Shige Sakurai: Difference between revisions

| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBT Equity Center Acting Director |author= |work=University of Maryland Office of Diversity and Inclusion |date=8 July 2021 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url= https://diversity.umd.edu/statements/2021-07-letter}}</ref>

'''Shige Sakurai''' 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>