Sara Ramirez, an actor best known for her role as Dr. Callie Torres on "Grey's Anatomy" came out as nonbinary on Instagram Friday, writing "New profile pic. In me is the capacity to be Girlish boy, Boyish girl, Boyish boy, Girlish girl, All, Neither" and adding the hashtag #nonbinary.
As of Sunday morning, the post had received over 216,000 likes. Miss Peppermint, a Black transgender drag queen starred in Season 9 of "Rupaul's Drag Race" said she was "so proud and happy" on Twitter.
Ramirez's complex portrayal was applauded again by fans of the show after the actor came out as nonbinary Friday.
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Ramirez has long been an advocate for LGBTQ rights, receiving an Ally for Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in 2015. They first came out as queer and bisexual in 2016.
People who are nonbinary may go by the pronouns "they/them" rather than "he/she."
The nonbinary identity is increasingly visible, with a January 2019 Pew Research survey finding that a third of teens and people in their early 20s know someone who uses such gender-neutral pronouns.
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'Grey's Anatomy' actor Sara Ramirez came out as nonbinary: 'In me is the capacity to be Girlish boy, Boyish gi - Business Insider India
