Non-binary characters in fiction

[5] The Daily Dot has noted that in Japanese media, genderqueer identities are often portrayed as a joke, featuring "flamboyantly gay people who crossdress" rather than serious explorations of gender performance.

Sapphire was raised as a boy by her father since women are not eligible to inherit the throne;[12] this storyline has led some reviewers to interpret her as genderqueer.

The protagonist, Kino, was assigned female at birth, but has an "androgynous persona," alternating between using feminine and masculine pronouns, while resisting those that attempt to pin a gender on them as a "girl" or "boy."

"[13] bro'Town featured Brother Ken is fa'afafine, a Samoan concept for a third gender, a person who is born biologically male but is raised and sees themself as female[14] Violet Harper/Halo in Young Justice.

Halo is genderqueer, not identifying as male or female[15][16] In 2011, Nathan Seymour / Fire Emblem was a character in Tiger & Bunny.

Izana Shinatose belongs to a new, nonbinary third gender that originated during the hundreds of years of human emigration into space.

[22] Stars Align featured Yū Asuka, a character who is not sure of whether they are "binary trans, x-gender, or something else entirely" and is still figuring their gender identity.

[27] The 2017 film, They, J is a trans teen on puberty blockers that needs to decide their gender before meeting with a doctor, with J saying they feel male, female, or neither at various times.

Janet in the 2016–2020 series, The Good Place, is a non-human, genderless entity who uses she/her pronouns, which corrects other characters who attempt to gender her by saying she is "not a girl".

[32] The Switch featured Zoey, a feisty "transgender genderqueer" woman who is guarded by her neighbor, Detective Sandra McKay, a cisgender lesbian.

[33] Lommie Thorne in Nightflyers is a genderfluid cyber technician specialist who prefers to interface with computers more than humans.

Joey Riverton comes out as nonbinary to their cisgender lesbian girlfriend, Alice, and begins using they/them pronouns,[35] Lindsay Brady in the same show is also non-binary.

[39][40] The 2018 manga Love Me for Who I Am features a nonbinary protagonist, Mogumo, who explicitly tells other characters that they are neither male nor female.

For instance, like Pythio in Head Over Heels is non-binary,[42] Musidorus in the same play comes out by saying that they are both a son and daughter to their mother-in-law,[43][44] May in & Juliet is defined as a character who is "not [confined] to any bracket of gender.

[55][better source needed] The film The Kings of Summer included an agender character, named Biaggio, who states that he does not see himself as having a gender.

[56][57] In the novel series, Star Wars: Aftermath, Eleodie Maracavanya, a pirate ruler, had a prominent role, referred to by either male, female or gender-neutral pronouns like "zhe" or "zher".

Miss Bruce in the series, Star is a fierce genderfluid person who became a fan favorite for those who watched the show.