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- noun Plural form of
androgyne .
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Examples
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One of these androgynes, the "Sick Bacchus" ca. 1593-94, may be a self-portrait.
The Misery Memoirist James Hall 2011
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However, some may see themselves (or be seen as) females, [4] feminine males or androgynes.
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What Genly finds strangest is the fact that the Gethenians are androgynes.
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And yet, not all eunuchs are hijras, and not all hijras identify as transsexuals or androgynes.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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However, some may see themselves or be seen as females,4 feminine males or androgynes.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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Is there a tendency to conflate androgynes with eunuchs?
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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Some see themselves -- or are construed by others -- as females, feminine males, transsexuals, or androgynes.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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Well, for one, most androgynes have a gender identity of neither a man nor a woman, while eunuchs tend to have a feminine gender identity closer to that of a transsexual than an androgyne.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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This page is linked to the Androgyne Online website because hijras have some things in common with androgynes -- like being of a third gender, for example.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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Whether we face prejudice for being too butch or too femme, or for being cross-dressers or androgynes, or for simply being perceived as gay or lesbian, we are all ultimately disliked for the same basic reason: Transgressing our expected gender roles.
Gabriel Rotello: If ENDA Doesn't Protect the Transgendered, It Doesn't Protect Me 2008
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