Notable people who aren't nonbinary: Difference between revisions

The drag performer Aja lived as nonbinary since 2018, then came out as a trans woman in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drag Race royalty Aja opens up about her gender journey as a proud trans woman |last=Smith |first=Reiss |work=PinkNews |date=20 December 2021 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/20/aja-trans-woman-drag-race/}}</ref>

The writer/poet/artist jayy dodd came out as nonbinary in 2016<ref name="dodd2016">{{Cite web |title=homies don’t come out, they let you in. |last=dodd |first=jayy |work=Medium |date=2 July 2016 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://medium.com/@deyblxk/homies-dont-come-out-they-let-you-in-aaf9ad991d8c}}</ref>, but in December 2020 she stated she is a binary trans woman.<ref>{{cite tweet|first=jayy|last=dodd |user=jxzz_hndz |number=1335646167191863297 |date=6 December 2020 |title=(I identify as a binary trans woman for context)}}</ref>

Tommy Dorfman (born May 13, 1992) is an American actor known for playing the role of Ryan Shaver in the Netflix drama ''13 Reasons Why''. Dorfman came out as [[nonbinary]] in 2017<ref name="Peoples">{{Cite web |title=Tommy Dorfman's Latest Fashion Statement: Gender |last=Peoples |first=Landon |work=Refinery29 |date=16 November 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180981/13-reasons-why-tommy-dorfman-gender-equality}}</ref> and had some difficulty finding a talent agency due to [[Discrimination|discrimination against nonbinary people]], with one agent telling Dorfman that being nonbinary was "a fad" which would make the actor a poor investment for the agency.<ref name="NBC2020">{{Cite web |title=How gender-nonconforming actors are changing Hollywood |author= |work=NBC News |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-gender-nonconforming-actors-are-changing-hollywood-n1227326}}</ref>

Dorfman announced she was a trans woman in July of 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CRoiQLlDmKu/|website=Instagram|title=thrilled to reintroduce myself as the woman i am today. my pronouns are she/her.|access-date=23 July 2021|date=22 July 2021|author=tommy.dorfman}}</ref>.

Drag queen Laganja Estranja was previously identifying as nonbinary, but in June 2021 she came out as a trans woman. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she said "I tried to be male and be in-between and nonbinary. The truth is I'm a feminine entity and I can live this life."<ref name="Nolfi">{{Cite web |title=RuPaul's Drag Race star Laganja Estranja comes out as trans: 'I feel so beautiful' |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=15 June 2021 |access-date=19 August 2021 |url= https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-laganja-estranja-comes-out-trans/}}</ref>

Some people interpreted this to mean that Grimes had a [[gender neutral]] identity or that Grimes uses [[gender neutral pronouns]].<Ref>https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nonbinary-gender-neutral-artists-list/</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Grimes_(musician)#Pronouns</ref> However, Grimes deleted the tweet and has not made any statement on gender since then.

From 2017 to 2019 the reality show star was identifying as nonbinary with [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="usweekly2019">{{Cite web |title=The Challenge’s Amo Reveals They Are Transitioning, Started Taking Hormones |author= |work=Us Weekly |date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=November 3, 2020 |url= https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/the-challenges-amo-reveals-they-are-transitioning/}}</ref> However, as of 2020, Amo is a [[trans woman]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CFufaB-hDn8/ I AM A PROUD TRANSGENDER WOMAN.], September 29, 2020</ref> and uses [[she/her]] pronouns.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/loveistheammo/ Instagram bio], retrieved Nov 3 2020.</ref>

In 2020, the K-pop star Jo Kwon spoke about embracing an [[androgynous]] "genderless image". Due to mistranslation, some fans thought that Kwon had come out with a [[genderless]] identity.<ref name="Gonsalves">{{Cite web |title=Jo Kwon embraces his 'genderless image', fans misconstrue his words and remain divided in supporting K-pop star |last=Gonsalves |first=Jenifer |work=MEAWW |date=13 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |url= https://meaww.com/jo-kwon-genderless-image-mistranslation-gender-nonbinary-band-pd-bts-army}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=hyunsuinseoul|number=1293733914024931329|title=Mistranslation got people arguing over which pronounce to call Jo Kwon when all he said was embracing his “genderless image”|date=12 August 2020}}</ref>

[[Intersex]] activist Anunnaki Ray Marquez previously identified as a [[nonbinary man]]<ref name="Marquez-difference">{{Cite web |title=The Difference Between my Biological Sex and My Gender. |author=Marquez, Anunnaki Ray |date=1 March 2016 |access-date=21 March 2021 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2016/03/01/the-difference-between-my-biological-sex-and-my-gender/ |quote=What all this means is that my SEX is INTERSEX. My GENDER is MALE. And I am a NON-BINARY man. My personhood is HUMAN. I am valid. I EXIST. }}</ref> but later stated that "I now will never refer to myself as non-binary again. I like to now call myself an [[intersex]], [[Gender nonconformity|nonconforming]], [[androgynous]] gay man."<ref name="Marquez-dontlike">{{Cite web |title=Why I don't like saying “non-binary gender” anymore. |author=Marquez, Anunnaki Ray |work= |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=21 March 2021 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2016/10/10/why-i-dont-like-saying-non-binary-gender-anymore/ |quote=However, I now will never refer to myself as non-binary again. I like to now call myself an intersex, nonconforming, androgynous gay man. }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=anunnakiray |number=1179830651903758336 |date=3 October 2019 |title=I love you back!  I am not non-binary, but I am a nonconforming 46XX intersex man.  I was told I can't exist too.  Your message to the world has helped me profoundly!  Much love to you!}}</ref> However, Marquez still uses the [[Honorifics|title]] [[Mx]].

Satsuki is a Japanese fashion model, is a Japanese model and actor who is known for his roles as Naki in Kamen Rider Zero-One and Shima Nishina in Kiss Him, Not Me. He started his modeling career as an exclusive model for the magazine Pichi Lemon and later became one of the standout models of Japan's genderless trend. In 2019, Nakayama came out as asexual and agender on his blog, expressing his desire at the time, to not be be defined as either male or female. However he later (publicly) came out as a transgender man in August of 2021.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202108140000872.html | title=中山咲月がトランスジェンダー＆無性愛者公表「性別の枠超えご覧頂けたら」 | language=ja | work=Nikkan Sports | date=2021-08-16 | accessdate=2021-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-19|title=トランスジェンダー告白した中山咲月、"ジェンダーレス女子"から「男性として生きていくと決めた」覚悟|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/57123/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Oricon|language=ja}}</ref>

Andreja Pejić (born 1991) is a world-famous fashion model. She came out as a woman in July 2014, with the intention to model only women's fashion.<ref>[http://www.glaad.org/blog/model-andreja-pejic-comes-out-publicly-transgender-woman-shares-her-experience-media-and "Model Andreja Pejic comes out publicly as a transgender woman, shares her experience with media and Facebook fans"], glaad.com, July 2014</ref> She has stated that she prefers she/her pronouns<ref name="pejic">[http://www.lamondamagazine.com/en/m/attack/andrej-pejic/ "ANDREJ PEJIC" in La Monda], 2013-11-05</ref> and that she identifies with the term [[transgender]] as an umbrella term.<ref name=pejicabc>[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/genderless-worlds-popular-male-model-walks-runways-heels/story?id=14522370#.T1uTNnJWqC8 "Genderless: World's Most Popular Male Model Walks Runways in Heels, Dresses"], Sept 2011, abc</ref>.

During the years before she came out as a woman, she used to self-identify as neither male nor female, which was widely reported by the media. She had modeled both men's wear and women's wear, and would defy interviewers' attempts to label her with a gender. In 2011, in response to a question about how she self-defines, Pejić said "Define, refine, constrict, package, and sell... No thank you. I would like to live in a world where your gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and, above all, financial status didn't affect the opportunities you are given in life, the way you're treated by others, and your overall freedom. In a world like that, I wouldn't be given such a complex definition"<ref>[http://www.out.com/fashion/2011/11/24/catching-andrej-pejic "Catching Up With Andrej Pejic"], Out.com, Nov 2011</ref>. When pressed in an interview to reveal whether she saw a girl or boy in the mirror growing up, Pejić replied simply, "I saw a child"<ref name=pejicabc></ref>.

Actor Tom Phelan used to identify as a [[nonbinary]] [[lesbian]] but as of 2018 is a gay trans man.<ref name="TomPyoutube">{{Cite web |title=Trans Actor Tom Phelan on Gender Pronouns |author=Broadly Hotline |work=YouTube |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Bp-XTwA6I}}</ref>

Elisa Rae Shupe (born 1963) is a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain [[legal gender|legal recognition]] of a nonbinary gender. In early 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "returned to [her] male [[Sex assigned at birth|birth sex]]". She became a vocal critic of transgender rights and the very concept of [[gender identity]], blaming "out-of-control, transgender [[activism]]" for making transition too easy.<ref name="dail_IWas">{{Cite web |title=I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham. |author=Shupe, Elisa |work=The Daily Signal |date=10 March 2019 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shupe |first1=Elisa |title=Public Announcement: I Have Returned To My Male Birth Sex |url=https://jamieshupe.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/public-announcement-i-have-returned-to-my-male-birth-sex/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/y6sAF |archive-date=1 April 2019 |website=Website Of James Shupe |language=en |date=26 January 2019}}</ref> However she's since come out as a trans woman, denouncing her former ties to "gender-critical and radical feminists, faith-based groups, and conservatives", and is now supportive of trans and nonbinary people, stating in a 2022 blog post that "All gender identities are valid and should be treated with the utmost respect at all times."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |author=Shupe, Elisa |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/}}</ref>

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born 1937) is one of America's most well-known black film actors of the 1970s, best known for playing the adventurous Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars film franchise. In an interview with ''Esquire'' in 2019, Williams said, "I never tried to be anything except myself. I think of myself as a relatively colorful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously. [...] And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine. I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself."<ref>Matt Miller. "The Enduring, Intergalactic Cool of Billy Dee Williams." ''Esquire''. Nov 26, 2019. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29817501/billy-dee-williams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-interview/</ref> Although that ''Esquire'' interviewer labels Williams with the word "[[genderfluid]]," Williams was not recorded as using that word during that interview. Based on that interview, several other news articles afterward misreported that Williams had come out genderfluid.  

A few days afterward, Williams explained that that was a misrepresentation of him, that he had never identified as genderfluid, and that he didn't know what the word "genderfluid" meant. He explained that his remark in the ''Esquire'' interview was meant as a reference to the ''anima'', the feminine side present in all manhood, in Jungian psychology.<ref name="Wakefield">{{Cite web |title=Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams says he’s not actually gender fluid and he doesn’t ‘really know what it means’ |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |work=PinkNews |date=5 December 2019 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/05/gender-fluid-star-wars-actor-billy-dee-williams-lando-calrissian-donald-glover-rise-skywalker/}}</ref>