gender-diverse

Also gen·der-var·i·ant

[jen-der-di-vurs, -dahy-]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms.

Other Word Forms

• gender diversity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gender-diverse¹

First recorded in 1980–85; gender ¹ ( def. ) + diverse ( def. )

Example Sentences

The American Psychological Assn. has called bans on such care a “direct threat to the mental health and emotional well-being of transgender, gender-diverse, and nonbinary youth.”

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The American Medical Assn. has expressed support for gender-affirming care and opposed “governmental intrusion into the practice of medicine that is detrimental to the health of transgender and gender-diverse children and adults.”

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It is important to note that the 100-year movement to end slavery was a broad-based multiracial, multi-religious, multi-ethnic and gender-diverse coalition, but at its heart were the efforts of those most directly harmed.

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The inclusion of racially, ethnically, and gender-diverse participants in the clinical trial was notable because it was representative of populations disproportionately impacted by HIV in real time.

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For example, the trial groups were comprised of cisgender men and gender-diverse people at 88 sites in Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and the U.S.

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