Non-binary characters in fiction

Non-binary (also spelled nonbinary) or genderqueer is a spectrum of gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine‍—‌identities that are outside the gender binary.[1][2] Non-binary identities can fall under the transgender umbrella, since many non-binary people identify with a gender that is different from their assigned sex.[3] Another term for non-binary is enby (from the abbreviation 'NB').[4] This page examines non-binary characters in fictional works as a whole, focusing on characters and tropes in cinema and fantasy.

For more information about fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, see the corresponding pages about pansexual, intersex, and gay characters in fiction.

  1. ^ Bergman, S. Bear; Barker, Meg-John (2017). Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 43.
  2. ^ Usher, Raven, ed. (2006). North American Lexicon of Transgender Terms (1st ed.). San Francisco: GLB Publishers. ISBN 978-1-879194-62-5. OCLC 184841392.
  3. ^ "Trans + Gender Identity". The Trevor Project. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Bergman, S. Bear; Barker, Meg-John (2017). "Non-binary Activism". In Richards, Christina; Bouman, Walter Pierre; Barker, Meg-John (eds.). Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders (PDF). Critical and Applied Approaches in Sexuality, Gender and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 43. ISBN 9781137510525.