Idiom

Gender bender

What does "Gender bender" mean?

A person who adopts a deliberately androgynous appearance, by use of uni-sex make-up, hair-style and clothing. Probably influenced by 'bender' being an earlier slang term for homosexual.

Gender bender

USA, 1970s.

A person who adopts a deliberately androgynous appearance, by use of uni-sex make-up, hair-style and clothing. Probably influenced by 'bender' being an earlier slang term for homosexual.

Worldwide.

  • With his eye-liner and lurex catsuits, David Bowie was the archetype gender bender.