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Elisa Rae Shupe (born 1963) was a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain [[legal gender|legal recognition]] of a nonbinary gender. In early 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "returned to [her] male [[Sex assigned at birth|birth sex]]". She became a vocal critic of transgender rights and the very concept of [[gender identity]], blaming "out-of-control, transgender [[activism]]" for making transition too easy.<ref name="dail_IWas">{{Cite web |title=I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham. |author=Shupe, Elisa |work=The Daily Signal |date=10 March 2019 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211054727/https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shupe |first1=Elisa |title=Public Announcement: I Have Returned To My Male Birth Sex |url=https://jamieshupe.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/public-announcement-i-have-returned-to-my-male-birth-sex/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/y6sAF |archive-date=1 April 2019 |website=Website Of James Shupe |language=en |date=26 January 2019}}</ref> However, she later came out as a trans woman, denouncing her former ties to "gender-critical and radical feminists, faith-based groups, and conservatives", and was supportive of trans and nonbinary people, stating in a 2022 blog post that "All gender identities are valid and should be treated with the utmost respect at all times."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |author=Shupe, Elisa |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522023759/https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Elisa died by suicide in early 2025, citing in her suicide note that she did not want to live under the transphobic Trump administration.<ref>https://theshiftnews.substack.com/p/elisa-rae-shupe-life-and-legacy</ref>