gender bender

[jen-der ben-der]

noun

1. Slang: Often Offensive.,  a person, as a crossdresser or transgender person, whose gender expression blurs differences between various sexual orientations and gender identities.

2. something that challenges traditional societal norms related to gender.

   Women play all the roles in this gender bender of a play.

gender-bender

noun

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

2. a male-male or female-female adaptor, used esp for computer hardware

Other Word Forms

• gender-bending adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gender bender¹

First recorded in 1980–85