The phrase "a distinct gender" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the concept of gender identity or when differentiating between various genders in a specific context.
Example: "In the study, participants were asked to identify if they felt they belonged to a distinct gender that differed from the traditional binary classifications."
Alternatives: "a separate gender" or "a unique gender".
Last year Pakistan's supreme court called on authorities to recognise hijras as a distinct gender that are entitled to inherit property, employment and to vote – albeit that these reforms will face stiff resistance in this deeply conservative country in which politicians are ever eager to display their Islamic credentials.
Until now, Jamison points out, there's been a distinct gender breakdown between those who write fan fiction – largely women – and those who get paid a lot of money to make adaptations of existing works that we don't call fan fiction – largely men.
Among introducers, there was a distinct gender difference in their use of titles; male speakers were introduced by men as "Dr".
It's a very mixed crowd; there are many Japan and there seem to be people of all ages, but there's a distinct gender imbalance; about 90% of the audience is male.
The existing admixture frequently has a distinct gender bias, showing a larger contribution from European males and African/Native American females across multiple groups of the whole continent [5], [39], [40] (with the exception of European Americans [4], [7]).
The results of this study show for the first time a distinct gender difference for pain during movement but not for pain at rest.
In this study we analysed a miRNA expression profile by microarray technology in a cohort of fMBC and fFBC to enhance knowledge about a possible distinct gender-associated miRNA pattern.
All of these pulmonary diseases display distinct gender preferences in presentation or a change in disease severity that occurs at puberty, the cause of which is unknown [14] [17].
Fundamentalists had always held to distinct gender roles: the men were to be the breadwinners and hyper-masculine, the women were to stay home and serve their man.
Distinct gender patterns also were identified, most studies finding that boys bully their classmates more frequently than do girls and that boys tend to target other boys.
In addition, there are distinct gender differences in the number of work hours in public sector jobs.
