gender-bending

[jen-der bend-ing]

adjective

1. of or relating to someone or something that challenges traditional societal norms related to gender.

Example Sentences

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.

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Half-prank, half-pastiche and 100% punk rock, the film’s mishmash aesthetics are due to the many artists who volunteered to build out Drew’s gender-bending Gotham City by any means necessary, from animation to stop-motion to miniatures.

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Now 31, with each solo endeavor he has built on a distinctive vision that includes gender-bending style, sultry and soaring vocals, metaphoric lyrics and themes of religion and sexuality, all without sacrificing a pop sensibility.

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In 2018, L.A. choreographer Benjamin Millepied created a site-specific gender-bending version of Prokofiev’s ballet with his L.A.

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Gender-bending, ethnically diverse revival ‘1776’ — now at the Ahmanson — is a reminder that we don’t have to be limited forever by the errors of history.

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