UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.orgM to LGBTQ+@beehaw.org · 1 year agoNo One Actually Believes That Cis Is A Slur, Here’s Why They Pretend To — Katy Montgomeriekatymontgomerie.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down10
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minus-squareFlowerTree@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoTo be fair, “cis” comes from latin which means “on the same side of,” in contrast to “trans” which means “on the other side of.” Why use that instead of non-trans? I don’t know, but yeah, I don’t think the word is a slur.
minus-squareSoki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoIt’s not an eiher/or. E.g. non-trans could also be non-binary.
To be fair, “cis” comes from latin which means “on the same side of,” in contrast to “trans” which means “on the other side of.”
Why use that instead of non-trans? I don’t know, but yeah, I don’t think the word is a slur.
It’s not an eiher/or. E.g. non-trans could also be non-binary.