'Billions' star Asia Kate Dillon on using platform as first non-binary TV star
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- Dillon, like their character on "Billions," identifies as non-binary and was assigned female at birth. They explained their gender identity falls "somewhere outside the boxes of man or woman."
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How 'Billions' actor Asia Kate Dillon uses their platform as 1st non-binary TV star to help others
Asia Kate Dillon is breaking barriers. As one of the stars of the hit show “Billions,” Dillon has been cast in a role that’s breaking barriers in the high-stakes Wall Street drama steeped in money, power and politics. Dillon’s character, Taylor Mason, is the first major non-binary character to hit American television.
"I'm Asia. My pronouns are they, them and theirs," the actor told ABC News special "Nightline" correspondent Adam Rippon.
Not only is Dillon playing the first non-binary role on television, but the 34-year-old actor shares something in common with their character. Like Taylor, Dillon identifies as non-binary and was assigned female at birth.
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I can never wrap my head around Damian's natural accent. The only major productions I've seen him in he plays American characters. Knowing he's British still doesn't help with the strange sounds coming out of his mouth.
Asia could play the T-1000 in Terminator omg . Looks a lot like Robert Patrick
yeah, SHE"S creepy AF!
That's cool about Taylor but fuck I keep forgetting that Damian Lewis is British!!!! 🤯🤯🤯
Taylor is such a cold blooded killer, boss of a character on that show. Really mind altering in a lot of ways but in positive ways. I mean the character was just a stone faced killer and a quick witted, principled, resourceful genius. How could it not be mind opening at the least. Great show too.
The thing I am struggling to understand - if anyone could enlighten me - is why "gender" is important at all. To me, I have always believed the concept of gender is something we have all invented that doesn't carry any meaning. I understand feeling as if you were assigned the wrong sex and wanting to change this - a.k.a. being transexual. But as a girl, who frequently dresses or behaves in ways we would typically associate with a "boy" sometimes (i.e. mens jumpers, tracksuits etc, go skateboarding, don't really understand the appeal of many "female" conversational topics, also bisexual), or as a "girl" other times - I feel as I often don't behave in ways that are stereotypical of other females. Is there more to "non-binary" than this? As I would never have thought to label myself as anything... I have always just thought there is a huge diversity in the personalities of different men or women and in this modern day we have the privilege of behaving/dressing in whatever way makes you happy, without worrying too much about gender. And surely, pronouns should not matter if they are correct for your sex, when within gender, there is a huge spectrum of behaviour that can be associated with it?
I hope this is not offensive as I am just trying to get a better understanding - so please correct me if I am wrong so I can learn!
@Snaggle Toothed thats really helpful
I could throw the same question back at you...why is it important that we not classify people as they are seen? This is a very recent phenomenon. For your example, there are girls/women who have displayed such traits for eons, not something new and most men couldn't care less. My own sisters are like that, and they all decided to join the military and later on one became a lawyer, the other a nurse, and one a stay at home mom. The one who is a stay at home mom taught me how to play basketball and archery. Most of my aunts are quite independent and very successful individuals in their own rights. I for one didn't think one way or the other because my aunt used to hunt or that I've never seen one of my sisters display any kind of expressive emotion(stoic to the core). None of them expressed any
Classification , identification, replication, and documentation is the cornerstone of western scientific process and they are what made the west succeed in material terms. I posted a comment about a police description of a suspect. If in a later time we decide to change police procedures so that they are trained not to "offend" or misclassify people...could you imagine the confusion there?
Think of AI, facial recognition, biometrics, medicine etc....How we supposed to proceed with these endeavors (as they are applied to human-machine interactions or cures in terms of medicine) which rely heavily on classification. We know for a fact that humans are a dimorphic species; scientifically, nothing (as of yet) points otherwise. There are always anomalies, mutations, spurious observations etc...but classification is critical to how we interact with our environment. Now I see some parents actually teaching their kids about this stuff...come on. Maybe if they are teenagers and are starting to etch out their identity, but pre-teens and younger that is just outright indoctrination and I'd go as far to say that is child abuse.
Fantastic actor, fascinating character. Billions Season 1 was OK, but it really picked up when Taylor was introduced (though that wasn't the only improvement that made S2 and subsequent seasons so much stronger.) I think they deserve an Emmy... and that means we need to (finally) get around to recognizing that the categories are not sufficiently inclusive.
It’s great to see Edward Furlong lose weight and re-invent himself.
Funny how their character is a "new thing" these days for many, they are actually still a character actor. A concept that has been around for decades!
so non binary would mean decimal?
Non-binary means gender is not a duality (one of two states), but rather a spectrum.
can also mean hexadecimal
u got it
RaymondHng If Non-binary”.= not one category or another, how does a category turn into a spectrum (continuous state)? There is no binary in a spectrum and there is no continuum in a category.
RaymondHng No such thing dipshit
That confussed girl needs help
I doubt they care about your opinion lol
I'm not non binary, but I dress a lot like her in the show. It was so awesome to finally see someone who looks like me on TV
prettylittleravenna I’m non binary and I have been wearing my hair pretty much as short as them. No makeup, either. I do feel represented big time!
Sophia Eleftheria calm the fuck down
mother earth No, that’s not what I meant. What I meant is that, coincidentally, I’m also non binary AND I have a similar style. I feel represented because of my style AND because of my non-binary identity. These two aspects don’t necessary have anything to do with one another. The style one decides to adopt has nothing to do with who they are.
Kai N So you’re another woman in the lesbian community with shaved hair and no make up. Lesbians have been doing this for decades. The two aspects you describe have everything to do with each other because brainwashed teenage and young women are using these ideas to define their identity and are getting written into law and schools. They used to be content with “lesbian” and “punk” (re the shaved head) and didn’t affect anyone else.
Just pure love from Sweden, please take care.
Asia Kate Dillon has another bit of LGBTQ representation in their acting resume. Valentina Romaninzin, their character in Rooster Teeth's gen:LOCK web series, identifies as genderfluid, where the individual transitions to the other gender periodically.
Taylor is a pretty good character. Definitely different. Let's see some acting diversity. Art is many shapes.
Isn't non binary just androgynous.
No
@Opinions MoreOpinions bullshit
@A M. they're still around, it just that they get overshadowed by these "new guys" like the non-binary, cissexual, agender crowd.
I love her, I love the show. But all this "Non-binary" stuff, sigh.
You love them not her. You deny who they are how can you "love" them then?
What's wrong with "this non-binary stuff"?
@@niagillies3358 THANK you
Nia Gillies No, HER no they dipshit!
So basically, it's important to find a label when trying to avoid one-of-two labels.
Kugelspecht Einhorn No one likes or lives by gender roles. How can anyone reject a male or female identity when he or she doesn’t know how every male or female perceives him or herself? Every male or female is unique in their identity just like everyone in the world. So claiming another label is baseless.
Why can't we just get rid of the stereotype of what it means to be male or female? We r born either with male or female reproductiv organs, a blessing, for otherwise humanity would simply cease to exist. Any other definition we assign to either sex is not a biological issue. So how about we let both sexes express themselves as they wish instead of making up new genders? Dress as u wish, choose the occupation that fits ur talents, interest, and ability, be a stay at home dad or mom, or a career woman/man. If we simply open up the definition and expectation of what it means to be male or female, we can get rid of the whole gender confusion and statements like "I feel like the other sex" (or neither ). U r either born with a penis or a vagina, both r equally important... how u life ur life and how u look like and express yourself is then up to u:)
I mostly agree with you. I'm wondering about this, though: "stay at home dad or mom, or a career woman/man" - If it's just about a biological difference that doesn't apply in most aspects of life, why should separate language be used for "men" and "women"? Why not use gender-neutral language like "stay at home parent"? Some people seem to like being referred to and thought of as men or women, while others (e.g. Asia Kate Dillon) do not. Maybe both ways are fine.
@A M. "when you say that there's a particular way for a man or a woman to be" - Who is saying this, though? Certainly not nonbinary people just by calling ourselves nonbinary. I am a nonbinary person; I use that adjective because it is the most popular term for a cluster of experiences that seems to be something like mine. If somebody doesn't like the term "nonbinary", I ask that they think of me as *just a person*, and not push a bunch of labels and assumptions about me or my experience of my life based on their interpretation of any characteristics my body may have (or had). If somebody refuses to do that, and insists on labeling me according to their own preference, I think they're the one being regressive.
@A M. To whatever extent that I am freer of sex stereotyping than people in previous generations, perhaps this partially explains why constant binary labeling (male/female, man/woman, Mr./Ms., he/she, Sir/Ma'am, etc.) seems wrong to me. I want to end this labeling for myself because I feel that it invites stereotyping. But I understand that others want to retain these labels because they see something positive or informative in them. I do not seek to label these people, but only to allow them to label themselves as they see fit. Does that make sense?
@A M. There's still a labeling decision, and I do not consent to the labels I mentioned. I go out of my way not to label others as "binary" or "cis", and I use "nonbinary" only because it is the most popular term for people who report similar experiences. I want to be seen and referred to as a person, just a person. There has to be a way to want this and ask for this without it being construed as labeling others.
This i like. Kudos & stuff to u
A truly lost world.
I love Asia, the character, I want to see non-binary humans in a lot of shows, I want to see Asia in EVERYTHING!! Asia is an awesome human and an awesome actor!!
cheers for many more nb representation on pop culture!
She’s a bi-sexual woman that dresses in a masculine way. Why does everything have to have a label?
They are a gender non-binary person identifying in their own truth. Not the one you want them to have. If someone misgendered you, I doubt you'd like it.
@@christophercobb249 She has sex with either sex. She’s bi-sexual. So am I. I don’t call myself they, them. I find it ridiculous. Yes, be true to yourself, but why make up all this crap?
@@GreenWitch1 Because she has to have attention, that's how this mental illness works. "Look at me, I don't conform, recognize MEEEE SEE ME ACKNOWLEDGE ME!!" It's sad that such a poor self esteem can lead to this nonsense.
@@GreenWitch1it isn’t others place to judge. If you want to know the person, accept that they understand themselves enough to reach that conclusion. BUT, if I had to guess, and this is of course a huge guess, neither “he” nor “her” fits their pronoun identity. And I’m okay with being wrong.
Hey Asia! I love your work and the representation on Billions!! It means a lot! ♥
@Sophia Eleftheria Oh ... that's precious !!! Grow the fuck up
I watched all the seasons and think her role was the best part of the entire show
I think this looks like a really great series. On several of the tv shows I've seen, this seems like a really good show.
I wouldn't have really understood nonBinary before this show. I respect it.
This is cross dressing. She has donned typical male clothing and shaved her head. This is presenting as the opposite stereotypical binary.
Exactly. She's opposite binary, instead of non-binary. I guess she thinks she can cancel out the female with the same amount of male to zero. Not sure if zero actually exists. It's that what a hermaphrodite would be? Instead of gender reassignment surgery, would it be additional surgery? Maybe it's not of my business and that's how I'd rather keep it. Maybe some of us would rather not be force educated on this. I really do not believe this is going to solve Asia's issues.
April Hare I agree I don’t think it’s going to resolve anyone’s issues who can’t accept the reality.
Chuck, chuck snr and Taylor are my fav!
How is dressing like a man being "non-binary"
Its all inherently fuckin idiotic as shit. Sadly, just an overexplained confusion, thus the quote "i just didnt have the language for it." Lmao like all things overexplained in a courtroom by experienced attorneys, enough words can make anything sound like it can make sense lmao. The same way enough straight lines can make a perfect circle!.. Smh i like the character per se but i dont care for the invention of gender role de-specification.
Stupid comment. All genders cover their bodies. Shouldn’t define who you are.
So appreciate this segment, produced with respect and got pronouns right through. Felt good to see and feel represented!
Correction dipshit: Got pronouns WRONG. She is a woman and always will be!
Love her on Billions very intelligent young person!!🙏❤️💯
Wooden, emotionless, the same character on every show she is on. She's a terrible actress, and has to be type cast into only certain roles because that's all she can do. And she's mentally ill which doesn't help anything.
Why do people create all these labels? She's female but doesn't dress the stereotype which is awesome but no need for the label
they feel genderless (nonbinary) that not mean they feel female and just dress genderless. you not have to like it but just respect them as a person. you can´t know how asia feel in her body or stuff like this.Just respect the prounounce thanks
@@jasminsmok2050 I sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter. Ever since I was a boy I dreamed of soaring over the oilfields dropping hot sticky loads on disgusting foreigners. People say to me that a person being a helicopter is Impossible and I'm fucking retarded but I don't care, I'm beautiful. I'm having a plastic surgeon install rotary blades, 30 mm cannons and AMG-114 Hellfire missiles on my body. From now on I want you guys to call me "Apache" and respect my right to kill from above and kill needlessly. If you can't accept me you're a heliphobe and need to check your vehicle privilege. Thank you for being so understanding.
Labels are given so people have a full underatanding. It can be confusing to those of us that may not underatand.
hello19286 shut the fuck up and get an original joke. Also sexuality doesn’t equal gender. Dumbass.
lovelyxskinny it has nothing to do with clothes.
Ok, I’m a gay woman and in my opinion it seems like people are making this stuff hard to follow and ridiculous. Binary, fluid, pronouns? Smh
I don't think the intent is to make things hard to follow; people are just trying to describe their experiences.
Male. Female. Nonbinary.
Male includes trans men
Female includes trans women
Nonbinary is anyone who doesn’t identify as those two boxes.
I think you can manage to count to 3.
Not that hard.
Al X I’m so sorry tbh.... I detransed about a month ago. Honestly transgender stuff is utter madness.
@@jpt7667 Me too. And yes, it is.
Police description: "we are looking for a non-binary transracial person"
public: huh?
Agent Smidt Yep, along with they have a bald/buzz cut, slim build, blue eyes, with a mole under their right eye and cheek.
If they say they're looking for a woman, and the cops see Asia in a suit and overcoat and bald head, they're going to go right past her. So what's your point?
@@mattevans5073 The moment you said they are looking for a woman...your whole argument is in tatters. I'll go with you SLOWLY, using the Socratic method to undo your fuzzy logic (which is quite complex in a different context, but I digress). How does the police know it is a woman?
@@agentsmidt3209 Did you read your comment? So what do you think the police should say?
V good actor with a presence on the screen, but the more we know about her personal life, the more it will effect her acting negatively.
He nailed John Wick 3... best new character in that movie...so tough... sharp... focus and ruthless... where LGBTQ+ community is heavily lack
While I like her Character, she is WAY WAY too Robotic!! Her lines are ALL Delivered the SAME WAY..NO Nuance at ALL..its Boring!!! But I love the Show!!!
There is nuance. That's what makes her performance great.
@@EzeICE nah. Robotic, speaks quickly & purses her lips tightly and quickly after every short sentence with a 12% smirk.. Lmaoo smh its a repetitive emotionless drag, its like trying to be smug and intelligent with a dash of defensive introverted douchery lmao. If thats the character ok but i think im seeing some of it come out in john wick and that blasts away at her chance at range acting. Until she surprises us with another demeanor in a character entirely which would make me a fanboy lol.
spot on
Asia is an absolute delight
Yaaay, representation🌈🌈🌈🌈
@Sophia Eleftheria 😚❤ nothing but love for you
The more you know
one of my fav actors on the show
I think Asia is great and i am a he him.
Bravo👍for this⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
wait im confused why people are so mad about this
For people not getting it would u rather be stuck in a category of democratic or Republican but ur neither
We aren't born democratic or republican, we are born male, or female....
Politics is a spectrum. Democratic/Republican are constructs. And there is no "Centrist Party". Duverger's law holds that plurality-rule elections such as First Past the Post results in a two-party system.
@@cyclepath55555 We are born as babies and assigned a gender at birth.
@@RaymondHngAT BIRTH you are assigned a "sex" not a "gender" learn life . theres a difference between the two
@@RaymondHng "born as babies" bet that took some serious investigating on your part....and yea, assigned, you have a penis, or a vagina.
Hahahahah, season 3 spoiler!
You are making young lives a little easier, Asia! Keep shining 🙌🏿
She is making young lives indoctrinated.
I came across them for the first time because of their role as the Adjudicator in John Wick series, and also when I was introduced to non-binary. I love that the world of entertainment continues to break new ground for LGBTQ+
i'm so fcking confused!!
Ridiculous
I had a coworker used to identify as a doncky he was born with male organs. Lol
Do you mean donkey?
I thought the Taylor Mason character was a v interesting and intriguing addition to the show. The emotionless and robotic demeanour fitted in well with the fundamentally impersonal amorality of the cut-throat business being portrayed. However when she took off her clothes as a prelude to a sexual encounter in ep 5 of season 3, I saw nothing but a screen validation of anorexia and as a result, I felt v bad seeing it. The actress was doing nothing different for the non binary 'cause' by stripping off except to say "hey look at me; I can show off my teets to the camera just like countless other actresses!"
Dillon's appearance in the show proves nothing whatsoever about the status of being non binary.
Billions was such a badass show before they introduced that freak of a character. There is woman and a man, nothing else. Please stop trying to feel trendy, its just wrong.
Really? That sounds like you're positing a scientific position. Help me understand your assertion.
How do you classify people born with ambiguous and/or both genitals?
How do you classify people born with XX chromosomes but female genitallia, or people born with XY chromosomes and male genitallia?
This represents somewhere between 1/1500 to 1/2000 births, depending on the medical text cited. An even higher percentage (roughly 1%) are born with some sort of physical abnormality relative to normative male/female physical characteristics.
Given that, I don't understand how one can so strongly assert that there are 2 and only 2 genders.
@@JosephJonesJRJ Hermaphrodite . Next question.
You say non binary.... I say a masculine female. You cant say the sky isn't blue. Cmon.
Summer 4ever Think about this...what about the times when the sky isn’t blue? Do you look at a sunset and say LOOK THATS LYING ITS NOT ORANGE ITS BLUE. No? Because you’re seeing orange. Just because someone can be in a minority that you don’t understand or want to acknowledge doesn’t mean we don’t exist.
@A M. Exactly. This thing is very manipulative in the fact that they insist we call them by their pronoun with their carefully crafted outfit to balance the female body see-saw with the male clothing and they can reject any feminity owned. Why renounce the female part of yourself, Taylor? Why is it such a big deal? Stop holding us hostage with your threats of triggering and grow the eff up! You are confusing impressionable minds. Why can't you teach them to be comfortable with who they are and express themselves without any regard to how others form their own impressions? I cannot stand this type of hostility. WAKE UP!
about all i can say to all this is
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I'm a male non boolean
Its the one who got away.
Fucking weird!
OK, let's just suppose Asia breaks a law, gets convicted and has to do jail time. Guessing a women's jail, but would they be offended by that? I'm just trying to understand.
super excited about a TV show with a non-binary character/actor! A show about hedge fund managers, though? Sounds about as entertaining as watching someone else fish.
Its quite entertaining
It’s one of the most entertaining shows out there. The writing is fantastic (I laugh out loud every episode). It takes a few episodes to get going and really reaches its potential in season 2.
It’s fictional and similar to Wall Street or Wolf of Wall Street. There are times when industry jargon is thrown around and it’s difficult to understand, but it’s mostly a game of cat and mouse with mostly 3dimensional characters, and sometimes look at me I’m rich and can frivolously spend millions.
Goddamn these freaks. I am supposed to accept this as normal somehow?? What she needs are shock treatments.
Right…wishing shock treatments on others is “normal”
I really don’t agree with the non binary and pronouns things, asking us not to address an obvious woman as a woman. But I have seen her performance in Billions, I think she’s good actress and I respect that. I’d rather watch them prove their worth and try to earn others’ respect than hearing them chant demands and reprimand the public in the media presentation, street marches or riots.
You have seen *their* performance in Billions. Not "her" performance.
He has seen her performance and she is an average level actress.
The people interviewed about their being referred to as ma’am or miss. Why the hell the have to be nasty and confrontational? Stop acting all offended because you chose an unfamiliar path. It just continues the problem.
There’s no problem unless you make it a problem. It’s easy to be an ally. Their alternative is conforming to things that feel uncomfortable for them. Life is too short. Everyone should be free to be who they feel comfortable being. Period. End of story.
Non binary means mook.
...
This is Blasphemy and hell to this show!
With all due respect, how many of you guys have heard of folk over the age of 40 describe themselves as “non binary”?!?!???
I have always known the term “binary” to be associated with numbers/ mathematics/science.
Long have I subscribed to the adage, “Each to their own.”.
However, this is a confounding term when applied by confused folk this way, wanting to sound/appear different.
Asexual... Bisexual... yah sure, but this bloody term as used here is just straight up ridiculous.
Kelly Michaels Binary when used in math and science typically refers to things in comparisons of 2s, like 2 elements, or 2 arguments, 2 values, power of 2, etc therefore gender binary refers to 2 genders, and non-binary (non gender binary or gender queer) indicates not being part of either binary.
Thanks Becky Lee. You have given me pause for thought. 🙂
Gay used to also mean happy. # used to be called a pound sign on a telephone, now it means hashtag. Words and signs sometimes change meanings as time goes on.
BeckyLee B. I respect your comment. However it still confounds me how you can decide you are neither male or female by way of gender (not sexuality). One *must* have the organs for evacuation needs, basic reproduction and/or the basic human need for pleasure. If a foetus was born without these parts (in a setting where medical assistance was not available), it would mean toxic buildup and inevitably, death. Therefore, to my reckoning, this doesn’t make sense ...again, with all due respect.
PJ J, my comment is not a personal slight, nor should it be misappropriated as such.
Please post the link to those whom you have seen online, so we may all be availed to it. Cheers
What is the difference between the gender of Kate, an adult human female, and another adult human female with a shaved head and wearing exactly the same clothes?
She's a woman and always will be!
Nightline used to be my favorite show. ☹️
I think I saw them on another new movie...might have been avengers?
The new "John Wick" film...the main antagonist.
Apparently not an actor and has to bring sjw into tv. A good actor forgoes gender, beliefs, feelings, politics etc. Too hard for this one apparently.
Gross
I think they are taking advantage of the opportunity of being the “face” of this movement. Didn’t they identify as straight female before this role ? Regardless I respect the hustle
So tired of these people thinking they are so special! I am bisexual and do not expect to be treated special. They do not want acceptance they want to feel special and be treated special.They are also pushing this shit on our children. I am not ok with that!
Another version of ruby rose or what?
This person is a she. Clearly. And this is ridiculous. But why am I surprised? Oh...right. I'M NOT.
Season 2 started the downfall. Ridiculous characters.
Adam, you are not telling the TRUTH, about your Pronouns.
Non binary Pffftttt 😂😂😂
Tyanak Atakers Idiots? Pfffft.
~ Nonbinary human
A simultaneous (or synchronous) hermaphrodite (or homogamous) is an adult organism that has bothmale and female sexual organs at the same time. ... The male sexual organ of an adult banana slug is quite large in proportion to its size, as well as compared to the female organ.
Don’t really like her character on the show and how she plays it. Doesn’t fit.
Worst character on the show