Nonbinary characters in fiction: Difference between revisions

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    !Character's name
    !Pronouns
    !Name of media
    !Format
    !Notes
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    |[[Yael Baron|Baron, Yael]]
    |Unknown
    |''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrassi:_Next_Class Degrassi: Next Class]''; Netflix
    |TV show; live action
    |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.
    </ref>
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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.
    |''[[Gender in Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''; BBC
    |TV show; live action
    |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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    |[[Alex Fierro|Fierro, Alex]]
    |she/her by default, he/him when male
    |''[http://rickriordan.com/series/magnus-chase-and-the-gods-of-asgard/ Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard]''; Rick Riordan
    |Book series; Young Adult fantasy
    |Alex Fierro is genderfluid<ref>''[http://rickriordan.com/character/alex-fierro/]'' Rick Riordan, official website.</ref> and first appears in the second book: Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor.
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    |[[Taylor Mason|Mason, Taylor]]
    |they/them/their/theirs/themself
    |''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billions_(TV_series) Billions]''; Showtime
    |TV show; live action
    |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.<ref>''[http://news.sky.com/story/billions-shows-tvs-first-gender-non-binary-character-10775424 Billions shows TV's first gender non-binary character]'', Sky News, February 2017.
    </ref>
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    |[[Milo|Milo]]
    |they/them/their/theirs/themself
    |''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_%26_Eggs Danger & Eggs]''; Amazon Video
    |TV show; animated
    |Milo is a minor nonbinary character voiced by agender activist and model Tyler Ford in Danger & Eggs. <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.
    </ref>
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    |[[Orlando|Orlando]]
    |he/him then she/her
    |''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_(film) Orlando]''
    |Film; live action
    |Orlando is a 1992 film loosely based on Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography. It stars Tilda Swinton as Orlando, an Elizabethan Lord who gains immortality and after living as a man for centuries suddenly transforms into a woman.
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    ==References==
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