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Pratchett did indeed inspect gender quite a bit in the Discworld books.
It's never quite explicitly explained where Nobby Nobbs' peg fits, but it turns out he certainly prefers to wear women's clothing and is reluctant enough to change back into his male uniform at the end of Jingo that he has to be explicitly ordered to do so.
There's also Equal Rites, the very second story (and third book), which explores the notion of, "Just why can't a woman be a wizard, anyway?" (It turns out she can. And quite a powerful one, too.)
Gender is a pretty big deal to the dwarfs on the Disc, too. It's a recurring theme ever since Cheery Littlebottom is introduced in Feet of Clay.