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cislesbian

noun

Etymology

From cis- + lesbian.

  1. derived from Λέσβος
  2. derived from Lesbiana
  3. prefixed as cislesbian — “cis + lesbian”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of cis lesbian.

    • Because my identity is female, I present myself online as female. As such I'm able to meet a lot of cislesbians, in places like Second Life, dating websites or in chat rooms.
    • In the series, a cislesbian befriends a trans* heterosexual woman but derisively rejects a translesbian who sexually propositions her.
    • Lisa, a 46-year-old mixed-race cislesbian, discussed how her organization operates quite differently, in that she is required to work with queer and trans newcomers who have decided to settle in Canada.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cislesbian. 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