bigender
Americanadjective
noun
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
Example Sentences
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According to the Human Rights Campaign, the term can also encompass agender, bigender, genderqueer and gender-fluid.
From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2022
The Human Rights Campaign says it can also encompass agender, bigender, genderqueer and gender-fluid.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 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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