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I have been wanting to have Bex Taylor-Klaus on the podcast ever since I decided Life in the And was going to be a thing. Bex - the eldest child of previous guests Elaine and David Taylor-Klaus - is someone whom you may know from their role as Sin in CW’s Arrow, Audrey in MTV’s Scream, the voice of Pidge in Voltron: Legendary Defenders, or as the non-binary Deputy Brianna Bishop in Fox’s procedural drama, Deputy. An “Accidental AND,” Bex is a non-binary individual - an identity that we all need to talk more about in society.

In this episode, Bex and I explore what it means to be non-binary and what it looks like in Hollywood. We illustrate Bex’s experience with gender & identity as a child and how they discovered the non-binary identity. We elaborate on the non-binary identity’s characteristic as a spectrum and explain why it’s not about being “in the middle.” We emphasize the importance of letting people know that they are not alone and underscore the power of standing in your truth and speaking it.

“You are who you are. Who you are can change, and you can figure it out as you go along.” - Bex Taylor-Klaus

This week on Life in the AND:

• Bex’s childhood experience and how they discovered the non-binary spectrum
• Why Bex loves Dorothy from Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• How Bex came out as non-binary for the first time during an argument
• The power of knowing and speaking your truth
• Pitching Deputy’s Breanna Bishop to Fox TV and why the show means so much to Bex
• Transforming pain and heartache into art and content
• Gatekeeping in the queer community
• What the non-binary spectrum is and why it’s not about being “in the middle”
• The superpower of non-binary humans
• How we can become an AND with the pronouns we use and why it’s okay to let other people be confused
• Our destiny to make a mark in the world
• Why Bex likes to play characters that make people uncomfortable
• The beauty of our human brains and the squiggly ANDpersand

Resources Mentioned:

• Lessons from Being Complex AND Raising Complex Humans with Elaine Taylor-Klaus
• We Need Our Heads AND Our Hearts with David Taylor-Klaus

Connect with Bex Taylor-Klaus:

• Bex Taylor-Klaus on Instagram
• Bex Taylor-Klaus on Facebook
• Bex Taylor-Klaus on Twitter
• Bex Taylor-Klaus on Tumblr

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