Chicago non-binary couple faces unique set of challenges

ByJaz Janowski Localish logo
Monday, July 11, 2022
Chicago non-binary couple faces unique set of challenges
Meet a non-binary couple and hear how they see themselves and subvert expectations.A Chicago couple shares the challenges non-binary people and couples confront, and the strategies they use to cope.

CHICAGO -- Meet Ashante Shomari, a Chicago resident, artist, martial arts practitioner, and a Black person who identifies as non-binary.

They and their partner, Tate Glover, present what could first appear as a "typical" relationship. But listen to their stories and you'll hear powerful testimony about the challenges people who identify as non-binary face: discrimination, misunderstanding, and physical and mental violence.

Ash and Tate talk about how they stay grounded, and committed to each other, in a world that doesn't often give them the space to be their authentic selves.