List of non-binary writers

Non-binary writers are individuals who write for a living and hold a gender identity outside of the gender binary. Non-binary gender identities may include genderfluid, agender, and bigender. Additionally, some cultures may have "third gender" roles that exist outside of the gender binary.

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A

• Travis Alabanza, an English performance artist, poet, writer, and LGBTQ rights activist^[1][2]
• K Alexander, a Canadian actor, writer, web series creator and YouTube personality^[3]

B

• Thomas Baty (1869–1954), an English lawyer and writer of a utopian science fiction novel set in a postgender society, as well as the editor of the feminist gender studies journal Urania^[4]
• Jay Bernard, a Black British poet, multi media writer and film maker, shortlisted in the Costa Book Awards 2019^[5]
• Tess Berry-Hart, a British playwright, author and activist^[6]
• Mal Blum, an American songwriter, musician, writer and performer^[7]
• Justin Vivian Bond, an American singer-songwriter, author, painter, performance artist, and actor^[8]
• Kate Bornstein, an American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist^[9][10]
• Beth Brant, a Mohawk writer, essayist, and poet
• Z Brewer, an American young adult writer, author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
• Lydia X. Z. Brown, an Asian American autistic disability rights activist, writer, and public speaker^[11]
• River Butcher, an American stand-up comic, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host^[12]
• Alec Butler, a Canadian playwright and filmmaker^[13][14]
• Judith Butler, an American philosopher, gender theorist and feminist writer^[15]
• K.R. Byggdin, a Canadian novelist^[16]

C

• Claude Cahun, a Jewish-French photographer, sculptor and writer^[17]
• E.M. Carroll, a Canadian webcomic artist and author^[18]
• Marjorie Celona, an American-Canadian writer^[19]
• Chrystos, a Menominee writer and two-spirit activist
• Heather Corinna, an American sex education writer and blogger
• Ivan Coyote, a Canadian spoken word performer, writer, and LGBT advocate^[20]

D

• Harry Dodge, an American sculptor, performer, video artist, and writer^[21]
• Jude Ellison Sady Doyle, an American feminist author^[22][23][24]
• Cyrus Grace Dunham, an American writer and activist^[25]

E

• Akwaeke Emezi, a Nigerian author living in the United States^[26]

F

• Waawaate Fobister, a Canadian playwright and actor^[27]
• Tyler Ford, a writer and public speaker^[28]
• L. Frank, a Tongva-Acjachemen artist, writer, tribal scholar, cartoonist, and indigenous language activist^[29]

G

• Sarah Gailey, an American author of speculative fiction^[30]
• Andrea Gibson, an American poet and activist^[31]

H

• Johanna Hedva, author of Sick Woman Theory and On Hell^[32]
• Liv Hewson, an Australian actor and playwright^[33]

I

• Eddie Izzard, a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and political activist^[34]

K

• Yuhki Kamatani, a Japanese manga writer and illustrator^[35]
• Maia Kobabe, a cartoonist and illustrator,^[36] author of Gender Queer: A Memoir^[37][38]
• Janae Kroc, a bodybuilder and writer^[39]

L

• Carole LaFavor, an Ojibwe novelist, activist and nurse^[40]
• Richard LaFortune, a two spirit activist, author, community organizer, and artist^[41]
• Olivia Laing, a British trans/nonbinary writer, novelist, and cultural critic^[42]
• R. B. Lemberg, a bigender, queer author, poet, and editor of speculative fiction^[43]
• Elisha Lim, an artist and graphic novelist^[44]
• Cheena Marie Lo, a poet working in Oakland, California^[45]
• Katherine Locke, a writer of young adult and children's books living in Philadelphia, PA^[46]

M

• Gopi Shankar Madurai, an Indian equal rights, Indigenous rights activist and author^[47]
• Keith Maillard, a Canadian-American novelist and poet^[48]
• Jul Maroh, a French comic book writer
• Jeffrey Marsh, an American writer, actor, artist, activist, author, and social media personality^[49]
• Dan Taulapapa McMullin, an American Samoan artist, known for their poetry, visual art and film^[50]
• Casey McQuiston, an American author of romance and new adult fiction^[51]
• Foz Meadows, an Australian fantasy novelist, blogger and poet^[52]
• Jack Monroe, a British food writer and journalist^[53]

N

• Jeannette Ng, a British fantasy writer and Hugo award-winner^[54]

O

• Richard O'Brien, a British-New Zealand actor, television presenter, musician, writer, voice artist and theatre performer^[55]
• AJ Odasso, an American author, editor, and poet
• Alice Oseman, a genderfluid English YA author

P

• Martin Page, a nonbinary French writer
• Pidgeon Pagonis, an intersex American activist, writer, artist, and consultant^[56]
• Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a cosmologist, science writer and equality activist^[57]

R

• Lucas Rijneveld, a Dutch writer and poet

S

• Rivers Solomon, an American author^[58]
• Joey Soloway, an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer
• Rae Spoon, a Canadian musician and writer^[59]
• ND Stevenson, an American cartoonist and animation producer
• John Elizabeth Stintzi, a Canadian novelist and poet^[60]
• Rebecca Sugar, an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and songwriter^[61]
• Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, an American author and activist^[62]

T

• Bogi Takács, an Agender trans Jewish writer and poet^[63]
• Jacob Tobia, an American LGBTQ rights activist, feminist writer, and co-producer and host for the MSNBC television series Queer 2.0^[64]

V

• Joanne Vannicola, a Canadian actor and memoirist^[65]
• Hida Viloria, a Latinx American writer^[66]

W

• Joshua Whitehead, a Canadian First Nations poet and novelist^[67]
• Gigi Raven Wilbur, an American bisexual rights activist and writer^[68]
• James Wylder, an American author and publisher^[69][70]

Y

• Nao-Cola Yamazaki, a Japanese novelist and essayist^[71]
• Neon Yang, a Singaporean writer of English-language speculative fiction^[72]
• Karekin Yarian, an author and social activist from San Francisco^[73]

Z

• Xiran Jay Zhao, a Chinese-Canadian author and Internet personality
• Nevo Zisin, a non-binary Australian writer and transgender rights activist^[74]

See also

• List of people with non-binary gender identities
• Gender in science fiction