Comment: Do you know what ‘cis’ means

[stephaniec]

Comment: Do you know what 'cis' means

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/08/09/comment-do-you-know-what-cis-means/

Pink News/Naith Payton 
  9th August 2015, 2:29 PM

"It's not perfect. Like all words, it's a generalisation. Humans are more complicated than language can describe. But it's the best we've got so far.

It's a description – not an insult. People often object to its use as they've seen it used negatively.

That's understandable. No one likes to think they're being insulted for something they have no control over, or have assumptions made about their character or beliefs based on that."

[Allison Wunderland]

Actually . . .

"Cis" is Latin and means "on this side of."

It's the antonym to "trans" -- which means "on the other side of."

Etymology is not discussed in this article. Most importantly, the terminology we use to describe who we are derive from some well-established etymological sources, mostly Latin, but some Greek too.

Accurate use of terminology is important because the signifiers (words) relate to specific concepts. Accordingly, we clarify our narratives regarding who we are, how we identify through accurate use of theoretical terminology.

[HoneyStrums]

The meaning of a word, is also how it is used and what it is use to reffer too, Words can have a primery meaning (the origional use) But Language evolves, and as luanguage evolves so does the meaning and/or meanings behind words.

This is why slang terms are now being included in dictionarys, Giving words extra and/or multiple meanings. Across multiple luanguages.

So given, The contexts in which "cis" was used in the article it means as was described, even if only as currently un-official terminology.

[JLT1]

In chemistry, cis means that the primary functionality is on the same side while trans means it's on the opposite side.  I always thought that cis meant that the sex of the mind matched the the sex of the body while trans meant that the sex of the mind was opposite that of the body.(in a binary gender system).

Jen