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cisgender

adj
/sɪsˈdʒɛndə/UK/sɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/US

Etymology

From cis- (“on this side of”) + gender, by analogy with transgender. First attested in 1997. Compare slightly earlier cisgendered (1994).

  1. derived from genus — “type, kind”
  2. derived from gendre
  3. inherited from gendre
  4. prefixed as cisgender — “cis- + gender”

Definitions

  1. Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth

    Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people.

    • To uphold the inequality that we choose to engage in, we regularly present the myth that trans people are deviant or a danger to cisgender people.
    • As trans people, we have many cisgender allies—those who show their support for the concerns, needs, and rights of trans people, even though they may not personally face the same issues.

  2. A cisgender person.

    • Even in regard to cisgenders, research shows that it's “easier” for people to identify male than female features, meaning that the default “visible” person in our culture is male “unless proven otherwise.”
    • Is there a place for heterosexual cisgenders in Africa's queer movement?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cisgender. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA