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From Shiloh Jolie-Pitt to Willow Smith and Leah Dou – 6 LGBTQ+ icons setting fashion trends

Angelina Jolie – with children Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt – attends the premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Shiloh has become an LGBTQ+ fashion icon. Photo: Phil McCarten/Reuters
Angelina Jolie – with children Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt – attends the premiere of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Shiloh has become an LGBTQ+ fashion icon. Photo: Phil McCarten/Reuters
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David Bowie and Grace Jones first probed androgynous looks, but today a new generation of gay, transgender and gender-fluid fashion and beauty icons are defining LGBTQ+ styles

The term “non-binary” has been tossed around quite a bit lately – meaning people who do not necessarily identify as masculine or feminine – but the concept is far from new.

In the 1980s, the word “genderqueer” – which had the same meaning – was used, a term coined by queer zines at the time.

Decades of debate on this issue came to the conclusion that society should not dictate what people should identify as, but, rather, individuals should be the ones to say where they stood. And more and more celebrities are setting the fashion trend for fans to follow.

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David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, helped start the 1970s trend of non-binary dressing. Photo: Bob Child/Associated Press
David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, helped start the 1970s trend of non-binary dressing. Photo: Bob Child/Associated Press

So what are the rules for non-binary dressing? In the ’70s and ’80s, androgynous pop stars such as David Bowie, Annie Lennox and Grace Jones gave an early answer: gender neutrality, perhaps even rejecting gender.

Today’s generation, now in their teens, are challenging those rules. Here are six LGBTQ+ role models who are changing styles and setting trends.
I’ve never regretted any of my tattoos … and I don't really give it much meaning because I feel like if you do, then it's easier for you to regret it in time
Leah Dou

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt

 

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was born female, but at the age of two, she told her parents Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt that she preferred to go by the name John. They have been fully supportive. Encouraged to be herself, the 13 year-old has developed her own, chic, tomboy sense of style.

Jolie-Pitt is often seen wearing a Versace shorts and high-top trainers combo when heading out in Los Angeles.

In Tokyo, Shiloh appeared alongside her mother and sister Zahara at a red-carpet premier showing of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Angelina and Zahara wore dark, flowing gowns. Shiloh, meanwhile, wore a black varsity jacket with gold detailing with dark jeans and trainers. A week earlier at the same event in Los Angeles, she wore a white shirt, black trousers and trainers underneath a black leather jacket.