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Definition of "cisgender" []

  • Identifying with or experiencing a gender the same as one's biological sex or that is affirmed by society, e.g. being both male-gendered and male-sexed. (adjective)

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Use "cisgender" in a sentence
  • "On the other hand, with transgender I was generally thinking of people changing their gender identity from what is was at an earlier point, but then I started thinking about the intersexed, and in reading your post a while back I think you used the term cisgender SP."
  • "So distinguishing between cissexual and cisgender is important, and maybe saying cis when you mean cissexual blurs the boundaries a bit."
  • "I’m leery of it in some ways, because part of my issue with the inaccuracy of cisgender is that it privileges gender identification more than anything."