gender-bender

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gender bender or gen·der-ben·der (j

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n. Slang

1. One who dresses or acts in an androgynous manner.

2. Something, such as a theatrical performance or a book, whose portrayal of gender roles is nontraditional or androgynous.

gender-bending (j

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ng) adj. & n.

gender-bender

Informal a person who adopts an androgynous style of dress, hair, make-up, etc.

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To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2003: This gender-bender YA novel is written by a British author of more than 50 books who had been a high school English teacher for many years before writing for young people.

Matthews, Andrew. The flip side, a novel by Rosser, Claire / Kliatt

Weeks and his colleagues discovered that the influential bacterium doesn't belong to the much-discussed Wolbachia genus of gender-benders (SN: 11/16/96, p.

Microbe lets mite dads perform virgin birth by Milius, S. / Science News

Crotches sell underwear, biceps promote perfume, while androgynous young gender-bender models make the big bucks.

Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man by Flanders, Laura / The Progressive

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