#nonbinary aliens

[no-ghosts-here]

Hey I'm writing an essay about The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (it's very cool and interesting more people should read it) and I'm looking for any vaguely scholarly sources on the nonbinary aliens trope. Like we all know the trope exists but I cannot find anything scholarly and they won't let me cite random internet queer people.

I don't necessarily think TLHoD falls into the worst aspects of the trope but the nature of its premise obviously fits the parameters and I think it would be interesting to talk about. Anyways thank you in advance if anyone has anything :)

[dunne-ias]

When you've got a linguistics-shaped hammer, you tend to look at every problem like a communication-shaped nail.

Crewman Brian Jeter, podcast “The Strange Case of Starship Iris”

[star-dee]

Finally finished that video about Aliens and Gender Theory! All about non binary characters in media

[eclypseoftheson]

Thinking about The Left Hand of Darkness and the richness of two intensely different existences side by side. Genly had a lerspective shift that made him a better person and he chose empathy which is so pertinent now.

He constantly wanted to place the people of Gethen into these gender binaries and he felt alone and strange and confronted with monstrosities until he finally accepted that Estraven was more than he previously wanted to acknowledge. And that was when he loved him. Gently was so alone on this cold winter planet, he wasn't that good at his job, and he was sexist and somewhat bigoted but his life and understanding of personhood became richer when he loved Estraven and he found redemption from that on empathy. He cast aside his ideas about what people should be and he was not alone anymore because he could accept others, and want to respect them as they were. I'll never be able to read that book for the first time again and I wish I could. One of the few that will stick with me.

[waffersp00ns]

anyone: she?

alien: nope

anyone: they????

alien: nadda

anyone: then what?

alien: void, voi, voiself

ozry, eagerly pushing through the crowd of civilians: MY PEOPLE