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  • noun Changing a character's gender in a story.

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Examples

  • Interestingly, as far as my circle of acquaintances goes, ASD folks somewhat tend to fall into the "genderbending" category - guys being shy and articulate, and girls being decisive and tough.

    Girly Boys: boys who have gendered girl interests and boys on girl's teams. Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • If there were any panels on intersex, transgender, genderbending, etc, etc, I never saw them.

    Overall Thoughts julieandrews 2010

  • If there were any panels on intersex, transgender, genderbending, etc, etc, I never saw them.

    Wiscon 34 - Overall Thoughts julieandrews 2010

  • I wouldn't mind a genderbending revival of Sophocles 'Philoctetes, starring Hillary as the isolated archer, Patti Solis Doyle as Neptolemus, and Barack as Odysseus.

    CNN Poll Of Polls: Obama's Lead Is Gone 2009

  • And I happen to have a cross-dressing/genderbending story I've been wanting to write for a while, possibly as something the Artificer Bird tells in this other story I've been wanting to tell.

    Scheherazade's Facade: open reading period in Nov. shweta_narayan 2009

  • IMO the main reasons for men getting more out of genderbending than women: 1. Men want to handle women, and women want to be handled by men.

    Correcting Reality 2008

  • Yes, it is true that men are more interested in genderbending than women, but isn´t that true when it comes to real life transvestites and drag too?

    Correcting Reality 2008

  • Interesting post about a couple in which both members are self-consciously “performing gender” as part of their generally but differently genderbending lives.

    Link Farm & Open Thread #24 2006

  • Lynn wrote a brilliant novel about speed, punk, bike-messengers and genderbending, called godspeed that I finished a couple weeks ago.

    Boing Boing: July 28, 2002 - August 3, 2002 Archives 2002

  • It is also criticized for bringing analyses of homosexuality and gender confusion to classic texts that are hardly suggestive of any genderbending or homosexual themes, such as [[Shakespeare]] or '' [[Alice in Wonderland]] ''.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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