It is more basic than gender. "Cis" is the antonym of "Trans." So anything that has a "trans" also has a "cis." For example, in ancient Rome, there were two Gauls: Transapline Gaul and Cisalpine Gaul. The former was "Gaul on the other side of the Alps" and the latter was "Gaul on this side of the Alps." That's all it is. A directional term. It's perfectly appropriate to refer to womyn-born-womyn (as the feminists call themselves) as "cis" women in contradiction to "trans" women.
It only exists on this construct when you have to apply the “woke” trans prefix. Because I find that a false choice, I reject cis.
Forgive me, but that's a bad rejection. Because to do so, you also must reject that cis women are different from trans women. So long as trans women exist, and cis women exist, and we agree that they are different (as we obviously do), then we need a term for them, and cis is absolutely the appropriate term. It's not a woke term. It's just a technical term.
Why can't women be women and trans women be men who want to be a female gender? No need for CIS at all.
Because once we use the term "trans" we need an opposite, and "cis" is literally the antonym of "trans."
Don’t agree. Woman is the opposite of my trans male nephew ( former niece).
Hoot consistently made the best responses to my posts and I never passed up reading his and answering his questions directed at me. I’m going with @hoot1
Didn't we formerly use the word transsexual all the time? We never needed a cissexual word during those decades of use, did we?
That's not a conversation where you really need an alternative. But once you start saying "trans female" and "trans male" then you need some definition. "Cis" is the antonym.
I wasn't going to vote, but I would agree that if we have to vote, @hoot1 is a worthy recipient. He can have my vote, too.
Not a real election or anything. Just an excuse to show some gratitude for people who have impacted you, CisGoat.
Correct. Usage of the term “trans” or “cis” didn’t come from the Latin college of a university.
Ackshually, since Goat was not born a goat he would technically be TransGoat
You may never leave and must spend eternity arguing with people on here.
This was a prime missed opportunity for an "asking for a friend" post. We need to do better, Brad. 🤣
