The Crown star Emma Corrin updates pronouns to she/they and opens up about wearing chest binder

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Actress Emma Corrin has updated their pronouns to she/they and has revealed that they wear a chest binder.

Corrin, best known for portraying Diana, Princess of Wales on the hit Netflix drama The Crown, recently included her pronouns on her Instagram bio.

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Credit: Instagram / Emma Corrin

The actor also revealed in an Instagram post that they use a binder - an item often worn by trans and non-binary people to compress their chest in order to help relieve them of their gender dysphoria.

Gender dysphoria refers to the inner turmoil that some trans and non-binary people feel due to aspects of their physical appearance not aligning with their gender identity - in the way that society views gender.

The post was comprised of three black and white photos of the 25-year-old - including two shots of them wearing a binder and one in which they cover their bare chest with their arm.

Corrin captioned the post: "Some time before I bought my first binder, messing around with @sirdavidsimon, we used boxing wrap, thanks for capturing this with me, very intimate, very new, very cool. It’s all a journey right. Lots of twists and turns and change and that’s ok! Embrace it."

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Credit: Instagram / Emma Corrin
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Credit: Instagram / Emma Corrin
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Credit: Instagram / Emma Corrin

Corrin has received an overwhelmingly positive response in the comments, with a fan telling her: "Thank you for sharing your journey with us, love u. [sic]"

Another referred to the Golden Globe winner as "queer royalty".

A third said: "IM SO PROUD OF YOU"

Corrin initially came out as queer in April of this year when she described herself as "your fave queer bride" in the caption of an Instagram post.

They later did an interview with Vanity Fair, in which they confessed to keeping an item of an ex's clothing so they could smell it.

When actress Jessica Alba asked if their ex was aware of this, Corrin responded: "She did know, yes. But, I think I’m a very smell-oriented person. I could do it with jumpers. Jumpers is a good one. Jumpers are sweaters. It’s the most comforting thing you could hug."

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