cisgender
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See also: cis-gender
Etymology
From cis- (“on this side of”) + gender, by analogy with transgender. First attested in 1997.[1] Compare slightly earlier cisgendered (1994).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪsˈdʒɛndə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
cisgender (not comparable)
- Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people.
- Synonyms: (uncommon) cisgendered, nontrans, nontransgender
- Antonym: non-cisgender
- 2009 April 25, Renee Martin, The Guardian:
- To uphold the inequality that we choose to engage in, we regularly present the myth that trans people are deviant or a danger to cisgender people.
- 2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, page 6:
- As trans people, we have many cisgender allies—those who show their support for the concerns, needs, and rights of trans people, even though they may not personally face the same issues.
- 2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:
- R. Moskowitz charges cisgender readers to be as conscious and deliberate with our religious identities as transgender and gender non-conforming people are with theirs, arguing that holiness is only achieved through continuous and unrelenting struggle and change.
- 2020 April 17, Rebecca Solnit, “Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do”, in The Guardian:
- Gender assumed many roles in this pandemic. Cisgender men were more likely to die from the virus, which seemed to be about inherent vulnerabilities of those with XY chromosomes.
- 2022 March, Florian Kurth, Christian Gaser, Francisco J. Sánchez, Eileen Luders, “Brain Sex in Transgender Women Is Shifted towards Gender Identity”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, , →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-25, Abstract:
- Transgender people report discomfort with their birth sex and a strong identification with the opposite sex. The current study was designed to shed further light on the question of whether the brains of transgender people resemble their birth sex or their gender identity. For this purpose, we analyzed a sample of 24 cisgender men, 24 cisgender women, and 24 transgender women before gender-affirming hormone therapy. We employed a recently developed multivariate classifier that yields a continuous probabilistic (rather than a binary) estimate for brains to be male or female. The brains of transgender women ranged between cisgender men and cisgender women (albeit still closer to cisgender men), and the differences to both cisgender men and to cisgender women were significant (p = 0.016 and p < 0.001, respectively). These findings add support to the notion that the underlying brain anatomy in transgender people is shifted away from their biological sex towards their gender identity.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cisgender.
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Translations
having a gender the same as one's assigned sex at birth
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See also
Noun
cisgender (plural cisgenders)
- A cisgender person.
- 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, page 107:
- Even in regard to cisgenders, research shows that it's “easier” for people to identify male than female features, meaning that the default “visible” person in our culture is male “unless proven otherwise.”
- 2014, Zethu Matabeni, Reclaiming Afrikan, page 62:
- Is there a place for heterosexual cisgenders in Africa's queer movement?
Translations
person who has a gender the same as their sex
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Usage notes
References
- “cisgender, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “cisgendered, adj. and n.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- For example, Trina Budge, director of the anti-trans lobbying group FWS, argues the word is insulting: Mary Wright (2022 March 24) “'Cis' is an offensive term for women, feminists tell MSPs”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 March 2022:
- Budge said this was "sexist, regressive and insulting to the vast majority of people", adding: "It is inappropriate in an era where most people do not wish to adopt old-fashioned ideas of masculinity and femininity and is counter to many government and education programmes to break these stereotypes […]
- Cristan Williams (2021) “TERFs”, in Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn, editors, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: SAGE Publications, Inc., , →ISBN, "TERF is a slur", page 822: “Following a 2012 right-wing "homophobe is a slur" campaign, TERF activists began organizing "TERF is a slur" and "cis is a slur" campaigns. TERF activists asserted that these terms were offensive and used to disparage (cisgender) women.”
Further reading
- “cisgender”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “cisgender”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
cisgender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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