gender variant

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gender variant

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1. An individual who deviates from the expected characteristics of their sexual gender.
See also: ambiguous gender; androgyne; bigendered; epicene; gender outlaw; inner sex; omnigendered; polygendered; transgendered; variant expressive.

2. Pertains to people who transcend the conventional definitions of man and woman, anyone who acts or thinks in a manner not socially approved for the gender assigned him/her at birth. Transgendered people include pre-operative and post-operative transsexuals, transgenderists, transvestites, cross-dressers, female and male impersonators, drag queens/kings, intersexuals, gender dysphorics, gender outlaws, transnaturals, variant expressives, butch lesbians, boss girls, drag queens, sissies, tomboys, transitions, and everyone in between. Some transgendered people prefer members of their own sex, some prefer members of the opposite sex; there is no correlation between sexual orientation and gender identity.
Synonyms: nonconforming gender; transgendered; transgressively gendered.

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