gender variant:
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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