What are cis and trans alternate types of? I don’t think it’s “gender identity” because wouldn’t that just be man, woman or nonbinary regardless of whether they’re cis or trans? Cis/trans just being a qualifier?

If the answer is “I am cis” or “I am trans”, what is the question?

Edit: Someone came up with the term “gender congruity” and (after looking up the definition of “congruity”) I think this describes what I’m talking about perfectly.

  • Ben@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    CIS is simply opposite of TRANS - they simply describe someone’s identity in terms of their physiology.

    Confusion rises, somewhat, when you factor in masculinity/femininity to the equation - but basically ‘trans’ means that having a dick doesn’t mean you’re a man… ‘cis’ means that being a man means you have a penis.

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      1 year ago

      So this is everything boils down to. My god you western nations have incredible life if you have time to argue over these things.

      Half the world is starving and Americans are arguing over peepee.