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gender diverse

gender diverse adjective: having a diversity of genders (e.g. describing a corporate board with both men and women).

Adjective

gender diverse (comparative more gender diverse, superlative most gender diverse)

  1. Having a diversity of genders (e.g. describing a corporate board with both men and women).
    • More gender-diverse boards can contribute to better corporate governance for a multitude of reasons. A heterogeneous board can be a stronger monitor of executive behaviour (Adams and Funk, 2009; Nielsen and Huse, 2010).2012 December 17, OECD, Closing the Gender Gap Act Now: Act Now, OECD Publishing, →ISBN, page 184
    • Boulouta (2013) examined 126 US firms and found that organizations with more gender-diverse boards displayed fewer corporate social responsibility (CSR) “concerns” (e.g., controversial lending or investment practices) […]2017 March 2, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Distinguished Research Fellow Michael A Hitt, Leonard Bierman, Christina E. Shalley, Professor of Accounting and Management Control Salvador...
  2. Having a gender identity, role, or expression that differs from the cultural norms prescribed for one's assigned sex.
    • As more and more gender-diverse people come out, cisgender people begin to recognize that gender-diverse persons are their friends, neighbors, family members, and coworkers. Once they are able to put a human face on the issue,[…]2018 December 1, Vanessa Sheridan, Transgender in the Workplace: The Complete Guide to the New Authenticity for Employers and Gender-Diverse Professionals, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 41

Forms of gender diverse

comparativemore gender diverse
superlativemost gender diverse
alternative formgender-diverse

Questions about gender diverse

What does gender diverse mean?
Gender diverse means having a diversity of genders (e.g. describing a corporate board with both men and women).
What part of speech is gender diverse?
Gender diverse is an adjective.

Words near gender diverse in the dictionary

  1. gender cleavage
  2. gender confirmation surgeries
  3. gender confirmation surgery
  4. gender critical
  5. gender criticals
  6. gender diverse
  7. gender dysphoria
  8. gender dysphorias
  9. gender envy
  10. gender euphoria
  11. gender expression

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