gender-bending
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Delighting in the performance and applauding from the floor pit are gender-bending members of the new bohemia, alongside champagne-sipping deputies in tuxedos of the Berlin elite.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025
Four fairs stand out among the many options that feature a diverse offering of emerging art, gender-bending works, oversize installations, culinary experiences and abundant socializing.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023
According to the center, this isn’t the first year Macy’s has featured gender-bending performers: In 2021, transgender pop star Kim Petras rode on a parade float.
From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2023
During the eighth year of this gender-bending Seattle festival, hosts Tito Bonito and Shelly Watson will facilitate a night of burlesque, drag, variety and circus performers on stage at The Triple Door.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023
“Neptune Frost” is unlike any other movie released this year: a gender-bending science-fiction musical set among a band of revolutionary hackers living in a Rwandan village surrounded by electronic waste.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2022
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