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gender minorities

gender minorities is the plural of gender minority.

Meaning of gender minority

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.)
    • In addition, the process of coming out as a gender minority may or may not be related to sexual orientation, and the concept may have vastly different meanings and applications in the gender minority (GM) community.2016, Matthew D. Skinta, Aisling Curtin, Mindfulness and Acceptance for Gender and Sexual Minorities, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gender, minority.
    • Anecdotal evidence suggests that this discomfort occurs when children are a gender minority as well. For example, one colleague reported that when her son was given a choice of making pancakes or building a birdhouse as a group activity, he said explicitly, "I really want to make pancakes, but...2008, Sheri R. Levy, Melanie Killen, Intergroup Attitudes and Relations in Childhood Through Adulthood, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 71
    Synonyms:
    GM, TGNB

Questions about gender minorities

What is gender minorities the plural of?
Gender minorities is the plural of gender minority.

Words near gender minorities in the dictionary

  1. gender incongruence
  2. gender is between your ears, not between your legs
  3. gender mainstreaming
  4. gender mender
  5. gender menders
  6. gender minorities
  7. gender minority
  8. gender neutral
  9. gender neutrality
  10. gender non-conforming
  11. gender nonconforming

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