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* Main character Mogumo in the manga ''Love Me for Who I Am'' is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am</ref> | * Main character Mogumo in the manga ''Love Me for Who I Am'' is nonbinary.<ref>https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/love-me-for-who-i-am</ref> | ||
* Graphic novel ''The Prince and the Dressmaker'', by Jen Wang. The author has said that "To me, Sebastian is someone who identifies with different modes of [[gender expression]] and is comfortable alternating between both masculine and feminine. Genderqueer is probably the best descriptor. But I'm also open to readers' interpretations of how they see the character. If a reader feels that this story is just the first step to Sebastian discovering they're trans, or if they feel Sebastian is a cis male that likes to dress up I'm happy with all of that!"<ref name="Orsini">{{Cite web |title='The Prince And The Dressmaker' Is A Genderqueer Fairy Tale For All Ages |last=Orsini |first=Lauren |work=Forbes |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=6 September 2020 |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/#256677825625}}</ref> | * Graphic novel ''The Prince and the Dressmaker'', by Jen Wang. The author has said that "To me, Sebastian is someone who identifies with different modes of [[gender expression]] and is comfortable alternating between both masculine and feminine. Genderqueer is probably the best descriptor. But I'm also open to readers' interpretations of how they see the character. If a reader feels that this story is just the first step to Sebastian discovering they're trans, or if they feel Sebastian is a cis male that likes to dress up I'm happy with all of that!"<ref name="Orsini">{{Cite web |title='The Prince And The Dressmaker' Is A Genderqueer Fairy Tale For All Ages |last=Orsini |first=Lauren |work=Forbes |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=6 September 2020 |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2018/02/12/the-prince-and-the-dressmaker-is-a-genderqueer-fairy-tale-for-all-ages/#256677825625}}</ref> | ||
* Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>Hatfield | * Creators of the webcomic ''Mahou Shonen FIGHT!'' have "confirmed that Raji and Raji's fiancé both identify as gender queer and non-conforming".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hatfield|first=N.K.|year=2015 |title=TRANSforming Spaces: Transgender Webcomics as a Model for Transgender Empowerment and Representation within Library and Archive Spaces|journal=Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies|volume=1 |issue=1 |page=64 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3g15q00g}}</ref> | ||
*In the graphic novel ''Open Earth'', Franklin, one of the love interests, is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref name="OpenEarth">{{Cite web |title=rachel ☾'s review of Open Earth |author=rachel ☾ |work=goodreads.com |date=25 January 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2907532655?book_show_action=true}}</ref> | |||
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