[Now, Ankari's people don't have rigid gender roles in their society, it simply isn't apart of their culture. Hell, he was about to be married off as a prince consort to another man. That wasn't based at all in what anybody might want, purely a political move. Needing to be a certain sex isn't a part of most cultures in his world, which are cruel in equal measure regardless of how they're born.

Given that, the precise term isn't one he's familiar with, but the ability to understand one another picks up the slack there. He considers before it dawns on him, nodding along and offering with a measured tone]

I believe I understand. We elves use the term, ah, performance for matters of such expression, gender and sexuality both. It is not uncommon for elves to be born differently from how they wish to perform. Is that what you mean?