• American skateboarder Alana Smith, the first openly non-binary athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, has been repeatedly misgendered by commentators while competing in the women’s street competition — despite having their pronouns written on their skateboard. But Smith, 20, is focussing on fulfilling their goal “to be happy and be a visual representation for humans like me”.
  • Disney has introduced its first-ever non-binary character in season two of the fantasy comedy, ‘The Owl House’, which premiered on July 24. Raine Whispers (voiced by Avi Roque, who also identifies as non-binary) is a witch in the series.