List of non-binary political office-holders

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This is a list of officeholders which openly self-identify as non-binary (i.e. genderqueer) or agender, bigender, genderfluid, genderqueer, or otherwise identify as under the non-binary gender umbrella. There has been an increase in non-binary legislators in recent years. The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute recorded that 52 officials were under the non-binary gender umbrella in 2024, an increase of 69.6 percent from the year before,[1] while the Orie Givens, Vice President of Communications, for the same organization, described the legislators work as "pivotal" to resist efforts to "restrict identity to the gender binary."[2]

This list is organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by a single name if the individual does not have a surname. Some officeholders listed were not elected while out as non-binary, and either came out, or were outed, at a later date.

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Asia

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Name Office held Tenure Political party Identity Notes Country
Gopi Shankar Madurai South Region Representative of National Council for Transgender Persons 2020–2022 Genderqueer Also said to help people who "struggle with their gender preferences."[3] India
Intersex
Audrey Tang Minister without Portfolio of Taiwan 2016–2022 N/A, Independent Non-binary Trans woman The first transgender person and the first non-binary official in the top executive cabinet.[4][5][6] Taiwan
Minister for Digital Affairs of Taiwan 2022–2024
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Europe

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Name Office held Tenure Political party Identity Notes Country
Sibylle Berg MEP of European Parliament 2024–present Die PARTEI Non-binary Part of Straight Edge and non-binary.[7] Germany
Gregor Murray Dundee Councillor 2017-2022 Scottish National Party Non-binary transgender Elected in 2017,[8] afterwards left politics citing pressures associated with social media.[9] Was the first, and, at the time, only openly transgender politician in Scotland.[10] United Kingdom
Owen Hurcum Mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd 2021–2022 N/A, Independent (2021–2022) Non-binary First openly non-binary mayor of any city world-wide and the youngest person in history to hold a mayoral position in Wales.[11][12] United Kingdom
Danny Keeling Councillor for London Borough of Newham 2022–present Green Party of England and Wales Non-binary First openly non-binary councillor, and opposition leader, who left a council meeting in February 2023 after two council members, of the Labour Party misgendered them.[13] United Kingdom
Ines Kostić MP of House of Representatives 2023–present Party for the Animals Non-binary In an interview, they said they doesn't want to be simply labeled as "the first non-binary MP," but says it is part of who they are. They are also vegan and a refugee.[14] Netherlands
Kira Lewis London Borough of Waltham Forest Councillor 2022- Labour Party Non-binary Resigned a cabinet office following a petition after her social media post calling Hamas "no good for Palestinians and no good for Jews," claiming the organization "wants a fundamentalist Muslim dictatorship on the land from the river to the sea, devoid of all Jews" and called Hamas "evil," adding that Israeli bombardment in Gaza is bad "but not evil."[15] She identifies as transgender and non-binary.[16] United Kingdom
Trans
Lin Lindner MP of Bundestag 2025–present Die Linke Non-binary [17][18] Germany
Little Brighouse Powys County Councillor 2022- Liberal Democrats (May 2022) Trans-Nonbinary Elected in 2022 as a Liberal Democrat, but soon after was suspended by the party pending investigation into content regarding Palestine on social media.[19] Brighouse identifies as "trans-nonbinary," according the Brecon and Radnor Express.[20] United Kingdom
Non-affiliated (2022-present)
Edward Lord Councilman for the City of London 2001–present Liberal Democrats Non-binary Openly non-binary since 2018.[21] United Kingdom
Mina Tolu Deputy Chairperson of AD+PD 2023–2025 AD+PD Non-binary Use they/them pronouns and emphasized importance of respecting gender pronouns, especially of non-binary people.[22] Malta
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North America

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Name Office held Tenure Political party Identity Notes Country
Maebe A. Girl Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Member 2022–2025 Democratic Party Non-binary Girl is the first drag queen elected to public office in the United States.[23] She is a three-time candidate for California's 30th congressional district and the first non-binary person to advance to a general election for a House seat.[24] Girl is non-binary and uses she/her and they/them pronouns.[25] United States
Uzoma Asagwara Deputy Premier of Manitoba 2023–present New Democratic Party Genderqueer First MLA, in the history of Manitoba, to be openly queer and Black.[26] Canada
Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-term Care for Manitoba
Legislator of Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 2019–present Representing Union Station
Lorena Austin Representative for Arizona House of Representatives 2023–present Democratic Party Non-binary Also Native American, specifically Chicane,[27][2] and represents the 9th District. United States
Liliana Bakhtiari Councilor of Atlanta City Council 2022–present Non-binary First out queer Muslim elected official from Georgia,[28] and in a relationship with two women.[29] United States
Blaizen Bloom Non-male co-chair of Green Party of Virginia 2021–present Green Party of the United States Non-binary [30][31] United States
Genderfluid
Estefan Cortes-Vargas MLA of Legislative Assembly of Alberta 2015–2019 New Democratic Party Non-binary Represented Strathcona-Sherwood Park. First openly trans, non-binary, queer MLA in Canada.[32] Canada
Transgender
Brion Curran Legislator of Minnesota House of Representatives 2023–present Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Non-binary With Liish Kozlowski, one of the first nonbinary legislators in Minnesota. Curran came out as nonbinary between their 2022 and 2024 elections,[33] and represents District 36B. United States
Blake Desjarlais MP of Nova Scotia House of Assembly 2021–2025 New Democratic Party Two-spirit Representing Edmonton Griesbach, first openly two-spirit individual to serve in Parliament.[34] Canada
Emily Dievendorf Representative of Michigan House of Representatives 2023–present Democratic Party Non-binary First out non-binary legislator in Michigan and represents the 77th District.[2] United States
Brandy Fortson Board member of Corvallis, Oregon School Board 2019–2022 Non-binary First nonbinary person to hold office in Oregon.[35][36] United States
Keturah Herron Legislator of Kentucky House of Representatives 2022–2025 Democratic Party Non-binary A "queer, masculine-presenting woman" who uses she and they pronouns,[37] and was first out LGBTQ+ member in the Kentucky House of Representatives when elected in 2022.[38][39][37] United States
Kentucky state senator 2025–present
SJ Howell Montana state representative 2023–present Democratic Party Non-binary transgender Representing District 100; became the first nonbinary state legislator in Montana when they were elected.[40] Is also a transgender person.[2] United States
Stephen Coleman Kenny Commissioner of Washington, D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2022–2025 Non-binary First nonbinary person to hold elected office in Washington, D.C.[41] Represents 1A05 United States
Liish Kozlowski Minnesota state representative 2023–present Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Non-binary With Brion Curran, one of the first nonbinary legislators in Minnesota, with Mexican and Anishinaabe-Ojibwe ancestry.[42] United States
Two-spirit
Amita Kuttner Interim Leader of Green Party of Canada 2021–2022 Non-binary First transgender person and first person of East Asian descent to lead a federal party in Canada,[43] is non-binary,[44] and a pansexual astrophysicist.[45][46] Canada
Transgender
Pansexual
Lisa Lachance Legislator of Nova Scotia House of Assembly 2021–present Nova Scotia New Democratic Party Genderqueer Representing Halifax Citadel-Sable Island.[47] Canada
Terra Lawson-Remer Chair of San Diego County Board of Supervisors 2025–present Democratic Party Non-binary Described by Victory Fund, in 2020, as helping to "restore LGBTQ representation" on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and representing the 3rd District.[48] United States
Vice-Chair of San Diego County Board of Supervisors 2023–2025 Pansexual
Member of San Diego County Board of Supervisors 2021–present
Catherine McKenney MPP of Legislative Assembly of Ontario 2025–present Ontario New Democratic Party Non-binary Elected in 2024.[49] Canada
Councilor of Ottawa City Council 2014–2022 First non-male openly-LGBT person to serve on Ottawa's city council[50] and left in 2022.[51]
Honey Mahogany Member of San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee 2018–present Democratic Party Gender non-conforming Transgender person First transgender person to serve on San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.[52] Later served as 3rd Vice Chair, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, 17th District in 2020. United States
DeShanna Neal Representative of Delaware House of Representatives 2022–present Democratic Party Non-binary First non-binary legislator in Delaware, who represents District 13.[53][54] United States
Thu Nguyen At-Large Member of Worcester City Council 2022–present Democratic Party Non-binary First openly non-binary candidate elected to public office in Massachusetts history.[55][56] United States
Mary Nolan Councilor of Portland, Oregon Metro Council 2021–present Non-binary Nolan came out as nonbinary after taking office.[57] Represents District 5 United States
Joshua Query Legislator of New Hampshire House of Representatives 2018–2022 Democratic Party Genderqueer New Hampshire’s first genderqueer representative.[58] United States
Venn Sage Wylde precinct Committee member of Multnomah County, Oregon Democratic Party 2018–present Democratic Party Non-binary They are nonbinary. Following their filing, the County Elections Director determined that the county would add a third column for "committeeperson" to the year's primary ballot, which previously only had space for "committeeman" and "committeewoman."[59][60] United States
Genderfluid
Rita Schenkelberg Councilor of Bend, Oregon City Council 2020–2022 Democratic Party Non-binary First out trans person of color to hold elected office in Oregon and first out nonbinary person to hold municipal office in Oregon.[61] United States
Cori Schumacher Councilor of Carlsbad, California City Council 2016–2022 Democratic Party Non-binary Lesbian First LGBTQ+ elected official in Carlsbad's history and first "openly gay" champion of world surfing,[62][63] and uses she/they pronouns.[64] United States
Ismail Smith-Wade-El Representative of Pennsylvania House of Representatives 2022–present Democratic Party Non-binary Is nonbinary and identifies as queer.,[65] and identifies as queer.[66] First out nonbinary member of the Pennsylvania state legislature and represents the 49th District.[2] United States
Geo Soctomah Neptune Board member of Indian Township School Board 2020–present Non-binary First trans, non-binary, and two-spirit person elected to public office in Maine,[67][68][69] in the state's history.[70] United States
Transgender
Two-spirit
Wick Thomas Legislator of Missouri House of Representatives 2025–present Democratic Party Non-binary transgender The first out nonbinary, and trans, person elected to state office in Missouri[71][2] and represents District 19. United States
Lane Tredger House Leader of Yukon New Democratic Party 2021–present Yukon New Democratic Party Non-binary Yukon's first out non-binary MLA.[72] Represented Whitehorse Centre in assembly. Canada
Legislator of Yukon Legislative Assembly
Mauree Turner Legislator of Oklahoma House of Representatives 2021–present Democratic Party Non-binary femme First publicly non-binary U.S. state lawmaker, transgender state legislator of color, and the first Muslim member of the Oklahoma Legislature, represented 88th district.[73][74] She was also described as the first openly non-binary state legislator in U.S. history.[75][76] United States
Kristyn Wong-Tam MPP of Legislative Assembly of Ontario 2022–present Ontario New Democratic Party Non-binary Represents Toronto Centre, and called themselves, on social media, "first Asian-Canadian queer, non-binary person" elected in Queen's Park.[77] Canada
Councilor of Toronto City Council 2010–2022 Elected as independent and criticized by some for "downplaying her connections to unions, the NDP and Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA)" during her campaign.[78][79]
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Oceania

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Name Office held Tenure Political party Identity Notes Country
Ro Allen Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner 2021–present Non-binary Appointed commissioner first in 2015,[80][81] and again in 2021,[82] Allen described themselves as "a bit of a walker between genders"[80] and gender diverse.[83] Australia
Victoria, Australia Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities 2015–2021
Benjamin Doyle Member of party list for New Zealand Parliament 2024–2025 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Non-binary Uses they, he, and ia pronouns, and said they are "proudly takatāpui and whaikaha."[84][85] Doyle is "the first openly non-binary MP" in Pāremata Aotearoa history."[86] New Zealand
Takatāpui
Jax Fox Councilor of Hobart City Council 2018–2022 N/A, Independent Non-binary Trans woman First elected political officeholder in Tasmania to be openly non-binary and transgender.[87][88] Fox described herself, on social media, as "out and proud nonbinary queer" and noted their dead name.[89][90][better source needed] Australia
Kat McNamara Legislator of Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 2024–present Greens Non-binary transgender First openly transgender politician in Australia at a state or territory level.[91][92] Represents electoral division of Nightcliff. Australia
Erin Moroney Council member of Campbelltown City Council 2020–present N/A, Independent Non-binary First politician in New South Wales to identify as non-binary.[93][better source needed][94] Australia
Gender neutral
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South America

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Name Office held Tenure Political party Identity Notes Country
Tamara Argote Colombian House of Representatives MP 2015–present Pacto Histórico Non-binary First non-binary person elected to the legislature in Colombia.[95] Colombia
París Galán Legislator of La Paz Departmental Legislative Assembly 2015–2021 Sovereignty and Liberty (2014–2021) Non-binary Trans man One of just two queer people and the second gay man in Bolivia to have held political office as a lawmaker, after Manuel Canelas.[96] Bolivia
Ariel Lucho López Councillor of General La Madrid, Buenos Aires Province 2023–present Non-binary First openly non-binary Argentinian legislator.[97] Argentina
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