pangenderadj.
/panˈdʒɛndə/, U.S. /ˌpænˈdʒɛndər/ 1. Usually hyphenated. Encompassing, comprising, or applicable to all people regardless of sex or gender.
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1978 D. E. Carns in Contemp. Sociol. 7 202/1 We have..to achieve a non-negative sexual culture in which men and women..retain their unique perspectives or, failing that, create a truly pan-gender or possibly androgynous sexual culture.
1994 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 25 May p3 d The rules are carefully written in a pan-gender way, mixing references to ‘he’ and ‘she’ equally.
2010 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 9 June 2 The number of men responding favourably to flexible working practices showed that it was a pan-gender issue.
2. Designating a non-binary person whose gender identity encompasses multiple genders, which may be experienced simultaneously or in a fluid, fluctuating manner; of or relating to a gender identity of this type.
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1990 OutWeek 10 Oct. 42/2 A lot of your friends come from the pansexual, pangender generation.
2014 J. Baker Trading Places x. 147 A few examples of people who don't have binary gender identities include genderqueer, pangender, and two-spirit people.
2021 www.reddit.com/r/pangender 20 Oct. (forum post, accessed 1 Dec. 2021) I am pangender :) I always feel that i am 100 percent of all of the genders that i encompass, but sometimes I feel more feminine or masculine or androgynous.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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