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Raegan Revord Confirms Nonbinary Identity, Debuts Queer YA Novel

The 17-year-old Young Sheldon actor promotes Rules for Fake Girlfriends after discussing representation in a new interview.

Overview

  • In a recent Entertainment Tonight interview, Revord said seeing celebrities come out helped them embrace being nonbinary and they hope their visibility supports other kids.
  • They use they/them pronouns and are known for playing Missy Cooper on Young Sheldon, with additional work noted in the Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage spinoff.
  • Their debut novel, Rules for Fake Girlfriends, is a queer romantic comedy set in England and is being promoted on a book tour this year.
  • Revord said they wrote significant portions of the manuscript between takes on the Young Sheldon set, hiding a laptop and writing quickly after each cut.
  • They cited Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper as an influence and said increasing queer representation in media motivated their storytelling.