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    | nationality=American
    | pronouns=[[Singular they]] or ze/zir<ref name="medi_Beyo">{{Cite web |title=Beyond International Pronouns Day |last=Sakurai |first=Shige |work=Medium |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=24 April 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@shigesakurai/beyond-international-pronouns-day-d8032043a629}}</ref>
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    | occupation=Educator, activist
    | known_for=*Created [[International Pronouns Day]]
    *First American to receive an "X" driver's license
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    '''Shige Sakurai''' (previously '''Nic Sakurai'''<ref name="wash_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet the first person in the country to officially receive a gender-neutral driver's license |last=Stein |first=Perry |work=Washington Post |date=30 June 2017 |access-date=14 April 2020 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/meet-the-first-person-in-the-country-to-officially-receive-a-gender-neutral-drivers-license/2017/06/30/bcb78afc-5d9a-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html}}</ref>) 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}}</ref> They are the creator of [[International Pronouns Day]]. 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}}</ref>
    '''Shige Sakurai''' (previously '''Nic Sakurai'''<ref name="wash_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet the first person in the country to officially receive a gender-neutral driver's license |last=Stein |first=Perry |work=Washington Post |date=30 June 2017 |access-date=14 April 2020 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/meet-the-first-person-in-the-country-to-officially-receive-a-gender-neutral-drivers-license/2017/06/30/bcb78afc-5d9a-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html}}</ref>) 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}}</ref> They are the creator of [[International Pronouns Day]]. 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}}</ref>



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    Shige Sakurai
    Nationality American
    Pronouns Singular they or ze/zir[1]
    Occupation Educator, activist
    Known for

    Shige Sakurai (previously Nic Sakurai[2]) 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.[3] They are the creator of International Pronouns Day. Currently they work as an adjunct instructor at American University in Washington, DC.[4]

    References

    1. Sakurai, Shige (16 October 2019). "Beyond International Pronouns Day". Medium. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
    2. Stein, Perry (30 June 2017). "Meet the first person in the country to officially receive a gender-neutral driver's license". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
    3. Norwood, Candice (June 2019). "How Governments Are Transitioning Their Gender Policies to Nonbinary". governing.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
    4. "Shige Sakurai, Adjunct Instructor". American University. Retrieved 14 April 2020.