Cis man, meaning "cisgender man," is shorthand for a non-trans man—a man whose assigned sex at birth is male, and whose gender identity aligns with that typically culturally associated with his sex. This distinguishes him from trans men, shorthand for "transgender men"—men who were initia...
Transgender is derived from the Latin word ‘trans’ meaning “on the other side.” People who do not identify with their assigned gender at birth may refer to themselves as trans, meaning “other than what was assigned” which includes gender identities such as transgender man or woman (oppos...
The term “cisgender” might sound complex, but it has a straightforward meaning. Cisgender describes a person whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. For example, if someone is born with male anatomy and identifies as a man, he is cisgender. Understanding the term...
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The word has its origin in the Latin-derived prefix cis, meaning "on the same side" as in the cis-trans distinction in chemistry. In this case, "cis" refers to the alignment of gender identity with assigned gender. The word cisgender has been used on the internet since at least 1994,...
“Remember when women weren’t treated as ‘humans,’ weren’t allowed to vote, sit with men, drive, own property? Would you all be so ‘tolerant’ if she had said her ‘family-friendly’ group doesn’t want to read books with autonomous female characters, that all women be subservient...
Notably, in Malaysia, 6.1% of 228 students identified as LGBT, despite same-sex sexual acts (among both men and women) being criminalized in the country (Foong et al., 2020). Such high levels of self-identification as LGBTQ+ among medical students in Asia merits further attention; it is ...
Our coding team was also diverse in terms of racial/ethnic identity, body size, and sexual orientation and these positionalities likely contributed to a richer and more attuned meaning-making process. Another strength of our study is that we did not presume cisgender identities of our ...
While many are familiar with 'transgender', fewer know 'cisgender', the term that captures AFAB‐women (assigned 'female' at birth‐women) and AMAB‐men. But 'cisgender' is controversial to some, which I find surprising. In this article, I reflect on my process of recognising my self ...
In Malaysia and Indonesia, same-sex sexual acts (for both men and women) remain criminalized (Foong et al., 2020), subject to up to 20 years of imprisonment and 100 lashes, as well as criminalising the gender expression of trans people (Human Dignity Trust, 2024). In Iran, Iraq and ...