gender variant
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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After George Floyd’s death, the university opened an Intercultural Diversity Center, a Hate & Bias Hotline and a Safe to Pee program to deter “discrimination against gender variant people in public restrooms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Consistent with the on-screen images of other historically marginalized groups, most erstwhile portrayals of transgender or gender variant characters have been offensive, irresponsible, dehumanizing or otherwise misguided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2020
The producers turned to the charity Mermaids, which supports transgender and gender variant children and their families.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2018
She also founded the Families and Gender Variance Project, which seeks to strengthen the love, empathy and communication between gender variant persons and their families.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2017
But as gay activists began their move toward increased acceptability and legal status, they began to see queens and gender variant people as an embarrassment, a liability to the cause of assimilation.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2016
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