Parenting: Raising Kids with the Freedom to Be Themselves''. Verity Publishing, 2013.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Practical resources]]

Holidays

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The days in the below table are commonly observed holidays, memorial days, days of awareness, and otherwise important days for people who are [[transgender]], [[genderqueer]], [[nonbinary]], [[intersex]], or [[gender-variant identities worldwide|members of traditional gender identities that do not fit into the Western gender binary]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Date
!Region
!Description
|-
|Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity
|22nd January
|International<ref>https://transprisoners.net/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221221113601/https://transprisoners.net/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|National Transition Week
|The last full week (Monday - Friday) in January
|
|First observed on January 24th-28th of 2022. "This week was created to spread awareness, share information, and share personal experiences/stories about transition for transgender and nonbinary people."<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transition Week |url= https://nationaltransitionweek.wordpress.com/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/D1mSq |archive-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
|LGBT History Month
|February
|UK<ref>[https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220815155604/http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, Hungary<ref>http://www.lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305223819/https://lmbttortenetihonap.hu/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|Femminiello Pride<ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms">Danielle Oteri. "Femminiello Pride." ''Roads and Kingdoms'' (magazine). December 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604205411/http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|2nd February
|Montevergine, Italy
|Since the thirteenth century CE, the Catholic festival of Candlemas on February 2 also honors the [[gender-variant identities worldwide#femminiello|femminiello]], a traditional gender-variant role in Italy. Pilgrims make their way to the remote mountain church at Motevergine, whose icon, the Madonna of Transformation, Mamma Schiavona, is said to have miraculously saved the lives of victims of homophobic violence in 1256 CE. The festival is celebrated with the long and energetic tammurriata dance, and a candle-lit procession, by pilgrims who are visibly gender nonconforming. Historically, this has been called ''juta dei femminielli.'' Since 2002, it has also been called Femminiello Pride.<ref name="femminiello huffpost">Giuseppe Melillo. "Una storia antica: Napoli, i femminielli e la figliata." ''Huffington Post'' (magazine). January 24, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211020140835/https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms" />
|-
|[[Transmasculine]] Visibility Day/Transmasculine Pride and Visibility Day
|20th February
|
|Established to commemorate the ENAHT (Encontro Nacional de Homens Trans, "National Meeting of Trans Men") organized by Ibrat (Instituto Brasileiro de Transmaculinidades, "Brazilian Institute of Transmaculinities") which took place on 20 February 2015.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/festivaltransarte/posts/1433114963780391</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/gaavahbrasil/posts/pfbid0UMwZnrrrwJ9uRkrwrgcrmYf6GCMGKaRBqf78B2jRgHiEFhppYSvaFys1qPWdZx95l</ref>
|-
|''Dies Sanguinis'' (Day of Blood)
|24th March
|Originating in Phrygia (where Turkey is today), spreading across the ancient Roman empire, as far as Roman London
|From 2,300 years ago to the 6th century CE, this was celebrated by the gender-variant [[gender-variant identities worldwide#Gallae|Gallae]] priests of the goddess Cybele and the god Attis. The Day of Blood was celebrated by dancing around a felled and decorated pine tree, symbolizing the death and rebirth of Attis. As part of this ritual, any new Gallae initiates would voluntarily castrate themselves, as part of transitioning to a feminine appearance.<ref name="kaldera 174">Raven Kaldera. ''Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook.'' Hubbardston, Massachusetts: Asphodel Press, 2008. P. 174-179.</ref><ref name="seabrook gallae about">Laura Anne Seabrook, "About this comic." ''Tales of the Gallae.'' http://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221202095758/https://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|-
|Trans Day of Visibility
|31st March
|International<ref>http://www.transstudent.org/tdov [https://web.archive.org/web/20230627112448/https://transstudent.org/tdov Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|Day of Silence
|Various days in April
|Originated in Virginia, USA, has since spread internationally<ref name="DayofSilenceFaq">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dayofsilence.org/faqs/|title=FAQs|website=www.dayofsilence.org|access-date=2016-04-01|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329112528/http://dayofsilence.org/FAQs/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|A student-led observance to take a day-long vow of silence in protest of the harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|title=Join Us for Day of Silence on April 23, 2021 and Support LGBTQ Students!|website=GLSEN|language=en|access-date=2021-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304093322/https://www.glsen.org/day-of-silence|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|Nonbinary Parents Day
|3rd Sunday in April
|
|Created by educator and nonbinary parent Johnny Blazes.<ref name="fami_Cele">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Nonbinary Parents Day with Parent & Educator Johnny Blazes |author= |work=Family Equality |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |url= https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605072918/https://www.familyequality.org/2021/04/16/celebrating-nonbinary-parents-day-with-founder-johnny-blazes/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| National Transgender HIV Testing Day
| 18th April
| USA
| A day focused on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment among transgender and nonbinary people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talking with Carter Brown about National Transgender HIV Testing Day |author= |work=ACHIEVING TOGETHER |date=14 April 2019 |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131171959/https://achievingtogethertx.org/2019/04/14/talking-with-carter-brown-about-national-transgender-hiv-testing-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender HIV Testing Day – April 18 |author= |work=cdc.gov |date= |access-date=27 October 2022 |url= https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221042610/https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/nthtd.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Genderqueer]] Visibility Day
| 25th April
| International?
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/westtnlgbtq/posts/april-25th-is-genderqueer-visibility-day-this-is-an-umbrella-term-so-however-you/548419837471298/|title=April 25th is Genderqueer Visibility Day! This is an umbrella term, so however you identify, we hope you have a great day! |author=West Tennessee LGBTQ+ Support |date=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ask_educator/p/Crd5TgzB_Ca/ |title=Today is Genderqueer Visibility Day! |author=Jess (@ask_educator) |date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| Day of Visibility for Trans and/or [[Gender nonconformity|Nonconforming]] [[Children]] and Adolescents (Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans y/o no Hegemónicas)
| 14th May
| Argentina
| First established in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmarplatense.com/se-conmemoro-el-primer-dia-de-la-visibilidad-de-las-nineces-y-adolescencias-trans-en-general-pueyrredon |date=14 May 2021 |title=Se conmemoró el primer Día de la Visibilidad de las Niñeces y Adolescencias Trans en General Pueyrredon |trans-title=The first Day of Visibility of Trans Children and Adolescents was commemorated in General Pueyrredon |publisher=El Marplatense}}</ref>
|-
| [[Xenogender]] Visibility Day
| 15th May
| International
| First celebrated in 2021.<ref name="redd_r/Xe">{{Cite web |title=Happy Xenogender Visibility Day! |author=Great_White_Wrym |work=reddit - r/XenogendersAndMore |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |url= https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123171423/https://www.reddit.com/r/XenogendersAndMore/comments/nd5ycb/happy_xenogender_visibility_day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=lotusflwrbunny |number=1393693536588025858 |date=15 May 2021 |title=apparently it’s the first xenogender visibility day ever so qrt with ur xenogenders!!}} </ref>
|-
|International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
|17th May
|International<ref>https://may17.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305044751/https://may17.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|[[Agender]] Pride Day
|19th May<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important LGBT Dates |author= |work=LGBTLifeWestchester.org |url= https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates |archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918193711/https://www.lgbtlifewestchester.org/important_lgbt_dates}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agender Pride Day |last=Ohene |first=Benjamin |work=Believe Out Loud |date= |access-date=11 November 2021 |url= https://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531145919/http://www.believeoutloud.com/voices/article/agender-pride-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|
|
|-
|[[Maverique]] Visibility Day
|31st May<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://archive.ph/76hEF |archive-date=21 December 2023 |url=https://www.tumblr.com/themaveriqueagenda/737235999462129664/the-31st-may-2024-is-the-10-year-anniversary-of |title=hey maveriques and allies! |date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
|
|
|-
|LGBT History Month
|June
|Italy<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_Italy [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|Queer History Month
|June
|Berlin<ref>http://queerhistory.de/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702041709/https://www.queerhistory.de/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|[[International Nonbinary Day]]
|14th July
|International<ref>https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230407161627/https://femmesblackmarket.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/calling-for-an-international-non-binary-gender-day/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|LGBT History Month
|October
|USA<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month#In_the_United_States [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601225929/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|National Nonbinary Kids Day
|1st October
|USA
|First observed in 2021, started by PFLAG Jacksonville & Professor Sex.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |title=PFLAG of Jacksonville and Professor Sex are excited to announce tomorrow October 1, 2021 is the first National Nonbinary Kids Day! |work=Instagram |date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719210015/https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd1r38tG4G/ |archive-date=19 July 2023 |access-date=9 July 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
|-
|National Coming Out Day
|11th October
|USA<ref>https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306000644/https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, International
|"National Coming Out Day was created in 1988 to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, which reportedly drew over 200,000 protesters to the nation's capital that Oct. 11."<ref name="Lavietes">{{Cite web |title=National Coming Out Day: 21 people who have come out in 2021 |last=Lavietes |first=Matt |work=NBC News |date=11 October 2021 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220525/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-21-people-come-2021-rcna2839 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|[https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550 Cake for Trans Friends Day, or Trans Cake Day]
|14th October
|International<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr">October 14, 2017. https://cassolotl.tumblr.com/post/166404257550</ref><ref>https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230207184031/https://cybre.space/@cassolotl/98826563853949635 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established by cassolotl in 2017, who wrote that in response to how most days about trans people "involve marginalised people doing yet more work to draw attention to themselves in a dangerous environment [...] Those days can be (and always are, for me) scary and sad. [...] So I declared [this] the first annual Cake For Trans Friends Day. I ended up shortening it to Trans Cake Day [...] Basically, instead of us doing all the work, people (especially cis people, I feel!) give cake to their trans friends and family to show them how appreciated they are. There’s so much anger and violence surrounding trans people, but I think we should be celebrated and loved. [...] a bit like Mother’s Day - a birthday for every trans person to celebrate together at the same time, and be showered with goodness by people who care about us."<ref name="cassolotl_cake_tumblr" />
|-
|[[International Pronouns Day]]
|3rd Wednesday of October
|International<ref name="pronounsday_faq">https://pronounsday.org/faqs [https://web.archive.org/web/20230406152958/https://pronounsday.org/faqs/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2018.<ref name="pronounsday_faq" /> Ways to participate include using the #PronounsDay hashtag, telling about your pronouns on social media and on name badges, distributing leaflets, setting up a photo booth in public for people to take selfies with their pronouns, and other efforts to creatively raise awareness.<ref>https://pronounsday.org/participating [https://web.archive.org/web/20221017202730/https://pronounsday.org/participating Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|-
|[[Genderfluid]] Visibility Week
|Third full week of October
|International
|First observed from Oct 17-24 of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQIA Awareness Dates |author= |work=On Trend Shirts |date= |access-date=4 September 2022 |url= https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322131300/https://ontrendshirts.com/pages/lgbtqia-awareness-dates|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The dates for 2022 will be October 16-22.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=4 September 2022 |title= Prideraiser Awareness Observances|url=https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007152505/https://www.prideraiser.org/awareness-calendar/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Intersex]] Awareness Day
|26th October
|International<ref>https://intersexday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230601130115/http://intersexday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Started in 2003 by Betsy Driver and Emi Koyama.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The origins of Intersex Awareness Day |last=Driver |first=Betsy |work=Intersex Day |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221222441/https://intersexday.org/en/origin-intersex-awareness-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> October 26 is the anniversary of a protest that took place in Boston by the Intersex Society of North America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When Max Beck and Morgan Holmes went to Boston |last=Holmes |first=Morgan |work=Intersex Day |date=17 October 2015 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601131513/https://intersexday.org/en/max-beck-morgan-holmes-boston-1996/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|National Transgender Children Day
|26th October<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Transgender Children Day |work=National Today |date= |access-date=15 April 2023 |url= https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402061413/https://nationaltoday.com/national-transgender-children-day/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|
|
|-
|Trans Parent Day
|1st Sunday in November
|USA<ref>http://www.transparentday.org/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20211226051527/http://transparentday.org/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|Established in 2009 to celebrate "the love between transgender parents and their children and transgender children and their parents".<ref>{{Cite web |title=TransParent Day 2014 |author= |work=Transgender Law Center |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=8 November 2021 |url= https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323021706/https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11184 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|Intersex Day of Solidarity ''or'' Intersex Day of Remembrance
|8th November
|
|This date was the birthday of Herculine Barbin (also variously known as Alexina Barbin or Abel Barbin), a French intersex person whose memoirs were later published by the philosopher Michel Foucault. The event was first celebrated in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intersex Day of Solidarity |work=Intersex Day |date=30 May 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422003348/https://intersexday.org/en/intersex-day-of-solidarity |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|Transgender Awareness Week
|13th - 19th November
|USA
|"Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transgender Awareness Week |author= |work=GLAAD |date= |access-date=22 October 2022 |url= https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307183148/https://www.glaad.org/transweek|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/ Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation]
|12 - 20 November
|International<ref name="trans-rite-faq">"The Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation: FAQ." November 11, 2017. ''Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation.'' https://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq [https://web.archive.org/web/20211215210635/http://trans-rite.tumblr.com/post/167382057159/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|A 9-day non-denominational ritual ending with the Trans Day of Remembrance, honoring the spirits of trans people past and future. Each night, participants add a book to a stack on the floor, with a cup of water and a candle, forming a memorial altar that rises taller each night. Established 2014.<ref name="trans-rite-faq" />
|-
|Trans Day of Remembrance
|20th November
|International<ref>https://tdor.info/about-2/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701010218/https://tdor.info/about-2/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
|
|-
|Gender Expansive Parents' Day
|6th December
|Official holiday in North Carolina, USA<ref name="news_Aday">{{Cite web |title=A day to celebrate all parents, including LGBTQ parents, in NC |last=Vaughan |first=Dawn Baumgartner |work=The News & Observer |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |url= https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115202935/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247605375.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|Formally created in 2020
|-
|[[Demigender]]s Awareness and Pride Day
|15th December
|
|Created in 2021 by bluebolt712 to raise awareness about demigenders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |author=Bluebolt712 |date= 15 December 2021|access-date=15 December 2021 |title=(Post 1/4) Today is Demigenders Awareness and Pride Day. This is a day I created because I noticed the sharp increase in the number of people claiming these labels as their own in the past few years. Yet, the awareness of demigenders remains quite low.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607220235/https://www.instagram.com/p/CXgI9g6umH1/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Demigenders Resources |author=Bluebolt712 |work=Bluebolt712's LGBT+ Resources |date= |access-date=15 December 2021 |url= https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607194426/https://bluebolt712.wordpress.com/demigenders-resources/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|[[IAmNonbinary]]
|date varies each year
|International
|Observed by using the #IAmNonbinary hashtag on social media.
|}

==See also==
* [[History of nonbinary gender]]
* [[Gender variance in spirituality]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Celebrations]]

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| date_birth=July 9, 1987
| place_birth=Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
| nationality=American
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| known_for=creating ''Steven Universe''
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'''Rebecca Sugar''' (born July 9, 1987) is an American writer, songwriter, animator, and artist whose work on the cartoon series ''Adventure Time'' and ''Steven Universe'' has earned them six Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In July 2018 she came out as a nonbinary woman, and stated the Gems in ''Steven Universe'' [[Nonbinary gender in fiction|are also nonbinary women]].<ref name="fink">{{Cite web |title=The Mind Behind America’s Most Empathetic Cartoon |last1=Fink |first1=Kathryn |first2=Paige |last2=Osburn |work=1A |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://the1a.org/segments/2018-07-09-the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022123837/https://the1a.org/segments/2018-07-09-the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="PulliamMoore">{{Cite web |title=Steven Universe's Rebecca Sugar on How She Expresses Her Identity Through the Non-binary Crystal Gems |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |work=io9 |date=16 July 2018 |access-date=15 April 2020 |url= https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601170515/https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-on-how-she-expresses-her-1827624015?IR=T |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Sugar uses the pronouns [[English neutral pronouns#She|she/her]] or [[singular they|they/them]]<ref>https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?lang=en [https://web.archive.org/web/20230505073105/https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?lang=en Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, and is also [[bisexual]].<ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=Rebecca Sugar’s commitment to LGBTQ visibility continues to drive 'Steven Universe' |last=Brown |first=Tracy |work=Los Angeles Times |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-rebecca-sugar-steven-universe-20180524-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706130836/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-rebecca-sugar-steven-universe-20180524-story.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Sugar Wikipedia Entry]

==References==
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[[Category: Nonbinary people]]
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Bigender

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{{infobox identity
| flag = bigender.png
| meaning = Pink: Woman; Blue: Man; Purple: Androgyne/mix of woman and man; White: Agender.
| related = [[Androgyne]], [[Bigenderfluid]], [[Ambigender]], [[Ambonec]], and [[Bigenderflux]]
| umbrella = [[Multigender]]
| frequency = 2.3%
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Bigender
}}


[[Bigender]], '''bi-gender''', or sometimes '''dual-gender'''/'''dual-gendered''', is a [[gender identity]] under the [[multigender]], [[nonbinary]], and [[transgender]] [[umbrella terms]]. Bigender people have two different specific gender identities, either at the same time, or at different times. The latter is a form of [[genderfluid]] identity, and may involve only two distinct genders, or it may involve "shades of gray between the two."<ref name="Schneider2008">author=Schneider, M., et al. ''APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions'', 2008 [http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.pdf http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.pdf] (PDF){{dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20230326002419/http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.pdf Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The two genders of a bigender person can be the two [[binary genders]], [[female]] and [[male]]. This is what people usually assume bigender means. However, some people who identify as bigender have a different pair of genders. For example, their two genders might be female and [[neutrois]]. Or the two genders might be both nonbinary, such as [[agender]] and [[aporagender]]. Bigender is recognized by the American Psychological Association (APA) as a subset of the transgender group.<ref name="Schneider2006">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705005410/http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.pdf |title=Answers to Your Questions About Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity |url=http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.pdf|date=2006 |archive-date=5 July 2010|publisher=American Psychological Associaton|last1=Schneider |first1=Margaret |last2=Bockting|first2=Walter|last3=Ehrbar |first3=Randall |last4=Lawrence|first4=Anne|last5=Rachlin|first5= Katherine Louise |last6=Zucker|first6=Kenneth}}</ref>

==History== 


In the 1980s, a trans organization called the Human Outreach and Achievement Institute defined "bigenderist" as a type of [[androgyne]], with the latter being defined as "a person who can comfortably express either alternative gender role in a variety of socially acceptable environments."<ref>"Brochure for the Human Outreach and Achievement Institute." Ephemera. 1980. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/8g84mm373 (accessed October 02, 2020).</ref><ref>The Human Outreach and Achievement Institute. "Abstracts of a Symposium on Gender Issues for the 90s (Jul. 20, 1988)." Pamphlet. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/5q47rn80n (accessed October 02, 2020).</ref>


In 1992, Donna Mobley wrote in ''The Femme Mirror'' magazine:
{{quote|I'm neither a man pretending to be a woman nor a woman pretending to be a man. I'm dual-gendered and happily so. Don and Donna coexist and together they make up who and all that I truly am. To lose either part would leave me empty, since neither can exist without the other.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mobley |first=Donna |title=A Question of Balance|date=Winter 1992 |journal=The Femme Mirror}} [https://archive.org/details/tvtstapestry65unse/page/48/mode/2up Reprinted in a 1993 issue of ''TV/TS Tapestry Journal''.]</ref>}}


A trans man named Gary Bowen defined "bigendered" as "having two genders, exihibiting[sic] cultural characteristics of male and female roles" in his 1995 ''Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women".<ref name="Bowen">{{cite web|author=Bowen, Gary|title=A Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women|work=FTM International|date=15 May 1995|url=http://www.ftm-intl.org/Wrtngs/ftm-words.gary.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961105010926/http://www.ftm-intl.org/Wrtngs/ftm-words.gary.html|archive-date=5 November 1996|access-date=9 November 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


A 1997 paper concerning the "[[gender spectrum|gender continuum]]" in ''International Journal of Transgenderism'' noted that "a person who feels or acts as both a woman and a man may identify as bi-gendered." The paper also described individuals who were "genderblended", being both binary genders but either "more man than woman" or "more woman than man".<ref name="Eyler">{{cite journal|last1=Eyler |first1=A.E.|last2=Wright |first2=K.|year=1997|url=https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|title=Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender-Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence.|journal=International Journal of Transgenderism|quote=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718084440/https://cdn.atria.nl/ezines/web/IJT/97-03/numbers/symposion/ijtc0102.htm|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


A 1999 survey conducted by the San Francisco Department of Public Health observed that, among the transgender community, less than 3% of those who were [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]] and less than 8% of those who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]] identified as bigender.<ref>Clements, K. "The Transgender Community Health Project." San Francisco Department of Public Health. 1999. [http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-02-02 http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-02-02] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230531053748/http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=cftg-02-02 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


In a 2010 encyclopedia, bigender is listed as a type of "[[androgyne]]" gender: "Androgyne identities include [[pangender]], bigender, [[ambigender]], nongendered, [[agender]], [[gender fluid]], or [[intergender]]."<ref>''Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies'', page 894, SAGE Publications, 2010.</ref>


In 2012, Case and Ramachandran gave a report on the results of a survey of [[genderfluid]] people who call themselves bigender who experience involuntary alternation between female and male states. Case and Ramachandran gave this condition the name "Alternating gender incongruity (AGI)." Case and Ramachandran made the hypothesis that gender alternation may reflect an unusual degree (or depth) of hemispheric switching, and the corresponding suppression of sex appropriate body maps in the parietal cortex. They said that "we hypothesize that tracking the nasal cycle, rate of binocular rivalry, and other markers of hemispheric switching will reveal a physiological basis for AGI individuals' subjective reports of gender switches... We base our hypotheses on ancient and modern associations between the left and right hemispheres and the male and female genders."<ref name="CaseRamachandran2012">{{cite journal|last1=Case|first1=Laura K.|last2=Ramachandran|first2=Vilayanur S.|title=Alternating gender incongruity: A new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex|journal=Medical Hypotheses|volume=78|issue=5|year=2012|pages=626–631|issn=03069877|doi=10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.041}}</ref><ref>"Bigender - Boy Today, Girl Tomorrow?". ''Neuroskeptic''. April 8, 2012. [http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221206064913/http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Stix|first=Gary|date=20 April 2012 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911|title='Alternating Gender Incongruity' Causes Rapid Shifts Of Gender, Scientist Claims |website=The Huffington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907041247/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911|archive-date=7 September 2023}}</ref> These doctors think that when bigender people feel a change between their gender identities, it might have to do with a change in how they use parts of their brains. The gender change might also have to do with one of the cycles that everyone has in their body, specifically, a valve in the nose that changes sides every two days (the nasal cycle). This is only a hypothesis, meaning that it is an interesting idea that doesn't have proof for now.


In 2014, bigender was one of the 56 genders made available on Facebook.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref>


In July of 2014, two bigender pride flag designs by Tumblr user no-bucks-for-this-doe were posted on the blog "pridearchive".<ref name="pridearchive">{{Cite web |title=Bigender Pride |author= |work=Pride Archive |date=30 July 2014 |access-date=6 July 2021 |url= https://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/93315678776/bigender-pride|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531074105/https://pridearchive.tumblr.com/post/93315678776/bigender-pride |archive-date=31 May 2022 }}</ref> The first flag has seven horizontal stripes: two shades of pink on the top, followed by a lavender stripe, white middle stripe, another lavender stripe, and two shades of blue on the bottom. The second flag is the same except that the middle stripe is a gradient of white-to-grey. The color meanings were given thusly:
{{quote|Here's what the flag colours mean:


Pinks: [[Femininity]]


Blues: [[Masculinity]]


Purple: [[Nonbinary]]


White transitioning to Grey: [[Agender]] and other neutral genders


The placement of the pink and blue stripes on opposite ends of the flag are to represent a sense of separation, yet coexistence between masculinity and femininity<ref name="pridearchive" />}}


In later years, many alternate bigender pride flags were created after allegations that no-bucks-for-this-doe, aka Sunny, was transphobic and predatory.<ref name="SymbolSage">{{Cite web |title=Bigender Flag – What Does It Represent? |author= |work=Symbol Sage |date=2021 |access-date=6 July 2021 |url= https://symbolsage.com/bi-gender-flag-explained/ |quote=A few years back, there were accusations flying around that the original creator of the 'official' bigender flag showed signs of being transphobic and predatory. Thus, many members of the bigender community felt uncomfortable associating with the original bigender flag. There have been many attempts across the years to conceptualize a brand-new bigender flag – one that's free from the questionable reputation of its designer.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602075428/https://symbolsage.com/bi-gender-flag-explained/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://belmonnt-remade.tumblr.com/post/631901475300327424/a-little-note-on-the-bigender-flag-i-do-not-know|title=a little note on the bigender flag|date=13 October 2020|access-date=6 July 2021}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=SidiPopsicle |number=1404717734819160065 |title=BEGGING people who add Bigender to pride tweets to research that the original flag was made by a transphobic and abusive pedo, and that there are two other popular redesigns to choose from (i personally prefer the one with the purple stripe in the middle, pictured below)!|date=15 June 2021}}</ref> In April 2022, a tumblr user claiming to be Sunny posted that the allegations against them were "more or less true" and also wrote that "I don't like the idea of my flag being used widely because it reminds me of the person I used to be. But it isn't up to me. Flags belong to the community as a whole, not the creator. Regardless I'm glad it seems to be phasing out."<ref>{{cite web|title=I’m Sunny, the creator of the old bigender flag|date=28 April 2022|author=031exuberantwitness|url=https://www.tumblr.com/031exuberantwitness/682756338431016960/im-sunny-the-creator-of-the-old-bigender-flag-a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526164816/https://www.tumblr.com/031exuberantwitness/682756338431016960/im-sunny-the-creator-of-the-old-bigender-flag-a |archive-date=26 May 2023}}</ref>


In 2015, an entry for "bigender" was added to Dictionary.com,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here Are Some New Words Added To Dictionary.com |author= |work=Dictionary.com |date=6 May 2015 |access-date=21 April 2023 |url= https://www.dictionary.com/e/2015-new-words/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518081454/https://www.dictionary.com/e/2015-new-words/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> defined as "a person who has two gender identities or some combination of both."<ref>"Bigender." ''Dictionary.com.'' Retrieved May 18, 2015. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bigender http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bigender] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232145/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bigender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


In 2017, bigender was one of the 37 gender options added to the dating network Tinder.<ref name="Mallenbaum">{{Cite web |title=What you need to know about Tinder's new gender identity terms |last=Mallenbaum |first=Carly |work=USA TODAY |date=15 November 2016 |access-date=29 April 2020 |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/11/15/tinder-app-transgender-agender-genderqueer/93873790/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602132518/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/11/15/tinder-app-transgender-agender-genderqueer/93873790/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

==Gender expression== 
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Bigender people "move between feminine and masculine gender-typed behaviour depending on context. Some bigendered individuals express a distinctly ‘en femme’ persona and a distinctly ‘en homme’ persona […] others have shades of grey between the two."<ref name="Schneider2008" />

== Notable bigender people == 

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[[File:Alyxandra Margaret (A. M.) Dellamonica at FanExpo 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Canadian sci-fi writer [[A.M. Dellamonica]], who describes themself as "bigendered".]]
[[File:RB Lemberg.jpg|thumb|200px|Ukrainian author [[R.B. Lemberg]], who describes themself as bigender.]]
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{{Main|Notable nonbinary people}}


There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the word "bigender" or "bi-gender" for themselves.


*The Slovakian musician [[B-Complex]] (aka Matia or Maťo Lenická) is a drum and bass music producer and DJ. Prefers the name Maťo when presenting as a man and the name Matia when presenting as a woman.<ref name="denn_Prel">{{Cite web |title=Prelomil/a B-complex: Keď som muž, tak som Maťo, keď žena, tak Matia |trans-title=B-complex explained: When I'm a man, I'm Mato, when a woman, Matia |last=Pecíková |first=Laura |work=Denník N |date= |access-date=28 March 2020 |url= https://dennikn.sk/321936/prelomila-b-complex-muz-mato-zena-matia/ |language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202222723/https://dennikn.sk/321936/prelomila-b-complex-muz-mato-zena-matia/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The artist's first major label release was "Beautiful Lies", which appeared on the compilation ''Sick Music'' from Hospital Records. The compilation went on to reach the top 30 on the iTunes UK Download Chart, and was in the top 5 on the Beatport Drum and Bass Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brokenbeats.co.nz/london-elektricity-b-complex-interview/|title=Interview: London Elektricity & B-Complex|publisher=Broken Beats|date=15 June 2009|accessdate=2014-09-17|author=Kivex|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117125947/http://www.brokenbeats.co.nz/london-elektricity-b-complex-interview/|archive-date=17 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hospital Records - B-complex |url=https://www.hospitalrecords.com/shop/artist/b-complex |publisher=Hospital Records |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514041421/https://www.hospitalrecords.com/shop/artist/b-complex |archivedate=2013-05-14 }}</ref> B-Complex goes by she/her pronouns (according to her [https://soundcloud.com/b-complex Soundcloud bio]), and says, "I happen to be a transgendered person as well, bi-gender in particular."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/bcomplex/posts/10153953399843312 Facebook post], June 6, 2015 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405183929/https://www.facebook.com/bcomplex/posts/10153953399843312/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


* Canadian sci-fi writer [[A.M. Dellamonica]] describes themself as "bigendered".<ref name="dellamonicapresskit">{{Cite web |title=Press Kit – A.M. Dellamonica |author= |work=alyxdellamonica.com |date= |access-date=8 August 2021 |url= https://alyxdellamonica.com/press-kit/ |quote=Dellamonica tells people they are bigendered, bisexual and bisectional. (The latter means they sing both alto and soprano.) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528013326/https://alyxdellamonica.com/press-kit/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="dellamonicatweet">{{cite tweet |user=AlyxDellamonica|number=743281061069787136|date=June 15, 2016|title=Bigendered, bisectional, bisexual. The middle means I sing alto and soprano. I write SF/F/H. Legally married to @kellyoyo #QueerSelfLove}}</ref>


*The Ukranian writer [[R.B. Lemberg]] is bigender.<ref name="RBL-about">http://rblemberg.net/?page_id=16 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230331004532/http://rblemberg.net/?page_id=16 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="RBL-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=RB_Lemberg|number=1022283262906048513|date=July 25, 2018|title=@bogiperson is my spouseperson and Mati the Child is our childperson. We are all #ActuallyAutistic :) I forgot to mention that I am bigender and use the pronoun "they." Good to see you here - come say hello if you feel like it! <3}}</ref> Lemberg's speculative fiction has been published in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Sisters of the Revolution, and Uncanny Magazine.


* [[James-Beth Merritt]], the author of the 2018 book ''Bi-Gender: A Candid Nonbinary Memoir.''<ref name="Harrison">{{Cite web |title=Quick Lit: 'Bi-Gender: A Candid Nonbinary Memoir' by James-Beth Merritt |last=Harrison |first=Margot |work=Seven Days |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/quick-lit-bi-gender-a-candid-nonbinary-memoir-by-james-beth-merritt/Content?oid=26153161|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525210624/https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/quick-lit-bi-gender-a-candid-nonbinary-memoir-by-james-beth-merritt/Content?oid=26153161 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


* The young adult novelist [[Mia Siegert]] is bigender.<ref name="dive_Writ">{{Cite web |title=Writing from a Place of Truth |author= |work=Diversity in YA |date= |access-date=2 May 2020 |url= https://diversityinya.tumblr.com/post/143740997531/writing-from-a-place-of-truth |quote=I’m bigender, identifying as both a mostly-hetero female and a gay male. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232144/https://diversityinya.tumblr.com/post/143740997531/writing-from-a-place-of-truth |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Siegert's debut novel ''Jerkbait'' made it into Goodreads Best YA of May 2016, Top 12 Indie YA from Barnes & Noble Teen Blog, and Top 10 YA of 2016 from AndPop!<ref name="mari">{{Cite web |title=Sensational Sophomores: Interview with Mia Siegert |author=Mari |work=musings of a book girl |date=January 7, 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |url= https://musingsofabookgirl.com/2020/01/07/sensational-sophomores-interview-with-mia-siegert/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226014930/https://musingsofabookgirl.com/2020/01/07/sensational-sophomores-interview-with-mia-siegert/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The artist [[Nate Stevenson|Nate "ND" Stevenson]] is bigender and transmasculine.<ref>https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1377305526908841990 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702172227/https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1377305526908841990 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> He uses he/him pronouns.
* [[Ari Kane]], the founder of the Outreach Institute for Gender Studies and the Fantasia Fair (a yearly event for trans and gender non-conforming people), was bigender. She used she/her and he/him pronouns.<ref>"Ari Kane papers". Online Archive of California. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3sdc/entire_text/</ref>

== Bigender characters in fiction == 


{{Main|Nonbinary gender in fiction}}


There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the word "bigender," either in their canon, or by their creators.


*''[http://catperson.erinptah.com/ But I'm A Cat Person]'' by Erin Ptah - Urban fantasy webcomic featuring a bigender character - Timothy/Camellia Mattei - as well as numerous 'Beings' who are able to take on both male and female forms. Also features various LGBT characters. Updates three times a week.
* Mia Siegert's novel ''Somebody Told Me'' has a bigender protagonist who goes by Alexis and/or Aleks.<ref name="Lerner">{{Cite web |title=A Book Trailer, Podcast, and Mia Siegert's Playlist for Somebody Told Me |author= |publisher=Lerner Publishing Group |work=The Lerner Blog |date=May 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url= https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074348/https://lernerbooks.blog/2020/05/a-book-trailer-podcast-and-mia-siegerts-playlist-for-somebody-told-me.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The protagonist of ''Baker Thief'', by Claudie Arseneault, is bigender and [[aromantic]].<ref name="Simkiss">{{Cite web |title=Author Interview: Xan West |author=Simkiss, Ceillie |work=Let's Fox About It |date= |access-date=5 October 2020 |url= https://letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809232147/https://www.letsfoxaboutit.com/author-interview-xan-west/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://gumroad.com/l/bakerthief [https://web.archive.org/web/20210618151823/https://gumroad.com/l/bakerthief Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* ''Why We Fight'', by T.J. Klune, has a bigender protagonist.<ref name="readsrainbow">{{Cite web |title=Book Recs: Twitter’s Favourite Trans Books |author= |work=Reads Rainbow |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url= https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225164049/https://readsrainbow.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/book-recs-twitters-favourite-trans-books/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Currently-in-development dating sim ''The Office Type'' includes the character [[Mx]]. Hura Stapleton, who is bigender.<ref>[https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Heavy Thought Studios - Projects] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212505/https://www.heavythoughtstudios.com/projects/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Currently-in-development dating sim ''Repurpose'' includes the character Cheri, who is bigender and [[omnisexual]].<ref name="Repurpose">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose (Demo) by Eros |author= |work=itch.io |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063331/https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="kick_Repu">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose |author=Resident Rabbit |work=Kickstarter |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The visual novel ''ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area'' includes the character Emhari Abdi, who is a bigender lesbian. Emhari uses both "he/him" and "she/her" pronouns.<ref>{{cite tweet|date=18 July 2020| user=ValiDateGame| number=1284540692962967553|title=Our first mini interview is with Nasr (@trashyvoid ), the artist of Emhari!}}</ref><ref>[https://validategame.com/#cast ValiDate: Meet The Cast!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517064141/https://validategame.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The show ''Gen V'', a spinoff of ''The Boys'', has a bigender protagonist, Jordan Li<ref name="GenV">{{Cite web |title=The Boys spin-off Gen V delivers fresh trans representation with shapeshifting bigender superhero |date=6 October 2023 |access-date=31 October 2023 |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/boys-spin-off-gen-v-154200645.html }}</ref>

==See also== 
*[[Abigender]]
*[[Androgyne]]
*[[Demigender]]
*[[Intergender]]
*[[Genderfluid]]
*[[List of nonbinary identities]]
*[[Multigender]]
*[[Yinyang ren]]

===External links=== 
*[http://bigender.net/ Bigender.net]
*[[Wikipedia:Bigender|Wikipedia's Bigender article]]
*[http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Bigender Bigender at Gender Wiki]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230719063817/https://www.susans.org/wiki/Bigender Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki: Bigender]

==References== 
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[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

Glossary of Dutch gender and sex terminology

2025-05-03T11:16:55Z

TXJ: /* G */ Learned this word from https://transvisie.nl/jeugd/genderzoekend-transgender-non-binair/

{{Glossary list}}
This page lists Dutch terms related to gender and sex. They are alphabetically ordered according to the words in Dutch.

Many trans terms, especially the ones ending in "-gender", are simply copied from English.

==A==
*[[agender]]
*androgyn - [[androgyne]]
*androgynie - [[androgyny]]

==B==
*[[bigender]]

==C==
*[[cisgender]]

==D==
*derde geslacht - [[third gender]]

== E ==

* endoseks - endosex

==F==
*fenotypische geslacht - physical [[sex]]/phenotypic sex

==G==
*genderdysforie - [[gender dysphoria]]
*genderexpressie - [[gender expression]]
*genderidentiteit - [[gender identity]]
*genderincongruentie - gender incongruity
*genderfluïde - [[genderfluid]]
*genderloos - [[genderless]]
*genderneutraal - [[gender neutral]]
*gender niet-conform - [[gender-nonconforming]]
*[[genderqueer]]
*gendervrij - [[genderfree]]
*genderzoekend - [[gender questioning]]
*genetische geslacht - genetic [[sex]]
*geslacht(en) - [[sex]](es) or [[gender]](s)
*geslachtsidentiteitsstoornis - [[gender identity disorder]]

==H==
*holebi - LGB; collective term for gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals.

==I==
*[[intergender]]
*intersekse - [[intersex]]

==L==
*LHBT - [[LGBT]] (lesbian [lesbisch], gay [homoseksueel], bisexual [biseksueel] and transgender)

==M==
*man - [[man]]
*man-naar-vrouw, MV, or MV-er - [[trans woman]] (MTF)

==N==
*non-binair or niet-binair - [[nonbinary]]
*nongender - [[non-gendered]]
*[[neutrois]]

==P==
*[[pangender]]
*[[polygender]]
*pronomen - [[pronoun]]
*psychologisch geslacht - [[gender]]/psychological sex

==T==
*[[transgender]]
*transgenderisme - transgenderism
*trans man - [[trans man]]
*transphobie - [[transphobia]]
*transseksualiteit - [[transsexuality]]
*trans vrouw - [[trans woman]]
*[[trigender]]

==V==
*voornaamwoord(en) - [[pronouns|pronoun(s)]]
*vrouw - [[woman]]
*vrouw-naar-man, VM, or VM-er - [[trans man]] (FTM)

==External resources==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200925003630/https://www.vereniging-genderdiversiteit.nl/ Vereniging Genderdiversiteit (Gender Diversity Association)]
*[http://transgenderinfo.be/f/pers/terminologie/ Transgender Infopunt: Terminologie]

[[Category: Glossaries of gender and sex terminology|Dutch]]
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LGBT

2025-05-03T11:15:02Z

TXJ: /* Variant and alternative acronyms */ Added a Dutch source for QUILTBANG

{{Content warning|reclaimed slurs}}

[[File:Malmö Pride (28826883725).jpg|thumb|Pride march in Sweden, 2016, showing a variety of flags representing different LGBT identities. From left to right, some pride flags visible in this photo include the transgender flag (blue, pink, and white), the LGBT flag (rainbow), the [[Wikipedia:Bear flag (gay culture)|International Bear Brotherhood Flag (brown, white, and gray)]], the [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Asexuality|asexual]] flag (purple, white, gray, black), the [[genderqueer flag]] (purple, white, green), transgender flag (blue, pink, white, with added transgender symbol), [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Pansexuality|pansexual]] flag (cyan, yellow, and magenta), and rainbow flag again.]]
'''LGBT''' is short for "[[romantic and sexual orientation#Lesbian|Lesbian]], [[romantic and sexual orientation|Gay]], [[romantic and sexual orientation#Bisexuality|Bisexual]], and [[Transgender]]." It is the most well-known collective term for the community of gender, sex and sexuality minorities. Many towns and universities have LGBT groups for local socialising, networking, and [[activism]].

==Variant and alternative acronyms==

[[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|Alt=The colours of the LGBT flag in horizontal stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.|The LGBT rainbow flag, based on the one designed in 1978.]]
The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. Depending on location, LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT.

Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other identities have gained visibility and been added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], [[Pansexual]], [[Asexual]], [[Aromantic]], [[Queer]], [[Questioning]], [[Two-spirit]], and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, LGBTIQAP, LGBTQQAP, etc. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, LGBTQIA+, or LGBTQQAP+. The A, when it is added, can refer to asexual and aromantic, as well as [[agender]]. However, there has been some debate whether the A stands for allies. This comes from the belief that the term "ally" used to describe a closeted LGBT+ community member who wanted to be a part of the community while also protecting themselves from their unsafe or unsupportive environment.

Because the ever-longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into different acronyms. Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as:

*'''QUILTBAG''' (queer/questioning, undecided, intersex, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, asexual, gay) was among the first proposed alternative acronyms. It was coined by Sadie Lee in 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=QUILTBAG&oldid=59811453 |title=QUILTBAG |access-date=30 July 2021 |date=19 July 2020 |website=Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary}}</ref> Though QUILTBAG is relatively long compared to LGBT, having the acronym be a pronounceable word made it easy to talk about. However this also leads to confusion, as it is not a distinct word. The '''U''' is sometimes stated to stand for "[[List of uncommon nonbinary identities#Unisex|Unisex]]", a type of nonbinary identity.<ref name="medi_Lite">{{Cite web |title=Literary Canon Fodder {{!}} Cardyn Brooks Reviews |author= |work=Media Diversified |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |quote=...the absence of any QUILTBAG (Queer, Questioning, Unisex, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Asexual, All, Gay) characters...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322214924/https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="yapr_Auth">{{Cite web |title=Author Guest Blog: Diversity in YA |author=Suzanne 'Xan' van Rooyen |work=YA Pride |date=22 April 2013 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= http://www.yapride.org/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |quote=QUILTBAG stands for queer, unisex, intersex, lesbian, trans, bi, asexual and gay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207125034/http://www.yapride.org:80/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** '''QUILTBANG''' is a variant of this which adds an N for nonbinary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqandall.com/what-are-the-most-common-acronyms-in-the-lgbtq-community/ |title=What Are The Most Common Acronyms in the LGBTQ+ Community? |date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://seattlepride.org/news/using-inclusive-language |title=Using Inclusive Language | date=14 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gezondheidsnet.nl/seks-en-soas/wat-betekent-lhbtqia|lang=nl|date=4 August 2022|title=Wat betekent LHBTQIA+? |trans-title=What does LGBTQIA+ mean?}}</ref>

*'''SAGA''' (Sexual and Gender Acceptance) is among the acronyms that seek to describe the common threads amongst the community, rather than list out all the possible identities. However, like QUILTBAG, it is a word that has a different meaning, which causes confusion. It also can describe an organization, Sexuality and Gender Alliance.

* '''GSM''' (gender and sexuality minorities), or '''GSRM''' (gender, sex, and romantic minorities). Criticisms of this term: This excludes some people it shouldn't, such as [[intersex]] people, whose sex is neither a gender nor a sexuality. This term has been considered harmful because it could include some kinds of people it shouldn't: people who aren't LGBT+, such as [[cisgender]] [[heterosexual]] people who consider themselves "sexuality minorities" because they have unusual sexual fetishes, or even harmful paraphilias such as pedophilia.<ref name="bird">{{cite web|author=Bird|title=About MOGAI and MOGII.|url=http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119020133/https://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|date=2014|archive-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>

* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+. MOGII is perhaps easier to say, while MOGAI is more accurate (cishet [[Sexes#Dyadic_sexes|perisex]] women have a marginalized gender ''identity'', but their gender aligns with their [[assigned gender at birth]] so they are not a marginalized gender ''alignment'').<ref name="bird" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226115818/https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|title=why I’ve started using MOGAI|archive-date=26 December 2019|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> "MOGAI" is said to have been coined by Tumblr user cisphobeofficial circa 2015.<ref name="moga_moga">{{Cite web |title=mogai-archive, mogai, & xenogenders |author=ezgender |work= |date= |access-date=30 July 2021 |url= https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |quote=In (approximately) 2015, Tumblr user cisphobeofficial coined the term MOGAI. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612141457/https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. In some contexts, MOGAI is used to refer only to "newer" or more "niche" identities (such as [[xenogenders]] for example), so you will sometimes see people who are "pro-LGBT and anti-MOGAI" although the latter term technically includes the former. '''IMOGA''' (intersex, marginalized orientations or gender alignments) is a variation of MOGAI mostly used on Tumblr.
** The "opposite" of MOGAI, though not frequently used, is COGAP (Centered Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Perisex).<ref name="lgbt_COGA">{{Cite web |title=COGAP |work=LGBTA Wiki |date=10 March 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/COGAP |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.fo/bzAdk}}</ref>

* '''LGBTPN''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary) is an alternative created by those who do not include asexual or aromantic people in the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bihets.tumblr.com/post/161790289892/evilqueerinclusionist-rammstein-borderline |title=PSA: Don’t trust people who use the acronym LGBTPN. |date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.fo/SO8Ny |archive-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

==Queer==

[[File:Twin Cities Pride Parade (18061984670).jpg|thumb|Pride marchers carrying a banner that says "Queer is hot, war is not." Twin Cities, 2013.]]
Queer is a word with a complex history. Some people choose not to use an acronym such as LGBT, and instead use the word "queer" as a collective term for all identities which are not [[heterosexual]] and/or not [[cisgender]]. "Queer" may also be used for [[Romantic and sexual orientation|orientations]] and [[gender]]s that are difficult to define in more specific terms.

Beginning around the 1980s, the word "queer" began to become a political reclamation. Flyers like one circulated in the 1990 New York Pride Parade proclaimed queer as a word indicative of a rejection of heteronormative standards.<ref>["Published anonymously by Queers"]. 1990. QUEERS READ THIS: A leaflet distributed at pride march in NY. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this [https://web.archive.org/web/20230615015513/http://qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In the early 1990s, the academic discipline of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory queer theory] developed. This comes from the use of "queer" as a political statement and a gender stance, which places queerness as against assimilation. The field of queer theory not only looks into LGBT history, but the ramifications of queer theory itself.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PNYlUuvPOQ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false {{dead link}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|title=queer theory|website=Oxford Reference|language=en|doi=10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151416/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

For many people even today, "queer" represents a rejection of assimilation and respectability politics, whereas rejection of the word queer is associated with assimilationist politics. Queer is used by activists that seek broader societal changes that reach the most disenfranchised LGBT people.<ref>Ferry, Nicole C. (2012) [https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Rethinking the Mainstream Gay and Lesbian Movement Beyond the Classroom Exclusionary Results from Inclusion-Based Assimilation Politics]. ''Journal of Curriculum Theorizing''. '''28''', (2): 104-117. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207135556/https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Gamson1995">{{cite journal|last1=Gamson|first1=Joshua|title=Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma|journal=Social Problems|volume=42|issue=3|year=1995|pages=390–407|issn=00377791|doi=10.2307/3096854}}</ref>

However, queer is still used as a slur against LGBT people.<ref>''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang,'' 2nd ed (2005), p. 1161.</ref><ref>''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'' (2008), p. 792-793.</ref> The degree to which queer is considered offensive varies by region and by generation. In 2011, one blogger, themself queer and genderqueer, called it the slur of choice in the UK among "queer bashers," making it necessary to "fight tooth and nail" for their right to call themself both in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" />

Even so, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care V7 listed genderqueer as one of many specific terms used by people outside the gender binary in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Professional Association for Transgender Health|date=2012 |title= Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Conforming People [7th Version] |page=96 |url= https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306101047/https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In response, [[non-gendered]] activist [[Christie Elan-Cane]] spoke against queer being applied to per, calling the use of "[[genderqueer|gender queer]]" in the WPATH standards inappropriate, offensive, and a barrier to mainstream acceptance.<ref>Christie Elan-Cane. November 5, 2011. http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20210805230506/https://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Others, calling themselves genderqueer, praised the WPATH inclusion as validating their identities, calling Elan-Cane's complaints generational rather than universal.<ref name=":0">Mac. November 7, 2011. http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie [https://web.archive.org/web/20201030130158/http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

{{Clear}}

==See also==
*[[Romantic and sexual orientation]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]
*[[Gender binary]]

==References==
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[[Category:Umbrella Terms]]

LGBT

2025-05-03T11:12:52Z

TXJ: /* Variant and alternative acronyms */ Changed "other minorities have been accepted" to "other identities have gained visibility"

{{Content warning|reclaimed slurs}}

[[File:Malmö Pride (28826883725).jpg|thumb|Pride march in Sweden, 2016, showing a variety of flags representing different LGBT identities. From left to right, some pride flags visible in this photo include the transgender flag (blue, pink, and white), the LGBT flag (rainbow), the [[Wikipedia:Bear flag (gay culture)|International Bear Brotherhood Flag (brown, white, and gray)]], the [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Asexuality|asexual]] flag (purple, white, gray, black), the [[genderqueer flag]] (purple, white, green), transgender flag (blue, pink, white, with added transgender symbol), [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Pansexuality|pansexual]] flag (cyan, yellow, and magenta), and rainbow flag again.]]
'''LGBT''' is short for "[[romantic and sexual orientation#Lesbian|Lesbian]], [[romantic and sexual orientation|Gay]], [[romantic and sexual orientation#Bisexuality|Bisexual]], and [[Transgender]]." It is the most well-known collective term for the community of gender, sex and sexuality minorities. Many towns and universities have LGBT groups for local socialising, networking, and [[activism]].

==Variant and alternative acronyms==

[[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|Alt=The colours of the LGBT flag in horizontal stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.|The LGBT rainbow flag, based on the one designed in 1978.]]
The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. Depending on location, LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT.

Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other identities have gained visibility and been added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], [[Pansexual]], [[Asexual]], [[Aromantic]], [[Queer]], [[Questioning]], [[Two-spirit]], and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, LGBTIQAP, LGBTQQAP, etc. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, LGBTQIA+, or LGBTQQAP+. The A, when it is added, can refer to asexual and aromantic, as well as [[agender]]. However, there has been some debate whether the A stands for allies. This comes from the belief that the term "ally" used to describe a closeted LGBT+ community member who wanted to be a part of the community while also protecting themselves from their unsafe or unsupportive environment.

Because the ever-longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into different acronyms. Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as:

*'''QUILTBAG''' (queer/questioning, undecided, intersex, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, asexual, gay) was among the first proposed alternative acronyms. It was coined by Sadie Lee in 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=QUILTBAG&oldid=59811453 |title=QUILTBAG |access-date=30 July 2021 |date=19 July 2020 |website=Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary}}</ref> Though QUILTBAG is relatively long compared to LGBT, having the acronym be a pronounceable word made it easy to talk about. However this also leads to confusion, as it is not a distinct word. The '''U''' is sometimes stated to stand for "[[List of uncommon nonbinary identities#Unisex|Unisex]]", a type of nonbinary identity.<ref name="medi_Lite">{{Cite web |title=Literary Canon Fodder {{!}} Cardyn Brooks Reviews |author= |work=Media Diversified |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |quote=...the absence of any QUILTBAG (Queer, Questioning, Unisex, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Asexual, All, Gay) characters...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322214924/https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="yapr_Auth">{{Cite web |title=Author Guest Blog: Diversity in YA |author=Suzanne 'Xan' van Rooyen |work=YA Pride |date=22 April 2013 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= http://www.yapride.org/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |quote=QUILTBAG stands for queer, unisex, intersex, lesbian, trans, bi, asexual and gay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207125034/http://www.yapride.org:80/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** '''QUILTBANG''' is a variant of this which adds an N for nonbinary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqandall.com/what-are-the-most-common-acronyms-in-the-lgbtq-community/ |title=What Are The Most Common Acronyms in the LGBTQ+ Community? |date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://seattlepride.org/news/using-inclusive-language |title=Using Inclusive Language | date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

*'''SAGA''' (Sexual and Gender Acceptance) is among the acronyms that seek to describe the common threads amongst the community, rather than list out all the possible identities. However, like QUILTBAG, it is a word that has a different meaning, which causes confusion. It also can describe an organization, Sexuality and Gender Alliance.

* '''GSM''' (gender and sexuality minorities), or '''GSRM''' (gender, sex, and romantic minorities). Criticisms of this term: This excludes some people it shouldn't, such as [[intersex]] people, whose sex is neither a gender nor a sexuality. This term has been considered harmful because it could include some kinds of people it shouldn't: people who aren't LGBT+, such as [[cisgender]] [[heterosexual]] people who consider themselves "sexuality minorities" because they have unusual sexual fetishes, or even harmful paraphilias such as pedophilia.<ref name="bird">{{cite web|author=Bird|title=About MOGAI and MOGII.|url=http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119020133/https://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|date=2014|archive-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>

* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+. MOGII is perhaps easier to say, while MOGAI is more accurate (cishet [[Sexes#Dyadic_sexes|perisex]] women have a marginalized gender ''identity'', but their gender aligns with their [[assigned gender at birth]] so they are not a marginalized gender ''alignment'').<ref name="bird" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226115818/https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|title=why I’ve started using MOGAI|archive-date=26 December 2019|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> "MOGAI" is said to have been coined by Tumblr user cisphobeofficial circa 2015.<ref name="moga_moga">{{Cite web |title=mogai-archive, mogai, & xenogenders |author=ezgender |work= |date= |access-date=30 July 2021 |url= https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |quote=In (approximately) 2015, Tumblr user cisphobeofficial coined the term MOGAI. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612141457/https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. In some contexts, MOGAI is used to refer only to "newer" or more "niche" identities (such as [[xenogenders]] for example), so you will sometimes see people who are "pro-LGBT and anti-MOGAI" although the latter term technically includes the former. '''IMOGA''' (intersex, marginalized orientations or gender alignments) is a variation of MOGAI mostly used on Tumblr.
** The "opposite" of MOGAI, though not frequently used, is COGAP (Centered Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Perisex).<ref name="lgbt_COGA">{{Cite web |title=COGAP |work=LGBTA Wiki |date=10 March 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/COGAP |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.fo/bzAdk}}</ref>

* '''LGBTPN''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary) is an alternative created by those who do not include asexual or aromantic people in the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bihets.tumblr.com/post/161790289892/evilqueerinclusionist-rammstein-borderline |title=PSA: Don’t trust people who use the acronym LGBTPN. |date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.fo/SO8Ny |archive-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

==Queer==

[[File:Twin Cities Pride Parade (18061984670).jpg|thumb|Pride marchers carrying a banner that says "Queer is hot, war is not." Twin Cities, 2013.]]
Queer is a word with a complex history. Some people choose not to use an acronym such as LGBT, and instead use the word "queer" as a collective term for all identities which are not [[heterosexual]] and/or not [[cisgender]]. "Queer" may also be used for [[Romantic and sexual orientation|orientations]] and [[gender]]s that are difficult to define in more specific terms.

Beginning around the 1980s, the word "queer" began to become a political reclamation. Flyers like one circulated in the 1990 New York Pride Parade proclaimed queer as a word indicative of a rejection of heteronormative standards.<ref>["Published anonymously by Queers"]. 1990. QUEERS READ THIS: A leaflet distributed at pride march in NY. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this [https://web.archive.org/web/20230615015513/http://qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In the early 1990s, the academic discipline of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory queer theory] developed. This comes from the use of "queer" as a political statement and a gender stance, which places queerness as against assimilation. The field of queer theory not only looks into LGBT history, but the ramifications of queer theory itself.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PNYlUuvPOQ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false {{dead link}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|title=queer theory|website=Oxford Reference|language=en|doi=10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151416/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

For many people even today, "queer" represents a rejection of assimilation and respectability politics, whereas rejection of the word queer is associated with assimilationist politics. Queer is used by activists that seek broader societal changes that reach the most disenfranchised LGBT people.<ref>Ferry, Nicole C. (2012) [https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Rethinking the Mainstream Gay and Lesbian Movement Beyond the Classroom Exclusionary Results from Inclusion-Based Assimilation Politics]. ''Journal of Curriculum Theorizing''. '''28''', (2): 104-117. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207135556/https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Gamson1995">{{cite journal|last1=Gamson|first1=Joshua|title=Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma|journal=Social Problems|volume=42|issue=3|year=1995|pages=390–407|issn=00377791|doi=10.2307/3096854}}</ref>

However, queer is still used as a slur against LGBT people.<ref>''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang,'' 2nd ed (2005), p. 1161.</ref><ref>''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'' (2008), p. 792-793.</ref> The degree to which queer is considered offensive varies by region and by generation. In 2011, one blogger, themself queer and genderqueer, called it the slur of choice in the UK among "queer bashers," making it necessary to "fight tooth and nail" for their right to call themself both in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" />

Even so, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care V7 listed genderqueer as one of many specific terms used by people outside the gender binary in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Professional Association for Transgender Health|date=2012 |title= Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Conforming People [7th Version] |page=96 |url= https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306101047/https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In response, [[non-gendered]] activist [[Christie Elan-Cane]] spoke against queer being applied to per, calling the use of "[[genderqueer|gender queer]]" in the WPATH standards inappropriate, offensive, and a barrier to mainstream acceptance.<ref>Christie Elan-Cane. November 5, 2011. http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20210805230506/https://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Others, calling themselves genderqueer, praised the WPATH inclusion as validating their identities, calling Elan-Cane's complaints generational rather than universal.<ref name=":0">Mac. November 7, 2011. http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie [https://web.archive.org/web/20201030130158/http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

{{Clear}}

==See also==
*[[Romantic and sexual orientation]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]
*[[Gender binary]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Umbrella Terms]]

LGBT

2025-05-03T11:10:48Z

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{{Content warning|reclaimed slurs}}

[[File:Malmö Pride (28826883725).jpg|thumb|Pride march in Sweden, 2016, showing a variety of flags representing different LGBT identities. From left to right, some pride flags visible in this photo include the transgender flag (blue, pink, and white), the LGBT flag (rainbow), the [[Wikipedia:Bear flag (gay culture)|International Bear Brotherhood Flag (brown, white, and gray)]], the [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Asexuality|asexual]] flag (purple, white, gray, black), the [[genderqueer flag]] (purple, white, green), transgender flag (blue, pink, white, with added transgender symbol), [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Pansexuality|pansexual]] flag (cyan, yellow, and magenta), and rainbow flag again.]]
'''LGBT''' is short for "[[romantic and sexual orientation#Lesbian|Lesbian]], [[romantic and sexual orientation|Gay]], [[romantic and sexual orientation#Bisexuality|Bisexual]], and [[Transgender]]." It is the most well-known collective term for the community of gender, sex and sexuality minorities. Many towns and universities have LGBT groups for local socialising, networking, and [[activism]].

==Variant and alternative acronyms==

[[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|Alt=The colours of the LGBT flag in horizontal stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.|The LGBT rainbow flag, based on the one designed in 1978.]]
The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. Depending on location, LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT.

Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other minorities have been accepted into the community and added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], [[Pansexual]], [[Asexual]], [[Aromantic]], [[Queer]], [[Questioning]], [[Two-spirit]], and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, LGBTIQAP, LGBTQQAP, etc. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, LGBTQIA+, or LGBTQQAP+. The A, when it is added, can refer to asexual and aromantic, as well as [[agender]]. However, there has been some debate whether the A stands for allies. This comes from the belief that the term "ally" used to describe a closeted LGBT+ community member who wanted to be a part of the community while also protecting themselves from their unsafe or unsupportive environment.

Because the ever-longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into different acronyms. Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as:

*'''QUILTBAG''' (queer/questioning, undecided, intersex, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, asexual, gay) was among the first proposed alternative acronyms. It was coined by Sadie Lee in 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=QUILTBAG&oldid=59811453 |title=QUILTBAG |access-date=30 July 2021 |date=19 July 2020 |website=Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary}}</ref> Though QUILTBAG is relatively long compared to LGBT, having the acronym be a pronounceable word made it easy to talk about. However this also leads to confusion, as it is not a distinct word. The '''U''' is sometimes stated to stand for "[[List of uncommon nonbinary identities#Unisex|Unisex]]", a type of nonbinary identity.<ref name="medi_Lite">{{Cite web |title=Literary Canon Fodder {{!}} Cardyn Brooks Reviews |author= |work=Media Diversified |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |quote=...the absence of any QUILTBAG (Queer, Questioning, Unisex, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Asexual, All, Gay) characters...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322214924/https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="yapr_Auth">{{Cite web |title=Author Guest Blog: Diversity in YA |author=Suzanne 'Xan' van Rooyen |work=YA Pride |date=22 April 2013 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= http://www.yapride.org/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |quote=QUILTBAG stands for queer, unisex, intersex, lesbian, trans, bi, asexual and gay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207125034/http://www.yapride.org:80/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
** '''QUILTBANG''' is a variant of this which adds an N for nonbinary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lgbtqandall.com/what-are-the-most-common-acronyms-in-the-lgbtq-community/ |title=What Are The Most Common Acronyms in the LGBTQ+ Community? |date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://seattlepride.org/news/using-inclusive-language |title=Using Inclusive Language | date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

*'''SAGA''' (Sexual and Gender Acceptance) is among the acronyms that seek to describe the common threads amongst the community, rather than list out all the possible identities. However, like QUILTBAG, it is a word that has a different meaning, which causes confusion. It also can describe an organization, Sexuality and Gender Alliance.

* '''GSM''' (gender and sexuality minorities), or '''GSRM''' (gender, sex, and romantic minorities). Criticisms of this term: This excludes some people it shouldn't, such as [[intersex]] people, whose sex is neither a gender nor a sexuality. This term has been considered harmful because it could include some kinds of people it shouldn't: people who aren't LGBT+, such as [[cisgender]] [[heterosexual]] people who consider themselves "sexuality minorities" because they have unusual sexual fetishes, or even harmful paraphilias such as pedophilia.<ref name="bird">{{cite web|author=Bird|title=About MOGAI and MOGII.|url=http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119020133/https://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|date=2014|archive-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>

* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+. MOGII is perhaps easier to say, while MOGAI is more accurate (cishet [[Sexes#Dyadic_sexes|perisex]] women have a marginalized gender ''identity'', but their gender aligns with their [[assigned gender at birth]] so they are not a marginalized gender ''alignment'').<ref name="bird" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226115818/https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|title=why I’ve started using MOGAI|archive-date=26 December 2019|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> "MOGAI" is said to have been coined by Tumblr user cisphobeofficial circa 2015.<ref name="moga_moga">{{Cite web |title=mogai-archive, mogai, & xenogenders |author=ezgender |work= |date= |access-date=30 July 2021 |url= https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |quote=In (approximately) 2015, Tumblr user cisphobeofficial coined the term MOGAI. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612141457/https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. In some contexts, MOGAI is used to refer only to "newer" or more "niche" identities (such as [[xenogenders]] for example), so you will sometimes see people who are "pro-LGBT and anti-MOGAI" although the latter term technically includes the former. '''IMOGA''' (intersex, marginalized orientations or gender alignments) is a variation of MOGAI mostly used on Tumblr.
** The "opposite" of MOGAI, though not frequently used, is COGAP (Centered Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Perisex).<ref name="lgbt_COGA">{{Cite web |title=COGAP |work=LGBTA Wiki |date=10 March 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/COGAP |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.fo/bzAdk}}</ref>

* '''LGBTPN''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary) is an alternative created by those who do not include asexual or aromantic people in the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bihets.tumblr.com/post/161790289892/evilqueerinclusionist-rammstein-borderline |title=PSA: Don’t trust people who use the acronym LGBTPN. |date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.fo/SO8Ny |archive-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

==Queer==

[[File:Twin Cities Pride Parade (18061984670).jpg|thumb|Pride marchers carrying a banner that says "Queer is hot, war is not." Twin Cities, 2013.]]
Queer is a word with a complex history. Some people choose not to use an acronym such as LGBT, and instead use the word "queer" as a collective term for all identities which are not [[heterosexual]] and/or not [[cisgender]]. "Queer" may also be used for [[Romantic and sexual orientation|orientations]] and [[gender]]s that are difficult to define in more specific terms.

Beginning around the 1980s, the word "queer" began to become a political reclamation. Flyers like one circulated in the 1990 New York Pride Parade proclaimed queer as a word indicative of a rejection of heteronormative standards.<ref>["Published anonymously by Queers"]. 1990. QUEERS READ THIS: A leaflet distributed at pride march in NY. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this [https://web.archive.org/web/20230615015513/http://qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In the early 1990s, the academic discipline of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory queer theory] developed. This comes from the use of "queer" as a political statement and a gender stance, which places queerness as against assimilation. The field of queer theory not only looks into LGBT history, but the ramifications of queer theory itself.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PNYlUuvPOQ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false {{dead link}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|title=queer theory|website=Oxford Reference|language=en|doi=10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151416/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

For many people even today, "queer" represents a rejection of assimilation and respectability politics, whereas rejection of the word queer is associated with assimilationist politics. Queer is used by activists that seek broader societal changes that reach the most disenfranchised LGBT people.<ref>Ferry, Nicole C. (2012) [https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Rethinking the Mainstream Gay and Lesbian Movement Beyond the Classroom Exclusionary Results from Inclusion-Based Assimilation Politics]. ''Journal of Curriculum Theorizing''. '''28''', (2): 104-117. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207135556/https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Gamson1995">{{cite journal|last1=Gamson|first1=Joshua|title=Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma|journal=Social Problems|volume=42|issue=3|year=1995|pages=390–407|issn=00377791|doi=10.2307/3096854}}</ref>

However, queer is still used as a slur against LGBT people.<ref>''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang,'' 2nd ed (2005), p. 1161.</ref><ref>''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'' (2008), p. 792-793.</ref> The degree to which queer is considered offensive varies by region and by generation. In 2011, one blogger, themself queer and genderqueer, called it the slur of choice in the UK among "queer bashers," making it necessary to "fight tooth and nail" for their right to call themself both in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" />

Even so, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care V7 listed genderqueer as one of many specific terms used by people outside the gender binary in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Professional Association for Transgender Health|date=2012 |title= Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Conforming People [7th Version] |page=96 |url= https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306101047/https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In response, [[non-gendered]] activist [[Christie Elan-Cane]] spoke against queer being applied to per, calling the use of "[[genderqueer|gender queer]]" in the WPATH standards inappropriate, offensive, and a barrier to mainstream acceptance.<ref>Christie Elan-Cane. November 5, 2011. http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20210805230506/https://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Others, calling themselves genderqueer, praised the WPATH inclusion as validating their identities, calling Elan-Cane's complaints generational rather than universal.<ref name=":0">Mac. November 7, 2011. http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie [https://web.archive.org/web/20201030130158/http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

{{Clear}}

==See also==
*[[Romantic and sexual orientation]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]
*[[Gender binary]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Umbrella Terms]]

Gender abolitionism

2025-05-02T13:54:44Z

TXJ:

Gender abolitionism

2025-05-02T13:51:11Z

TXJ:

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'''Gender abolitionism''' broadly refers to viewpoints that advocate the dissolution of [[Gender role|gender roles]] and gender norms.<ref>https://cherwell.org/2021/10/09/gender-abolition-why-it-matters/</ref><ref>https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/5898</ref> A related term is '''postgenderism''', the idea that human culture should advance beyond gender.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgenderism</ref>

==References==
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Gender abolitionism

2025-05-02T13:50:49Z

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'''Gender abolitionism''' broadly refers to viewpoints that advocate the dissolution of gender roles and gender norms.<ref>https://cherwell.org/2021/10/09/gender-abolition-why-it-matters/</ref><ref>https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/5898</ref> A related term is '''postgenderism''', the idea that human culture should advance beyond gender.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgenderism</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

Video games with nonbinary player character options

2025-04-29T19:31:16Z

TXJ: /* Unreleased (currently in development) */

{{content warning|transphobic violence, gender dysphoria}}
In most video games, the player's character either has a preselected binary gender, or can be set as only male or female. This page will list games that meet at least one of the following criteria:
* allow the player to create their character as specifically nonbinary (often by selecting an option for [[singular they]] pronouns/entering custom pronouns) or
* have a player character creation process with no reference to gender at all.

So, the player characters in games on this page are not ''canonically'' nonbinary, but they can be nonbinary based on how one plays.
For characters that ''canonically'' have a gender outside the male-or-female binary, see [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Video games]].

(Games are listed chronologically by year of first release, or by the year that a nonbinary player character option was introduced, whichever is later.)

===2010===
[[File:Choice_of_the_dragon_screenshot.png|Gender selection screen in ''Choice of the Dragon''.|thumb]]
* ''Choice of the Dragon'', by Choice of Games LLC, is an interactive fiction story in which the player's character is a dragon. When creating this character, you are given the option of being male, female, neither, or an undetermined gender.

===2013===
* The task-management RPG ''Habitica'' (formerly ''HabitRPG'') has a non-gendered character creator. The FAQ states "Characters/avatars do not have a specific gender. You can mix and match all the available avatar customizations to produce any appearance you like."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://habitica.fandom.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_make_my_avatar_female_or_male.3F|title=FAQ > Your Avatar > How do I make my avatar female or male?|website=Habitica Wiki|access-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530123412/https://habitica.fandom.com/wiki/FAQ|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

===2014===
[[File:LongStory.png|thumb|Character creation screen in the game ''LongStory''.]]
*In the visual novel/dating sim ''LongStory'', players choose the protagonist's pronouns from they, she, or he.
*In the dating sim ''Great Personality: Guardians'', there is an option for the player character to be genderqueer.<ref name="repr_Grea">{{Cite web |title=Great Personality: Guardians |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/great-personality-guardians|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328221857/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/great-personality-guardians|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* The puzzle game ''Robots Need Love Too'' allows a choice of six pronoun sets for your robots: she, he, they, zie, ey, or xie.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robots Need Love Too |author= |work=TouchArcade |date= |access-date=7 September 2021 |url=https://toucharcade.com/games/robots-need-love-too |quote=Inclusive design: choose from 6 personal pronouns (she, he, they, zie, ey, and xie) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721141829/https://toucharcade.com/games/robots-need-love-too |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* The interactive novel game ''Creatures Such as We'' allows the player to identify themself as a cis man, cis woman, trans man, trans woman, 'person', or 'other' (fill in the blank).<ref name="COG-representme">{{Cite web |title=Choice of Games (developer) |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=8 September 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063327/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/choice-of-games|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

===2015===
*''VERSUS: The Lost Ones'' by Zachary Sergi (published in 2015 by Choice of Games LLC) is a sci-fi interactive novel where it's possible to play a nonbinary character. The player's character, Thomil, comes from a planet where everyone telepathically shares their thoughts and feelings with one another. A couple chapters into the story, the player is asked about their character's gender. They can choose from six options: a cisgender woman, transgender woman, cis man, trans man, [[intersex]], or "I don't subscribe to any gender categories". Choosing the last option sets Thomil's stats to say "Gender: Not Applicable," and brings up these remarks in the narrative: "You are both genders, but you are also neither gender. You believe gender defies categorization, operating on a kind of sliding scale-- one that can change every day. You've come across [foreign planets'] texts about other cultures where such thinking is considered taboo or even sacrilegious, but in a society where everyone can quite literally share their thoughts and experiences, it's fairly impossible not to accept others once you understand who they truly are. Besides, even the most staunchly 'male' or 'female' cisgenders admit that sometimes they feel more 'masculine' or 'feminine' at different times. You just take that kind of thinking to a whole new level." The narration in ''VERSUS'' makes clear that this is not an undisclosed gender or a fantasy sex, but a nonbinary gender identity. Though Thomil comes from a sci-fi setting where where this and other transgender identities are accepted, this is a realistic depiction of a nonbinary person.
* In the RPG ''7th Dragon III Code: VFD'', you create your character without any reference to gender, and the game will use they/them pronouns for you and your teammate characters regardless of appearance. Players also can change their character's appearance and name anytime.<ref name="lgbt_Gend">{{Cite web |title=Gender in 7th Dragon III Code: VFD |author= |work=LGBTQ Video Game Archive |date=3 May 2019 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2019/05/03/gender-in-7th-dragon-iii-code-vfd/#more-11037|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629080521/https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2019/05/03/gender-in-7th-dragon-iii-code-vfd/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===2016===
*In ''Tokyo Afterschool Summoners'', the player can set the protagonist's gender to male, female, or "other", regardless of which appearance they choose.
* In the dating sim ''Hustle Cat'', the protagonist can be either male, female, or nonbinary with "they" pronouns, and the characters in-game will refer to them with the chosen pronouns.
*In the RPG visual novel ''Queen at Arms'', the protagonist is AFAB and for much of the game is [[crossdressing]] as male to hide their identity. However, halfway through the story, the player chooses the protagonist's [[gender identity]], and the options are male, female, or genderqueer.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/362020/Queen_At_Arms/?curator_clanid=39486419 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://store.steampowered.com/app/362020/Queen_At_Arms/?curator_clanid=39486419 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the science-fiction adventure game ''Event[0]'', players choose their pronouns as he/him, she/her, or they/them.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/470260/Event0/?curator_clanid=39486419 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226151121/https://store.steampowered.com/app/470260/Event0/?curator_clanid=39486419 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the mobile game ''Pokémon Go'', players select their avatar from one of two "styles" instead of being asked "Are you a boy or a girl?" as was the case in many other Pokémon games.<ref name="Tan-Pokego">{{Cite web |title=Pokémon Go praised by fans for non-binary, gender fluid avatars |last=Tan |first=Nigel |work=Gay Star News |date=14 July 2016 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url= https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/pokemon-go-non-binary-gender-fluid-avatars/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306122131/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/pokemon-go-non-binary-gender-fluid-avatars/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* The fan-made RPG ''Pokémon Uranium'' allows players to select from three avatars: one masculine, one feminine, and one androgynous. Based on the selected avatar, the game will use he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns in dialogue when referring to the player.<ref name="repr_Poké">{{Cite web |title=Pokémon Uranium |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/pokemon-uranium|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130183352/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/pokemon-uranium|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". Choosing gender free results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. The player can also choose to "make everyone else gender liberated too", resulting in the protagonist saying things like "Everybody knew about me, the eldest child of the late Gentleperson and Gentleperson Fairfax".
* The interactive novel game ''Empyrean'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/557700/Empyrean/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220703130113/https://store.steampowered.com/app/557700/Empyrean/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The interactive novel game ''Choice of the Pirate'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/476490/Choice_of_the_Pirate/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322121113/https://store.steampowered.com/app/476490/Choice_of_the_Pirate/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The interactive novel game ''The Hero Project: Redemption Season'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/459310/The_Hero_Project_Redemption_Season/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220703060735/https://store.steampowered.com/app/459310/The_Hero_Project_Redemption_Season/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

===2017===
[[File:Heart Papers Border character creation.png|thumb|Character options in the game ''Heart. Papers. Border.'' The NB gender marker is selected.]]
* In the strategy game ''Heart. Papers. Border.'' (available in Steam Early Access since August 2017), you can select your character's gender from F, M, or NB when starting a game. This has no apparent effect on gameplay.
*The interactive novel ''Heart of the House'' allows the player to be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/742150/Heart_of_the_House/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603042843/http://store.steampowered.com/app/742150/Heart_of_the_House/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*The action RPG ''Pyre'' allows players to select their pronouns from she/her, he/him, or they/them.<ref name="Powell-Pyre">{{Cite web |title=Player Genderfluidity in Gaming |last=Powell |first=Dougie K |work=Hey Poor Player |date=19 June 2018 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url= https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2018/06/19/genderfluid-gaming/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526182312/https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2018/06/19/genderfluid-gaming/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> The pronouns can be changed at any time through the settings menu.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/462770/Pyre/?curator_clanid=39486419 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://store.steampowered.com/app/462770/Pyre/?curator_clanid=39486419 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the visual novel ''A Foretold Affair'', players choose their pronouns as he/him, she/her, or they/them.<ref name="repr_AFor">{{Cite web |title=A Foretold Affair |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601014416/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/a-foretold-affair|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''JoJo's Diner'', players can select they/them pronouns for their character.<ref name="repr_JoJo">{{Cite web |title=JoJo's Diner |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/jojo-s-diner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328053029/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/jojo-s-diner|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the adventure game ''South Park: The Fractured But Whole'', the player character is asked by Mr. Mackey if they identify as male, female, or "other". If you select "other" then Mr. Mackey calls the character's parents and reports "Your child just let me know that he, er, they identify as being [[gender neutral]]. [...] It's fine, it's just everyone was under the impression that they were a boy." After hanging up the phone, Mr. Mackey says, "This is a shocker, New Kid, but there's nothing wrong with not identifying as a binary gender. You can be whatever sex you want, OK, even if it's none. That's fine!" After leaving Mr. Mackey's office, a group of "rednecks" in a pickup truck drive up and say, "Well, well, well, if it ain't one of them gender neutrals? We don't take kindly to your types around here. Let's welcome this thing to our town," and a battle commences. (The same battle, with slightly different dialogue, also happens if you choose to say you're a trans girl.)<ref name="SouthPark">{{Cite web |title=South Park video game 'more difficult' if you pick a transgender character |last=Duffy |first=Nick |work=PinkNews |date=8 September 2017 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/09/08/south-park-video-game-more-difficult-if-you-pick-a-transgender-character/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/09/08/south-park-video-game-more-difficult-if-you-pick-a-transgender-character/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===2018===
[[File:Fallen Hero Rebirth.png|thumb|Gender choice near the beginning of the interactive novel ''Fallen Hero: Rebirth''.]]
* Interactive novel ''Fallen Hero: Rebirth'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/800620/Fallen_Hero_Rebirth/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230524061132/https://store.steampowered.com/app/800620/Fallen_Hero_Rebirth/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Interactive novel ''Silverworld'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/839940/Silverworld/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230207060427/https://store.steampowered.com/app/839940/Silverworld/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Interactive novel ''The Superlatives: Aetherfall'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/726230/The_Superlatives_Aetherfall/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20220720040511/http://store.steampowered.com/app/726230/The_Superlatives_Aetherfall/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Interactive novel ''Tower Behind the Moon'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001490/Tower_Behind_the_Moon/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230103175457/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001490/Tower_Behind_the_Moon/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* In the dating sim ''Monster Prom'', you can choose your character's pronouns from they/them, she/her, or he/him.<ref>{{cite web|work=Represent Me|title=Monster Prom|url=https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/monster-prom|access-date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130142212/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/monster-prom|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* In the adventure/visual novel game ''Headliner: NoviNews'', players choose their pronouns as he/him, she/her, or they/them.<ref name="HeadlinerNN">{{Cite web |title=Headliner: NoviNews Gets Negative Reviews for Non-Binary Pronouns |last=Henry |first=Jasmine |work=J Station X |date=4 April 2019 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://jstationx.com/2019/04/04/headliner-novinews-non-binary-pronouns-negative-reviews/ |quote=At the beginning of the game, players can choose to go by he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns. In an email, Unbound Creations founder Jakub Kasztalski explains that the game doesn’t address LGBTQ issues beyond this |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150757/https://jstationx.com/2019/04/04/headliner-novinews-non-binary-pronouns-negative-reviews/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In ''Red Embrace: Hollywood'', the player chooses their pronoun from "he", "she", or "they".<ref name="arge_Your">{{Cite web |title=Your Customized MC - Red Embrace: Hollywood |author=Argent Games |work=itch.io |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://argent-games.itch.io/red-embrace-hollywood/devlog/48055/your-customized-mc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://argent-games.itch.io/red-embrace-hollywood/devlog/48055/your-customized-mc |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the visual novel ''//TODO: today'', the protagonist can be [[male]], [[female]], or [[nonbinary]], depending on player's choices.<ref>[https://vndb.org/v21649/chars#chars VNDB {{!}} //TODO: today characters] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220819120206/https://vndb.org/v21649/chars Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*''Genderwrecked'' is a post-apocalyptic horror/gore visual novel about trying to find the meaning of gender. The player can select their pronouns from she/her, they/them, he/him, xe/xir, ze/zir, it/it, or custom pronouns.<ref name="genderwrecked">{{Cite web |title=GENDERWRECKED |author=ryan rose aceae |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305002650/https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*In the turn-based strategy game ''Battletech'', while customizing your character, you can choose from he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns. The third option opens up both masculine and feminine appearance options.

===2019===
*In the simulation game ''Signed and Sealed With a Kiss'', "you choose your pronouns (he/she/they) and presentation (masculine/feminine/androgynous)."<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/933230/Signed_and_Sealed_With_a_Kiss/?curator_clanid=26898915</ref>
*In the interactive novel ''Drag Star!'' you can play your character as a [[drag queen]] (she/her), a drag king (he/him), "a gender-funky club kid" (they/them), use no pronouns, or enter your own custom pronouns.
*In the interactive novel ''Moonrise'' you can play as a trans woman, a cis woman, or a nonbinary person.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moonrise |author= |work=choiceofgames.com |date= |access-date=8 September 2021 |url= https://www.choiceofgames.com/user-contributed/moonrise/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524094020/https://www.choiceofgames.com/user-contributed/moonrise/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
*In the free-to-play visual novel/dating sim ''Otter of My Life'', you can make your character Ashley Otterson male, female, or nonbinary, and can also select your pronouns as he, she, or they.

===2020===
[[File:Later-Daters-honorific-choice.jpg|thumb|A screenshot of the character creation process in ''Later Daters''.]]
*In the visual novel/dating sim ''Later Daters'', the player can choose their [[Honorifics|honorific]] as Mx, Ms, or Mr.<ref name="Ford-LaterDaters">{{Cite web |title=Later Daters PC Review |last=Ford |first=Suzie |work=GameSpace.com |date=5 March 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |url= https://www.gamespace.com/featured/later-daters-pc-review/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://www.gamespace.com/featured/later-daters-pc-review/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the simulation game ''Calico'', the character creation process is non-gendered.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1112890/Calico/?curator_clanid=39486419 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1112890/Calico/?curator_clanid=39486419 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*In the simulation game ''BitLife'', since the June 2020 Pride Update, the player can select (after the character reaches age 5) whether their character is [[cisgender]], genderqueer, nonbinary, transgender female, and transgender male. Being non-cis may cause the character to experience [[gender dysphoria]] in-game, lowering their Happiness level.<ref name="leve_BitL">{{Cite web |title=BitLife Pride Update Guide: Everything You Need to Know About BitLife Version 1.38, aka the Pride Update |author=Tim |work=Level Winner |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150757/https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* In the simulation game ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'', the character creation process is non-gendered, having players select a "style" instead of a gender for their avatar.<ref name="repr_Anim">{{Cite web |title=Animal Crossing series |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/animal-crossing-series|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602221936/https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/animal-crossing-series|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* Interactive novel game ''Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1356440/Kidnapped_A_Royal_Birthday/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221226203523/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1356440/Kidnapped_A_Royal_Birthday/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*While customising your "gentlesona" in the dating simulator ''Max Gentlemen Sexy Business!'' you can choose from a variety of body types with vulvas or penises. You also choose what kind of business tycoon title you prefer from "Sir", "Madame", or "Boss", mirroring the traditional selection of pronouns. Neither of these influence your dating options.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/817840/Max_Gentlemen_Sexy_Business/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230529024217/https://store.steampowered.com/app/817840/Max_Gentlemen_Sexy_Business/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The Free-To-Play visual novel ''Our Life'' lets you choose your pronouns from she/her, he/him and they/them. As you grow up in the game you can also decide to change your pronouns.
*The platformer game ''Shovel Knight'' features a Body Swap Mode, which allows the player to customize the appearance and pronouns of each of the game's twelve main characters. Initially, only masculine and feminine pronouns were available, but an update in 2019 added the option for gender-neutral pronouns.
* In the creature-collecting game ''Temtem'', you can select a masculine or feminine body type, and can select "she/her", "he/him", or "they/them" pronouns. Hairstyles and clothing options are not restricted by body type or pronouns. When an NPC uses a gendered term to refer to the player character, the game often gives you the option to reply "I am not a boy/girl." These dialogue options are available no matter what pronoun you picked at the start of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ and non-binary identity representation and integration in Temtem — Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |author=Warren, Jack |work=Manchester Metropolitan Game Centre |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=10 January 2023 |url= https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150814/https://mmgamecentre.org/blog/2020/2/5/lgbtq-and-non-binary-identity-representation-and-integration-in-temtem |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

===2021===
* In the Roblox game Royale High, as of March 3, 2021, players can choose between Mr., Miss, or Mx. when signing up for the Royale Universe Pageant—a fashion event that players can attend on Sunset Island, a tropical island where players can teleport to socialize, roleplay, explore, etc. Before the March 3 update, players could only choose between Mr. or Miss, making it less accessible for players with gender identities beyond the binary. <ref>{{cite web|title=Sunset Island Page|url=https://royale-high.fandom.com/wiki/Sunset_Island | access-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425131502/https://royale-high.fandom.com/wiki/Sunset_Island# |archive-date=25 April 2025}}</ref>
* In the farming RPG ''Pumpkin Days'', previously known as ''Pumpkin Online'', the player character creator has no gender selection nor any gender-locked clothes. The official website says that "specifying a gender does not play a role in Pumpkin Days. Simply use our body sliders in character customization to add feminine and/or as masculine features as you want. Any clothes you buy will fit the body you choose."<ref>{{cite web|title=Pumpkin Days Unique Features|url=https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150815/https://www.pumpkin-days.com/about-game|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* The interactive novel game ''Pugmire: Treasure of the Sea Dogs'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary. <ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1644330/Pugmire_Treasure_of_the_Sea_Dogs/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230522074848/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1644330/Pugmire_Treasure_of_the_Sea_Dogs/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* The RPG ''Wildermyth'' allows heroes to have they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Non-binary heroes| date=28 December 2020| url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/763890/discussions/0/3001052356430888363/}}</ref>
*In the racing game ''Forza Horizon 5'', the character creator gives an option for they/them pronouns. Pronouns are not tied to the body you choose for your character.
*In the action RPG ''Postknight 2'', the player character has no defined gender and can freely be customized using any combination of masculine and feminine hair, eyes, and clothing.
*The roguelite/dating sim ''Boyfriend Dungeon'' allows the player to choose between he/him, she/her and they/them pronouns. The choice of pronouns has no effect on your available customization options or ability to romance any of the characters.

===2022===

* In the game SuchArt! it is possible to choose amongst 3 pronoun sets while creating the profile - she/her, he/him and they/them. The last one comes with gender neutral terms as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SuchArt Accessibility Isn’t Wonderful but It Is an Enjoyable Painting Sim|website=Can I Play That? |access-date=29 November 2023 |url= https://caniplaythat.com/2021/07/07/suchart-accessibility-preview-pc/}}</ref>
*In the farming RPG ''Harvestella'', character creation offers separate choices between "male", "female", and "non-binary" genders; masculine or feminine body types; and masculine or feminine voices.

===2023===
*In the farming sim ''Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life'', you can choose between "she/her", "he/him", and "they/them" pronouns. None of the character creator options are restricted by pronoun choice.<ref>https://www.storyofseasons.com/awl/newfeatures/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230723041124/https://www.storyofseasons.com/awl/newfeatures/ Archived] on 22 July 2023.</ref>
*In the fantasy role-playing game ''Baldur's Gate 3'', the player character's identity can be set as "Male", "Female", or "Non-Binary/Other". The "Identity" selection is not at all linked to the selection for body type or voice.
*Similar to the ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' example above, ''Splatoon 3'' has the players select their avatars' "style" (encompassing both gender and species). Haircuts and pants, which previously were gender-restricted, are now unisex, and most pieces of equipment whose appearance differed based on the character's gender have been split into separate pieces wearable regardless of "style". Gendered titles used in previous games have also been revised to be gender-neutral, such as "Splatfest Ruler" in place of "Splatfest King/Queen".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Splatoon 3 - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch |author=Nintendo |work=YouTube |access-date=22 October 2021 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUYDXVDLmns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628053226/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUYDXVDLmns |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Player_customization [https://web.archive.org/web/20230501222323/https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Player_customization Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*Fighting game ''Street Fighter 6'' has the player create an avatar for use in the single-player World Tour mode as well as the multiplayer Battle Hub. Character creation allows choices between "male" and "female" body types, and, separately, "male", "female", or "human" gender identity. Selecting "human" results in the avatar being referred to with they/them pronouns. All of the options for the avatar's voice are available to avatars of either body type, and all clothing can be equipped regardless of body type and gender. The player can change their avatar's appearance and pronouns at will by visiting a beauty salon in World Tour.
*In the science fiction role-playing game ''Starfield,'' the player can choose which pronouns to use from "He/Him", "She/Her", and "They/Them". Characters in game will use the selected pronouns when referring to the player character. The player character can choose between two body types (1 and 2) regardless of pronouns, as well as two different walking animations, and all character creation options are available for both body types. Players can visit "Enhance" clinics in-game, where they can change the player character's appearance, name, and pronouns. <ref>{{Cite news|last=Game8|first=Starfield Walkthrough Team|url=https://game8.co/games/Starfield/archives/423228|title=How to Change and Select Pronouns|date=09/05/2023|work=Starfield|access-date=9/14/2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In the creature collecting game ''Cassette Beasts'', the character creation process is ungendered, and you can choose between he/him, she/her, and they/them. You can as well change to a different pronoun set at any point of the game.
* In the dating sim Repurpose, the player is able to choose their pronoun set as "he," "she," or "they." <ref name="Repurpose">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose (Demo) by Eros |author= |work=itch.io |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=26 April 2025 |url=https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515063331/https://residentrabbit.itch.io/repurpose-demo |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="kick_Repu">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose |author=Resident Rabbit |work=Kickstarter |access-date=26 April 2025 |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226150817/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentrabbit/repurpose/description |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> <ref name="steam_release">{{Cite web |title=Repurpose released |access-date=26 April 2025 |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1862430/Repurpose/#:~:text=All%20Games%20%3E%20Indie%20Games%20%3E%20Repurpose,Repurpose%20Studios |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426203251/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1862430/Repurpose/ |archive-date=26 April 2025 }}</ref>

===2024===

* In the 2024 game "Critter Cove" the player can choose what pronouns they prefer to be addressed,They can pick between She/Her,He/Him and They/Them. The player can also create an androgynous appearance by mixing female and male body characteristics without gender-locked limitations. "<ref>{{cite web|title=Non-binary representation in cozy game|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/1631470/discussions/0/604148808450873148/?l=english|access-date=26 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426194448/https://steamcommunity.com/app/1631470/discussions/0/604148808450873148/?l=english|archive-date=26 April 2025}}</ref>

===2025===
* In the game "InZOI", there is an option for players to change their ZOI's (a term referring to the character the player plays with) gender identity between Male, Female, and nonbinary. This option also includes whether the player can have romance with other ZOIs and what gender they are attracted to. <ref>{{cite web|title=LGBTQ+ friendly life sim game InZOI|url=https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/sims-rival-inzoi-adds-non-binary|access-date=26 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426213158/https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/sims-rival-inzoi-adds-non-binary|archive-date=26 April 2025|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

===Unreleased (currently in development)===

*The sci-fi visual novel ''Infinite Stars'' will allow your character to use he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1716360/Infinite_Stars__The_Visual_Novel/ |title=Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel on Steam |quote=Shape your avatar and his {{!}} her {{!}} their history, personality, and relationships through countless decisions and interactions. |access-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317061813/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1716360/Infinite_Stars__The_Visual_Novel/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
*The fantasy farming sim ''Ritual of Raven'' has a non-gendered character creator and the demo allows you to have "she/her", "he/him, or "they/them" pronouns.

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==Further resources==
*[https://vndb.org/g2988 The Visual Novel Database - Games tagged with "Non-binary Protagonist Option"]

==References==
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