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| [[Jens Andersson]]
| [[Jens Andersson]]
| align=center| 1760 (circa)
| align=center| 1760 (circa)
| Norway
| Norwergian
| Both. Andersson was assigned female at birth and presented as male. Andersson was subjected to a criminal trial for marrying a woman. In the trial, Andersson was asked: "Are you a man or a woman?"  It was recorded that the answer was that "he believes he could be both."<ref>Runar Jordåen. "Et besynderligt givtermaal mellem tvende fruentimmer." ''Skeivt arkiv.'' December 16, 2014. https://skeivtarkiv.no/skeivopedia/et-besynderligt-givtermaal-mellem-tvende-fruentimmer</ref><ref>Susanne Dietrichson. "Queer lives find their way to the museum." ''Kilden genderresearch.no.'' January 11, 2019. http://kjonnsforskning.no/en/2019/01/queer-lives-find-their-way-museum</ref><ref>Runar Jordåen. "Sodomy between women." ''Skeivt arkiv.'' June 17, 2015. https://skeivtarkiv.no/en/skeivopedia/sodomy-between-women</ref>
| Both. Andersson was assigned female at birth and presented as male. Andersson was subjected to a criminal trial for marrying a woman. In the trial, Andersson was asked: "Are you a man or a woman?"  It was recorded that the answer was that "he believes he could be both."<ref>Runar Jordåen. "Et besynderligt givtermaal mellem tvende fruentimmer." ''Skeivt arkiv.'' December 16, 2014. https://skeivtarkiv.no/skeivopedia/et-besynderligt-givtermaal-mellem-tvende-fruentimmer</ref><ref>Susanne Dietrichson. "Queer lives find their way to the museum." ''Kilden genderresearch.no.'' January 11, 2019. http://kjonnsforskning.no/en/2019/01/queer-lives-find-their-way-museum</ref><ref>Runar Jordåen. "Sodomy between women." ''Skeivt arkiv.'' June 17, 2015. https://skeivtarkiv.no/en/skeivopedia/sodomy-between-women</ref>
| Unknown
| Unknown
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| [[Edward Cowley]]
| [[Edward Cowley]]
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century  
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century  
| New Zealand
| New Zealander
| [[Fa'afafine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/onairhighlights/faafafine-star-at-pasific-event-in-queensland|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=Radio Australia|title=Fa'afafine star at Pasific event in Queensland|date=March 22, 2012}}</ref>
| [[Fa'afafine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/onairhighlights/faafafine-star-at-pasific-event-in-queensland|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=Radio Australia|title=Fa'afafine star at Pasific event in Queensland|date=March 22, 2012}}</ref>
| Entertainer
| Entertainer
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| [[Waawaate Fobister]]
| [[Waawaate Fobister]]
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century
| Canada
| Canadian
| [[Two-spirit]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/arts-and-entertainment/stage-agokwe-8206|publisher=Daily Xtra|title=On stage: Agokwe|last=Simpson|first=Cate|date=September 24, 2008}}</ref>
| [[Two-spirit]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/arts-and-entertainment/stage-agokwe-8206|publisher=Daily Xtra|title=On stage: Agokwe|last=Simpson|first=Cate|date=September 24, 2008}}</ref>
| Playwright and actor
| Playwright and actor
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| [[Ketty Gabriele]]
| [[Ketty Gabriele]]
| align=center| 1981
| align=center| 1981
| [[Italy]]
| Italian
| [[gender-variant identities worldwide#femminiello|Femminiello]]<ref name="corr_Kett">{{Cite web |title=Ketty, una trans capeggiava gli Scissionisti |trans-title= |author= |work=Corriere del Mezzogiorno |date= |access-date=23 October 2020 |url= https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/cronaca/2009/12-febbraio-2009/ketty-trans-capeggiava-scissionisti-150993700039.shtml |language=it}}</ref>
| [[gender-variant identities worldwide#femminiello|Femminiello]]<ref name="corr_Kett">{{Cite web |title=Ketty, una trans capeggiava gli Scissionisti |trans-title= |author= |work=Corriere del Mezzogiorno |date= |access-date=23 October 2020 |url= https://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/notizie/cronaca/2009/12-febbraio-2009/ketty-trans-capeggiava-scissionisti-150993700039.shtml |language=it}}</ref>
| Mafia figure
| Mafia figure
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| [[Yuhki Kamatani]]
| [[Yuhki Kamatani]]
| align=center| 1983
| align=center| 1983
| Japan
| Japanese
| [[X-gender]]<ref>{{cite tweet|number=199640030942208000|user=yuhkikamatani|title=隠すことでもわざわざ言うことでもカテゴライズするようなことでもないと分かっているけど、無難に生きようと、へらへら誤魔化している自分に対して無性に腹立たしく思う時があります。誤魔化したくない。私はXジェンダーでアセクシャルなセクシュアルマイノリティです。そんな程度の人間です。|date=May 7, 2012}}</ref>
| [[X-gender]]<ref>{{cite tweet|number=199640030942208000|user=yuhkikamatani|title=隠すことでもわざわざ言うことでもカテゴライズするようなことでもないと分かっているけど、無難に生きようと、へらへら誤魔化している自分に対して無性に腹立たしく思う時があります。誤魔化したくない。私はXジェンダーでアセクシャルなセクシュアルマイノリティです。そんな程度の人間です。|date=May 7, 2012}}</ref>
| Cartoonist
| Cartoonist
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| [[A. Revathi]]
| [[A. Revathi]]
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century
| India
| Indian
| [[Hijra]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story|first1=A.|last1=Revathi|first2=V.|last2=Geetha|date=1 August 2010|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn = 978-0143068365}}</ref>
| [[Hijra]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Truth about Me: A Hijra Life Story|first1=A.|last1=Revathi|first2=V.|last2=Geetha|date=1 August 2010|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn = 978-0143068365}}</ref>
| Writer and actor
| Writer and actor
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| [[Jes Tom]]
| [[Jes Tom]]
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century
| align=center| Unknown, 20th century
| Nationality
| Asian American
| Nonbinary<ref name="Diaz-Marcano">{{Cite web |title=Representation Matters: Jes Tom |last=Diaz-Marcano |first=Nelson |work=Manhattan with a Twist |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url= https://www.manhattanwithatwist.com/representation-matters-jes-tom/}}</ref>
| Nonbinary<ref name="Diaz-Marcano">{{Cite web |title=Representation Matters: Jes Tom |last=Diaz-Marcano |first=Nelson |work=Manhattan with a Twist |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=22 October 2020 |url= https://www.manhattanwithatwist.com/representation-matters-jes-tom/}}</ref>
| Actor, writer, and stand up comic. They have appeared in the Amazon short film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7638988/ ''Soojung Dreams of Fiji''] (AAIFF “Audience Award”) and played the lead in ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6956902/ Anatomy of an Orchid]''. Their writing has been published by Reductress, By Shondaland, and Condé Nast's Them. In collaboration with fellow comedian Chewy May, Jes Tom wrote, co-directed, and starred in the viral video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ll7gt0meuU Ghost In The Shell PSA], which received praise on platforms such as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Nextshark, iO9, and Perez Hilton. Jes has been featured in GO Magazine, Splitsider, and the Fader, and were named one of TimeOut New York's "[https://www.timeout.com/newyork/comedy/lgbtq-poc-comedians LGBTQ POC Comedians We're Obsessed With.]" Jes was a 2018 StandUp NBC semifinalist.
| Actor, writer, and stand up comic. They have appeared in the Amazon short film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7638988/ ''Soojung Dreams of Fiji''] (AAIFF “Audience Award”) and played the lead in ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6956902/ Anatomy of an Orchid]''. Their writing has been published by Reductress, By Shondaland, and Condé Nast's Them. In collaboration with fellow comedian Chewy May, Jes Tom wrote, co-directed, and starred in the viral video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ll7gt0meuU Ghost In The Shell PSA], which received praise on platforms such as Buzzfeed, Upworthy, Nextshark, iO9, and Perez Hilton. Jes has been featured in GO Magazine, Splitsider, and the Fader, and were named one of TimeOut New York's "[https://www.timeout.com/newyork/comedy/lgbtq-poc-comedians LGBTQ POC Comedians We're Obsessed With.]" Jes was a 2018 StandUp NBC semifinalist.
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| [[Laxmi Narayan Tripathi]]
| [[Laxmi Narayan Tripathi]]
| align=center| 1979
| align=center| 1979
| India
| Indian
| [[Hijra]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/meet/a-free-country-again/article5943957.ece|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|title=A free country, again|last=Mehra|first=Preeti|date=April 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/fables-and-half-truths-autobiography-of-a-hijra/story-c7GfsYJlft9RLKr8tWYpoI.html|newspaper=Hindustan Times|title=Fables and half-truths: Autobiography of a Hijra|last=Kavi|first=Ashrok Row|date=April 27, 2015}}</ref>
| [[Hijra]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/meet/a-free-country-again/article5943957.ece|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|title=A free country, again|last=Mehra|first=Preeti|date=April 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/fables-and-half-truths-autobiography-of-a-hijra/story-c7GfsYJlft9RLKr8tWYpoI.html|newspaper=Hindustan Times|title=Fables and half-truths: Autobiography of a Hijra|last=Kavi|first=Ashrok Row|date=April 27, 2015}}</ref>
| Actor, dancer, and transgender rights activist
| Actor, dancer, and transgender rights activist
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| [[Yuu Watase]]
| [[Yuu Watase]]
| align=center| 1970
| align=center| 1970
| Japan
| Japanese
| [[X-gender]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/wataseyuu_/status/1130461270358908928|title=ブログでもここでも呟いたけど、再度。 漫画にも影響してると思うから。 私はXジェンダーと医師に診断されてて、中身は、男にも女にも寄れるし男でも女でもない。 見た目はちゃんと(20代後半から社会に合わせて)どうせやるならやるでメイクもオシャレもする、それだけ。 女性の身体は否定しないが→|trans-title=I blogged here and again, but again. I think it also affects manga. I have been diagnosed by X-gender and a doctor, and the contents are neither men nor women, nor men or women. It looks just fine (according to society from the late 20s), and if you do it, you can make and be fashionable. I do not deny the female body →|last=カンガタリ:リマスター」⑪発売中|first=渡瀬悠宇:新刊「アラタ|date=2019-05-20|website=@wataseyuu_|language=ja|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>
| [[X-gender]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/wataseyuu_/status/1130461270358908928|title=ブログでもここでも呟いたけど、再度。 漫画にも影響してると思うから。 私はXジェンダーと医師に診断されてて、中身は、男にも女にも寄れるし男でも女でもない。 見た目はちゃんと(20代後半から社会に合わせて)どうせやるならやるでメイクもオシャレもする、それだけ。 女性の身体は否定しないが→|trans-title=I blogged here and again, but again. I think it also affects manga. I have been diagnosed by X-gender and a doctor, and the contents are neither men nor women, nor men or women. It looks just fine (according to society from the late 20s), and if you do it, you can make and be fashionable. I do not deny the female body →|last=カンガタリ:リマスター」⑪発売中|first=渡瀬悠宇:新刊「アラタ|date=2019-05-20|website=@wataseyuu_|language=ja|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>
| Cartoonist
| Cartoonist
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| [[Gerard Way]]
| [[Gerard Way]]
| align=center| 1977
| align=center| 1977
| Nationality
| American
| "I have always identified a fair amount with the female gender..... [[Masculinity]] to me has always made me feel like it wasn't right for me."<ref name="way">[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2i1840/i_am_gerard_way_musician_artist_creator_and/ "I am Gerard Way, musician, artist, creator, and cousin of Joe Rogan- Ask me anything!"], October 1, 2014</ref>
| "I have always identified a fair amount with the female gender..... [[Masculinity]] to me has always made me feel like it wasn't right for me."<ref name="way">[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2i1840/i_am_gerard_way_musician_artist_creator_and/ "I am Gerard Way, musician, artist, creator, and cousin of Joe Rogan- Ask me anything!"], October 1, 2014</ref>
| Musician.  Way is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He also wrote the Eisner Award-winning comic book series ''The Umbrella Academy''.
| Musician.  Way is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He also wrote the Eisner Award-winning comic book series ''The Umbrella Academy''.
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