cisgender

Or cis-gen·der

[sis-jen-der]

adjective

1. Also cisgendered noting or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds with that person’s sex assigned at birth.

noun

1. a person who is cisgender.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cisgender¹

First recorded in 1990–95; cis- ( def. 3 ) + gender ¹ ; modeled on transgender ( def. )

Example Sentences

More than 95% of the perpetrators are cisgender men and more than 54% are white, according to the Rockefeller Institute of Government — a fact that goes ignored by right-wing commentators, politicians and social media users itching to tie transgender people to the crimes.

From Salon

Immediately after a mass shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, last December, anti-trans and out-of-context posts from right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and conservative news site Townhall fueled a flurry of online speculation about the shooter’s gender identity; police identified the shooter as a 15-year-old cisgender girl.

From Salon

Trans people, in particular, are four times more likely to be victims of violent crime than cisgender people.

From Salon

Many in the LGBTQ+ community have strenuously pushed back against such claims, noting research showing most shootings are committed by cisgender men.

From Los Angeles Times

An analysis by PolitiFact found that data do not show claims that transgender people are more prone to violence, and that “trans people are more likely to be victims of violence than their cisgender peers.”

From Los Angeles Times