How to Use nonbinary in a Sentence

nonbinary

adjective
  • Being nonbinary wasn’t a new concept — for Smith or the rest of the world — in 2019.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Quinn and Smith were the first nonbinary athletes to partake in the Games.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • That, Kimball says, is the last thing the league wants to do for their trans and nonbinary players.
    — Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Eli Lynn, a trans nonbinary actor, takes on the role of Aramis.
    — cleveland, 2 May 2022
  • The crowd erupted in cheers at the words of Arellano, who is nonbinary.
    — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Not for him nor many more trans men and nonbinary folks.
    — Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • LeDuc — from Cedar Rapids, Iowa — came out as gay at the age of 18 and went public as nonbinary last year.
    — Sally Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The question at the heart of the summit was: what should the future look like for women, girls, and nonbinary folks?
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 29 Apr. 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
  • According to the study, 72% of the youths surveyed preferred the term nonbinary.
    — Steven Vargas, USA TODAY, 13 July 2021
  • The child, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, was 11 years old at the time of this incident.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
  • Now 29, Lundy-Paine came out as nonbinary 10 years ago.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2024
  • Keshishian: Most of the band was on the Sour tour, and every member is female or nonbinary.
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 24 Oct. 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
  • The result of those epiphanies is music that is nonbinary both in form and in content.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Our goal is that no trans or nonbinary person will pay to see the film and be in community.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • But for the fourth year in a row there were no transgender or nonbinary characters in those films.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021
  • 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
  • For some women, men, and nonbinary people, Selkies are a way of returning to the time before all that.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Gonzo doesn't formally come out in the episode as nonbinary.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Trans and nonbinary people have always existed in their world and haven't been punished as in the past.
    — Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 July 2021
  • Attacks on gender-affirming-care have been much more rampant in recent years, as 26 states have passed laws limiting access to such care for trans and nonbinary people, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 1 May 2025

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