Nonbinary characters in fiction: Difference between revisions
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|Played by Jamie Bloch.<ref>''[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/07/04/character-on-netflixs-degrassi-next-class-comes-out-as-non-binary-in-landmark-move/ Netflix’s Degrassi: Next Class character comes out as non-binary in landmark move]'', Pink News, July 2017. | |Played by Jamie Bloch.<ref>''[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/07/04/character-on-netflixs-degrassi-next-class-comes-out-as-non-binary-in-landmark-move/ Netflix’s Degrassi: Next Class character comes out as non-binary in landmark move]'', Pink News, July 2017. | ||
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|[[The Doctor|Doctor, The]] | |||
|Unknown; assumed "he" when male, "she" when female, and "they" when talking about the Doctor in many incarnations. | |||
|''Doctor Who''; BBC | |||
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|In July 2017 the BBC revealed that the next incarnation of the Doctor would be a woman for the first time,<ref>''"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40624288 Jodie Whittaker: Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord to be a woman]"'', BBC News, 16 July 2017.</ref> making the Doctor canonically [[genderfluid]]. The thirteenth Doctor will be played by Jodie Whittaker. | |||
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|[[Taylor Mason|Mason, Taylor]] | |[[Taylor Mason|Mason, Taylor]] | ||
Revision as of 10:20, 17 July 2017
| Character's name | Pronouns | Name of media | Format | Notes |
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| Baron, Yael | Unknown | Degrassi: Next Class; Netflix | TV show | Played by Jamie Bloch.[1] |
| Doctor, The | Unknown; assumed "he" when male, "she" when female, and "they" when talking about the Doctor in many incarnations. | Doctor Who; BBC | TV show | In July 2017 the BBC revealed that the next incarnation of the Doctor would be a woman for the first time,[2] making the Doctor canonically genderfluid. The thirteenth Doctor will be played by Jodie Whittaker. |
| Mason, Taylor | they/them/their/theirs/themself | Billions; Showtime | TV show | Mason is widely considered to be the first nonbinary character in a TV show by US news sources. Mason is played by Asia Kate Dillon, who is also nonbinary.[3] |
References
- ↑ Netflix’s Degrassi: Next Class character comes out as non-binary in landmark move, Pink News, July 2017.
- ↑ "Jodie Whittaker: Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord to be a woman", BBC News, 16 July 2017.
- ↑ Billions shows TV's first gender non-binary character, Sky News, February 2017.