What does gender-vague mean?
Gender-vague means Of uncertain or ambiguous gender; not revealing gender or sexuality..
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Of uncertain or ambiguous gender; not revealing gender or sexuality..
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.
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.
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.
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Gender-vague means Of uncertain or ambiguous gender; not revealing gender or sexuality..
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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.
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