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 ===Books and Literature===
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 *''The Gods Themselves'' by Isaac Asimov - The 2nd part of this book features an alien species that reproduces by different means than humans, resulting in an alien culture with different gender roles. However, the 3 fictional sexes are ''not'' used as justification for these characters having nonbinary gender identities, as the protagonists are depicted as being gender non-conforming by the standards of their own society. Most notable is Dua, the "emotional"/"mid" member of a triad, who has always struggled to fit in with the others of her sex. She's explicitly non-conforming, exhibiting traits normally associated with the "rational"/"left" sex of her species. As a result, her peers use the slur "left-em" against her, which she would eventually reclaim as her own identity, along with "queer". Would she also qualify as nonbinary (technically non-trinary) transgender? This is open to interpretation by the reader.
+====2016====
+* In children's book ''The Boy & The Bindi'' by Vivek Shraya, "A five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother’s bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. He wishes to have one of his own bindi, which his mother agrees to."<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi</ref>
+* In the novella ''Seven Minutes'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. The novella was expanded and republished in 2020 under the title ''Seven Minutes in Vegas''. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse.
+====2017====
 * ''Sparkle Boy'', by Lesléa Newman with illustrations by Maria Mola, is a children's book about a "gender creative" three-year-old boy Casey and his older sister Jessie.<ref name="libr_Spar">{{Cite web |title=Sparkle Boy by Lesl&eacute;a Newman |author= |work=LibraryThing.com |date= |access-date=26 October 2020 |url= https://www.librarything.com/work/19793307}}</ref>
+====2019====
 * In ''Pattern for an Angel'', by CJane Elliott, one of the protagonists, Gabe Martin, has a five-year-old named Ian who loves to wear dresses. The other protagonist, Loren Schuster, is a male [[drag queen]] who also wears skirts and dresses casually.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pattern for an Angel|date=2019 |last=Elliott|first=CJane|edition=Kindle}}</ref>
-* In ''Seven Minutes in Vegas'', by Grace Kilian Delaney, the character Devon wears makeup and skirts while identifying himself as a guy. Content note: explicit sexual scenes, instances of physical/verbal abuse, discrimination, gun violence, use of deadly weapons, anger issues, and substance abuse.
+====2020====
 * ''Tabitha and Magoo Dress Up Too''. A children's book in which siblings Tabitha and Magoo meet a [[drag queen]] named Morgana who helps them "learn to defy restrictive [[gender roles]]".<ref>https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/tabitha-and-magoo-dress-up-too-by-michelle-tea-ellis-van-der-does</ref>
-* In children's book ''The Boy & The Bindi'' by Vivek Shraya, "A five-year-old South Asian boy becomes fascinated with his mother’s bindi, the red dot commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. He wishes to have one of his own bindi, which his mother agrees to."<ref>https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/childrens-literature/the-boy-the-bindi</ref>
 ===Comics and graphic novels===