How to Use nonbinary in a Sentence

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  • The number includes more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth in the state.
    — Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nex was the nonbinary 16-year-old in Oklahoma who died in February one day after a group of students beat them up in a school restroom.
    — Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The Utah band has added symbols for the transgender and nonbinary communities, as well as a small trombone.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • Their 19-year-old is nonbinary, and their 16-year-old son is bisexual.
    — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The figure was also higher than that of their white trans or nonbinary counterparts (16%).
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Mizu’s gender is initially obscured, leading to the idea that Mizu might be nonbinary.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This tragedy is not merely an echo of the past but a reflection of the harsh reality of the active and growing threat against transgender and nonbinary youth today.
    — Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Part of the film wants to subvert those ideas with grand nonbinary gestures via these two performers, and part of it wants to simply get hot and heavy while Clint Mansell’s score goes full metal Skinemax.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Not only did several transgender and nonbinary students lose their parts, but so too did girls cast in male roles.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Mulvaney has become a voice for the trans and nonbinary communities.
    — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Another Trevor Project survey, conducted in the fall, found that nearly 20% of trans and nonbinary youth attempted suicide in the past year.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The walkout is not political, said Kane, a nonbinary student who went to Owasso High School for 10th and 11th grade and now takes online classes for his senior year.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Every single department has Black women in it — or has women of color in it, or has nonbinary people in it.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Newell, 30, who identifies both as nonbinary and gender fluid, won the prize for their show-stopping performance in Shucked.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • Aldrich, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, entered an initial not-guilty plea Tuesday on the federal charges.
    — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 17 Jan. 2024
  • If no women or nonbinary riders or drivers are nearby, however, users with the preference on can still be matched with men.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Each generation of fans—initially fanboys, increasingly fangirls, and these days nonbinary fans, too—found new ways not just to read the comics but to use them.
    — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Jones started learning about nonbinary identities from creators on the video app, even connecting with people and groups who helped them on their journey.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023

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