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* "Don’t call me a Cis-Woman because you are a man pretending to be one."<ref name=TS20190913 /> | * "Don’t call me a Cis-Woman because you are a man pretending to be one."<ref name=TS20190913 /> | ||
| − | + | Web searches: | |
| + | * [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22don%27t+call+me+cis "don't call me cis"] | ||
| + | * [https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22I+am+not+cisgender "I am not cisgender"] | ||
==Reality== | ==Reality== | ||
| − | + | "Cis-" is a Latin suffix meaning, basically, "the space on the same side of". It is the opposite of "trans", which means "the space beyond" | |
https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/being-called-cis-is-not-oppressive/ | https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/being-called-cis-is-not-oppressive/ | ||
| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | * Issuepedia: {{l/ip|cis-}}, {{l/ip|cisgender}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
Revision as of 22:01, 2 August 2020
| Myth: The prefix "cis" is derogatory |
Myth
Examples
- "I'm sick of being called a transphobe for refusing to accept the word Cis or to share intimate spaces with male-bodied people."[1]
- "Don’t call me a Cis-Woman because you are a man pretending to be one."[2]
Web searches:
Reality
"Cis-" is a Latin suffix meaning, basically, "the space on the same side of". It is the opposite of "trans", which means "the space beyond"
https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/being-called-cis-is-not-oppressive/
Links
Footnotes
- ↑ private communication with Woozle via Twitter
- ↑ 2019-09-13 shatta_ute@Twitter