cisgender
or cis-gen·der
Also cisgendered . noting or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds with that person’s sex assigned at birth.
a person who is cisgender.
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Origin of cisgender
1- Compare transgender.
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How to use cisgender in a sentence
At least 30 percent of cisgender men will get it at some point in their lives, and by some estimates, roughly 65 percent of cis-men could develop it.
He said it was inherently unfair for “boys” to compete in girls’ athletics and suggested cisgender girls were losing the chance to win meets and college scholarships.
House to vote on removing GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees | Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostThe truth is I find a lot of the contemporary rhetoric claiming cisgender men need more opportunities to express vulnerable emotions to be severely oversimplified.
Most cisgender, heterosexual people who go home for the holidays, even if they are of a different faith, are culturally similar to their family of origin, said psychologist Keely Kolmes.
Bah, humbug! Pandemic exacerbates holiday blues | Kathi Wolfe | November 22, 2020 | Washington BladeThey celebrated the day designed to leave behind the invisibility and assimilation demanded by a heterosexual and cisgender society that the notion of the closet expresses with particular force.
Cis Male (see also Cis Man, cisgender Male, cisgender Man); a male who identifies as a man/has a masculine gender identity.
What Each of Facebook’s 51 New Gender Options Means | Debby Herbenick PhD, Aleta Baldwin | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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