Nonbinary is a descriptor used by individuals whose gender identity lies outside the binary gender categories of man and woman. Often, but not always, these individuals will use “they/them” pronouns. But because gender identity falls along a spectrum, they may use “they/him” or “they/her” pronouns as well. It’s also important to remember gender identity and sexual orientation are different things; a non-binary person may be gay, lesbian, bisexual or pansexual. Likewise, they may be transgender or they may not.
Gender identity is fluid may also change over time based on the individual. Singer Demi Lovato came out as non-binary in 2021, but in 2022 went back to using “she/her” pronouns in addition to “they/them” pronouns after “feeling more feminine.” Lovato recently said that educating others about pronouns was “exhausting” but “for that very reason I know that it is important to continue spreading the word.”
Here are other notable celebrities who identify as nonbinary or gender-fluid.
Demi Lovato
In 2021, the singer said on her podcast, ““Over the past year-and-a-half, I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work. And through this work, I’ve had the revelation that I identify as non-binary.”
Liv Hewson
The “Yellowjackets” star came out as nonbinary as a teenager.
Amandla Stenberg
The “Hunger Games” actress, who will next appear as the lead in the “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte,” came out as nonbinary in 2016.
Janelle Monae
The musical artist came out as nonbinary in a 2022 epsiode of “Red Table Talk,” saying “”I’m non-binary, so I just don’t see myself as a woman, solely. I feel all of my energy. I feel like God is so much bigger than the ‘he’ or the ‘she, and if I am from God, I am everything.”
Alex Newell
The former “Glee” star recently made history as the first-ever openly non-binary actor to win a Tony award, in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical category, for their showstopping role as cornpone character Lulu in the musical comedy “Shucked.”
J. Harrison Ghee
Just one hour after Newell’s histric win, Ghee won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in the Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman show “Some Like it Hot.”
Nico Tortorella
“The Walking Dead: Worlds Beyond” star identifies as nonbinary, and told Tamron Hall for him “more about spirituality and self-determination,” explaining that there might be more than the “two options” of man and woman.
Bex Taylor-Klaus
Art imitated life when the actor, who has appeared in “Scream” and voiced Pidge in “Voltron: Legendary Defender,” played the nonbinary character Bishop on “Deputy.”
Emma D’Arcy
D’Arcy noted the irony of getting a Best Actress Golden Globe nod for playing Rhaenyra Targaryen in “House of the Dragon,” but said the nomination “it implies the space for trans people and gender non-conforming people is getting bigger all the time.”
Ruby Rose
Back in 2015, the gender-fluid former “Batwoman” star told Elle magazine “Gender fluidity is not really feeling like you’re at one end of the spectrum or the other. For the most part, I definitely don’t identify as any gender. I’m not a guy; I don’t really feel like a woman.”
Emma Corrin
Corrin, who is best known for playing Princess Diana on “The Crown,” has her own take on gendered award categories. The nonbinary star told BBC News, “I don’t think the categories are inclusive enough at the moment.”
Jonathan Van Ness
In a 2019 interview with Out Magazine, the hairstylist and “Queer Eye” host said, “The older I get, the more I think that I’m nonbinary — I’m gender non-conforming. Like, some days I feel like a man, but then other days I feel like a woman. I don’t really — I think my energies are really all over the place. Any opportunity I have to break down stereotypes of the binary, I am down for it, I’m here for it.”
Sara Ramirez
The former “Grey’s Anatomy” star, who currently plays non-binary comedian Che on “And Just Like That,” announced they were non-binary in an August 2020 Instagram post.
Ezra Miller
Miller is one of the highest-profile nonbinary performers in Hollywood, with leading roles in the DC Extended Universe franchise as The Flash.
Indya Moore
The transgender star of “Pose” identified as nonbinary in a 2019 conversation with fellow “Pose” star Mj Rodriguez.
Sam Smith
The singer came out as non-binary after a 2019 interview where they admitted “I’m not male or female, I think I flow somewhere in between. It’s all on the spectrum.”
Quintessa Swindell
Swindell, who appeared as Anna in “Euphoria” and Cyclone in “Black Adam,” told GLAAD “I think it’s important to say that each and every queer and non-binary person is unique, and all of our experiences should be respected and celebrated in that same way.”
