Published 23:46 IST, December 1st 2019
Billy Dee Williams of Star Wars fame comes out as genderfluid
Billy Dee Williams who is best known for his role as Lando Calrissian in the 1980’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, has revealed that he is genderfluid
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Billy Dee Williams who is best kwn for his role as Lando Calrissian in 1980’s Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, has come out and said that he is fluid. 82-year-old actor in a recent interview has revealed that he uses both male and female prouns 'himself' and 'herself' and is t shy to relate to his masculine and feminine side. Williams will be seen reprising his role as Lando in upcoming ' Rise of Skywalker', final movie of Skywalker saga which is expected to release on 20 December 2019 in India.
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What is fluidity?
A fluid person or a n-binary person is someone who does t identify as exclusively male or female and hence does t conform to ' binary'. A fluid person can relate to aspects of both s in different ways, and hence ir expression of ir identity remains fluid.
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Prominent n-binary personalities
Several prominent personalities have come out of closet and expressed ir thoughts about being fluid. 'Stay With Me' singer Sam Smith in an interview with Jameela Jamil on her Instagram channel 'I Weigh' discussed his fame, body im, and sexuality. 26-year-old singer said that he doesn't identify as eir male or female as he "floats between two".
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Established actor, model, and activist Amandla Stenberg who is kwn to speak about issues of LGBTQ community, people of colour, black community, and women, identifies herself as pansexual and n-binary. 17-year-old says she is attracted to all s and identifies outside of tritionally established binary.
Johnathan Van Ness of Queer Eye fame also came out as fluid this year. He said in an interview that he did t identify as eir a man or a woman.
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(With inputs from ncies)
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22:43 IST, December 1st 2019