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gender bender (n.)

a gender bender or gender changer is an electronic device that allows either changing electrical plugs or sockets to the opposite gender (male to female, female to male) or connecting cables with the same type of connector ends (male to male or female to female). However, a gender-bender is also an individual who intentionally does not conform to predominant binary gender roles or expressions. Use only if self-referential or in a quotation. The adjective is gender-bending. See also gender.


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