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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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508024304/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-fluid|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

The earliest extant entry for "gender fluid" in the Urban Dictionary was added in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |title=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gender+fluid |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/ Gender-Fluid community] was created on LiveJournal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |title=http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://gender-fluid.livejournal.com/profile |url-status=live }}</ref>

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/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701042541/https://majesticmess.com/2018/12/20/interview-creator-of-the-genderfluid-flag/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701040349/https://lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In 2015, Dictionary.com added an entry for "gender-fluid,"<ref>"New words added to Dictionary.com." May 6, 2015. ''Dictionary.com.'' [https://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.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gender-fluid]</ref>

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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/05/washington-to-recognise-third-gender-in-groundbreaking-move/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325195929/https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246-490-075|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>}}

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. [https://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.

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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652 PMID 22364652]. </ref><ref>"Bigender - Boy Today, Girl Tomorrow?". ''Neuroskeptic''. April 8, 2012. [https://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''. [https://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.

[[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>{{Cite web |url=http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |title=http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013063943/http://genderfluidprobs.tumblr.com/post/37659220000/genderfluid-problem-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2" />

Some genderfluid people ask to be called by a different [[Names|name]]<ref name=":2">Kat. "Hi I'm new." ''Bigender'' (blog/forum). [https://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. [https://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. [https://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.

* [[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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608004736/https://courtneyact.tumblr.com/about|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206021236/http://transbodies.com/people/sand-chang-2/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419140750/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFtRleENew |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224193138/https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/5/eating-disorder-recovery-gender-identity-with-sand-chang |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are one of the authors of ''A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients''.

* [[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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084016/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/18/a-gender-fluid-journalist-comes-out-to-irish-cheers.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* [[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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412055127/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asia-kate-dillon-talks-discovering-the-word-non-binary_b_58ef1685e4b0156697224c7a |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* [[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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121908/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/44167/1/dorian-electra-new-song-video-flamboyant-interview Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

* 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205114116/https://www.thegreyestates.com/blog/interview-evan-greer |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528052154/https://evangreer.org/bio|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411022550/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/23/donald-trump-transgender-legislation-kids-lgbt-community |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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>

* [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502122646/https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/20/nikki-hiltz-coming-out-transgender-non-binary-track/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624231830/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a38918/jana-hunter-lower-dens-essay/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* [[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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230623232621/https://www.sfunglaw.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>  

* [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406144928/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/23/bethany-meyers-bisexual-proud-instagram/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205075833/https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciaran-strange/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220106090400/https://watchtheswitch.tumblr.com/post/89081083304/our-music-video-is-out-the-cast-of-the-switch Archived] on 17 July 2023</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519080447/https://www.straight.com/music/517091/kieran-strange-gets-vocal-nerd-life-and-lgbt-rights |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223230125/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/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* [[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/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230605024427/https://www.instagram.com/nicotortorella/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018114916/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/106408/american-actor-nico-tortorella-comes-out-as-gender-fluid/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* [[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] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230613171530/https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601000422/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/8/28/alok-vaid-menon-will-not-tone-it-down|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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].

* [[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) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318211101/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-positive-intersex-positive_b_58e6d8d7e4b0acd784ca56cd |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* ''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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425035630/https://www.supersummary.com/symptoms-of-being-human/summary/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

* 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.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009132437/https://www.goodreads.com/questions/738992-this-sounds-like-an-awesome-story-i-m|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>