non-conforming gender

Definition

Or: nonconforming gender , 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. Includes pre-operative and post-operative transsexuals, transgenderists, transvestites, crossdressers, female and male impersonators, drag queens/kings, intersexuals, gender dysphorics, gender outlaws, transnaturals, variant expressives, butch lesbians, boss girls, drag queens, transitions and everyone in between. There is no correlation between sexual orientation and gender identity; some transgendered people prefer members of their own sex, others prefer members of the opposite sex.

SYNONYMS: gender variant; transgendered; transgressively gendered.