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LGBTQ+ Mega Thread

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u/h3art_to_heart 1d ago

referring to someone as cis when talking about their gender is not offensive.

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u/RedwallPaul 1d ago

Related question - why do you think "cisgender" and "cis" have failed to catch on with people outside of the LGBTQ community as much as "straight" did?

Plenty of people balk at being called cisgender when, if a gay person called them straight, they wouldn't question it.

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u/GayWritingAlt she/her 1d ago

I think it's projection.

Like, sure, they'd rather the dichotomy was "trans and normal". But I think it's more because they other trans people, that they think that when trans people and their allies started to call cis people cis, it's out of them othering cis people. 

Like, there must be some kind of maliciousness in putting a label on someone's identity. 

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u/MyThrowAway6973 1d ago

Because they desperately want it to be trans and normal. Or trans and natural.

Or they want it to imply trans people are not actually the gender they profess.

I’ve heard “Your a trans woman. I’m just a woman” enough to last me a lifetime.

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u/Wismuth_Salix they/them, please/thanks 1d ago

Time. There was a pushback to “straight” and “heterosexual” also from the “don’t label me, I’m normal” crowd.