"gender minority" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gender minorities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gender minority (countable and uncountable, plural gender minorities)
  1. A person who is not a binary cisgender person (i.e. a transgender or non-binary person), or these people collectively. (Also used attributively.) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBT, Transgender Translations (person who are not binary cisgender person(s)): sukupuolivähemmistö (Finnish), minoria de gênero [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-gender_minority-en-noun-ci-dYm~o Disambiguation of LGBT: 78 22 Disambiguation of Transgender: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'person who are not binary cisgender person(s)': 96 4
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gender, minority. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: GM [abbreviation], TGNB Related terms: non-cisgender Coordinate_terms: sexual minority (alt: SM), SGM (english: sexual and gender minority)
    Sense id: en-gender_minority-en-noun-amCXTlgE

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