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This is a list of notable people who identify with a gender that is outside of the gender binary (non-binary or genderqueer).

Non-binary gender identities include agender and bigender, and are sometimes considered part of the transgender spectrum.[1]

Non-binary, genderqueer and gender fluid identities

Name Birthdate Nationality Gender identity Comments Reference
Qween Amor 1989 American Erotic dancer [2]
Ruth Baldacchino Unknown Maltese LGBT activist [3]
Justin Vivian Bond 1963 American Trans Singer-songwriter, drag queen [4]
Kate Bornstein 1948 American Author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist [5]
Miley Cyrus 1992 American Genderfluid Singer, songwriter, and actress [6]
Angel Haze 1991 American Agender Rapper and lyricist [7]
Jana Hunter Unknown American Genderfluid Songwriter and musician [8]
Eddie Izzard 1962 British Transvestite Comedian, actor and writer [9][10]
Andre J. 1979 American Genderless Party promoter [11]
Elly Jackson 1988 British Singer [12]
Jiz Lee 1980 American Agender Pornographic actor [13]
CN Lester 1984 British Genderqueer Singer-songwriter [14]
Alex MacFarlane Unknown Australian Androgynous First person known with an 'X' sex marker on passport [15][16][17]
Richard O'Brien 1942 British and New Zealand Writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer [18] [19]
Genesis P-Orridge 1950 British Singer-songwriter, musician, poet, writer, performance artist [20]
Chris Pureka Unknown American Genderqueer Singer-songwriter [21]
Ruby Rose 1986 Australian Genderfluid Model, actress, singer and television presenter [22]
Shamir 1994 American Singer-songwriter [23]
Rae Spoon 1982 Canadian Musician and writer [24]
Amandla Stenberg 1998 American Non-binary Actress [25]
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore 1948 American Genderqueer Author and activist [26]
T. Thomason 1994 Canadian Non-binary Singer-songwriter [27]
Alok Vaid-Menon Unknown American Non-binary Spoken word performance [28]
Hida Viloria 1968 American Genderfluid Writer and LGBTI Activist [29]

Third gender and Indigenous gender identities

The term third gender has been used to describe hijras of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan[30] who have gained legal identity, fa'afafine of Polynesia, and sworn virgins of the Balkans,[31] among others, and is also used by many of such groups and individuals to describe themselves.

Name Birthdate Nationality Gender identity Comments Reference
Alec Butler 1959 Canada Two-spirit Playwright and filmmaker [32]
Parinya Charoenphol 1981 Thailand Kathoey Muay Thai boxer [33]
Chrystos 1946 United States of America Two-spirit Poet and activist [34]
Edward Cowley Unknown New Zealand Fa'afafine Entertainer [35]
Waawaate Fobister Unknown Canada Two-spirit Playwright and actor [36]
Shigeyuki Kihara Unknown New Zealand Fa'afafine Contemporary artist [37]
Marion Malena Unknown American Samoa Fa'afafine Beauty pageant [38]
Shabnam Mausi Unknown India Hijra First Hijra in India elected to public office [39]
Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann Unknown Samoan Islands Fa'afafine Medical professional [40]
Sheldon Raymore Unknown United States of America Two-spirit Native community organizer [41]
Jaiyah Saelua Unknown American Samoa Fa'afafine Association football player [42]
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi 1979 India Hijra Actress, dancer, and transgender rights activist [43][44]
We'wha 1849 United States of America Lhamana Zuni Native American [45]
Massey Whiteknife Unknown Canada Two-spirit Businessman and entertainer [46]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Moss, Jeremiah (January 8, 2014). "Qween Amor". Jeremiah's Vanishing New York. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Introducing the Intersex Fund team at Astraea!". Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. June 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
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  5. ^ Bornstein, Kate (2012). A Queer and Pleasant Danger.
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  7. ^ Keating, S. "The Evolution Of Angel Haze", Bustle, 27 March 2015. Retrieved on 9 May 2015.
  8. ^ Hunter, J. "What It's Like to Be a Female Musician When You Don't Identify as a Woman", Cosmopolitan, 10 April 2015. Retrieved on 11 June 2015.
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  19. ^ Fidgen, J. "Richard O'Brien: ‘I'm 70% man'", BBC News, 18 March 2014. Retrieved on 9 June 2015.
  20. ^ Orden, Erica. "I Am My Own Wife", New York Magazine, 6 September 2009. Retrieved on 14 August 2015.
  21. ^ Azzopardi, C. "Chris Pureka returns to Ann Arbor still haunted by losing her pally, Martin", PrideSource, 30 August 2009. Retrieved on 9 June 2015.
  22. ^ Kellaway, Mitch (31 July 2014). "Australian Model Ruby Rose Comes Out as Gender Fluid". The Advocate. Retrieved 29 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ Beaudoin, K. "The Next Big Pop Star Has "No Gender, No Sexuality and No Fucks to Give"", Mic, 2 April 2015. Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
  24. ^ Gillis, C. "Powerful album reignites the pronoun debate", NOW, 26 January 2012. Retrieved on 9 June 2015.
  25. ^ Amandla Stenberg (4 March 2016). "@dazedfields and I are organizing a workshop on feminism". Tumblr. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  26. ^ "A ‘Queer’ Argument Against Marriage", NPR, 10 June 2010. Retrieved on 11 June 2015.
  27. ^ "How T. Thomason is claiming a stake in the music world – and helping other transgender artists do the same". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 2015.
  28. ^ Vaid-Menon, Alok (October 13, 2015). "Greater transgender visibility hasn't helped nonbinary people – like me". The Guardian.
  29. ^ http://hidaviloria.com/about/. Hida Viloria » Bio]. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
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  31. ^ Young, Antonia (2000). Women Who Become Men: Albanian Sworn Virgins. ISBN 1-85973-335-2
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  35. ^ "Fa'afafine star at Pasific event in Queensland". Radio Australia. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2012-03-22.
  36. ^ Simpson, Cate (2008-09-24). "On stage: Agokwe". Daily Xtra. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  37. ^ Kihara, Shigeyuki (2015-06-03). "'Fa'afafine towards decolonization' (3 June 2015) panel discussion at Art Gallery of NSW, Australia". shigeyukikihara.com.
  38. ^ "Here is the A-list of Who's Who in the Realm of Fa'afafine Beauty Queens in American Samoa. 1979 - Present". SOFIAS.
  39. ^ Kulkarni, Ronjita. "Meet Shabnam Mausi". Rediff.com.
  40. ^ "Story: Gender diversity". The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann ... is one of New Zealand's best-known and most honoured fa'afafine
  41. ^ Patterson, James (2014-01-30). "Two Spirit powwow set for Saturday". The Bay Area Reporter. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  42. ^ Cockerill, Michael (26 November 2011). "Finally making history for all the right reasons". Sydney Morning Herald.
  43. ^ Mehra, Preeti (2014-04-25). "A free country, again". The Hindu Business Line. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  44. ^ Kavi, Ashrok Row (2015-04-27). "Fables and half-truths: Autobiography of a Hijra". Hindustan Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  45. ^ Roscoe, Will (1991). The Zuni Man-Woman. (pp. 29–52) ISBN 0-8263-1253-5.
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