gender-vague

English

Alternative forms

gender vague

Adjective

gender-vague (comparative more gender-vague, superlative most gender-vague)

Of uncertain or ambiguous gender; not revealing gender or sexuality.
- 2000, The New York Review of Science Fiction - Issues 137-148, page 15:
  Eskridge complicates the story's implications further by never revealing the gender of the narrator (who is Jo(e)'s director), either by name — it's the gender-vague though suggestive "Mars" — or by pronoun.
- 2001, Larry Gross, Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America, →ISBN:
  Performers who scrupulously stuck to gender-vague lyrics, refused to talk about their personal lives, and dithered about avoiding labels and identities, began to feel the pressure from their fans.
- 2006, Richard Witts, The Velvet Underground, page 35:
  Her gender-vague nickname of "Moe" suited not only her persona then, but it also fed into the modish androgyny with which the group became associated through Warhol.
- 2007, Scott Miller, Strike Up the Band: A New History of Musical Theatre, →ISBN, page 135:
  Rocky satirizes sex in America by personifying in Brad and Janet the two responses American society had toward the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 70s, and the revolution itself personified by the gender-vague, pansexual Frank N. Furter.
- 2013, Philip Brett, ‎Elizabeth Wood, ‎& Gary C Thomas, Queering the Pitch, →ISBN:
  We're all tired of songs with suspiciously gender-vague lyrics and pussyfooting interview quotes like "My focus is on my art, not on my sexuality, ̄" "I keep my personal life separate, ̄" and "Oh,I would never categorize my sexuality. Who cares about that stuff anyway?"
- 2016, Terese Svoboda, Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet, →ISBN:
  Bethell, saintly and single, fulfilled the Anglo-directed expectations for women beloved of many literary gatekeepers, but published her books under the gender-vague pseudonym Evelyn Hayes, perhaps because of her relationship with Pollen.

Usage notes

Unlike genderqueer, which refers to a gender identity that is neither male nor female, gender-vague is used in cases where the gender may be clearly male or female, but is simply not revealed.

单词	gender-vague
释义	gender-vague English Alternative forms gender vague Adjective gender-vague (comparative more gender-vague, superlative most gender-vague) Of uncertain or ambiguous gender; not revealing gender or sexuality. 2000, The New York Review of Science Fiction - Issues 137-148, page 15: Eskridge complicates the story's implications further by never revealing the gender of the narrator (who is Jo(e)'s director), either by name — it's the gender-vague though suggestive "Mars" — or by pronoun. 2001, Larry Gross, Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America, →ISBN: Performers who scrupulously stuck to gender-vague lyrics, refused to talk about their personal lives, and dithered about avoiding labels and identities, began to feel the pressure from their fans. 2006, Richard Witts, The Velvet Underground, page 35: Her gender-vague nickname of "Moe" suited not only her persona then, but it also fed into the modish androgyny with which the group became associated through Warhol. 2007, Scott Miller, Strike Up the Band: A New History of Musical Theatre, →ISBN, page 135: Rocky satirizes sex in America by personifying in Brad and Janet the two responses American society had toward the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 70s, and the revolution itself personified by the gender-vague, pansexual Frank N. Furter. 2013, Philip Brett, ‎Elizabeth Wood, ‎& Gary C Thomas, Queering the Pitch, →ISBN: We're all tired of songs with suspiciously gender-vague lyrics and pussyfooting interview quotes like "My focus is on my art, not on my sexuality, ̄" "I keep my personal life separate, ̄" and "Oh,I would never categorize my sexuality. Who cares about that stuff anyway?" 2016, Terese Svoboda, Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet, →ISBN: Bethell, saintly and single, fulfilled the Anglo-directed expectations for women beloved of many literary gatekeepers, but published her books under the gender-vague pseudonym Evelyn Hayes, perhaps because of her relationship with Pollen. Usage notes Unlike genderqueer, which refers to a gender identity that is neither male nor female, gender-vague is used in cases where the gender may be clearly male or female, but is simply not revealed.
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