Tag: non-binary

Being a parent has always been a difficult job. Staying involved with school, chauffeuring to various extracurricular activities, and putting food on the table, all while trying to maintain a general atmosphere of love, support, and growth for your child. It can be more than a little complicated. Life can get even trickier if you’re unprepared when your teen comes out to you as non-binary. The initial flood of questions and concerns you have as a parent might be overwhelming,...

The nonbinary pronoun ‘They’ has now been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary as one of four definitions of the word. One of the World’s leading and most-trusted provider of language information, Merriam-Webster announced this week that the word “they” can be used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is non-binary along with

Following recently coming out as non-binary, English singer-songwriter Sam Smith has announced that they do not want to be referred to as ‘him’ or he.’  Taking to social media to explain, Smith said, “Today is a good day so here goes,” they tweeted. “I’ve decided I am changing my pronouns to THEY/THEM. After a lifetime

A new study out of England says that transgender and nonbinary people are also more likely to be autistic or display autistic traits than those who are cisgender. The research, published in the September 2019 issue of the European Psychiatry journal, studied 177 people. Of those, a total of 14% of those who were transgender or nonbinary were also autistic, while an additional 28% were not diagnosed as autistic, but displayed autistic traits. The authors found higher than average levels of...

Many individuals of transgender and non-binary experience will no longer be “deadnamed” by the plastic in their wallets: Mastercard is rolling out a “True Name” program in which cardholders can replace their debit, credit, and prepaid cards with ones bearing the name they actually use, and a legal name change isn’t even required. Experts told The Washington Post the program is a first for the financial services industry, and it solves a problem faced by many cardholders. In a 2015...

Jonathan Van Ness (image via Jonathan Van Ness’ Instagram)Jonathan Van Ness, the grooming guy from the Netflix makeover show Queer Eye, recently came out as nonbinary, clarifying that “he prefers he/him pronouns, but does not identify as a ‘man.'” As a child, Van Ness used to put on his mother’s makeup, high heels and scarves while playing in his family’s basement, but he never felt he could wear such things to school where he was bullied for being different. “I didn’t...

Asia Kate Dillon, 34 Actor, activist Dillon gained attention as a prodigy when they graduated from the Actor’s Workshop of Ithica, an adult training program, at 16. A series of stage and television roles (such as Orange Is the New Black) followed before Dillon landed the part of Taylor Mason on the Showtime series Billions. Taylor marks the first time a major non-binary character has appeared as a series regular. This year, Dillon gets an even bigger stage, starring in John Wick Chapter...