Non-binary gender
Gender identities that are neither exclusively male nor female
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| May 6 2025 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
The Superior Court of Justice decided it is possible to rectify the civil registry to include a neutral gender, setting a precedent for similar cases.
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| April 2025 | Titan Comics announced a prequel comic series for the Nemesis character, to be written by Gail Simone and drawn by Federico Bertoni, titled 'Rebel Moon: Nemesis'. |
| April 2025 |
Preferred gender pronoun
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made a controversial statement criticizing journalists who include preferred gender pronouns in their biographies, stating that such individuals 'do not care about biological reality or truth'.
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| 2025 |
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Emily Harris and Bec Pecaut are nominated for Best Live Action Short Drama at the Canadian Screen Awards
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| 2025 |
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Lio Mehiel is nominated for Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama at the Canadian Screen Awards
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| 2025 |
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Bec Pecaut wins Best Queer Short Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
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| 2025 |
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
International premiere of the film at the Sundance Film Festival.
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| March 2025 | The New York Times listed West Side Story among 'The Movies We've Loved Since 2000'. |
| March 12 2025 |
Mx
Donald Trump ordered federal agencies in the USA to limit or avoid using the word Mx.
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| February 28 2025 | Golden Raspberry Awards: Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver is nominated for Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel. |
| February 26 2025 |
Discrimination against non-binary people
The Department of Defense (DoD) released a policy memorandum titled 'Additional Guidance on Prioritizing Military Excellence', which mandates dismissal of service members with gender dysphoria and restricts service based on biological sex, denies funds for sex reassignment procedures, and limits healthcare services for transgender, non-binary, and intersex service members and veterans.
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| February 23 2025 | Golden Reel Awards: Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver wins Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature for its sound editing team led by Scott Hecker and Chuck Michael. |
| February 2025 | The Washington Post ranked the film number 3 on their list of 'The 25 best movie musicals of the 21st century', with critic Ty Burr praising its dramatic richness and visual kinetics. |
| January 28 2025 |
Preferred gender pronoun
EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas released a statement that the Commission's pronoun guidance could not be revoked, despite Executive Order 14168, and removed an internal app displaying user pronouns.
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| January 23 2025 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed staff to suspend all passport applications requesting an 'X' sex marker or gender marker changes.
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| January 2025 | Rebel Moon: The Descent VR game became fully available at all 55 Sandbox VR locations worldwide. |
| January 20 2025 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the federal government to recognize only two genders on federal identity documents.
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| January 2025 |
Preferred gender pronoun
U.S. EEOC withdrew six cases of gender identity discrimination following President Trump's Executive Order 14168 recognizing only male and female sexes.
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| 2024 |
Non-binary flag
During Eurovision, Swiss singer Nemo (who won first place) secretly brought a non-binary flag into the opening ceremony, defying the event's ban on the flag.
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| 2024 |
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Bec Pecaut wins Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival
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| 2024 |
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
World premiere of 'Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?' in the Short Cuts program at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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| 2024 |
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Film named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2024.
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| 2024 | The film premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. |
| November 1 2024 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
The Self-Determination Act comes into force, repealing the Transsexual Law and amending the Third Gender Law. It allows legal recognition of non-intersex non-binary people as 'diverse' and provides specific provisions for gender marker changes for minors.
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| October 2024 |
Preferred gender pronoun
Virginia school board settled lawsuit with Peter Vlaming, a teacher fired for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred pronouns.
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| August 2 2024 | An R-rated director's cut, Rebel Moon – Chapter One: Chalice of Blood, is released, offering an alternate version of the original film. |
| July 29 2024 | The narrative fiction podcast 'The Seneschal: A Rebel Moon Story' released its first episode, set 500 years before the movie and starring Ella Purnell, Naveen Andrews, Alfred Enoch, Peter Serafinowicz, and Jason Isaacs. |
| June 30 2024 | By the end of the reporting period, the film generated a total of 55.8 million views according to Netflix's third edition of 'What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report'. |
| June 5 2024 | Mattel and Universal Pictures announced the development of a new live-action Monster High film, separate from Monster High 2, with a new cast and non-musical format. This announcement potentially impacts the future of a possible Monster High 3. |
| April 2024 | Co-writer Kurt Johnstad clarifies the franchise's expansion plans, revealing that the original trilogy concept has evolved to potentially include six total films, with each original installment being split into two parts. |
| April 2024 | Rebel Moon: The Descent VR game experience launched as a limited preview in London with the release of Rebel Moon - Part Two, with Cleopatra Coleman reprising her role as Devra Bloodaxe. |
| April 2024 |
Preferred gender pronoun
U.S. EEOC issued guidance stating that employers refusing to use transgender workers' preferred pronouns commit unlawful sex-based harassment.
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| April 22 2024 | Film jumped to fourth place on Netflix top ten chart, adding 6M views for the week of April 22 to April 28. |
| April 19 2024 | Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver premiered on Netflix, garnering 21.4 million views in its first three days and becoming the most viewed English-language film on the service from April 15 to 21. |
| April 12 2024 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
The Bundestag passes the Self-Determination Act, allowing German citizens to change gender markers and first names through a declaration to the registry office, with options including 'diverse' or no entry.
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| February 2024 | Quentin Tarantino further elaborated on his praise for the film during an appearance on Bret Easton Ellis' podcast. |
| February 2024 | Director Quane publicly expressed interest in developing potential sequels and spin-offs for the Nimona film, indicating future expansion of the franchise. |
| January 2024 | Layla film screened at the Sundance Film Festival, featuring writer and director Amrou Al-Kadhi, and lead actors Bilal Hasna and Louis Greatorex. |
| January 2024 | Titan Comics published a four-issue prequel comic 'Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe' by Magdalene Visaggio and Clark Bint, depicting the backstory of Devra and Darrian Bloodaxe. |
| January 2024 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
High Court judges in London ruled that the Gender Recognition Act refers only to binary male or female gender, effectively preventing the issuance of a gender recognition certificate for non-binary individuals.
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| January 2024 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
A public civil action by the Federal Court of Paraná determines that the Federal Revenue must include 'unspecified', 'non-binary', and 'intersex' options in the sex field of the CPF.
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| January 11 2024 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
Issuing bodies in Brazilian States and the Federal District become obliged to adopt Identity Card standards with gender field options including X for non-binary people.
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| January 7 2024 | Elemental was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the Golden Globe Awards. |
| 2023 | IndieWire ranked the film number 20 on their list of '21st Century Films with the Best Cinematography'. |
| 2023 | Ranked number 52 on IndieWire's list of 'The 63 Best Movie Musicals of All Time'. |
| 2023 | Layla was selected by the BFI and British Council for the Great8 showcase at the Cannes Marché. |
| 2023 | Joy Ride film receives positive critical reception, with The Hollywood Reporter praising it as a 'raunchy and propulsive feature directorial debut' that showcases absurd and side-splittingly funny situations. |
| 2023 | Filmmaker Sean Baker named Joy Ride as one of his favorite films of the year. |
| 2023 |
Mx
An informal study was conducted examining the pronunciation of the gender-neutral title 'Mx', surveying 2,426 participants worldwide about their pronunciation preferences.
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| 2023 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender
A far-right administration came to power and is planning to withdraw non-binary gender recognition in 2024.
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