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Can someone please explain what cis means, if cis can mean both an XX woman & a cis-female genderqueer person?
I thought that cis only meant being XX and a woman/girl, or XY and a man/boy, but I realize that it doesn't include people that are transitioning and identify as a male when they have XX chromosomes and also identify as a woman and vise versa. I also heard someone identify as cis-female and genderqueer. Can someone please explain to me how and when "cis" should be used?
I'm very sorry if this came off as ignorant, because that wasn't my intention, but I'd like to know so that I can use terms accordingly. Thanks so much for any help!
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
The term Cisgender was coined in 1995 by Carl Buijs, a female-to-male transsexual from the Netherlands.
Main Entry: cis-
Function: prefix
Etymology: Latin, from cis
Meaning:
1: on this side <cislunar>
2: usually ital : cis <cis-dichloroethylene> -- compare TRANS- 2b
As we are not talking about chemistry, it is definition 1 that we want.
As we defined gender above to mean "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex", Cisgendered literally means: on this side of the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.
Stated simply, it means that one's identity and presentation matches their physical morphology.
So, once a transgendered individual goes through the process of becoming their ideal sex through reassignment surgery and assimilation counseling, etc, they are cisgendered.
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