Cisgender
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Cisgender and cissexual (often shortened to just "cis") are words which describe gender identity in humans. They describe when a person's view of their own gender matches what they were assigned when they were born.[1] Sociologists Kristen Schilt and Laurel Westbrook define cisgender as a label for "individuals who have a match between the gender they were assigned at birth, their bodies, and their personal identity" as a complement to '.[2]
There are a number of other terms in use which come from the term cisgender, including cis male and cis man for "male assigned male at birth", cis female or cis woman for "female assigned female at birth", as well as the word cissexism.
In addition, one study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society used the term cisnormativity, in a way which was similar to the word heteronormativity.[3][4]
A related adjective is gender-normative. Eli R. Green wrote that "'cisgendered' is used [instead of the more popular 'gender normative'] to refer to people who do not identify with a gender diverse experience, without enforcing existence of a normative gender expression".[5]
Origins
The word "cisgender" comes from the Latin prefixes "cis-", meaning "on this side of," and "trans-", meaning "on the other side of". Other examples of the prefix being used in this way are:
- cis-trans distinction (chemistry);
- The cis-trans or complementation test in genetics;
- Ciscaucasia (from the Russian perspective)
- The ancient Roman term Cisalpine Gaul (i.e., "Gaul on this side of the Alps").
In the context of gender identity, cis- is used to refer to an individual's gender identity in relation to that person's assigned sex.[6] He also used the word in the title of a 1995 article, " Desire and Cissexual Defence".[7] Both of these were originally written in German.
In 2010 the phrase "cisgender privilege" appeared in academic literature, defined as the "set of unearned advantages that individuals who identify as the gender they were assigned at birth accrue solely due to having a cisgender identity".[8]
In February 2014, social media site Facebook began offering custom gender options, allowing users to identify with one or more gender-related terms from a list, including cis, cisgender, and others.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Crethar, H. C. & Vargas, L. A. (2007). Multicultural intricacies in professional counseling. In J. Gregoire & C. Jungers (Eds.), The counselor’s companion: What every beginning counselor needs to know. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. ISBN 0-8058-5684-6. p. 61.
- ↑ Schilt, Kristen; Westbrook, Laurel (August 2009). Gender & Society. 23 (4): 440–464 [461]. doi:10.1177/0891243209340034.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Logie, Carmen; James, Lana; Tharao, Wangari; Loutfy, Mona (2012). "We don't exist: a qualitative study of marginalization experienced by HIV-positive , , and women in Toronto, Canada". Journal of the International AIDS Society. 15 (2). Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ Ou Jin Lee, Edward; Brotman, Shari (2011). "Identity, Refugeeness, Belonging: Experiences of Sexual Minority Refugees in Canada". Canadian Review of Sociology. 48 (3): 241–274. doi:10.1111/j.1755-618X.2011.01265.x.
- ↑ Green, Eli R. (2006). "Debating Trans Inclusion in the Feminist Movement: A Trans-Positive Analysis". 10 (1/2): 231–248 [247]. doi:10.1300/j155v10n01_12.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Sigusch, Volkmar (February 1998). "The Neosexual Revolution". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 27 (4): 331–359. doi:10.1023/A:1018715525493. PMID 9681118.
- ↑ Sigusch, Volkmar (1995). "Transsexueller Wunsch und zissexuelle Abwehr". Psyche. 49 (9–10): 811–837. PMID 7480808.
- ↑ Walls, N. E., & Costello, K. (2010). In S. Anderson and V. Middleton Explorations in diversity: Examining privilege and oppression in a multicultural society, 2nd ed. (pp. 81−93). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. Quote appears on p.83.
- ↑ Brandon Griggs (February 13, 2014). "Facebook goes beyond 'male' and 'female' with new gender options". Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ The Associated Press. "Facebook's New Gender Identity Options".
External links
- The Queer Community Has to Stop Being Transphobic: Realizing My Cisgender Privilege, Todd Clayton, The Huffington Post, 27 February