Myths/Cis is a slur

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."
• "Don’t call me a Cis-Woman because you are a man pretending to be one."

Web searches:

• "don't call me cis"
• "I am not cisgender"

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

• Issuepedia: cis-, cisgender