Shige Sakurai

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    Shige Sakurai
    Nationality American
    Pronouns they/them[1]
    Occupation Educator, activist
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    Shige Sakurai is an educator and activist. They have been out as nonbinary since the early 2000s, and were the first person in the USA to receive a driver's license with X sex marker.[2] They are the creator of International Pronouns Day and the website MyPronouns.org. Currently they work as an adjunct instructor at American University in Washington, DC.[3]

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    1. "LGBT Equity Center Acting Director". University of Maryland Office of Diversity and Inclusion. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
    2. Norwood, Candice (June 2019). "How Governments Are Transitioning Their Gender Policies to Nonbinary". governing.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
    3. "Shige Sakurai, Adjunct Instructor". American University. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2020.