Unconventional, androgynous: a boy coming out (4)
I believe the answer is:
alan
'coming out' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'unconventional androgynous a' is the wordplay.
'ALAN' is hidden within the letters.
But, I'm not sure how the hidden word is indicated.
'boy' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for alan that I've seen before include "-- Sugar, British entrepreneur" , "- Bates, - Bennett" , "Lana (anag.), man's name" , "-- Turing, mathematician" , "- Bennett, English dramatist, author" .)