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{{infobox identity
| flag = genderfluid.png
| meaning = Pink: femininity; White: all genders; Purple: combination of masculinity and femininity; Black: lack of gender; Blue: masculinity
| related = [[Genderflux]], [[Fluidflux]], and [[Demifluid]]
| umbrella = [[Nonbinary]]
| frequency = 21%
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Genderfluid, genderflux and fluidflux
}}
{{Personal story
| quote = <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">I've come to find that I'm either a woman or something close to being a man, but not quite there. Where I am on that scale varies.</span>
| name = <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Alex</span>
| age = <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">25</span>
| identity = <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Genderfluid</span>
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'''Genderfluid''' aka '''Gender-fluid, Gender Fluid, or Fluid Gender,''' is an identity under the [[multigender]], [[nonbinary]], and [[transgender]] umbrellas. Genderfluid individuals have different [[Gender identity|gender identities]] at different times. A genderfluid individual's gender identity could be multiple genders at once and then switch to none at all, or move between single gender identities, or some other combination therein. For some genderfluid people, these changes happen as often as several times a day and for others, monthly, or less often. Some genderfluid people regularly move between only a few specific genders, perhaps as few as two (which could also fit under the label [[bigender]]), whereas other genderfluid people never know what they'll feel like next.
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To be easy to read, this article uses the word "genderfluid" for all people who experience fluid gender. Some people who experience fluid gender don't use the word "genderfluid" for themselves. Some people with fluid genders use other labels such as [[genderqueer]], [[bigender]], [[multigender]], [[genderfae]], [[polygender]], etc. It's important to understand that each person has the right to decide what to call their gender identity.
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== History ==
Kate Bornstein mentioned gender fluidity in 1994, in the book ''Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us'', "and then I found that gender can have fluidity, which is quite different from ambiguity. If ambiguity is a refusal to fall within a prescribed gender code, then fluidity is the refusal to remain one gender or another. Gender fluidity is the ability to freely and knowingly become one or many of a limitless number of genders, for any length of time, at any rate of change. Gender fluidity recognizes no borders or rules of gender."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-fluid|title=gender-fluid|website=Merriam Webster|access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref>
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The word "genderfluid" has been in use since at least the 1990s, albeit with a somewhat different meaning. Transgender advocate Michael M. Hernandez wrote in 1996:
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{{quote|Gender-fluid means that their gender identity and/or expression encompass both [[masculine]] and [[feminine]]. Gender fluidity is becoming commonly known as transgenderism: the ability to transcend gender, whether biological, emotional, political, or otherwise; truly mixing male and female.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Second Coming: A Leatherdyke Reader|year=1996|last=Hernandez|first=Michael M.|chapter=Boundaries: Gender and Transgenderism}}</ref>}}
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In the 1990s and 2000s, it might have been more common for genderfluid people to call themselves [[bigender]] or [[genderqueer]]. Earlier than that, they may have called themselves [[cross-dresser]]s.
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The earliest extant entry for "gender fluid" in the Urban Dictionary was added in 2007.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid]</ref>
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In 2010, the [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/ Gender-Fluid community] was created on LiveJournal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile]</ref>
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In 2012, JJ Poole (tumblr user thoughtstoberemembered) created what would become the most widely-used genderfluid flag.<ref>https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/20/interview-creator-of-the-genderfluid-flag/</ref><ref>https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid</ref>
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In 2014, "Gender Fluid" was one of the 56 genders made available on Facebook.<ref>Eve Shapiro, ''Gender circuits: Bodies and identities in a technological age.'' Unpaged.</ref>
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In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "gender-fluid,"<ref>"New words added to Dictionary.com." May 6, 2015. ''Dictionary.com.'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/ http://blog.dictionary.com/2015-new-words/]</ref> which it defined as an adjective meaning "noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation." It listed as synonyms genderfluid, gender fluid, and gender-flexible.<ref>"Gender-fluid." ''Dictionary.com.'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid]</ref>
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In 2018, Washington state began to allow "X" gender markers on official documents<ref name="Jackman">{{Cite web |title=Washington to recognise third gender in groundbreaking move |last=Jackman |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/}}</ref>, with the law stating that {{quote|"X" means a gender that is not exclusively male or female, including, but not limited to, intersex, [[agender]], [[amalgagender]], [[androgynous]], [[bigender]], [[demigender]], female-to-male, [[genderfluid]], [[genderqueer]], male-to-female, [[neutrois]], [[nonbinary]], [[pangender]], [[third gender|third sex]], [[transgender]], [[transsexual]], [[Two Spirit]], and unspecified.<ref name="washington">{{Cite web |title=WAC 246-490-075: Changing sex designation on a birth certificate. |author= |work=Washington State Legislature |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075}}</ref>}}
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== Influences on gender fluidity ==
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{{Personal story
| quote = <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Sometimes, when I'm feeling a certain way, like if I'm currently masculine, I wonder to myself, "What if I don't change from this? What if I'm not genderfluid and just a transboy?" But I always change again, and it's cool and weird. I guess I just have mixed feelings about it. Is it a good or bad thing? I don't know.</span>
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Usually, gender fluidity happens by itself, so that a person feels like, say, a girl at a certain time, rather than choosing to be a girl at a certain time.<ref name=":1">Kat. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=267859#t267859]</ref> Some genderfluid people find that no outside or inside things tend to influence their gender identity to change. They find that their gender fluidity is unpredictable and happens randomly. Other genderfluid people find that their gender changes depending on the situation and is influenced by inside or outside sources. Some move from one gender to the next on a regular cycle, resembling a lunar cycle, or synchronizing with their menstrual cycle.  Other genderfluid people are sometimes able to use their willpower to guide their gender to change in a way and/or at the time that they want it to.
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==== Menstrual cycle and its effect on gender fluidity ====
While it is still unclear, changes in gender that correlate with the menstrual cycle could be caused by how hormone levels naturally rise and fall during menstruation.  However, it's also possible to mistakenly believe that gender identity moves with the menstrual cycle, and the only way to be sure is to keep a daily journal.  Such a journal could look like this:
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Date</span>
!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Gender identity on that day</span>
!<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Day in menstrual cycle</span>
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">2013-03-09</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Male (all day)</span>
|14
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|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">2013-03-10</span>
|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Male, then female</span>
|15
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After enough data is collected, any patterns that exist should become visible.  These patterns could include feeling like a certain gender during a certain day in the cycle or feeling like a certain gender at times when a certain hormone, such as estrogen, is highest/lowest.  Similar tables can be used to track if gender identity is connected to a different cycle.
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In 2012, Case and Ramachandran gave a report on the results of a survey of genderfluid people who call themselves [[bigender]] who experience involuntary alternation between [[female]] and [[male]] states. Case and Ramachandran gave this condition the name "Alternating gender incongruity (AGI)." Case and Ramachandran made the hypothesis that gender alternation may reflect an unusual degree (or depth) of hemispheric switching and the corresponding suppression of sex appropriate body maps in the parietal cortex. They "hypothesize[d] that tracking the nasal cycle, rate of binocular rivalry, and other markers of hemispheric switching will reveal a physiological basis for AGI individuals' subjective reports of gender switches... We base our hypotheses on ancient and modern associations between the left and right hemispheres and the male and female genders."<ref>Case, L. K.; Ramachandran, V. S. (2012). "Alternating gender incongruity: A new neuropsychiatric syndrome providing insight into the dynamic plasticity of brain-sex". ''Medical Hypotheses'' 78 (5): 626–631. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.041. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652?dopt=Abstract PMID 22364652]. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652]</ref><ref>"Bigender - Boy Today, Girl Tomorrow?". ''Neuroskeptic''. April 8, 2012. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/04/bigender-boy-today-girl-tomorrow.html]</ref><ref>Stix, Gary (2012-04-20). "'Alternating Gender Incongruity' Causes Rapid Shifts Of Gender, Scientist Claims". ''The Huffington Post''. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/alternating-gender-incongruity_n_1438911.html]</ref> Case and Ramachandran believe that when bigender people feel a change between their gender identities, it may have to do with a change in how they use parts of their brains. The gender change might also have to do with a natural body cycle, specifically, a valve in the nose that changes sides every two days (the nasal cycle). However, this idea is still only a hypothesis, and more study is needed to confirm it.
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== Gender expression ==
Genderfluid people often feel a need to change their [[gender expression]] to match whatever their current gender has become. This may mean having groups of different kinds of [[clothing]] in their closet, so they can dress as a woman, man, or otherwise, depending on how they feel that day. It can also mean temporarily changing their body shape by using [[binding]], packing, breast prostheses, or tucking. However, in some situations, changing gender expression isn't possible. This could be because the changes happen more than once a day, because they don't look [[Androgyny|androgynous]], or because they don't feel safe in society if they were to present a certain way.
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Genderfluid people don't necessarily look androgynous. They don't necessarily have an ambiguous face, body, or way of dress.
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[[Gender dysphoria]], or feeling painfully uncomfortable about how one's body and social role don't match one's gender, isn't a requirement in order to be genderfluid. Each person is different, experiencing gender fluidity in their own way. Some genderfluid people experience [[gender dysphoria]] at times or all the time. Some want to change their bodies and some take a physical [[transition]] to do so, which may include hormones or [[surgery]]. Others don't choose to transition because any change they make to their body would only feel right to them when they were in a certain gender and would feel wrong in others. Yet others have a difficult time planning their transition path, because their feelings change about what they want.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28] {{dead link}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
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Some genderfluid people ask to be called by a different [[Names|name]]<ref name=":2">Kat. "Hi I'm new." ''Bigender'' (blog/forum). [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html http://bigender.livejournal.com/64281.html]</ref> and [[pronouns]] depending on what gender they feel at a certain time. For people who switch between only two genders, this can mean switching between two names. These may be feminine and masculine versions of the same name<ref>Leo/Leann. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65263.html?thread=269551#t269551]</ref> or names that don't sound similar at all.<ref name=":3">DamianBella. [http://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811 http://bigender.livejournal.com/65619.html?thread=265811#t265811]</ref> They may also take a gender-neutral name that works for them at any time, either in addition to these names, or instead of them.
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== Gender fluidity and dissociative identity disorder ==
Genderfluid people usually don't think of themselves as having alters. Most genderfluid people feel like the same person all the time, with the same likes and dislikes but a different gender.  However, some genderfluid people switch between specific personas as they change genders, and each persona has their own likes and dislikes.  This is different from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which is a disorder characterized by dissociation and the existence of alters.  DID is frequently caused by traumatic abuse that happens early in childhood and almost always exists alongside PTSD or cPTSD.  Gender fluidity is not caused by abuse and is not more common in people with PTSD or cPTSD.
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Multiple/plural systems where some alters have different genders from the others are not automatically genderfluid.  However, an individual alter can be genderfluid.
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== Notable genderfluid people ==
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[[File:Dorian Electra, Subterranean Chicago, March 7, 2018 (40794046452) (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Dorian Electra]] performing in 2018.</span>]]
[[File:Ruby_Rose,_2012.jpg|thumb|200px|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Ruby Rose]]</span>]]
[[File:Alok Vaid-Menon 2017 Fashion Collection.jpg|thumb|200px|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Alok Vaid-Menon]] in 2017.</span>]]
[[File:Sand Chang 11-11-2017.jpg|thumb|200px|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Sand Chang]] at the 2017 National Transgender Health Summit</span>]]
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''See main article: [[Notable nonbinary people]]''
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There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the words genderfluid or fluid gender for themselves.
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* [[Courtney Act]] (b. 1982) is an Australian [[drag]] queen, pop singer, entertainer and reality television personality. Act first came to prominence competing on the first season of Australian Idol in 2003. She identifies as genderfluid<ref>{{cite tweet |title=I am a gender fluid person & in the public eye. I’m passionate about gender & sexuality & do my best to understand the greater conversation by reading & educating myself but I’m still always scared to tweet the wrong thing & offend someone and be vilified by others #genderquake |number=994040351668166656 |user=courtneyact |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=8 May 2018}}</ref>, [[genderqueer]], [[pansexual]], and polyamorous.<ref name="cour_Abou">{{Cite web |title=About |author=Courtney Act |work= |date= |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://courtneyact.tumblr.com/about|quote=She’s a Prius driving, vegan, pansexual, polyamorous, genderqueer, hippy child}}</ref>
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* [[Bimini Bon Boulash]] (b. 1993) is a British drag artist known for appearing in ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''. In 2021 they tweeted that they are "fluid when it comes to gender."<ref>{{cite tweet|user=biminibabes|number=1352355865886662657|title=My idea was originally to paint my body in the colours of the trans* flag because I wanted to celebrate the beauty of being Trans and non-binary. As a person that identifies as fluid when it comes to gender.|date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
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* [[Sand Chang|Sand C. Chang, PhD]] is a Chinese-American clinical psychologist and educator.<ref name="tran_Sand">{{Cite web |title=Sand Chang |author= |work=Trans Bodies, Trans Selves |date= |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= http://transbodies.com/people/sand-chang-2/}}</ref> Dr. Chang is nonbinary, [[genderqueer]], genderfluid, [[demiboy]]<ref name="yout_Ep69">{{Cite web |title=Ep 69 Dr. Sand Chang Licensed Psychologist Interview |last=Kramer |first=Kaiya |work=The Queer Life Radio |date=11 December 2015 |access-date=6 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew}}</ref> and [[femme]].<ref name="Harrison">{{Cite web |title=Food Psych #150: Disordered Eating & Gender Identity with Sand Chang |first=Christy|last= Harrison |date=2 April 2018 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/5/eating-disorder-recovery-gender-identity-with-sand-chang}}</ref> They are one of the authors of ''A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients''.
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* [[Jonathan Rachel Clynch]] (b. 1971) is a well-known journalist in Ireland. As reported in the ''Daily Beast'': "One of Irish broadcaster RTE’s best-known journalists just [in 2015] came out as 'gender fluid,' and the response so far seems wholly positive. ... The 44-year-old, who has yet to make a public statement, told his bosses that he wishes to now be known as Jonathan Rachel and would sometimes dress as a female. ... Clynch has worked with RTE for 16 years, often filling in on Radio One’s flagship 'News at One.' ... 'He has been open about it for a while now and his friends and family were all aware of his situation. He is going through a process at the moment and will speak about it in his own time and he hopes everyone will be respectful of that.'"<ref>Tom Sykes, "A ‘Gender Fluid’ Journalist Comes Out To Irish Cheers." 2015-09-18. ''Daily Beast.'' http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/18/a-gender-fluid-journalist-comes-out-to-irish-cheers.html</ref>
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* [[Asia Kate Dillon]] (b. 1984) is an American actor known for playing Brandy Epps in ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013) and Taylor Mason in ''Billions'' (2016). Dillon is nonbinary and genderfluid.<ref name="masters">{{Cite web |title=Asia Kate Dillon Talks Discovering The Word Non-Binary: 'I Cried' |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=HuffPost |date=13 April 2017 |access-date=23 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-kate-dillon-talks-discovering-the-word-non-binary_b_58ef1685e4b0156697224c7a}}</ref>
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* [[Dorian Electra]] (b. 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, video and performance artist. Electra said, "Styling is so important to me as a genderfluid person, to be able to say “I’m a very flaming flammable guy”... it’s just very satisfying, ’cause that’s how I see myself, but I know it’s not necessarily how other people see me – they still call me ‘ma’am’ and stuff like that."<ref>https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/44167/1/dorian-electra-new-song-video-flamboyant-interview</ref>
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* American singer-songwriter [[Evan Greer]] describes herself/themself<ref name="Grey">{{Cite web |title=interview: Evan Greer |author= |work=The Grey Estates |date=April 5, 2019 |access-date=May 12, 2020 |url= https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/interview-evan-greer }}</ref> as [[genderqueer]]<ref name="EvanGreer">{{Cite web |title=Evan Greer - Bio |author= |work=evangreer.org |date= |access-date=12 May 2020 |url= https://evangreer.org/bio}}</ref>, genderfluid<ref name="Greer2017">{{Cite web |title=Trump is bullying transgender kids because he thinks he can get away with it |last=Greer |first=Evan |work=the Guardian |date=23 February 2017 |access-date=12 May 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/23/donald-trump-transgender-legislation-kids-lgbt-community}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|title=I love my life and I love myself. I love being gender fluid and I am happy with my body. I feel incredibly lucky to feel that way.|date=Oct 11, 2017|user=evan_greer|number=918153389858525185}}</ref>, trans femme<ref>{{cite tweet|title=THREAD: as a gender nonconforming trans femme, every day is #NationalComingOutDay for me. Even in queer spaces, I must assert that I exist.|date=Oct 11, 2017|user=evan_greer|number=918151132593184769}}</ref>
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* [[Nikki Hiltz]] is an American mid-distance runner who came out in 2021, saying "The best way I can explain my gender is as fluid. Sometimes I wake up feeling like a powerful queen and other days I wake up feeling as if I'm just a guy being a dude, and other times I identify outside of the gender binary entirely."<ref name="onhe_Inco">{{Cite web |title=In coming out as trans, Nikki Hiltz is visible, vulnerable, and making track more inclusive |author=Hiltz, Nikki |work=On Her Turf |date=June 20, 2021 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |url= https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/20/nikki-hiltz-coming-out-transgender-non-binary-track/}}</ref>
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* [[Jana Hunter]] is an American songwriter and musician who is trans and genderfluid.<ref name="Hunter2015">{{Cite web |title=What It's Like to Be a Female Musician When You Don't Identify as a Woman |last=Hunter |first=Jana |work=Cosmopolitan |date=10 April 2015 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a38918/jana-hunter-lower-dens-essay/}}</ref>
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* [[Siufung Law]] is a Hong Kong bodybuilder and activist, whose homepage bio says they identify as genderfluid.<ref>[https://www.sfunglaw.com/ Homepage bio], accessed 7 June 2020</ref>
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* [[Bethany C. Meyers]] launched the fitness app for be.come, specializing in body-positive workouts. They also gave a TED talk on empowerment and body neutrality. Meyers is also [[bisexual]], and wrote, "When I get comments about not being 'gay enough' it hurts. Aside from the way my marriage may look to others, I'm pretty gay. I'm attracted to women, I date women, I sleep with women, my friends are queer, I feel/think queer, I identity as gender fluid / non-binary, my partner the same."<ref name="pink_Beth">{{Cite web |title=Bethany Meyers has penned a powerful message to her bisexual fans |last=Braidwood |first=Ella |work=PinkNews |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=1 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/23/bethany-meyers-bisexual-proud-instagram/}}</ref>
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* [[Ruby Rose]] (b. 1986) is an Australian actor who has won the ASTRA Awards, GQ Australia, GLAAD Media Awards, and the Australian LGBTI Awards. "On 22 July 2014, Rose came out as genderfluid, saying, "I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral.". This announcement came approximately a week after she released a short film called "Break Free," in which she visually transitions from a very feminine woman to a heavily tattooed man."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Rose]
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* [[Ciarán Strange]] (b. 1989)<ref name="lezwatch">{{Cite web |title=Ciarán Strange: Actor Bio |author= |work=LezWatch.TV |date= |access-date=22 June 2020 |url= https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciaran-strange/}}</ref> is an English and Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.<ref name=watchtheswitch>''[http://watchtheswitch.tumblr.com/post/89081083304/our-music-video-is-out-the-cast-of-the-switch "Tear Down The Wall" music video released]'', watchtheswitch.tumblr.com, June 17, 2014</ref> Strange composed the theme song for TV's first-ever transgender-focused sitcom, ''The Switch''.<ref name="siebert">{{Cite web |title=Kieran Strange gets vocal for nerd life and LGBT rights |last=Siebert |first=Amanda |work=The Georgia Straight |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.straight.com/music/517091/kieran-strange-gets-vocal-nerd-life-and-lgbt-rights}}</ref>
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* [[SaSa Testa]] is the author of the autobiography ''Soy Sabrina, Soy Santiago: Género fluido y nuevas identidades'' (''I am Sabrina, I am Santiago: Genderfluid and new identities''). Testa is genderfluid.<ref name="Hadad">{{Cite web |title="Me dicen SaSa porque no me siento ni Sabrina ni Santiago: no soy ni hombre ni mujer" |trans-title="Call me SaSa because I don't feel like Sabrina or Santiago: I'm neither man nor woman" |last=Hadad |first=Camila |work=Infobae |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=2 June 2020 |language=es|url= https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/infoshow/2018/10/24/me-dicen-sasa-porque-no-me-siento-ni-sabrina-ni-santiago-no-soy-ni-hombre-ni-mujer/}}</ref>
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* [[Nico Tortorella]] (b. 1988) is an American actor and model, who is known for roles in films including Scream 4, the Fox crime drama series The Following, and the TV Land comedy-drama series Younger. They<ref name="NT-instagram">https://www.instagram.com/nicotortorella/</ref> identify as [[nonbinary]]<ref name="NT-instagram" />, [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="just_Nico">{{Cite web |title=Nico Tortorella Opens Up About Sexuality & Gender Identity |author= |work=Just Jared |date=13 July 2019 |access-date=1 April 2020 |url= http://www.justjared.com/2019/07/13/nico-tortorella-opens-up-about-sexuality-gender-identity/}}</ref>, and genderfluid.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/106408/american-actor-nico-tortorella-comes-out-as-gender-fluid/ |title=American actor Nico Tortorella comes out as gender fluid |date=2018-05-17 |work=Gay Times|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref>
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* [[Alok Vaid-Menon]] (b. 1991) is an Indian-American writer, performance artist, and media personality who performs under the moniker ALOK. They identify as genderfluid,<ref name="Alok-insta">[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram bio]</ref> and are internationally renowned for their creative work which they have presented in over 40 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/8/28/alok-vaid-menon-will-not-tone-it-down|title=Alok Vaid-Menon Will Not 'Tone it Down'|date=2019-08-28|website=www.advocate.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> They were featured in the [https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pride-50-stonewall NBC Pride 50 alongside James Baldwin and Audre Lorde], and the [https://www.out.com/print/2019/11/25/out100-contributors-year OUT Magazine 100].
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* [[Hida Viloria]] (b. 1968) is a Latinx American writer and [[intersex]] and nonbinary rights activist, of Colombian and Venezuelan descent. Viloria is Founding Director of the Intersex Campaign for Equality, and author of the memoir ''Born Both: An Intersex Life''. Viloria identifies as intersex and genderfluid.<ref name="Viloria2017">{{Cite web |title=If You Claim To Be Sex Positive, Then You Need To Be Intersex Positive |last=Viloria |first=Hida |work=HuffPost |date=7 April 2017 |access-date=25 April 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_b_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd |quote=As I write about in my memoir Born Both: An Intersex Life, I’m intersex and gender-fluid (meaning my gender identity and expression changes) }}</ref>
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== Genderfluid characters in fiction ==
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''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]''
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There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "genderfluid" or "fluid gender", either in their canon, or by their creators. At the very least, characters in this section should be known to present different gender expressions at different times, if the word "genderfluid" isn't used.
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* Brendan Chase. At the end of the novel, ''Freakboy'', the main character, Brendan Chase identifies themselves as genderfluid. The book is primarily about their transition, and does end on a depressing note regarding their gender.
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* Alex Fierro, in Rick Riordan's ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', is a genderfluid character who first appears in the second book and uses both he/him and she/her pronouns.
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* Tedd. ''[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.
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* Kami / Porcelain. The 'New 52' version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Six_(comics)#New_52 Secret Six] introduces new character Kami / Porcelain, who is genderfluid and has been shown presenting as male, female and androgynously.
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*''[https://tapastic.com/episode/212183 Tattoo'd]'' by Antonia Bea features an [[intersex]], genderfluid protagonist.
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* TOMCAT. In the video game ''Read Only Memories'' the character TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns. While it is not directly stated in-game that TOMCAT is nonbinary, artist and director John James has stated in an interview that TOMCAT "is gender fluid"<ref>Jesse Tannous, "Read Only Memories Director discusses LGBTQ themes in gaming." June 20, 2015. ''The Examiner.'' https://web.archive.org/web/20151023215026/http://www.examiner.com/article/read-only-memories-director-discusses-lgbtq-themes-gaming</ref>.The game also includes other nonbinary characters, including the robot Turing and the protagonist if the player chooses so.
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* ''Symptoms of Being Human'' stars Riley Cavanaugh, a closeted genderfluid teenager. Note: the book has some possibly triggering subjects, including child abuse, transphobic violence, bullying, and suicidal thoughts.<ref name="supe_Symp">{{Cite web |title=Symptoms Of Being Human Summary |author= |work=SuperSummary |date= |access-date=3 October 2020 |url= https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/}}</ref>
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* In ''The Tiger's Watch'' by Julia Ember, the protagonist Tashi is genderfluid and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. The author notes that "Being [[Misgendering|misgendered]] and forced to change their appearance in order to hide is a source of conflict in the novel. It is not the central plot conflict, though."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|title=Shade asked: This sounds like an awesome story! I'm confused by the use of 'their' instead of 'her' or 'him' though.}}</ref>
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* Sal in ''Mask of Shadows'' and ''Ruin of Stars'', by Linsey Miller, is genderfluid.
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* Recurring character Puck/Owen Burnett in the 1994-1997 Disney show ''Gargoyles'' was confirmed to be genderfluid and [[polysexual]] by a 2014 interview with the creative team.<ref name="insider-database">{{Cite web |title=We created the first-ever searchable database of 259 LGBTQ characters in cartoons that bust the myth that kids can't handle inclusion |author= |work=insider.com |date=June 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |url= https://www.insider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-database}}</ref>
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== See also ==
* [[Genderqueer]]
* [[nonbinary]]
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