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| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBT Equity Center Acting Director |author= |work=University of Maryland Office of Diversity and Inclusion |date=8 July 2021 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://diversity.umd.edu/statements/2021-07-letter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104202034/https://diversity.umd.edu/statements/2021-07-letter |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | |||
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*First American to receive an "X" driver's license | |||
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'''Shige Sakurai''' is an educator and activist. They have been [[coming out|out]] as nonbinary since the early 2000s, and were the first person in the USA to receive a [[Recognition_(USA)#Driver.27s_license|driver's license]] with X sex marker.<ref name="gove_HowG">{{Cite web |title=How Governments Are Transitioning Their Gender Policies to Nonbinary |last=Norwood |first=Candice |work=governing.com |date=June 2019 |access-date=14 April 2020 |url= https://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-nonbinary-lgbtq-legislation-regulations.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221230623/https://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-nonbinary-lgbtq-legislation-regulations.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are the creator of [[International Pronouns Day]] and the website MyPronouns.org. Currently they work as an adjunct instructor at American University in Washington, DC.<ref name="amer_Adju">{{Cite web |title=Shige Sakurai, Adjunct Instructor |author= |work=American University |date= |access-date=14 April 2020 |url= https://www.american.edu/soe/faculty/sakurai.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108195715/https://www.american.edu/soe/faculty/sakurai.cfm|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
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Shige Sakurai is an educator and activist. They have been out as nonbinary since the early 2000s, and were the first person in the USA to receive a driver's license with X sex marker.[2] They are the creator of International Pronouns Day and the website MyPronouns.org. Currently they work as an adjunct instructor at American University in Washington, DC.[3]
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- ↑ "LGBT Equity Center Acting Director". University of Maryland Office of Diversity and Inclusion. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ↑ Norwood, Candice (June 2019). "How Governments Are Transitioning Their Gender Policies to Nonbinary". governing.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ↑ "Shige Sakurai, Adjunct Instructor". American University. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2020.