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| pronouns=[[Singular they]] or ze/zir<ref name=" | | pronouns=[[Singular they]] or ze/zir<ref name="Beyond">{{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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*First American to receive an "X" driver's license | *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]] and the website MyPronouns.org. 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> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||