Gender bender
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A gender bender is a person who disrupts, or "bends", expected gender roles. Bending—or "fucking with"—expected gender roles is also called genderfuck. Gender bending is sometimes a form of social activism undertaken to destroy rigid gender roles and defy sex-role stereotypes, notably in cases where the gender-nonconforming person finds these roles oppressive. It can be a reaction to, and protest of, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny or misandry. Some gender benders identify with the sex assigned them at birth, but challenge the societal norms that assign expectations of particular, gendered behavior to that sex. This rebellion can involve androgynous dress, adornment, behavior, and atypical gender roles. Gender benders may self-identify as trans or genderqueer. However, many trans people do not consider themselves "gender benders".
In Films
Some films including gender-fuck characters or drag characters are:
- A Busy Day (1914)
- A Woman (1915)
- Different from the Others (1919)
- The Isle of Love (1923)
- That's My Wife (1929)
- Twice Two (1933)
- Viktor und Viktoria (1933), as well as its remake Victor/Victoria (1982)
- Georges et Georgette (1934)
- Glen or Glenda (1953)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Psycho (1960)
- Women of the World (1963)
- Flesh (1968)
- Mondo Trasho (1969)
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)
- Pink Flamingos (1972)
- Female Trouble (1974)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1974)
- La Cage aux Folles (1978) as well as its remake The Birdcage (1996)
- Polyester (film) (1981)
- Tootsie (1982)
- Hairspray (1988) as well as the 2007 remake
- Paris Is Burning (1991)
- Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Ed Wood (1994)
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
- To Wong Foo (1995)
- Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- Party Monster (2003)
- Transamerica (2005)
- J. Edgar (2011)
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