Notable nonbinary people: Difference between revisions

Alexander, the lead singer and songwriter for electropop band Years and Years, has said, "I feel very nonbinary, and you know, I identify as gay and queer and nonbinary[...]"<ref name=alexanderout>[https://open.spotify.com/track/6kKyebFUFBo7tTvePMFJuK Years &amp; Years: Inspiring - #PlessPlayForPride] Spotify, June 7 2016</ref>

[[File:Tauron_Nowa_Muzyka_2014_-_Years_&amp;_Years_(13).jpg|thumb|Olly Alexander]]

* '''Nationality:''' English

* '''Pronouns:''' he/him (assumed)

==Justin Vivian Bond==

[[File:Justin Vivian Bond.jpg|thumb|Justin Vivian Bond]]

* '''Nationality:''' American

* '''Pronouns:''' v/v's

==Kate Bornstein==

[[File:Kate Bornstein2010.jpg|thumb|Kate Bornstein.]]

* '''Nationality:''' American

* '''Pronouns:''' ze/hir

[[File:Miley Cyrus 38th People's Choice Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|Miley Cyrus 38th People's Choice Awards (cropped)]]

“I didn’t want to be a boy, ... I kind of wanted to be nothing. I don’t relate to what people would say defines a girl or a boy, and I think that’s what I had to understand: Being a girl isn’t what I hate, it’s the box that I get put into.”<ref name=cyrusout>''[http://www.out.com/music/2015/5/05/exclusive-miley-cyrus-launches-anti-homelessness-pro-lgbt-happy-hippie-foundation Exclusive: Miley Cyrus Launches Anti-Homelessness, Pro-LGBT ‘Happy Hippie Foundation’]'', out.com, May 5, 2015</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' USA

* '''Pronouns:''' No preference expressed; journalists assume "she/her"

[[File:eddieizzard.jpg|thumb|Eddie Izzard]]

Eddie Izzard identifies primarily as a transvestite but also uses the word transgender and has stated "I am 100% boy, plus extra girl."<ref name=izzard> [http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/6888/eddie_izzard_on_atheism__transgender__and__the_invisible_bloke_upstairs__/ Eddie Izzard on Atheism, Transgender, and “The Invisible Bloke Upstairs”], Religion Dispatches Magazine, March 7, 2013</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' English

* '''Pronouns:''' he/him

[[File:Elly Jackson.jpg|thumb|Elly Jackson of La Roux performing on 11 September 2010]]

"I don't feel like I'm female or male."<ref name=ellyjackson> [http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/02/09/la_roux_s_elly_jackson_i_don_t_have_a_se ''La Roux's Elly Jackson: I Don't Have A Sexuality''], starpulse.com, February 9th, 2010</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' English

* '''Pronouns:''' She/her

[[File:Jinkx Monsoon 006 - DC Capital Pride street festival - 2013-06-09 (9001924615).jpg|thumb|Jinkx Monsoon at the DC Capital Pride street festival in 2013.]]

In a Facebook post about transphobia and the drag scene, Monsoon stated "I, myself do not identify as cis-gendered. I am genderless."<ref name="jinkxmonsoon">[https://www.facebook.com/jinkx.monsoon/posts/818079764894630], </ref>

* '''Nationality:''' American

* '''Pronouns:''' They/them, she/her while in drag

[[File:Richard O'Brien cropped.jpg|thumb|Richard O'Brien]]

In a 2009 interview O'Brien spoke about an ongoing struggle to reconcile cultural gender roles and self-described as being [[transgender]] or possible third sex. O'Brien stated, "There is a continuum between male and female. Some are hard-wired one way or another, I’m in between."<ref name=obrien1>[http://gay.pinknews.co.uk/2009/08/18/richard-obrien-society-should-not-dictate-gender/ Richard O’Brien: ‘Society should not dictate gender’], Pink News, 18th August 2009</ref> O'Brien expounded on this in a 2013 interview which covered using oestrogen for the previous decade, and identifying as 70% male 30% female.<ref name=obrien2>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21788238 Richard O'Brien: ‘I'm 70% man'], BBC News, 18 March 2013</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' British

* '''Pronouns:''' He/his

[[File:TomPhelanAsCole.jpg‎|thumb|Tom Phelan playing Cole in ''The Fosters'']]

Phelan plays a binary-trans teen on TV but identifies as non-binary themself.<ref name="phelan">[http://www.shewired.com/television/2014/03/03/exclusive-tom-phelan-breaks-ground-trans-actor-playing-trans-teen-fosters/ "TOM PHELAN" in She Wired], 2014-03-02</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' American

* '''Pronouns:''' He/him [citation needed]

[[File:Genesis_p-orridge.jpg‎|thumb|Genesis Breyer P-Orridge]]

After marrying Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge in 1993, Genesis and Lady Jaye began "project Pandrogeny" to become Breyer P-Orridge, an entity described as an "amalgam" of their two selves. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge continued this project after the death of Lady Jaye in 2007.

* '''Nationality:''' British

* '''Pronouns:''' s/he, h/er

[[File:Ruby_Rose,_2012.jpg|thumb|Ruby Rose]]

"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]

* '''Nationality:''' Australian

* '''Pronouns:''' She/Her [https://twitter.com/RubyRose/status/589957651242487808]

[[File:JD Samson.jpg|thumb|JD Samson]]

JD Samson is a musician with the bands Le Tigre and MEN. She identifies as genderqueer and a gender outlaw. "I do mostly go by ''she'' and ''her'' and I consider myself a woman in most senses of the word. I sometimes consider myself part of the [[trans]] community and I don't mind at all when people call me ''he'' if that's how they see me.<ref name="samson">[http://zxlcreative.blogs.com/electroqueer/2010/01/eq-interview-with-men-its-just-gender-its-just-whatever.html EQ Interview With MEN - "It's Just Gender - It's Just Whatever"]</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' American

* '''Pronouns:''' She/her<ref name="samson"></ref>

[[File:Sam Smith.jpg|thumb|Sam Smith]]

"When asked if he feels like a cisgender man, he replied: ‘No. I mean, I’ve got these tattoos on my fingers.’ He pointed to small tattoos of the gender symbols and smiled: ‘I don’t know what the title would be but I feel just as much woman as I am man.’"<ref>''[https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/sam-smith-i-feel-just-much-woman-i-man Sam Smith on his gender identity: 'I feel just as much woman as I am man']'', Gay Star News, 22 October 2017.</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' British

* '''Pronouns:''' Unknown

[[File:Eliot Sumner 2015 two.jpg|thumb|Eliot Sumner performing at the Milkboy Cafe Phila PA in 2015.]]

Musician Eliot Sumner, Sting's child. "Asked if she had come out to  her friends and family, she [Eliot Sumner] said that she hadn’t because 'no one had ever asked'. 'They knew already,' she added. 'So I didn’t need to. I’ve never come out to anyone. My friends always knew and I always knew'. [...] She said she did not believe in  gender “labels” and preferred to dress down, shunning the glamour attached to some singers. Asked whether she identified with a particular gender, she replied 'no', saying she defined herself simply as a 'musician'. 'I don’t believe in any specifications,' she said."<ref>Craig McLean, John Dunne."I don't believe in 'gender labels,' says Sting's daughter Eliot Sumner." December 2, 2015. ''Evening Standard'' (magazine). [http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/i-dont-believe-in-gender-labels-says-stings-daughter-eliot-sumner-a3127961.html http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/i-dont-believe-in-gender-labels-says-stings-daughter-eliot-sumner-a3127961.html]</ref> (Note that this article uses "she" pronouns for Sumner, but Sumner's pronoun preference hasn't been stated.)<ref>Curtis M. Wong. "Sting's Child Eliot Sumner: I Don't Identify With Either Gender." December 2, 2015. ''HuffPost''. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eliot-sumner-non-gender_565f50d1e4b079b2818cf268?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000054 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eliot-sumner-non-gender_565f50d1e4b079b2818cf268?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000054]</ref>

* '''Pronouns:''' not stated

* '''Profession:''' musician

[[File:Tilda Swinton Cannes 2013.JPG|thumb|Swinton at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival]]

"I don’t know if I could ever really say that I was a girl – I was kind of a boy for a long time. I don’t know, who knows? It changes."<ref name=thewip>''[http://thewip.net/2009/03/20/interview-with-actress-tilda-swinton-i-am-probably-a-woman/ Interview with Actress Tilda Swinton: “I am probably a woman”]'', thewip.net, March 20, 2009</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' British

* '''Pronouns:''' She/her

[[File:Pete Townshend (2012).jpg|thumb|Pete Townshend during a book signing in Toronto.]]

"I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman," Townshend said in an interview with White that ran on White's radio show in September 1989. "And I won't be classified as just a man."<ref name=petetownshend>''[http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-08/news/9011080600_1_pete-townshend-gay-life-bisexual Interview with Pete Townshend: “Pete Townshend Says He Is Bisexual”]'', orlandosentinel.com, November 8, 1990</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' British

* '''Pronouns:''' He/his

[[File:TylerNassauColliseum.jpg|thumb|Steven Tyler]]

"I've been misquoted as saying that I'm more female than male. Let me set the record straight -- it's more half and half, and I love the fact that my feelings are akin to puella eternis (Latin for 'the eternal girl')."<ref name="tyler">[http://www.examiner.com/article/hollywood-stars-steven-tyler-says-he-s-both-man-and-woman "Hollywood Stars: Steven Tyler says he’s both man and woman?" in examiner.com], May 17, 2011</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' American

* '''Pronouns:''' He/his (assumed; citation needed)

[[File:My_Chemical_Romance_@_McCallum_Park_(5_2_2012)_(6825192746).jpg|thumb|Gerard Way]]

"I have always identified a fair amount with the female gender..... Masculinity to me has always made me feel like it wasn't right for me.""<ref name="way">[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2i1840/i_am_gerard_way_musician_artist_creator_and/ "I am Gerard Way, musician, artist, creator, and cousin of Joe Rogan- Ask me anything!"], October 1, 2014</ref>

* '''Nationality:''' American

* '''Pronouns:''' he/his or they/their <ref name="way pronoun">[https://twitter.com/gerardway/status/607733754015006720 "Gerard Way on Twitter"], June 9, 2015</ref>