• Maple Engineer
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    156 months ago

    The definition of cis is, “a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth.” Does you gender identity correspond to the sex you were assigned at birth? Mine does.

    • @thebrownhaze
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      36 months ago

      What are the origins of the word “cis”?

      • Maple Engineer
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        56 months ago

        The term cisgender has its origin in the Latin-derived prefix cis-, meaning ‘on this side of’, which is the opposite of trans-, meaning ‘across from’ or ‘on the other side of’. This usage can be seen in the cis–trans distinction in chemistry, the cis and trans sides of the Golgi apparatus in cellular biology, the ancient Roman term Cisalpine Gaul (i.e. ‘Gaul on this side of the Alps’), and Cisjordan (as distinguished from Transjordan). In cisgender, cis- describes the alignment of gender identity with assigned sex.

    • @TubularTittyFrog
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      6 months ago

      what if i feel like my gender identity is irrelevant?

      other people care a lot more about my gender and sex than i do. i can tell you that.

      • Maple Engineer
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        16 months ago

        Then it’s irrelevant. It may be relevant to someone else but that’s their problem.

    • @thebrownhaze
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      16 months ago

      Also, I don’t accept I was “assigned a gender at birth”. That’s like a person of faith saying when I got a sole. Believe what you want, but don’t expect me to join in.

      • Maple Engineer
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        16 months ago

        You are free to believe whatever you want to believe.