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* Marvel Comics' series ''The New Warriors'' introduced a nonbinary superhero named "Snowflake", and received widespread backlash.<ref name="Villarreal">{{Cite web |title=Marvel criticized for first non-binary superhero named “Snowflake” |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |work=[[LGBTQ Nation]] |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ }}</ref>
* Marvel Comics' series ''The New Warriors'' introduced a nonbinary superhero named "Snowflake", and received widespread backlash.<ref name="Villarreal">{{Cite web |title=Marvel criticized for first non-binary superhero named “Snowflake” |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |work=[[LGBTQ Nation]] |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/marvel-criticized-first-non-binary-superhero-named-snowflake/ }}</ref>
*In the USA, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed Senate Bill 246 on March 31, allowing for driver's license applicants to mark “male,” “female” or “non-binary” when designating their sex. The bill goes into effect July 1.<ref name="VanSlooten">{{Cite web |title=Northam signs Va. non-binary driver’s license bill into law |last=Van Slooten |first=Philip |work=Washington Blade |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/04/07/northam-signs-va-non-binary-drivers-license-bill-into-law/}}</ref>
*In the USA, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed Senate Bill 246 on March 31, allowing for driver's license applicants to mark “male,” “female” or “non-binary” when designating their sex. The bill goes into effect July 1.<ref name="VanSlooten">{{Cite web |title=Northam signs Va. non-binary driver’s license bill into law |last=Van Slooten |first=Philip |work=Washington Blade |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/04/07/northam-signs-va-non-binary-drivers-license-bill-into-law/}}</ref>
* In July, a nonbinary New Yorker sued the state in pursuit of an "X" [[gender marker]] on their driver's license. New York currently only allows "M" or "F" gender markers on licenses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York state sued over driver’s licenses that limit gender to ‘M’ or ‘F’ |work=syracuse.com |date=July 28, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020 |url= https://www.syracuse.com/state/2020/07/new-york-state-sued-over-drivers-licenses-that-limit-gender-to-m-or-f.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary NYU Law Student Sues To Get "X" Gender Option On NY Driver's Licenses |last=Cruz |first=David |work=Gothamist |date=29 July 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020 |url= https://gothamist.com/news/nonbinary-nyu-law-student-sues-get-x-gender-option-ny-drivers-licenses}}</ref>
* The 2020 USA Census made headlines for lack of a nonbinary gender option.<ref name="news_The2">{{Cite web |title=The 2020 Census Is Underway, But Nonbinary And Gender-Nonconforming Respondents Feel Counted Out |last=Schmid |first=Eric |work=St. Louis Public Radio |date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=May 14, 2020 |url= https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/2020-census-underway-nonbinary-and-gender-nonconforming-respondents-feel-counted-out#stream/0}}</ref><ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=The 2020 Census Fails Nonbinary Folks, But It’s Important To Take Part Anyway |last=Brown |first=Jera |work=Rebellious Magazine |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://rebelliousmagazine.com/the-2020-census-fails-nonbinary-folks-but-its-important-to-take-part-anyway/}}</ref>
* The 2020 USA Census made headlines for lack of a nonbinary gender option.<ref name="news_The2">{{Cite web |title=The 2020 Census Is Underway, But Nonbinary And Gender-Nonconforming Respondents Feel Counted Out |last=Schmid |first=Eric |work=St. Louis Public Radio |date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=May 14, 2020 |url= https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/2020-census-underway-nonbinary-and-gender-nonconforming-respondents-feel-counted-out#stream/0}}</ref><ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=The 2020 Census Fails Nonbinary Folks, But It’s Important To Take Part Anyway |last=Brown |first=Jera |work=Rebellious Magazine |date= |access-date=14 May 2020 |url= https://rebelliousmagazine.com/the-2020-census-fails-nonbinary-folks-but-its-important-to-take-part-anyway/}}</ref>
*In August 2020, the well-known videogame journalist and internet personality [[Jim Sterling]] came out as nonbinary.<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=I am non-binary pansexual gendertrash. I like all pronouns. I haven't been this comfortable with myself before. Ever''.''|user=jimsterling|number=1298199496652918784|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825123123/https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1298199496652918784|archive-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
*In August 2020, the well-known videogame journalist and internet personality [[Jim Sterling]] came out as nonbinary.<ref>{{Cite tweet|last=Sterling|first=Jim|title=I am non-binary pansexual gendertrash. I like all pronouns. I haven't been this comfortable with myself before. Ever''.''|user=jimsterling|number=1298199496652918784|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825123123/https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1298199496652918784|archive-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
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