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* ''Ouran Highschool Host Club'' features the character Haruhi Fujioka, who is assigned female at birth, but "happened to be" dressed in a masculine manner. When their friends discover their sex, they ask, "You're a girl?!" to which they reply, "Biologically, yes." They later state that they do not think a person's gender is important, which many fans see as a sign that Haruhi is [[agender]] or genderblind. They are typically referred to using traditionally feminine pronouns such as "she", though Haruhi has shown no preference. | * ''Ouran Highschool Host Club'' features the character Haruhi Fujioka, who is assigned female at birth, but "happened to be" dressed in a masculine manner. When their friends discover their sex, they ask, "You're a girl?!" to which they reply, "Biologically, yes." They later state that they do not think a person's gender is important, which many fans see as a sign that Haruhi is [[agender]] or genderblind. They are typically referred to using traditionally feminine pronouns such as "she", though Haruhi has shown no preference. | ||
* In ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''<beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">T</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">n</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">g</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">n </beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">T</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">o</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">p</beelinespan><beelinespan 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class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e </beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">2</beelinespan></ref> (Most fans treat Leeron as a gay man.) | * In ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'', the character Leeron states "I'm both and neither a man and a woman."<ref>''<beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">T</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">n</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">g</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">n </beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) 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*''Steven Universe'', written by Rebecca Sugar, features a non-binary and intersex character named Stevonnie, a fusion between the main character, Steven, and his best friend, Connie. In a body | *''Steven Universe'', written by Rebecca Sugar, features a non-binary and intersex character named Stevonnie, a fusion between the main character, Steven, and his best friend, Connie. In a body positivity campaign with Dove soap, Stevonnie is featured scrolling through their Instagram page, where the non-binary and intersex flags are both present. They are referred to using they/them pronouns throughout the show and while having a female voice actor, AJ Michalka, is shown growing stubble in one episode. | ||
*''She-ra and the Princesses of Power'', a Netflix adaptation of a semi-popular 80s cartoon, features a non-binary character named Double Trouble in its fourth season. Double Trouble is only | *''She-ra and the Princesses of Power'', a Netflix adaptation of a semi-popular 80s cartoon, features a non-binary character named Double Trouble in its fourth season. Double Trouble is only referred to as they/them and is voiced by non-binary actor, Jacob Tobia. | ||
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* In the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', there are two characters who are | * In the podcast ''The Adventure Zone'', there are two characters who are referred to as they/them. In the first season, The Adventure Zone: Balance, a minor character named Roswell (an Earth Elemental made of living clay in a suit of armor, who talks via a small bird) is [[agender]] and uses they/them pronouns.<ref>[https://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Roswell <beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">T</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">h</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e </beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">A</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">d</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">v</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">n</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">t</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">u</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">r</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e </beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">Z</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">o</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">n</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e </beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">W</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">i</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">k</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">i</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">: </beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">R</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">o</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">s</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">w</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">e</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">l</beelinespan><beelinespan class="beeline-node" style="color: rgb(123, 164, 170) !important;">l</beelinespan>]</ref> | ||
*In the second season, The Adventure Zone: Amnesty, a reoccurring secondary character named Hollis (the leader of a local gang named The Hornets) is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. | *In the second season, The Adventure Zone: Amnesty, a reoccurring secondary character named Hollis (the leader of a local gang named The Hornets) is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. | ||
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