cis man

Or cis-man,

[sis-man]

noun

1. an adult who was assigned male at birth and whose gender identity is male.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cis man¹

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

That’s no small feat, given how actively hostile the gaming space can be when anyone but an able-bodied straight white cis man gets to be the hero of a story.

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It’s a movie that is very clearly written by a cis man who took no time to try to understand a trans experience.

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So that was sort of the big thing on it: They cast a cis man to play the character.

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The other element is casting a cis man in the role, and this is what I see less people talking about: When you cast a cis man in the role of a trans woman, it still sort of plays into this idea — at least in the United States — that trans women are just men in drag.

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One thing I've seen crop up a couple of times in my research was that a few trans folks mention that they don't mind a cis man playing the role, because then you get this non-passing character, and that can be just affirming in its own way for some trans folks.

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