An International Olympic Committee study conducted at the University of Brighton in England and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that trans women consistently performed worse than cisgender women in tests measuring lower body strength, lung function and handgrip strength. ...
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...
This cross-sectional study describes the prevalence of up-to-date cervical cancer screening among lesbian, gay, and bisexual cisgender women vs
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...
Participants reflected on how they experienced tensions internally and within their relationships as they worked through change and created meaning from their experiences. Recommendations for research and clinical work are provided, in light of these findings....
(150 cisgender women, 55 cisgender men, 101 trans men, and 100 trans women). MANOVA findings confirmed gender as a central component of self-concept which affects one’s relationship with their clothingspecifically when they are used to create a common understanding of the body. Results ...
Some linguists have questioned the staying power of the word cisgender, arguing that the most readily adapted words tend to be “unobtrusive” — whereas the meaning of cisgender (which stems from the Latin prefix cis, meaning on this side of— versus trans, which means on the other side ...
“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...
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,...