▲ 113 ▼ X now treats the term cisgender as a slur (www.engadget.com) submitted 2 years ago by Hypx@lemmy.world to c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] FMT99@lemmy.world -19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] chlopczyca@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* Good call, that's why I refuse to learn people's names. It's just a stupid label I might get wrong sometimes and divides people, so why would I bother learning someone's name? (I'm being sarcastic, labels and pronouns are not this complex, just call people what they ask to be called) permalink fedilink source parent [–] dojan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Gender isn't sexuality. The prefixes cis- and trans- are rooted in Latin, and is commonly used in chemistry to describe the geometry of a molecule. The terms mean "this side of" and "opposite side of" respectively. It's the same trans you see in "transatlantic", as in "far side of the atlantic ocean", and indeed the word "cisatlantic" is also in the dictionary. So that's precisely what trans-and-cisgender means. A cisgender person is someone who identifies "on the same side" of the gender they were assigned at birth, ergo they identify as their birthgender. They're not terms you need to identify with or use. They're simply terms used to make a clear distinction in conversation where such a distinction is necessary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Damn.. this is a good explanation. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago Awe, poor you having to learn new words. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Jaytreeman@kbin.social -8 points 2 years ago I've thought about changing my pronouns to they/them for the same reason permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chlopczyca@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* Good call, that's why I refuse to learn people's names. It's just a stupid label I might get wrong sometimes and divides people, so why would I bother learning someone's name? (I'm being sarcastic, labels and pronouns are not this complex, just call people what they ask to be called) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Gender isn't sexuality. The prefixes cis- and trans- are rooted in Latin, and is commonly used in chemistry to describe the geometry of a molecule. The terms mean "this side of" and "opposite side of" respectively. It's the same trans you see in "transatlantic", as in "far side of the atlantic ocean", and indeed the word "cisatlantic" is also in the dictionary. So that's precisely what trans-and-cisgender means. A cisgender person is someone who identifies "on the same side" of the gender they were assigned at birth, ergo they identify as their birthgender. They're not terms you need to identify with or use. They're simply terms used to make a clear distinction in conversation where such a distinction is necessary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Damn.. this is a good explanation. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Damn.. this is a good explanation. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago Awe, poor you having to learn new words. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Jaytreeman@kbin.social -8 points 2 years ago I've thought about changing my pronouns to they/them for the same reason permalink fedilink source parent