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
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
In “Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors,” a gender-bending play at New World Stages, Dr. Van Helsing calls for a “shtick” to slay her greatest foe.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
The label didn’t want Sylvester’s gender-bending image to be front and center, so they asked him to dial it back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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
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