Cisgender

[not_my_god]

I just saw THIS ARTICLE recently and thought,

HUH, I'm oppressed by being trans? I didnt know that....

I dont really know if its because of where I live [Toronto] or what but I never really thought anything of it. I dont really agree with the author at all but was wondering how others felt about the whole 'cisgender' thing. I dont think putting

Comments

[lastiheard]

i like the term cisgendered because to me it means "cool with my natural state" and to me transgendered means not cool with it. i haven't been following the cis- and bio- drama OMG SRY WORLD but i like the term cisgendered, and i'm glad i am. although i guess what i'm referring to is being cissexed. i guess i'm cissexual and transgendered. or not transgendered, depending on any given person's feminist sensibilities!

mootgendered. i'm mootgendered.

[not_my_god]

you're a platypus, clearly.

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the more the author tries to explain the article the less I understand it. @_@ ""transgender" and "cisgender" in the terms of social movements." huh

[hanaurimusume]

NO YOU ARE STUPID I HATE YOU
I don't like the term cisgendered but I think you know that already. It just seems excessive to me. Although I didn't know there was any cis/bio drama going on until someone told me they didn't like me using the term 'bio-guys', but I always just did, when I had to pick one of the two.

[banjololo]

I don't know, it's a silly article and silly comments. The cis privilege was a good point, but the argument about the term cisgender being used is silly. It's not degrading, just a clarification, and shouldn't be seen as offensive by cis, trans, or other people. Folks who found that article interesting or noteworthy may also enjoy discussion.

[banjololo]

*this!

[hanaurimusume]

Oh, I never thought of it that way. Honestly I used the term breeder to refer to anyone who had kids regardless of sex.

[banjololo]

yeah me too. I was arguing on there under varying names of "happy."

[not_my_god]

for srs? I always thought breeders were people who had a zillion kids they couldnt afford and needed intervention via their junk removed.

[teichan]

UGH, you and your canadian privliege

[teichan]

like everyone trans canadian ever always goes on about how they just don't GET why every other country isn't as awesome as theirs

okay

cool

[hanaurimusume]

ITS CUZ THEY GOTS THE HEALTHCARE

[scatteredgray]

And maple syrup.

[hanaurimusume]

I kind of pretty much agree with everything you said. I personally don't think cisgender is oppressive or anything, I just think it's too fancy and I don't use it. There's just people who are some kind of trans and others who aren't.

[scatteredgray]

I didn't used to like it, but then I heard it came from SCIENCE and I was all "Chemical equation? Like in Mythbusters?" and then I was on board.