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*In season three of the Netflix series ''Sex Education'', there is a nonbinary student named Cal. Cal is played by nonbinary actor [[Dua Saleh]].<ref name="López">{{Cite web |title='Sex Education' is adding a non-binary character to its cast for season 3 |last=López |first=Canela |work=Insider |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://www.insider.com/netflixs-sex-education-adds-black-non-binary-character-to-cast-2020-9}}</ref> | *In season three of the Netflix series ''Sex Education'', there is a nonbinary student named Cal. Cal is played by nonbinary actor [[Dua Saleh]].<ref name="López">{{Cite web |title='Sex Education' is adding a non-binary character to its cast for season 3 |last=López |first=Canela |work=Insider |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |url= https://www.insider.com/netflixs-sex-education-adds-black-non-binary-character-to-cast-2020-9}}</ref> | ||
* In ''Lovecraft Country'', there is a [[Two-Spirit]] character named Yahima Maraokoti in the episode "A History of Violence". The character is played by a [[cisgender]] woman and is soon murdered by one of the main characters.<ref name="Yahima">{{Cite web |title=Lovecraft Country Creator Apologizes for “Failed” Attempt at Two-Spirit Representation |last=Sanders |first=Wren |work=them. |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation }}</ref> | * In ''Lovecraft Country'', there is a [[Two-Spirit]] character named Yahima Maraokoti in the episode "A History of Violence". The character is played by a [[cisgender]] woman and is soon murdered by one of the main characters.<ref name="Yahima">{{Cite web |title=Lovecraft Country Creator Apologizes for “Failed” Attempt at Two-Spirit Representation |last=Sanders |first=Wren |work=them. |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/lovecraft-country-failed-two-spirit-representation }}</ref> | ||
* In the crime drama ''Big Sky'', Jerrie is a [[transfeminine]] nonbinary person played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse James Keitel]].<ref name="ReynoldsOct2020">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Actors and Creators Have Some Advice for Hollywood |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries}}</ref> | * In the crime drama ''Big Sky'', Jerrie is a [[transfeminine]] nonbinary person played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse James Keitel]].<ref name="ReynoldsOct2020">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Actors and Creators Have Some Advice for Hollywood |last=Reynolds |first=Daniel |work=The Advocate |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/10/21/future-lgbtq-tv-nonbinary-visionaries}}</ref> | ||
* In ''Love in the Time of Corona'', [[Tommy Dorfman]] plays the nonbinary hairstylist Oscar.<ref name="Ramos-Corona">{{Cite web |title='Love In The Time Of Corona': Freeform Sets Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Tommy Dorfman, Rainey Qualley And 4 More For Limited Series Event |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=29 June 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/}}</ref> | * In ''Love in the Time of Corona'', [[Tommy Dorfman]] plays the nonbinary hairstylist Oscar.<ref name="Ramos-Corona">{{Cite web |title='Love In The Time Of Corona': Freeform Sets Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Tommy Dorfman, Rainey Qualley And 4 More For Limited Series Event |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |work=Deadline |date=29 June 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/love-in-the-time-of-corona-freeform-leslie-odom-jr-nicolette-robinson-tommy-dorfman-rainey-qualle-gil-bellows-rya-kihlstedt-ava-bellows-l-scott-caldwell-1202972774/}}</ref> | ||
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* BBC America's ''The Watch'' (2021) features Cheery Littlebottom, who is referred to by they/them and she/her pronouns and is played by [[Jo Eaton-Kent]] (who is trans and whose pronouns are also they/them and she/her). | * BBC America's ''The Watch'' (2021) features Cheery Littlebottom, who is referred to by they/them and she/her pronouns and is played by [[Jo Eaton-Kent]] (who is trans and whose pronouns are also they/them and she/her). | ||
* A nonbinary character named Alex plays a minor role in the drama series ''This Is Us''. Alex is played by nonbinary lesbian [[Presley Alexander]], and is the love interest of main character Tess. Alex first appears in the season five episode "Changes". | * A nonbinary character named Alex plays a minor role in the drama series ''This Is Us''. Alex is played by nonbinary lesbian [[Presley Alexander]], and is the love interest of main character Tess. Alex first appears in the season five episode "Changes". | ||
* The Peacock comedy series ''Rutherford Falls'' (2021) features a nonbinary character named Bobbie, played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse Leigh]]. The character was originally written as a gay man, but after Leigh auditioned in "glam-core" 1970s fashion, the show staff decided to make Bobbie nonbinary.<ref name="RutherfordFalls">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Leigh Is the Witchy, Nonbinary Bestie We All Need in Our Lives |last=Rudolph |first=Christopher |work=NewNowNext |date=22 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |quote=Bobbie was originally, I think, gay and male-presenting. So I went to the audition and I thought, | * The Peacock comedy series ''Rutherford Falls'' (2021) features a nonbinary character named Bobbie, played by nonbinary actor [[Jesse Leigh]]. The character was originally written as a gay man, but after Leigh auditioned in "glam-core" 1970s fashion, the show staff decided to make Bobbie nonbinary.<ref name="RutherfordFalls">{{Cite web |title=Jesse Leigh Is the Witchy, Nonbinary Bestie We All Need in Our Lives |last=Rudolph |first=Christopher |work=NewNowNext |date=22 April 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021 |url= http://www.newnownext.com/jesse-leigh-nonbinary-rutherford-falls/04/2021/ |quote=Bobbie was originally, I think, gay and male-presenting. So I went to the audition and I thought, I'm going to just make the character my own. And I did — I remember I wore bellbottoms, really cute, all '70s. I did a really cute winged liner and I was just myself; that's what I just wear on an everyday basis. So I show up in a little bit of glam-core, and they loved the character so much that they eventually ended up making Bobbie nonbinary. }}</ref> | ||
* In the Hulu comedy series ''Shrill'', the character Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. They are played by [[E.R. Fightmaster]] who is also nonbinary and uses they/them as well.<ref name="Bradley-Shrill">{{Cite web |title='Shrill' Ends on Its Best Season Yet Thanks to a Heart-Bursting Queer Romance |author=Bradley, Laura |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance}}</ref> | * In the Hulu comedy series ''Shrill'', the character Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. They are played by [[E.R. Fightmaster]] who is also nonbinary and uses they/them as well.<ref name="Bradley-Shrill">{{Cite web |title='Shrill' Ends on Its Best Season Yet Thanks to a Heart-Bursting Queer Romance |author=Bradley, Laura |work=The Daily Beast |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/shrill-ends-on-its-best-season-yet-thanks-to-a-heart-bursting-queer-romance}}</ref> | ||
* In the BBC comedy miniseries ''Don't Forget the Driver'', the character Bradley/Brad is nonbinary, and played by nonbinary actor [[Jo Eaton-Kent]].<ref name="DFTD">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jo Eaton-Kent |author= |work=bbc.co.uk |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo}}</ref> | * In the BBC comedy miniseries ''Don't Forget the Driver'', the character Bradley/Brad is nonbinary, and played by nonbinary actor [[Jo Eaton-Kent]].<ref name="DFTD">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Jo Eaton-Kent |author= |work=bbc.co.uk |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=13 July 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/dontforgetthedriver/jo}}</ref> | ||
* Kids' show ''Fruit Salad TV'' includes the nonbinary characters Shirley Shawn, Officer Beaples, and Bok.<ref name="Spadafore">{{Cite web |title=Conservatives Outraged After The Wiggles' New Kids' TV Show Introduces Non-Binary Unicorn |last=Spadafore |first=Sam |work=Comic Sands |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html }}</ref> | * Kids' show ''Fruit Salad TV'' includes the nonbinary characters Shirley Shawn, Officer Beaples, and Bok.<ref name="Spadafore">{{Cite web |title=Conservatives Outraged After The Wiggles' New Kids' TV Show Introduces Non-Binary Unicorn |last=Spadafore |first=Sam |work=Comic Sands |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.comicsands.com/wiggles-nonbinary-unicorn-conservative-outrage-2654765310.html }}</ref> | ||
* [[Mae Martin]]'s character in ''Feel Good'' comes out as nonbinary in the season finale.<ref name="Dry-FeelGood">{{Cite web |title=‘Feel Good’ Review: Mae Martin’s Devastating Queer Comedy Levels Up in Season 2 |last=Dry |first=Jude |work=IndieWire |date=4 June 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ }}</ref> | * [[Mae Martin]]'s character in ''Feel Good'' comes out as nonbinary in the season finale.<ref name="Dry-FeelGood">{{Cite web |title=‘Feel Good’ Review: Mae Martin’s Devastating Queer Comedy Levels Up in Season 2 |last=Dry |first=Jude |work=IndieWire |date=4 June 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/feel-good-review-netflix-queer-mae-martin-season-2-1234642428/ }}</ref> | ||
* Nonbinary physician Dr. Kai Bartley (played by nonbinary actor [[E.R. Fightmaster]]) is a recurring character in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Dr. Bartley first appeared in the episode "Hotter Than Hell" (season 18, episode 3).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet ' | |||
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* In season one, episode seven of the legal drama ''All Rise'' (titled "Uncommon Women and Mothers"), Emily's client is a homeless nonbinary youth named Jax, played by [[transmasculine]] actor JJ Hawkins.<ref name="AllRise">{{Cite web |title=All Rise Review: Uncommon Women and Mothers (Season 1 Episode 7) |last=Wyneken |first=Caitlin |work=Tell-Tale TV |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=27 October 2020 |url= https://telltaletv.com/2019/11/all-rise-review-uncommon-women-and-mothers-season-1-episode-7/}}</ref> Jax is misgendered during a court proceeding and their lawyer speaks up in objection, convincing the judge to enforce use of the correct [[they/them]] pronouns for Jax.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-BHDBhtrE/ Instagram post] 10 September 2020</ref> | |||
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* Nonbinary physician Dr. Kai Bartley (played by nonbinary actor [[E.R. Fightmaster]]) is a recurring character in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Dr. Bartley first appeared in the episode "Hotter Than Hell" (season 18, episode 3).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet 'Grey's Anatomy's First-Ever Nonbinary Doctor |last=Rude |first=Mey |work=out.com |date=28 October 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021 |url= https://www.out.com/television/2021/10/28/meet-greys-anatomys-first-ever-nonbinary-doctor}}</ref> | |||
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