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bigender

American  
[bahy-jen-der] / baɪˈdʒɛn dər /

adjective

  1. Also bigendered noting or relating to a person who has two gender identities or some combination of both.


noun

  1. a person who is bigender.

Usage

What does bigender mean? Bigender refers to a person who has two gender identities or a combination of two gender identities (e.g., identifying as both male and female or identifying as agender and female). It's not to be confused with bisexuality, where a person experiences romantic, emotional, or sexual attraction to two genders.

Etymology

Origin of bigender

bi- 1 + gender 1

Example Sentences

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Carson Rapp, a Wichita-area 15-year-old who identifies as bigender or embracing “both more masculine and more feminine traits,” said people expressing their gender identities don’t harm others.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 2023

According to the Human Rights Campaign, the term can also encompass agender, bigender, genderqueer and gender-fluid.

From Fox News Feb. 18, 2022

Facebook, which is as reliable a social barometer as any, now offers users more than 70 gender options, including bigender, pangender, non-binary and two spirit.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2019

Agender, bigender, and gender-fluid people all technically fall under the “nonbinary” umbrella.

From Slate May 3, 2018

Yet in this way, in its yoking of different sympathies between male and female characters, “Love” stands as a model of a new trend in TV: the bigender sitcom.

From Salon Apr. 1, 2017

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