Nonbinary gender in fiction: Difference between revisions

*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>

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|Side character

|''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''

|13/11/2018 - 15/05/2020

|Dreamworks Animation Television

|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.

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====2019====

====2020====

====2010====

* In ''Surface Detail'', by Iain M. Banks, the character Yime Nsokyi is "[[neuter]]-gendered" and has an [[intersex]] body by choice.

====2014====

*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>

*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>

* 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 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."

* 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.

====2018====

* 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>

* ''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>

* 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.

* ''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.

* ''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>

* ''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>

* ''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.

* ''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" />

* 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>

====2022====

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

*''[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://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 Homestuck] introduced an androgynous character named Davepetasprite^2 [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&amp;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>

*''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.

* [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.

===Movies ===

* 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>

====2018====

* 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 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.

*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>

*''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.

* 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>  

====2019====

** 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>

====2022====

*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>

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

==Fictional sexes==

*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.

=== Audio ===

*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.

*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.

*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 ''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 ''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.

===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.

* 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>

* 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====

====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>

* 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:

====2017====