UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.orgM to LGBTQ+@beehaw.org · 2 years agoNo One Actually Believes That Cis Is A Slur, Here’s Why They Pretend To — Katy Montgomeriekatymontgomerie.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down10
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minus-squareFlowerTreelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years 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-up6·edit-22 years agoIt’s not an eiher/or. E.g. non-trans could also be non-binary. So cis is more specific and leads to more inclusive language and thinking.
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. So cis is more specific and leads to more inclusive language and thinking.