How to Use nonbinary in a Sentence
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Being nonbinary wasn’t a new concept — for Smith or the rest of the world — in 2019.
— Stephen Daw, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2022 -
That, Kimball says, is the last thing the league wants to do for their trans and nonbinary players.
— Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2022 -
Not for him nor many more trans men and nonbinary folks.
— Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 24 July 2022 -
Weaver told The Sunday Times in 2023 that her child is nonbinary.
— Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024 -
The toll is lower than the year before, which saw at least 57 trans and nonbinary people killed.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2022 -
The number includes more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth in the state.
— Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023 -
Now 29, Lundy-Paine came out as nonbinary 10 years ago.
— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2024 -
The Boston Marathon is not the first race to welcome nonbinary runners.
— Gina Martinez, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022 -
Her three teenagers, one of whom is nonbinary, attend or went to public school.
— Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024 -
Rafaelov dreamed of creating a space where young trans and nonbinary people could get these items with ease.
— Colleen Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023 -
The app later updated the feature so that nonbinary users can make the first move in all pairings.
— Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022 -
One long wall of text lists the names of South Africans who have died at the hands of violence against women and nonbinary people since Mrwetyana’s death.
— Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023 -
Somehow 99% of the women and nonbinary people in my life are a delight to purchase gifts for, while the men—cis and trans alike—remain a cipher.
— Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023 -
Ghee is nonbinary and Newell is gender-nonconforming, and both of them use the pronouns he, she and they.
— Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 2 May 2023 -
Trans and nonbinary youth have higher rates of attempts, too.
— Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024 -
The letter cites the death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teen in Oklahoma, who was attacked in a school restroom by classmates and died the next day.
— Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024 -
The worker, who is nonbinary, said their pleas to strip club managers to better sanitize stages and VIP rooms had been waved off.
— Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022 -
Selby, who is a nonbinary writer in their early 40s, intended to stay there at the time.
— Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023 -
For the first time in the race's 127-year history, the Boston Marathon will include a division for nonbinary runners.
— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023 -
One of the president’s children is a nonbinary drag queen.
— New York Times, 20 July 2022 -
Alex Newell became the first openly nonbinary actor to win a Tony Award for their performance in Shucked and addressed the historic nature of the win.
— Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2023 -
Women and nonbinary workers, whose clothing choices weren’t a part of the poll, have a different set of rules to follow.
— Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 July 2023 -
The program, launched last year to mark WIF’s 50th anniversary, is open to women, nonbinary and trans people.
— Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024 -
Given that trans and nonbinary people are up to six times more likely to be autistic, his response made no sense.
— Sarah Kurchak, TIME, 23 May 2024 -
Corrin—the nonbinary star who rose to fame for their portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown—closed the show wearing a camel turtleneck, golden sequined briefs, and tights.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023 -
The cost-free coding school enrolls Black and brown women, trans, and nonbinary people to advance their careers in tech.
— Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Acquisitions of work by women and nonbinary artists, and by artists of color, have jumped sharply.
— Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 19 July 2023 -
The parents of 18-year-old activist Gibson Iron Eyes, who is nonbinary, accuse Miller of grooming their child.
— Vulture, 13 Jan. 2023 -
And which was more surprising: Imogen realizing that she’s never liked a boy, or Darcy coming out as nonbinary?
— Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Connect, that allows women or nonbinary drivers to opt in to prefer riders who are women or nonbinary, and vice versa.
— David Ingram, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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