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  2. Cisgender - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The word cisgender (often shortened to cis; sometimes cissexual) describes a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth, i.e., someone who is not transgender. [1][2][3] The prefix cis- is Latin and means on this side of. The term cisgender was coined in 1994 as an antonym to transgender, and entered into ...

  3. Cisgenderism - Wikipedia

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    Cisgenderism. Cisgenderism or cissexism is an ideology that challenges people's gender identities and thus leads to discrimination against gender variant people. It is systematic, and reflected in culture and the practices of legal authorities. Cisgenderism includes normative ideas about gender, which lead to the exclusion of intersex people ...

  4. Cisnormativity - Wikipedia

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    Cisnormativity is a form of cisgenderism, an ideology which promotes various normative ideas about gender, to the invalidation of individuals' own gender identities, analogous to heterosexism or ableism. Cisnormativity manifests in speech as a separation of cisgender and transgender people where cisgender individuals are considered "normal" and ...

  5. What does it mean to be cisgender? Here's what to know - AOL

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    The words “cisgender” and “cis” were targetted by Elon Musk on Twitter who condemned the gender-neutral terms as slurs. Here's the real definition.

  6. I Coined The Term 'Cisgender' 29 Years Ago. Here's What ... - AOL

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    "Before now, I have not spoken publicly, or even disclosed my role in the origin of the word cisgender to anyone beyond a few close friends and colleagues." I Coined The Term 'Cisgender' 29 Years Ago.

  7. List of gender identities - Wikipedia

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    The term may be used as "an umbrella term, encompassing several gender identities, including intergender, agender, xenogender, genderfluid, and demigender." [ 21 ] Some non-binary identities are inclusive, because two or more genders are referenced, such as androgyne/androgynous, intergender, bigender, trigender, polygender, and pangender. [ 26 ...

  8. Gender binary - Wikipedia

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    e. The gender binary (also known as gender binarism) [1][2][3] is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system, cultural belief, or both simultaneously. [A] Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys / men and girls / women). [4][5][6] In this binary model, gender and ...

  9. What Does Bisexual Mean? What You Should Know About the ... - AOL

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    Bisexuality includes transgender people, non-binary people and more, on top of cisgender people. ... The 1970s is when the true modern definition of bisexuality came to be popularized. Related: ...