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* The recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' character and series of sketches ''Pat'' from the early 1990s. Pat is an androgynous character who everyone tries desperately (but ''politely'') to gender, but whose neutral preferences and gender expression defy classification. This is played for laughs as Pat is oblivious to everyone else's discomfort. It even spun off into a (badly received) 1994 movie, ''It's Pat'', in which Pat falls in love with another character whose gender is also unknown. The character is highly androgynous in appearance and personality, but Pat's assigned gender is unclear, which is the basis of the joke. See [[Wikipedia:Pat (Saturday Night Live)|Wikipedia's ''Pat'' article]] | * The recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' character and series of sketches ''Pat'' from the early 1990s. Pat is an androgynous character who everyone tries desperately (but ''politely'') to gender, but whose neutral preferences and gender expression defy classification. This is played for laughs as Pat is oblivious to everyone else's discomfort. It even spun off into a (badly received) 1994 movie, ''It's Pat'', in which Pat falls in love with another character whose gender is also unknown. The character is highly androgynous in appearance and personality, but Pat's assigned gender is unclear, which is the basis of the joke. See [[Wikipedia:Pat (Saturday Night Live)|Wikipedia's ''Pat'' article]] | ||
* The children's TV series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_in_Space Lloyd in Space]'' features an episode (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lloyd_in_Space_episodes#Season_3:_2002 "Neither Boy nor Girl"]'') that focuses on a genderless character named Zoit. After being initially confused about their gender, the characters learn that in Zoit's species, children are raised genderless until they reach their 13th birthday, at which point they choose whether to become a boy or a girl. The other children fight over which gender Zoit should pick on their upcoming birthday. At the end of the episode, Zoit proudly tells their friends that they have chosen their gender, but want to keep their choice to themselves - it is left open whether they decided to be male or female. | * The children's TV series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_in_Space Lloyd in Space]'' features an episode (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lloyd_in_Space_episodes#Season_3:_2002 "Neither Boy nor Girl"]'') that focuses on a genderless character named Zoit. After being initially confused about their gender, the characters learn that in Zoit's species, children are raised genderless until they reach their 13th birthday, at which point they choose whether to become a boy or a girl. The other children fight over which gender Zoit should pick on their upcoming birthday. At the end of the episode, Zoit proudly tells their friends that they have chosen their gender, but want to keep their choice to themselves - it is left open whether they decided to be male or female. | ||
*The recent TV series Carmilla includes a non-binary character, Susan LaFontaine. They have stated that they no longer wish to be called Susan in season one when they say "I don't want to be Susan anymore." in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7FASf8TkM episode 26]. They use the name LaFontaine and they/them pronouns. | * The recent TV series Carmilla includes a non-binary character, Susan LaFontaine. They have stated that they no longer wish to be called Susan in season one when they say "I don't want to be Susan anymore." in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7FASf8TkM episode 26]. They use the name LaFontaine and they/them pronouns. | ||
* In the Netflix series ''Degrassi: Next Class'', Yael Baron is a genderqueer character who uses they/them pronouns. | |||
* In ''Billions'', Taylor Mason is a nonbinary character who uses they/them pronouns. Mason is widely considered to be the first nonbinary character in a TV show by US news sources. They are played by [[Asia Kate Dillon]], who is also nonbinary.<ref>''[http://news.sky.com/story/billions-shows-tvs-first-gender-non-binary-character-10775424 Billions shows TV's first gender non-binary character]'', Sky News, February 2017.</ref> | |||
* Milo, from the ''Danger & Eggs'' animated series, is a minor nonbinary character played by the agender voice actor Tyler Ford.<ref>''[https://www.autostraddle.com/danger-and-eggs-is-the-greatest-weirdest-queer-and-trans-inclusive-kids-show-ever-382906/ “Danger & Eggs” Is The Greatest Weirdest Queer-and-Trans Inclusive Kids Show Ever]'', Autostraddle, July 2017.</ref> | |||
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