gender minority

English

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.)
   • 2016, Matthew D. Skinta, Aisling Curtin, Mindfulness and Acceptance for Gender and Sexual Minorities, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 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:

     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 ...

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gender,‎ minority.
   • 2008, Sheri R. Levy, Melanie Killen, Intergroup Attitudes and Relations in Childhood Through Adulthood, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 71:

     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 there are no other boys making pancakes, and I don't want to be the only boy."

Synonyms

• GM (abbreviation)
• TGNB

Coordinate terms

• sexual minority (SM)
• SGM (“sexual and gender minority”)

Related terms

• non-cisgender

Translations

person who are not binary cisgender person(s)

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: sukupuolivähemmistö (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: minoria de gênero f (Brazil)