gender bender

[ jen-der ben-der ]

noun

1. Slang: Often Offensive. a person, as a crossdresser or transgender person, whose gender expression blurs differences between various sexual orientations and gender identities.
2. something that challenges traditional societal norms related to gender:

   Women play all the roles in this gender bender of a play.

gender-bender

noun

1. informal.
   a person who adopts an androgynous style of dress, hair, make-up, etc
2. a male-male or female-female adaptor, used esp for computer hardware

Other Words From

• gender-bending adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gender bender¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

A highlight was the lone feline gender-bender: a brown male Bengal wearing a flared party skirt.

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