Myths/Cis is a slur
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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]
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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/
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Footnotes
- ↑ private communication with Woozle via Twitter
- ↑ 2019-09-13 shatta_ute@Twitter