Cisgender And Cissexual Terminology - A Get-Along-Go-Along Moment

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Cisgender And Cissexual Terminology - A Get-Along-Go-Along Moment
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sun Sep 06, 2009 at 11:30:57 AM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12837/cisgender-and-cissexual-terminology-the-getalonggoalong-moment

As many of y'all know, I've had problems in the recent past with how the terms cissexual and cisgender -- as opposite terms to the terms transsexual and transgender respectively -- have been used at here at Pam's House Blend. These two cis-related  terms that were envisioned as neutral terms are very easily modified by other descriptors -- both for good and for ill.

Here at Pam's House Blend, I've seen cissexual and cisgender turned into weaponized terms by the descriptors connected to the cis- terms. But at the same time, I've seen the terms used in a neutral fashion.