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Orochimaru is a difficult case. It doesn't seem like Orochimaru is identifying itself as non-binary in the traditional sense. But rather to my understanding Orochimaru's nebulous gender is a result of the extreme self experimentation and body snatching that Orochimaru does.

Relevant quote from our article, "After countless experiments with his body, his true form became a giant white snake made up of many smaller snakes,"

i.e. Orochimaru's own identity isn't even human anymore and he periodically steals bodies of humans of various genders in order to prolong his life and extend his power.

So rather than a traditional non-binary or "other" gender, I think a gender of "Various" would be most fitting. Since it's not static, not a single transition, not a "fluid" gender in the human sense, and the "he has been male, female, and ..." suggests he also does identify with traditional genders rather than identifying as not gendered.