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* The main character Alex in ''Evergreen Sky'' is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://www.evergreenskypod.com/about</ref>
* 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>


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* 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>
* 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 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.


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*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>
*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 "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://www.transmonogamist.com/ Trans Monogamist]'' is a nonbinary dating columnist.
* 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>
* 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>
*''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>
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* 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 ''//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 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 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>


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