performative cross-dressing gender impersonator gender impersonation An act in which an entertainer who dresses stereotypically, exaggeratedly, or otherwise provocatively as a person of a different gender (usually men as women or women as men, as perceived in a particular culture and time period), often accompanied by song in some form or fashion. Early gender impersonators may have been recognized as transgender today. The practice also overlaps significantly with drag, but these two practices are generally not considered synonymous. impersonation genus gender género genre gênero toplumsal cinsiyet