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'''Notable people who aren't non-binary''' 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 non-binary''' 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.


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==Elisa Rae Shupe==
==Elisa Rae Shupe==
Elisa Rae Shupe (born 1963) is a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain [[legal gender|legal recognition]] of a nonbinary gender. In early 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "returned to [her] male [[Sex assigned at birth|birth sex]]". She became a vocal critic of transgender rights and the very concept of [[gender identity]], blaming "out-of-control, transgender [[activism]]" for making transition too easy.<ref name="dail_IWas">{{Cite web |title=I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham. |author=Shupe, Elisa |work=The Daily Signal |date=10 March 2019 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211054727/https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shupe |first1=Elisa |title=Public Announcement: I Have Returned To My Male Birth Sex |url=https://jamieshupe.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/public-announcement-i-have-returned-to-my-male-birth-sex/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/y6sAF |archive-date=1 April 2019 |website=Website Of James Shupe |language=en |date=26 January 2019}}</ref> However she's since come out as a trans woman, denouncing her former ties to "gender-critical and radical feminists, faith-based groups, and conservatives", and is now supportive of trans and nonbinary people, stating in a 2022 blog post that "All gender identities are valid and should be treated with the utmost respect at all times."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |author=Shupe, Elisa |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522023759/https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
Elisa Rae Shupe (born 1963) is a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain [[legal gender|legal recognition]] of a nonbinary gender. In early 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "returned to [her] male [[Sex assigned at birth|birth sex]]". She became a vocal critic of transgender rights and the very concept of [[gender identity]], blaming "out-of-control, transgender [[activism]]" for making transition too easy.<ref name="dail_IWas">{{Cite web |title=I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham. |author=Shupe, Elisa |work=The Daily Signal |date=10 March 2019 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211054727/https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shupe |first1=Elisa |title=Public Announcement: I Have Returned To My Male Birth Sex |url=https://jamieshupe.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/public-announcement-i-have-returned-to-my-male-birth-sex/ |archive-url=https://archive.ph/y6sAF |archive-date=1 April 2019 |website=Website Of James Shupe |language=en |date=26 January 2019}}</ref> However she's since come out as a trans woman, denouncing her former ties to "gender-critical and radical feminists, faith-based groups, and conservatives", and is now supportive of trans and nonbinary people, stating in a 2022 blog post that "All gender identities are valid and should be treated with the utmost respect at all times."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |author=Shupe, Elisa |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url= https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522023759/https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
Elisa died by suicide in early 2025, citing in her suicide note that she did not want to live under the transphobic Trump administration.


==Billy Dee Williams==
==Billy Dee Williams==