Notable nonbinary people: Difference between revisions

'''Notable nonbinary people''' include celebrities, activists, and historical figures who identify outside of the [[gender binary]], regardless of whether they have used the word "[[nonbinary]]" for themselves. There are many more nonbinary people in the world who aren't famous, but these are a few of those individuals that are well-known to some degree. Sorted alphabetically by surname, with a [https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1365&bih=590&q=search+for+usable+photos+for+wiki&oq=search+for+usable+photos+for+wiki&gs_l=img.3...1407.7212.0.7771.39.13.0.26.1.0.192.1547.2j11.13.0....0...1ac.1.35.img..27.12.1308.JM3B5UKwf0A#hl=en&q=search+for+usable+photos+for+wiki&tbm=isch&tbs=sur:f fair use or creative commons photo] if possible.

==Olly Alexander==

Olly Alexander is the lead singer and songwriter for electropop band Years and Years.  

[[File:Tauron_Nowa_Muzyka_2014_-_Years_&_Years_(13).jpg|thumb|Olly Alexander]]

* '''Born:''' July 15, 1990 (age {{#expr: {{#time: Y }}-1990}})

* '''Nationality:''' English

* '''Gender:''' Nonbinary. Alexander said, "I feel very nonbinary, and you know, I identify as gay and queer and nonbinary[...]"<ref name=alexanderout>[https://open.spotify.com/track/6kKyebFUFBo7tTvePMFJuK Years &amp; Years: Inspiring - #PlessPlayForPride] Spotify, June 7 2016</ref>

* '''Profession:''' singer, songwriter, actor, and activist.

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olly_Alexander Wikipedia entry]

 

==B-Complex==

B-Complex (Matia or Maťo Lenická) is a drum and bass music producer and DJ. Prefers the name Maťo when presenting as a man and the name Matia when presenting as a woman.<ref name="denn_Prel">{{Cite web |title=Prelomil/a B-complex: Keď som muž, tak som Maťo, keď žena, tak Matia |trans-title=B-complex explained: When I'm a man, I'm Mato, when a woman, Matia |last=Pecíková |first=Laura |work=Denník N |date= |access-date=28 March 2020 |url= https://dennikn.sk/321936/prelomila-b-complex-muz-mato-zena-matia/ |language=sk}}</ref>

 

* '''Born:''' May 9, 1984 (age {{#expr: {{#time: Y }}-1984}})

* '''Pronouns:''' she/her (according to [https://soundcloud.com/b-complex Soundcloud bio])

* '''Gender:''' [[Bigender]]. "I happen to be [[transgender]]ed person as well, bi-gender in particular."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/bcomplex/posts/10153953399843312 Facebook post], June 6, 2015</ref>

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-Complex Wikipedia entry]

 

[[File:Justin Vivian Bond.jpg|thumb|Justin Vivian Bond]]

[[Justin Vivian Bond]] is a Tony-nominated (2007) performer who has received GLAAD (2000), Obie (2001), Bessie (2004), Ethyl (2007), and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (2012) awards.

* '''Born:''' May 9, 1963 (age {{#expr: {{#time: Y }}-1963}})

* '''Pronouns:''' v, v's. A 2011 interview in The Guardian explained, "Bond is transgender and has adopted Vivian as a middle name and the pronoun 'v'. This is a means of rejecting the gender binary. Bond's website sets it all out: 'If I see or hear the words he or she, her or him, hers or his, in reference to me, I will take it either as a personal insult, a weak mind (easily forgivable), or (worst-case scenario) sloppy journalism.'<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/jun/28/justin-bond?CMP=twt_gu</ref>

* '''Gender:''' Bond said, "for me to claim to be either a man or a woman, feels like a lie. My identity falls somewhere in the middle and is constantly shifting."<ref>Mark Holgate. "Justin Bond Talks Cher, Joan Didion, and his All-Time Favorite Shoes with Pierre Hardy." ''Vogue'' 2011-04-05. http://www.vogue.com/870070/justin-bond-talks-cher-joan-didion-and-his-all-time-favorite-shoes-with-pierre-hardy</ref> V's transition included estrogen therapy in order to appear more feminine,<ref name="JD11">JD Ordonez. "The Singer's Name Is Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, And V Is Trans." ''Queerty.'' January 3, 2011. http://www.queerty.com/the-singers-name-is-mx-justin-vivian-bond-and-v-is-trans-20110103</ref> choosing not to get a lower surgery.<ref>Mike Albo. "The Official Justin Bond." ''Out'' (magazine). April 11, 2011. http://www.out.com/detail.asp?page=2&id=30031</ref>, and adopting the middle name of "Vivian."<ref name="JD11" />

* '''Profession:''' singer-songwriter, author, painter, performance artist, actor, and cabaret performer. Most famous for v's cabaret character Kiki DuRane.

* [[Justin Vivian Bond|Nonbinary Wiki entry]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Vivian_Bond Wikipedia entry]

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[[File:Kate Bornstein2010.jpg|thumb|Kate Bornstein.]]

* '''Born:''' March 15, 1948 (age {{#expr: {{#time: Y }}-1948}})

* '''Pronouns:''' [[singular they|they/them]] or [[English neutral pronouns#She|she/her]]<ref>Czyzselska, Jane (February 2016). "CALL ME Kate". Diva: 54.</ref>

* '''Gender:''' Nonbinary. Currently (as of 2019), Bornstein's site says they identify as nonbinary.<ref>Retrieved November 11, 2019. http://katebornstein.com</ref> Bornstein has said, "I don't call myself a woman, ''and'' I know I'm not a man." Their transition included gender affirmation surgery.<ref>Kate Bornstein. ''A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir.'' Beacon Press. 2012. https://books.google.com/?id=nDA8Hvr1jzkC&dq=kate+Bornstein+biography</ref>

* [[Kate Bornstein|Nonbinary Wiki entry]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bornstein Wikipedia entry] / [http://katebornstein.typepad.com/ Kate's Blog]

 

Tony Briffa is an Australian politician and [[intersex]] activist who feels she is nonbinary due to her intersex condition. She obtained a [[Gender recognition|birth certificate]] with a blank sex designation.<ref>https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/-Healthy-hermaphrodite-is-both-man-and-woman.556257</ref>

* '''Pronouns:''' As of March 2020, Tony's official website uses "she/her" pronouns<ref>http://briffa.org/tony_briffa</ref>, although she used "he/him" previously.<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-briffa-intersex-mayor_n_1140840 Tony Briffa Of Australia’s City Of Hobsons Bay Becomes World’s First Intersex Mayor]</ref>

* '''Gender:''' "My natural female and male biology also reflected how I felt as a person. I'm more than just a woman or a man - I'm both."<ref>http://briffa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10483271_703814519672878_8146244864219099558_o.jpg</ref> "If people feel female that is great, and if they feel male that is great, but there are also people like me: I just accept the way nature made me. I am happy for my birth certificate to say that I am both male and female. One day, hopefully, we will have that as well."<ref>[https://ihra.org.au/25037/cross-party-speeches-intersex-health-australian-senate/ Cross-party speeches on intersex health in the Australian Senate], Morgan Carpenter, 25 March 2014</ref> "Sex is about biology and gender is about identity. Like most people, my gender is consistent with my sex."<ref>[https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/tony-briffa-worlds-first-openly-intersex-person-elected-public-office/ This is the world’s first openly intersex person elected into public office], 26 October 2017</ref> "I am part Antoinette and I'm part Tony."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtXJOIxtPQ NICHE IDAHO Campaign: "I", Tony (YourStory)] August 3 2013</ref>

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==Claude Cahun==

[[File:Claude Cahun.jpg|thumb|Claude Cahun.]]

 

[[Claude Cahun]] was a surrealist artist whose works encompassed writing, photography, and theatre. Cahun is most remembered for highly staged self-portraits and tableaux. Cahun and their life partner Marcel Moore were both Jewish, both had adopted these gender-neutral names, and they both often collaborated together in their art. In WWII, the couple engaged in resistance work and activism against the Nazis during the German occupation of France. The couple dressed up and attended many German military events in Jersey, strategically placing anti-Nazi fliers in soldier's pockets, on their chairs, and in cigarette boxes for soldiers to find. In 1944, Cahun and Moore were arrested by the Nazis and sentenced to death, but the sentence was never carried out as the island was liberated from German occupation in 1945.<ref name=":1" >{{Cite journal|last=Andersen|first=Corinne|date=2005|title=Que me veux-tu?/ What do you want of me?: Claude Cahun's Autoportraits and the Process of Gender Identification|url=|journal=Women in French Studies|volume=13|pages=37–50|via=Project MUSE}}</ref>

* '''Gender:''' [[neuter]]. In their autobiography, ''Disavowals'', they explained, “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.”<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disavowals : or cancelled confessions|first=Claude|last=Cahun|date=2008|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=9780262533034|oclc=922878515}}</ref>

 

==Jonathan Rachel Clynch==

 

Jonathan Rachel Clynch is a well-known journalist in Ireland.  

* '''Born:''' 1971 (age {{#expr: {{#time: Y }}-1971}})

* '''Gender:''' [[genderfluid]]. "One of Irish broadcaster RTE’s best-known journalists just [in 2015] came out as 'gender fluid,' and the response so far seems wholly positive. ... The 44-year-old, who has yet to make a public statement, told his bosses that he wishes to now be known as Jonathan Rachel and would sometimes dress as a female. ... Clynch has worked with RTE for 16 years, often filling in on Radio One’s flagship 'News at One.' ... 'He has been open about it for a while now and his friends and family were all aware of his situation. He is going through a process at the moment and will speak about it in his own time and he hopes everyone will be respectful of that.'"<ref>Tom Sykes, "A ‘Gender Fluid’ Journalist Comes Out To Irish Cheers." 2015-09-18. ''Daily Beast.'' http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/18/a-gender-fluid-journalist-comes-out-to-irish-cheers.html</ref>

* '''Profession:''' broadcast journalist

 

==Ivan E. Coyote==

[[File:Ivan Coyote.jpg|thumb|200px|Ivan Coyote in 2017.]]

Ivan E. Coyote is a writer who has made significant contributions to the representation of queerness in Canadian literature. They have won the ReLit Award for Best Fiction (2007), and the Stonewall Honor Book Award (2017).

* '''Born:''' August 11, 1969 (age {{#expr: {{#time: Y }}-1969}})

* '''Pronouns:''' [[singular they|they/them]]<ref>Black, Eleanor (August 20, 2016). "Ivan Coyote: 'I always knew I was not the same as other little girls'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved July 26, 2017. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/83178100/ivan-coyote-i-always-knew-i-was-not-the-same-as-other-little-girls</ref>

* '''Gender:''' Ivan describes themself as "a trans person who doesn't fit neatly into the [[gender binary]]"<ref>[https://www.ted.com/talks/ivan_coyote_why_we_need_gender_neutral_bathrooms/transcript Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms], Ivan Coyote, November 2015</ref> and has said "I don't want to be a man but don’t feel like a woman either, and that's a difficult place to be in, yet that is my authentic self and there is nothing harder than spending an entire lifetime trying to cover up your authentic self."<ref name="etal_Ivan">{{Cite web |title=Ivan E. Coyote {{!}} Et Alors? Magazine |last=Pierets |first=JF. |work=etalorsmagazine.com |date= |access-date=26 March 2020 |url= https://etalorsmagazine.com/ivan-e-coyote/ }}</ref> They also identify as [[butch]]: "Nobody taught me how to be butch; I didn't even hear the word until I was twenty years old. I first became something I had no name for in solitude and only later discovered the word for what I was".<ref>https://abcbookworld.com/writer/coyote-ivan-e/</ref>

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Coyote Wikipedia entry] [http://www.ivanecoyote.com/ Their Website] [[Ivan E Coyote|nonbinary wiki entry]]

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[[File:Miley Cyrus 38th People's Choice Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Miley Cyrus at 38th People's Choice Awards]]

 

Miley Cyrus is a top-charting singer, songwriter, and actor who was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in both 2008 and 2014.

* '''Born:''' 23 November 1992 (age {{#expr: {{#time: Y }}-1992}})

* '''Pronouns:''' No preference expressed; journalists assume "she/her", possibly "she" on account of the 2019 album "She Is Miley Cyrus"

* '''Gender:''' In a 2015 interview, Miley explained, “I didn’t want to be a boy, ... I kind of wanted to be nothing. I don’t relate to what people would say defines a girl or a boy, and I think that’s what I had to understand: Being a girl isn’t what I hate, it’s the box that I get put into.”<ref name=cyrusout>''[http://www.out.com/music/2015/5/05/exclusive-miley-cyrus-launches-anti-homelessness-pro-lgbt-happy-hippie-foundation Exclusive: Miley Cyrus Launches Anti-Homelessness, Pro-LGBT ‘Happy Hippie Foundation’]'', out.com, May 5, 2015</ref>

* '''Profession:''' Singer, songwriter, actor, activist for animal rights and LGBT rights

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miley_Cyrus Wikipedia entry]

 

Sam de Leve plays non-binary characters for the Geek & Sundry [https://geekandsundry.com/tag/sam-de-leve/] and Saving Throw multimedia networks. They are also a dancer [https://vimeo.com/233586263] and writer [https://medium.com/@DeLeve].

* '''Pronouns:''' [[singular they|they/them]]<ref>https://twitter.com/chaikovsky</ref>