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Definition of nonconform
intransitive verb
: to fail to conform
nonconformer
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Now that gender-nonconforming people are gaining visibility, dictionaries and publications are also adopting the gender-neutral honorific Mx.
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Young black men, women and gender-nonconforming people are corralled into deep pockets of destitution, then shot to death for trying to hustle their way out to some semblance of security and safety.
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The project has found a friend in the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Flux initiative, which supports trans and gender nonconforming individuals.
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While many LGBTQ advocates in the U.S. have been fighting against retrenchment of their rights, Canada set an international precedent for the protection of transgender and gender-nonconforming people.
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The American Medical Association (AMA), the country's largest association of physicians, took several steps this week to support the transgender and gender-nonconforming community.
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Barclay moved from Austin to Chicago and took a job at Reconciling Ministries Network, an organization that promotes inclusion of transgender and gender nonconforming people in the United Methodist Church.
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Running in a program that’s just under three hours, with multiple viewing times to accommodate various schedules, the 16 shorts highlight young and gender-nonconforming filmmakers producing work within Brooklyn.
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PRIDE MONTH: June is considered gay pride month, which has morphed over the years into a celebration for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gender nonconforming people across the country.
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Origin and Etymology of nonconform
back-formation from nonconformist
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