"gender bender" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-gender bender.ogg [Australia] Forms: gender benders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gender bender (plural gender benders)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) A person who dresses in the clothes of another sex, or in clothes which make their gender identity ambiguous. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Categories (topical): Gender, LGBT, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-7UgEVE4- Disambiguation of Gender: 57 19 12 12 Disambiguation of LGBT: 34 24 23 19 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 36 11 30 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English rhyming compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 20 13 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 15 13 23 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 54 16 10 21 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 35 19 23 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 14 11 20
  2. (by extension) An event where people are encouraged to dress in the clothes of another sex, even if they would normally not. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Related terms: genderbending, genderbent, androgynous, gender changer
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-Ei9txzN3 Disambiguation of People: 31 38 23 8 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 36 11 30 23
  3. (fantasy) A person capable of changing their physical sex. Categories (topical): Fantasy, Fictional abilities, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-3QaGzKf3 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 13 6 55 25 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 36 11 30 23 Topics: fantasy
  4. (fantasy) An instance of someone's physical sex being changed, usually via magic. Categories (topical): Fantasy, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-lQFSDAal Disambiguation of Stock characters: 36 11 30 23 Topics: fantasy

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