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Cisgender

The word cisgender (often shortened to cis; sometimes cissexual) describes a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth, i.e., someone who is not transgender. The prefix cis- is Latin and means on this side of. The term cisgender was coined in 1994 as an antonym to transgender, and entered into dictionaries starting in 2015…

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Cisgender

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Avg. degree1.96
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Cisgender

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related to External links · 17
Cisgender → American Historical Association Today, Austin Division, Avery Dame, Community EngagementThe Queer Community, Diversity, Early Uses, February, Gender, Has, May, Realizing My Cisgender Privilege, Sexuality Center FAQ, Stop Being Transphobic, Texas, The Huffington Post, Todd Clayton, University
related to Etymology · 11
Cisgender → Alps, Cisalpine Gaul, Cisjordan, Gaul, Golgi, In, Latin-derived, Roman, The, This, Transjordan
related to Academic use · 10
Cisgender → After, English-speaking, History, Journal, Lesbian Studies, Medical, Oxford English Dictionary, Perspectives, Serano's, Whipping Girl
related to Responses to critiques · 10
Cisgender → After, Brynn Tannehill, Defosse, In, LGBT, Oxford Dictionary, Rawson, She, The Advocate, Transgender
related to From intersex organizations · 8
Cisgender → Equality, Hida Viloria, Interact Advocates, Intersex, Intersex Campaign, Intersex Youth Inter/Act, The, Viloria
related to Social media · 7
Cisgender → Blake's, Facebook, In, In February, Internet, Laura Blake, USENET
related to From Elon Musk · 6
Cisgender → Elon Musk, In June, LGBT, Musk, The, Twitter
related to Definitions · 5
Cisgender → Eli, Green, Laurel Westbrook, Others, Sociologists Kristen Schilt
related to From feminism and gender studies · 4
Cisgender → Krista Scott-Dixon, LGB, Mimi Marinucci, Women's
is a · 1
Cisgender → slightly narrower term for those who do not identify as transgender

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gender term transgender identity people cis used cissexual sex assigned trans word birth intersex identify studies social heterosexual person cis-

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Cisgenderis aslightly narrower term for those who do not identify as transgender0.90text
man or woman to mean cis man or cis woman reinforced cisnormativityinstance ofhave similarly argued that using terms0.80text
and that instead using the prefix cis similarly to trans would counteract the cisnormative connotations within language.Julia Serano has defined cissexual asinstance ofhave similarly argued that using terms0.80text
cissexual/cisgenderedinstance ofthe term non-trans to other options0.80text
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useMedical0.60section
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useAfter0.60section
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useJournal0.60section
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useLesbian Studies0.60section
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useSerano's0.60section
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useWhipping Girl0.60section
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useEnglish-speaking0.60section
Cisgenderrelated to Academic useOxford English Dictionary0.60section

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