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'''Notable people who aren't nonbinary''' is where this wiki lists a few famous contemporary and historical people who may have ended up in the [[notable nonbinary people]] article at one point, either because they formerly identified as nonbinary, or who were popularly misrepresented as being nonbinary. This list will be in alphabetical order, by family name. | '''Notable people who aren't nonbinary''' is where this wiki lists a few famous contemporary and historical people who may have ended up in the [[notable nonbinary people]] article at one point, either because they formerly identified as nonbinary, or who were popularly misrepresented as being nonbinary. This list will be in alphabetical order, by family name. | ||
==Janelle Monáe== | |||
In January 2020, the hashtag #IAmNonBinary was trending worldwide on Twitter. Well-known queer musician Janelle Monáe tweeted the hashtag along with retweeting a gif of [[Nonbinary gender in fiction|Stevonnie from ''Steven Universe'']]. Many people interpreted this as Janelle coming out as nonbinary. In a later interview, Janelle said, "I tweeted the #IAmNonbinary hashtag in support of Nonbinary Day and to bring more awareness to the community. I retweeted the Steven Universe meme 'Are you a boy or a girl? I’m an experience' because it resonated with me, especially as someone who has pushed boundaries of gender since the beginning of my career. I feel my feminine energy, my masculine energy, and energy I can’t even explain."<ref name="Parsons">{{Cite web |title=No, Janelle Monáe didn't come out as non-binary. She was just standing in solidarity with the community |last=Parsons |first=Vic |work=PinkNews |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/05/janelle-monae-non-binary-solidarity-steven-universe-roxane-gay-coming-out/}}</ref><ref name="Gay">{{Cite web |title=Janelle Monáe's Afrofuture |last=Gay |first=Roxane |work=The Cut |date=3 February 2020 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/janelle-monae-afrofuture.html}}</ref> | |||
==Andreja Pejić== | ==Andreja Pejić== | ||
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William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born 1937) is one of America's most well-known black film actors of the 1970s, best known for playing the adventurous Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars film franchise. In an interview with ''Esquire'' in 2019, Williams said, "I never tried to be anything except myself. I think of myself as a relatively colorful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously. [...] And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine. I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself."<ref>Matt Miller. "The Enduring, Intergalactic Cool of Billy Dee Williams." ''Esquire''. Nov 26, 2019. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29817501/billy-dee-williams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-interview/</ref> Although that ''Esquire'' interviewer labels Williams with the word "[[genderfluid]]," Williams was not recorded as using that word during that interview. Based on that interview, several other news articles afterward misreported that Williams had come out genderfluid. | William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born 1937) is one of America's most well-known black film actors of the 1970s, best known for playing the adventurous Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars film franchise. In an interview with ''Esquire'' in 2019, Williams said, "I never tried to be anything except myself. I think of myself as a relatively colorful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously. [...] And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine. I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself."<ref>Matt Miller. "The Enduring, Intergalactic Cool of Billy Dee Williams." ''Esquire''. Nov 26, 2019. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29817501/billy-dee-williams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-interview/</ref> Although that ''Esquire'' interviewer labels Williams with the word "[[genderfluid]]," Williams was not recorded as using that word during that interview. Based on that interview, several other news articles afterward misreported that Williams had come out genderfluid. | ||
A few days afterward, Williams explained that that was a misrepresentation of him, that he had never identified as genderfluid, and that he didn't know what the word "genderfluid" meant. He explained that his remark in the ''Esquire'' interview was meant as a reference to the ''anima'', the feminine side present in all manhood, in Jungian psychology.<ref | A few days afterward, Williams explained that that was a misrepresentation of him, that he had never identified as genderfluid, and that he didn't know what the word "genderfluid" meant. He explained that his remark in the ''Esquire'' interview was meant as a reference to the ''anima'', the feminine side present in all manhood, in Jungian psychology.<ref name="Wakefield">{{Cite web |title=Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams says he’s not actually gender fluid and he doesn’t ‘really know what it means’ |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |work=PinkNews |date=5 December 2019 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/05/gender-fluid-star-wars-actor-billy-dee-williams-lando-calrissian-donald-glover-rise-skywalker/}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||