gender non-conforming

A form of gender-nonconforming — Having a gender expression not in accordance with traditional masculine or feminine gender norms.

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Meanings

adjectivegender non-conforming (comparative more gender non-conforming, superlative most gender non-conforming)

comparative more gender non-conforming · superlative most gender non-conforming

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gender-nonconforming.
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    As Z Nicolazzo writes in the introduction, we are in a moment of heightened transgender and gender non-conforming (gnc) visibility. […] The authors here are interested in creating and sustaining higher education spaces that can adequately and holistically hold transgender and gender non-conforming students.

    2017, Kai M. Green, “Trans* movement/trans* moment: an afterword”, in International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, volume 30, number 3, →DOI, pages 320–321
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APA

gender non-conforming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20non-conforming

MLA

“gender non-conforming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20non-conforming. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gender non-conforming,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20non-conforming.

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