Related Research Articles
John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Non-binary and genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gender that is different from the sex assigned to them at birth, although some non-binary people do not consider themselves transgender.
Alexandra Scott Billings is an American actress, singer, and teacher. Billings, a trans woman, played one of TV's first openly transgender characters in 2005 made-for-TV movie Romy and Michele: In the Beginning. She is also known for portraying the recurring character Davina in the Amazon series Transparent and has played transgender characters in ER, Eli Stone, How to Get Away with Murder, Grey's Anatomy and The Conners.
Asia Kate Dillon is an American actor. They are known for their roles as Brandy Epps in Orange Is the New Black and Taylor Mason in Billions. Dillon identifies as non-binary and uses singular they pronouns. Their role on Billions is the first non-binary main character on North American television, and earned them a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. They also played the Adjudicator in the action film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).
Alok Vaid-Menon is an American writer, performance artist, and media personality. Vaid-Menon is gender non-conforming and transfeminine, and uses the singular they third person pronouns.
The Politician is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan and released on Netflix. The trio also serves as executive producers with Alexis Martin Woodall, Ben Platt, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The series centers on the story of Payton Hobart (Platt), a wealthy Santa Barbaran, and each season revolves around a different political race his character is involved in.
Brian Michael Smith is an American actor and LGBT advocate. He is known for playing Paul Strickland in 9-1-1: Lone Star.
Indya Adrianna Moore is an American actor and model. They are known for playing the role of Angel Evangelista in the FX television series Pose. Time named them one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Moore is transgender and non-binary, and uses they/them and she/her pronouns.
Lachlan Watson is an American actor, best known for playing trans boy Theo Putnam in the Netflix original series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and genderfluid twin children of Chucky, Glen and Glenda in the second season of the Syfy/USA Network original series Chucky.
Garcia is an American actor, best known for their starring role in the 2019 Netflix miniseries Tales of the City in which Garcia played a recently transitioned trans man exploring a newfound attraction to men. Garcia also served as a production consultant on the series.
Work in Progress is an American comedy-drama television series produced by Showtime that premiered on December 8, 2019. The series was created by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason, written and executive produced by McEnany, Mason, and Lilly Wachowski, and directed by Mason. Work in Progress stars McEnany in a semi-autobiographical role alongside Karin Anglin, Celeste Pechous, Julia Sweeney, and Theo Germaine. The entire series was written, filmed, and post-produced in Chicago.
Jesse James Keitel is an American actress, writer, and artist, known for starring in Asher Jelinsky's award-winning short film Miller & Son (2019), the ABC crime drama Big Sky (2020) and on Queer as Folk (2022).
Non-binary or genderqueer is a spectrum of gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine—identities that are outside the gender binary. Non-binary identities can fall under the transgender umbrella, since many non-binary people identify with a gender that is different from their assigned sex. Another term for non-binary is enby. This page examines non-binary characters in fictional works as a whole, focusing on characters and tropes in cinema and fantasy.
Netflix has contributed substantially to LGBTQ representation in animation. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual and transgender characters have appeared in various animated series, and some animated films, on the streaming platform. GLAAD described Netflix as a company taking "impressive strides in viewership and impact," when it came to LGBTQ representation. Scholars have stated that LGBTQ characters on streaming services, such as Netflix, "made more displays of affection" than on broadcast networks.
They/Them is a 2022 American slasher film written and directed by John Logan, in his feature directorial debut, and produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner. It stars Theo Germaine, Carrie Preston, Anna Chlumsky, Austin Crute, Quei Tann, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch, Monique Kim, Darwin del Fabro, Hayley Griffith, Boone Platt, Mark Ashworth, and Kevin Bacon, and follows a group of LGBTQ teens and a masked killer at a conversion camp.
References
- ↑ "Netflix's The Politician: Meet its trans actor Theo Germaine". South China Morning Post. October 1, 2019. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 Manzella, Sam (October 14, 2019). "'The Politician' Actor Theo Germaine Is Playing the Most Refreshing Trans Character on Television". NewNowNext. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- 1 2 "Instagram".
- ↑ "'The Politician's Theo Germaine Isn't Going to Be Quiet". www.out.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ "My worst moment: 'They/Them' star Theo Germaine and the anxiety of being a Steppenwolf understudy". Chicago Tribune. August 2, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ "Theo Germaine Is the Defiant Nonbinary Heart of "They/Them"". Them. August 5, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ↑ "SYNOPSIS". Desire Lines. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- 1 2 "Theo Germaine on the Beautiful Variety of Trans, Nonbinary Identities". www.advocate.com. March 17, 2020. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ↑ Jevens, Darel (August 4, 2019). "Showtime sitcom about life as a 'queer dyke' to shoot soon in Chicago". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ↑ Gregory, Drew Burnett (January 24, 2024). ""Desire Lines" Is an Experimental Documentary About Transmascs Who F*ck Men". Autostraddle. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
