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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

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