gender-bending

American  

[jen-der bend-ing] / ˈdʒɛn dər ˌbɛnd ɪŋ /

adjective

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

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gender-bending

Her face displays the trademark unibrow and faint mustache — a gender-bending look that, scholars say, reflects Kahlo’s defiant repudiation of the classic female aesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

After all, what could enrage reactionaries more than a confident, gender-bending, anti-colonial Puerto Rican performing in Spanish on the country’s most mythologized stage?

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

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

There are very strong showings here by well-regarded artists like Hope Gangloff, Julie Heffernan, Sheila Hicks, Kurt Kauper, Pieter Schoolwerth and Tavares Strachan — even watercolors by the famed, gender-bending 19th-century author George Sand.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 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 onstage.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023