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List of non-binary political office-holders
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This article contains dynamic lists that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.
This is a list of officeholders which openly self-identify as non-binary (i.e. genderqueer) or agender, bigender, genderfluid, genderqueer, or otherwise identify as under the non-binary gender umbrella. There has been an increase in non-binary legislators in recent years. The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute recorded that 52 officials were under the non-binary gender umbrella in 2024, an increase of 69.6 percent from the year before,[1] while the Orie Givens, Vice President of Communications, for the same organization, described the legislators work as "pivotal" to resist efforts to "restrict identity to the gender binary."[2]
This list is organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by a single name if the individual does not have a surname. Some officeholders listed were not elected while out as non-binary, and either came out, or were outed, at a later date.
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| Name | Office held | Tenure | Political party | Identity | Notes | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maebe A. Girl | Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Member | 2022–2025 | Democratic Party | Non-binary | Girl is the first drag queen elected to public office in the United States.[3] She is a three-time candidate for California's 30th congressional district and the first non-binary person to advance to a general election for a House seat.[4] Girl is non-binary and uses she/her and they/them pronouns.[5] | United States |
| Ro Allen | Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner | 2021–present | Non-binary | Appointed commissioner first in 2015,[6][7] and again in 2021,[8] Allen described themselves as "a bit of a walker between genders"[6] and gender diverse.[9] | Australia | |
| Victoria, Australia Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities | 2015–2021 | |||||
| Tamara Argote | Colombian House of Representatives MP | 2015–present | Pacto Histórico | Non-binary | First non-binary person elected to the legislature in Colombia.[10] | Colombia |
| Uzoma Asagwara | Deputy Premier of Manitoba | 2023–present | New Democratic Party | Genderqueer | First MLA, in the history of Manitoba, to be openly queer and Black.[11] | Canada |
| Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-term Care for Manitoba | ||||||
| Legislator of Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | 2019–present | Representing Union Station | ||||
| Lorena Austin | Representative for Arizona House of Representatives | 2023–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary | Also Native American, specifically Chicane,[12][2] and represents the 9th District. | United States |
| Liliana Bakhtiari | Councilor of Atlanta City Council | 2022–present | Non-binary | First out queer Muslim elected official from Georgia,[13] and in a relationship with two women.[14] | United States | |
| Sibylle Berg | MEP of European Parliament | 2024–present | Die PARTEI | Non-binary | Part of Straight Edge and non-binary.[15] | Germany |
| Blaizen Bloom | Non-male co-chair of Green Party of Virginia | 2021–present | Green Party of the United States | Non-binary and Genderfluid | [16][17] | United States |
| Tony Briffa | Mayor of Hobsons Bay, Virginia | 2011–2012 | N/A, Independent | Non-binary and intersex | First known intersex mayor,[18][19] a first openly intersex person elected to public office.[20][21] | Australia |
| 2022–2023 | ||||||
| Estefan Cortes-Vargas | MLA of Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 2015–2019 | New Democratic Party | Non-binary and trans | Represented Strathcona-Sherwood Park. First openly trans, non-binary, queer MLA in Canada.[22] | Canada |
| Brion Curran | Legislator of Minnesota House of Representatives | 2023–present | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Non-binary | Curran came out as nonbinary between their 2022 and 2024 elections,[23] and represents District 36B. | United States |
| Blake Desjarlais | MP of Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 2021–2025 | New Democratic Party | Two-spirit | Representing Edmonton Griesbach, first openly two-spirit individual to serve in Parliament.[24] | Canada |
| Emily Dievendorf | Representative of Michigan House of Representatives | 2023–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary | First out non-binary legislator in Michigan and represents the 77th District.[2] | United States |
| Benjamin Doyle | Member of party list for New Zealand Parliament | 2024–2025 | Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | Non-binary and Takatāpui | Uses they, he, and ia pronouns, and said they are "proudly takatāpui and whaikaha."[25][26] Doyle is "the first openly non-binary MP" in Pāremata Aotearoa history.[27] | New Zealand |
| Brandy Fortson | Board member of Corvallis, Oregon School Board | 2019–2022 | Non-binary | First nonbinary person to hold office in Oregon.[28][29] | United States | |
| Jax Fox | Councilor of Hobart City Council | 2018–2022 | N/A, Independent | Non-binary Trans woman | First elected political officeholder in Tasmania to be openly non-binary and transgender.[30][31] Fox described herself, on social media, as "out and proud nonbinary queer" and noted their dead name.[32][33] | Australia |
| París Galán | Legislator of La Paz Departmental Legislative Assembly | 2015–2021 | Sovereignty and Liberty (2014-2021) | Non-binary Trans man | One of just two queer people and the second gay man in Bolivia to have held political office as a lawmaker, after Manuel Canelas [es].[34] | Bolivia |
| Owen Hurcum | Mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd | 2021–2022 | N/A, Independent (2021-2022) | Non-binary | First openly non-binary mayor of any city world-wide and the youngest person in history to hold a mayoral position in Wales.[35][36] | United Kingdom |
| Keturah Herron | Legislator of Kentucky House of Representatives | 2022–2025 | Democratic Party | Non-binary | A "queer, masculine-presenting woman" who uses she and they pronouns,[37] and was first out LGBTQ+ member in the Kentucky House of Representatives when elected in 2022.[38][39][37] | United States |
| Kentucky state senator | 2025–present | |||||
| SJ Howell | Montana state representative | 2023–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary trans | Representing District 100; became the first nonbinary state legislator in Montana when they were elected.[40][2] | United States |
| Danny Keelin | Councillor for London Borough of Newham | 2022–present | Green Party of England and Wales | Non-binary | First openly non-binary councillor, and opposition leader, who left a council meeting in February 2023 after two council members, of the Labour Partymisgendered them.[41] | United Kingdom |
| Stephen Coleman Kenny | Commissioner of Washington, D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission | 2022–2025 | Non-binary | First nonbinary person to hold elected office in Washington, D.C.[42]> Represents 1A05 | United States | |
| Ines Kostić | MP of House of Representatives | 2023–present | Party for the Animals | Non-binary | In an interview, she said she doesn't want to be simply labeled as "the first non-binary MP," but says it is part of who she is. She is also vegan and a refugee.[43] | Netherlands |
| Alicia Kozlowski | Minnesota state representative | 2023–present | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Non-binary and Two-spirit | First nonbinary legislator in Minnesota, with "Mexican and Anishinaabe-Ojibwe ancestry."[44] | United States |
| Amita Kuttner | Interim Leader of Green Party of Canada | 2021–2022 | Non-binary, trans, and pansexual | First transgender person and first person of East Asian descent to lead a federal party in Canada[45] and is non-binary,[46] and is a pansexual astrophysicist.[47][48] | Canada | |
| Lisa Lachance | Legislator of Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 2021–present | Nova Scotia New Democratic Party | Genderqueer | Representing Halifax Citadel-Sable Island.[49] | Canada |
| Terra Lawson-Remer | Chair of San Diego County Board of Supervisors | 2025–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary and Pansexual | Described by Victory Fund, in 2020, as helping to "restore LGBTQ representation" on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and representing the 3rd District.[50] | United States |
| Vice-Chair of San Diego County Board of Supervisors | 2023–2025 | |||||
| Member of San Diego County Board of Supervisors | 2021–present | |||||
| Lin Lindner | MP of Bundestag | 2025–present | Die Linke | Non-binary | [51][52] | Germany |
| Little Brighouse | Member of Powys County Council for Newbridge ward | 2022–present | Liberal Democrats | Non-binary | After elected, temporarily suspended for posting a TikTok clip which used the phrase "From the river to the sea", causing them to be a "non-aligne councillor" until the investigation ended.[53] | United Kingdom |
| Edward Lord | Councilman for the City of London | 2001–present | Liberal Democrats | Non-binary | Openly non-binary since 2018.[54] | United Kingdom |
| Ariel Lucho López | Councillor of General La Madrid, Buenos Aires Province | 2023–present | Non-binary | First openly non-binary Argentinian legislator.[55] | Argentina | |
| Catherine McKenney | MPP of Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 2025–present | Ontario New Democratic Party | Non-binary | Elected in 2024.[56] | Canada |
| Councilor of Ottawa City Council | 2014–2022 | First non-male openly-LGBT person to serve on Ottawa's city council[57] and left in 2022.[58] | ||||
| Kat McNamara | Legislator of Northern Territory Legislative Assembly | 2024–present | Non-binary and trans | First openly transgender politician in Australia at a state or territory level.[59][60] Represents electoral division of Nightcliff. | Australia | |
| Honey Mahogany | Member of San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee | 2018–present | Democratic Party | Gender non-conforming Transgender person | First transgender person to serve on San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.[61] Later served as 3rd Vice Chair, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, 17th District in 2020. | United States |
| Erin Moroney | Council member of Campbelltown City Council | 2020–present | N/A, Independent | Non-binary and gender neutral | First politician in New South Wales to identify as non-binary.[62] | Australia |
| DeShanna Neal | Representative of Delaware House of Representatives | 2022–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary | First non-binary legislator in Delaware, who represents District 13.[63][64] | United States |
| Thu Nguyen | At-Large Member of Worcester City Council | 2022–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary | First openly non-binary candidate elected to public office in Massachusetts history.[65][66] | United States |
| Mary Nolan | Councilor of Portland, Oregon Metro Council | 2021–present | Non-binary | Nolan came out as nonbinary after taking office.[67] Represents District 5 | United States | |
| Joshua Query | Legislator of New Hampshire House of Representatives | 2018–2022 | Democratic Party | Genderqueer | New Hampshire’s first genderqueer representative.[68] | United States |
| Venn Sage Wylde | Precinct Committee member of Multnomah County, Oregon Democratic Party | 2018–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary and Genderfluid | They are nonbinary. Following their filing, the County Elections Director determined that the county would add a third column for "committeeperson" to the year's primary ballot, which previously only had space for "committeeman" and "committeewoman."[69][70] | United States |
| Rita Schenkelberg | Councilor of Bend, Oregon City Council | 2020–2022 | Democratic Party | Non-binary | First out trans person of color to hold elected office in Oregon and first out nonbinary person to hold municipal office in Oregon.[71] | United States |
| Cori Schumacher | Councilor of Carlsbad, California City Council | 2016–2022 | Democratic Party | Non-binary Lesbian | First LGBTQ+ elected official in Carlsbad's history and first "openly gay" champion of world surfing,[72][73] and uses she/they pronouns.[74] | United States |
| Gopi Shankar Madurai | South Region Representative of National Council for Transgender Persons | 2020–2022 | Genderqueer and Intersex | Also said to help people who "struggle with their gender preferences."[75] | India | |
| Ismail Smith-Wade-El | Representative of Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2022–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary | Is nonbinary and identifies as queer.[76], and identifies as queer.[77] First out nonbinary member of the Pennsylvania state legislature and represents the 49th District.[2] | United States |
| Geo Soctomah Neptune | Board member of Indian Township School Board | 2020–present | Non-binary, Trans, and Two-spirit | First trans, non-binary, and two-spirit person elected to public office in Maine,[78][79][80] in the state's history.[81] | United States | |
| Audrey Tang | Minister without Portfolio of Taiwan | 2016–2022 | N/A, Independent | Non-binary Trans woman | The first transgender person and the first non-binary official in the top executive cabinet.[82][83][84] | Taiwan |
| Minister for Digital Affairs of Taiwan | 2022–2024 | |||||
| Wick Thomas | Legislator of Missouri House of Representatives | 2025–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary trans | The first out nonbinary, and trans, person elected to state office in Missouri[85] and represents District 19.[2] | United States |
| Mina Tolu | Deputy Chairperson of AD+PD | 2023–2025 | AD+PD | Non-binary | Use they/them pronouns and emphasized importance of respecting gender pronouns, especially of non-binary people.[86] | Malta |
| Lane Tredger | House Leader of Yukon New Democratic Party | 2021–present | Yukon New Democratic Party | Non-binary | Yukon's first out non-binary MLA.[87] Represented Whitehorse Centre in assembly. | Canada |
| Legislator of Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||||||
| Mauree Turner | Legislator of Oklahoma House of Representatives | 2021–present | Democratic Party | Non-binary femme | First publicly non-binary U.S. state lawmaker, transgender state legislator of color, and the first Muslim member of the Oklahoma Legislature, represented 88th district.[88][89] She was also described as the first openly non-binary state legislator in U.S. history.[90][91] | United States |
| Kristyn Wong-Tam | MPP of Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 2022–present | Ontario New Democratic Party | Non-binary | Represents Toronto Centre, and called themselves, on social media, "first Asian-Canadian queer, non-binary person" elected in Queen's Park.[92] | Canada |
| Councilor of Toronto City Council | 2010–2022 | Elected as independent and criticized by some for "downplaying her connections to unions, the NDP and Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA)" during her campaign.[93][94] | ||||
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