nonconforming gender

Definition

Or: non-conforming 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 or her at birth. Transgendered persons 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: gender variant; transgendered; transgressively gendered.