biogender

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ gender

Noun

biogender (plural biogenders)

1. Biological gender.
   • 2006, Judith Butler, “Undiagnosing Gender”, in Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Price Minter, editors, Transgender Rights, unnumbered page:

     But those analyses don't ask whether it is easier to be trans than to be in a perceived bio-gender, that is, a gender that seems to “follow” from natal sex.

   • 2010, Sally Hines, “Recognising Diversity: The Gender Recognition Act and Transgender Citizenship”, in Sally Hines, Tam Sanger, editors, Transgender Identities: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity‎^[1], page 130:

     In order that the trans-individual's preferred gender is visible, their bio-gender or gender-diversity must, to a certain extent, be invisible.

   • 2017, Cecillia Barron, Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, “Transgressing the Gendered Norms in Childhood: Understanding Transgender Children and Their Families”, in Journal of GLBT Family Studies, volume 13:

     Gender expression is a central theme, and all four trans children displayed indicators or signifiers that were in line with gender-nonconforming behavior early on in their lives, so much so that the parents were able to recognize that their child was not behaving in a manner congruent with their biogender.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:biogender.

See also

• psychogender

Anagrams

• Big Red One, ridge-bone, ridgebone