In 2014, Sofia Coppola cast androgynous model Andreja Pejic in her upcoming film The Little Mermaid, prompting many people to wonder what exactly a "genderfluid" model was. Thanks to the rising profile of transgender celebrities like Laverne Cox and Janet Mock, Hollywood is finally getting interested in transgender issues. We know there are trans people out there who are talented, beautiful, and famous, but what about celebrities who are genderfluid or non-gender-conforming? Until mid-2014, Pejic identified her gender as non-binary, and didn't identify as either a man or a woman. Surprisingly, lots of other people – including famous and influential ones – identify the same way. Below is a list of 10 musicians, actors, writers, performers, and artists who identify as non-gender-conforming, genderfluid, genderqueer, agender, or non-binary – or something else in-between.
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Genesis P-Orridge
A founding member of the seminal industrial bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, British musician and performance artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records for most albums released in a single year, founded a tongue-in-cheek "cult" called Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, and has been declared a "wrecker of civilization" by British Parliament.
For over ten years, P-Orridge engaged in an ongoing body modification project with Their (now tragically deceased) partner, Lady Jaye Breyer, called the Pandrogyne Project, meant to challenge gender roles, conventional beauty standards, and ideas about romantic relationships through a series of identical plastic surgeries.
P-Orridge prefers the pronouns S/he, He/r, or Them.
JD Samson
A member of the lesbian synthpop groups Le Tigre and MEN, JD Samson was assigned female at birth and prefers female pronouns. A desire to let her inner dudeness shine through, however, led her to begin taking male hormones in the '90s, resulting in a more chiseled visage and a luxuriant growth of facial hair.
Samson has stated in interviews that she sees herself as "post-gender," and considers the male/female gender binary to be obsolete. Her personal trademarks are her roguishly bushy eyebrows and alluring, porn-chic mustache.
Justin Bond
A fixture of New York avant garde cabaret for over two decads, Justin Vivian Bond is a musician, drag queen, occasional actor, and performance artist. Bond appeared in Imaginary Heroes and John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus, and in 2007, he was nominated for a Tony Award.
Bond does not identify as strictly male or female, preferring the prefix "Mx." instead of Ms./Mr., and the pronoun "v," instead of he/she/they.
Kate Bornstein
Assigned male at birth, Kate Bornstein spent almost 40 years living as a man before discovering her true gender identity and physically transitioning in 1986. She's an author, performer, playwright, artist, and advocate for LGBTQ rights currently living in New York.
Though she prefers female pronouns, Bornstein said in her autobiography, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, "I don't call myself a woman, and I know I'm not a man." Her books Gender Outlaw and My Gender Workbook both define gender as a spectrum and explore the absurdities of traditional gender roles in society.
Rae Spoon
Canadian author and singer-songwriter Rae Spoon lived for several years as a transgendered man before going public with a campaign to promote the singular pronoun "they" instead, alongside non-binary cartoonist Elisha Lim. More recently, Spoon is the author, with Ivan Coyote, of the short story collection Gender Failure.
In an interview with Now Magazine, Spoon said, "I think the 'they' pronoun is a pretty cool thing. It's letting a lot of people not have to identify as a man or a woman. Whatever it means to them."
Richard O'Brien
Best known as the writer, lyricist, and composer behind the beloved midnight movie classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which a 1950s version of Earth is invaded by sexually aggressive, lingerie-wearing transsexuals, Richard O'Brien is responsible for a rich body of work that irreverently deconstructs gender roles, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
O'Brien often dresses in women's clothes and jewelry and believes that gender is a continuum. "Some are hard-wired one way or another, I'm in-between." He identifies himself as "70% male, 30% female."
Tilda Swinton
Aside from being pansexual, polyamorous, and a generally weird person, Swinton's public presentation is pretty decidedly androgynous. She also gravitates toward non-binary characters, e.g. her roles in Orlando and Constantine.
In interviews, Swinton has stated, "I don't know if I could ever really say that I was a girl -- I was kind of a boy for a long time. I don't know, who knows? It changes." She concedes, however, as an adult, I am probably a woman."
Tom Phelan
Tom Phelan debuted earlier this year on ABC Family's The Fosters, a series about kids grapplingwith the aggravating realities of the foster care system. Phelan’s character onthe series is a male transgendered kid, annoyed and upset when indifferent authoritiesplace him in a foster home intended for girls only.
In real life, Phelan identifies as non-binary, and prefers the singular pronoun "they."
Elly Jackson
With a penchant for upswept hairstyles and big-shouldered suit jackets, Elly Jackson is one half of British electropop duo La Roux.
In an interview with Gay Star News earlier this year, Jackson stated, "I don't feel like I'm female or male," and expressed irritation with people trying to pigeonhole her sexuality and gender.
Andrej Pejić
Pejic started out in fashion as an "androgynous" male model known for modeling both men's and women's fashion by high profile designers like Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier. Pejic has described herself as "living in-between genders," and feeling comfortable with either male or female pronouns.
Sofia Coppola announced Pejic will appear in Coppola's upcoming film The Little Mermaid, and Pejic followed up the announcement by informing press that she had recently completed a surgical transition and henceforth prefers to be referred to using exclusively female pronouns.