Nonbinary gender in fiction: Difference between revisions

===Video games===

*In ''Transistor'', the gender marker for Bailey Gilande in her character file is 'X', commonly used by, or in regards to, non-binary people.

*''[https://www.choiceofgames.com/versus-the-lost-ones/ VERSUS: The Lost Ones]'' by Zachary Sergi (published in 2015 by Choice of Games LLC) is a sci-fi interactive novel where it's possible to play a nonbinary character. The player's character, Thomil, comes from a planet where everyone telepathically shares their thoughts and feelings with one another. A couple chapters into the story, the player is asked about their character's gender. They can choose from six options: a cisgender woman, transgender woman, cis man, trans man, intersex, or "I don't subscribe to any gender categories". Choosing the last option sets Thomil's stats to say "Gender: Not Applicable," and brings up these remarks in the narrative: "You are both genders, but you are also neither gender. You believe gender defies categorization, operating on a kind of sliding scale-- one that can change every day. You've come across [foreign planets'] texts about other cultures where such thinking is considered taboo or even sacrilegious, but in a society where everyone can quite literally share their thoughts and experiences, it's fairly impossible not to accept others once you understand who they truly are. Besides, even the most staunchly 'male' or 'female' cisgenders admit that sometimes they feel more 'masculine' or 'feminine' at different times. You just take that kind of thinking to a whole new level." The narration in ''VERSUS'' makes clear that this is not an undisclosed gender or a fantasy sex, but a nonbinary gender identity. Though Thomil comes from a sci-fi setting where where this and other transgender identities are accepted, this is a realistic depiction of a nonbinary person.

*In ''Tokyo Afterschool Summoners'', the player can set the protagonist's gender to male, female, or "other", regardless of which appearance they choose. The character Arc is also referred to with they/them pronouns in the official English translation.

*In the MMORPG ''Runescape'', there is an NPC who can change the player character's avatar from male to female or female to male, as well as change the player's skin color. The NPC also switches their own avatar's "sex" at 10-second intervals. They are officially called "The Makeover Mage", but in a 2006 letter they wrote "My name is Pete, or Peta, depending on my mood", implying they may be [[genderfluid]], [[bigender]], or some other type of nonbinary.<ref>https://runescape.wiki/w/Makeover_Mage</ref>

* In the visual novel ''//TODO: today'', the protagonist and the main characters Joyce and Phoenix can be [[male]], [[female]], or [[nonbinary]], depending on player's choices.<ref>[https://vndb.org/v21649/chars#chars VNDB {{!}} //TODO: today characters]</ref>

* In the visual novel ''When The Night Comes'', the romanceable character August is nonbinary and uses [[they/them]] pronouns.<ref>https://lunarisgames.itch.io/wtnc</ref>  

*In ''Red Embrace: Hollywood'', the player chooses their pronoun from "he", "she", or "they".<ref name="arge_Your">{{Cite web |title=Your Customized MC - Red Embrace: Hollywood |author=Argent Games |work=itch.io |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://argent-games.itch.io/red-embrace-hollywood/devlog/48055/your-customized-mc}}</ref>

*''Genderwrecked'' is a post-apocalyptic horror/gore visual novel about trying to find the meaning of gender. The player can select their pronouns from she/her, they/them, he/him, xe/xir, ze/zir, it/it, or custom pronouns.<ref name="genderwrecked">{{Cite web |title=GENDERWRECKED |author=ryan rose aceae |work=itch.io |date= |access-date=28 October 2020 |url= https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked}}</ref>

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