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In that vein, this is also possibly the studio's queerest movie, featuring as one of its few likable characters a flamboyant Ziggy Stardust androgyne, the high-end thrift shop owner Artie (John McCrea).
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Sara Stewart, CNN, 29 May 2021
With the cessation of lactation the female reenters somer and becomes once more a perfect androgyne.
—Harold Bloom, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2020
Younger designers seemed keen on re-clothing notions of women and men, with fluorescent expressions of gender fluidity and slinky knitwear for digital androgynes.
—Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2019
Xerxes is depicted as an androgyne sybarite, his brooding eyes rimmed with kohl, his lips, nose, and ears all pierced with rings linked by delicate golden chains.
—Myke Cole, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2019
Bigender [bahy-jen-der] | adjective (bigender people) Someone who identifies with two distinct genders, such as man/woman or woman/androgyne.
—WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018
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Sara Stewart, CNN, 29 May 2021
With the cessation of lactation the female reenters somer and becomes once more a perfect androgyne.
—Harold Bloom, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2020
Younger designers seemed keen on re-clothing notions of women and men, with fluorescent expressions of gender fluidity and slinky knitwear for digital androgynes.
—Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2019
Xerxes is depicted as an androgyne sybarite, his brooding eyes rimmed with kohl, his lips, nose, and ears all pierced with rings linked by delicate golden chains.
—Myke Cole, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2019
Bigender [bahy-jen-der] | adjective (bigender people) Someone who identifies with two distinct genders, such as man/woman or woman/androgyne.
—WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018
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“Androgyne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/androgyne. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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androgyne
noun
an·dro·gyne
ˈan-drə-ˌjīn 
: an androgynous individual
also
: hermaphrodite
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