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gender minority

gender minority noun: a person who is not a binary cisgender person (i.e. a transgender or non-binary person), or these people collectively. (Also used attributively.).

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
    • There are different types of surgeries that may be specific to the surgeon performing the surgery or related to the size of a gender minority person's chest. A double incision procedure with nipple grafts is the most common procedure ...2017, K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, K. Nikki Barefoot, LGBT Health: Meeting the Needs of Gender and Sexual Minorities, Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 258
  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

Synonyms of gender minority

Forms of gender minority

pluralgender minorities

Questions about gender minority

What does gender minority mean?
Gender minority means a person who is not a binary cisgender person (i.e. a transgender or non-binary person), or these people collectively. (Also used attributively.).
What part of speech is gender minority?
Gender minority is a noun.
What is the plural of gender minority?
The plural of gender minority is gender minorities.

Words near gender minority in the dictionary

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

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