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*''The Gods Themselves'' by Isaac Asimov - The 2nd part of this book features an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. However, the 3 fictional sexes are ''not'' used as justification for these characters having nonbinary gender identities, as the protagonists are depicted as being gender non-conforming by the standards of their own society. Most notable is Dua, the "emotional"/"mid" member of a triad, who has always struggled to fit in with the others of her sex. She's explicitly non-conforming, exhibiting traits normally associated with the "rational"/"left" sex of her species. As a result, her peers use the slur "left-em" against her, which she would eventually reclaim as her own identity, along with "queer". Would she also qualify as nonbinary (technically non-trinary) transgender? This is open to interpretation by the reader. | *''The Gods Themselves'' by Isaac Asimov - The 2nd part of this book features an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. However, the 3 fictional sexes are ''not'' used as justification for these characters having nonbinary gender identities, as the protagonists are depicted as being gender non-conforming by the standards of their own society. Most notable is Dua, the "emotional"/"mid" member of a triad, who has always struggled to fit in with the others of her sex. She's explicitly non-conforming, exhibiting traits normally associated with the "rational"/"left" sex of her species. As a result, her peers use the slur "left-em" against her, which she would eventually reclaim as her own identity, along with "queer". Would she also qualify as nonbinary (technically non-trinary) transgender? This is open to interpretation by the reader. | ||
* ''Sparkle Boy'', by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Maria Mola, is a children's book about a "gender creative" three-year-old boy Casey and his older sister Jessie.<ref name="libr_Spar">{{Cite web |title=Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307}}</ref> | * ''Sparkle Boy'', by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Maria Mola, is a children's book about a "gender creative" three-year-old boy Casey and his older sister Jessie.<ref name="libr_Spar">{{Cite web |title=Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307}}</ref> | ||
* In ''Pattern for an Angel'', by CJane Elliott, one of the protagonists, Gabe Martin, has a five-year-old named Ian who loves to wear dresses. The other protagonist, Loren Schuster, is a male [[drag queen]] who also wears skirts and dresses casually.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pattern for an Angel|date=2019 |last=Elliott|first=CJane|edition=Kindle}}</ref> | |||
===Comics and graphic novels=== | ===Comics and graphic novels=== | ||