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==Notable people== | ==Notable people== | ||
[[File:Angel Haze live at Øyafestivalen 2013.jpg|thumb|Angel Haze live at Øyafestivalen 2013.]] | [[File:Angel Haze live at Øyafestivalen 2013.jpg|thumb|Angel Haze live at Øyafestivalen 2013.]] | ||
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* | There are many more [[notable nonbinary people|notable people who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the words "agender," "genderblank," "genderfree," "genderless," "gendervoid," "non-gendered," or "null gender" for themselves. | ||
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* [[notable nonbinary people#Raeen Roes (Angel Haze)|Raeen Roes (Angel Haze)]] (b. 1991), a well known rapper. They have been nominated for awards with MTV, O Music Awards, BET Awards, and GLAAD Music Awards.<ref name="haze">[https://twitter.com/AngelHaze/status/567432462406393856 "angxl hxze on Twitter"], February 14, 2015</ref> <ref name="hazetwo">[https://twitter.com/AngelHaze/status/566688238396375041 "angxl hxze on Twitter"], February 14, 2015</ref> | |||
* [[notable nonbinary people#Jinkx Monsoon|Jinkx Monsoon]] (b. 1987) an American drag performer, actor, comedian and singer best known for winning the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.<ref name="jinkxmonsoon">[https://www.facebook.com/jinkx.monsoon/posts/818079764894630]</ref> | |||
* [[Christie Elan-Cane]], activist | |||
* [[Public Universal Friend]] (1752 - 1819), an evangelist who preached against slavery in the early United States. | |||
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== Agender characters in fiction == | |||
''See main article: [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|Nonbinary gender in fiction]]'' | |||
There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary characters in fiction who have a gender identity outside of the binary]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called by the words "agender," "genderblank," "genderfree," "genderless," "gendervoid," "non-gendered," "null gender," or not having a gender, either in their canon, or by their creators. | |||
* “Ashiok” from the popular card game Magic: The Gathering is explicitly referred to as being nongendered. Though some depictions of the character include “he” as a pronoun, a lead designer from the company that makes the game has insisted on numerous occasions that the character is explicitly nongendered.<ref name=dougbeyertaggedashiok>[http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/tagged/ashiok ''A Voice for Vorthos – Posts tagged with “Ashiok”''], Retrieved 29th September 2014, Doug Beyer’s Blog – A Voice for Vorthos.</ref> Even going so far as to write stories which avoid referring to Ashiok using gendered pronouns at all.<ref name=dougbeyerashiokstories>[http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/85018556969/ok-so-when-are-we-going-to-learn-more-about-the ''A Voice for Vorthos – Ok so when are we going to learn more about the specifics about Ashiok? Ashiok is not in the first novel at all and nothing is depicted in the cards.'], 7th May 2014, Doug Beyer’s Blog – A Voice for Vorthos.</ref> Ashiok's card can be found [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=373500 here.] | |||
* Roswell, in the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', is an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird. Roswell is agender and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>[https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell The Adventure Zone Wiki: Roswell]</ref> | |||
*''[http://chaoslife.findchaos.com Chaos Life]'' by A. Stiffler and K. Copeland - A light-hearted, semi-autobiographical webcomic about the everyday idiosyncrasies of an agender person, their female partner, and their cats. | |||
*''[http://tapastic.com/series/6ses 6ses]'' by Kagome is a comic that features an agender protagonist. | |||
* *''[http://tapastic.com/series/Eri Eri the Cyborg]'' by Ren is a comic that features an agender protagonist. | |||
* Biaggio, in the movie "The Kings of Summer," asserts that he doesn't see himself as "having a gender." | |||
* In the video game ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams... NiGHTS into Dreams]'' the character "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player" according to Takashi Iizuka, the lead designer of the game.<ref>Mike Taylor, "Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks NiGHTS" December 5, 2007. ''Nintendo Life'' http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2007/12/interview_takashi_iizuka_talks_nights</ref> | |||
*''Bone Dance'' by Emma Bull. Character: the protagonist, Sparrow, is canonically described as "sexless" and "genderless." The exact details of their identity [http://practicalandrogyny.com/raq/bonedanc.shtml are a matter of debate (spoilers)]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||