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Title: Cisgender Isn't An Insult
Post by: Natasha on July 11, 2009, 09:00:26 AM
Cisgender Isn't An Insult

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/07/cisgender-isnt-insult.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/07/cisgender-isnt-insult.html)
Monica Roberts
7/10/09

It's been a hot topic lately on some transgender blogs, so it's time for me to weigh in with my thoughts on the word 'cisgender'.

So what is 'cisgender'?

It's a term coined around 1994 by Dutch transman Carl Buijs that refers to the alignment of gender identity with your physical body.