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Women's and gender studies scholar Mimi Marinucci writes that some consider the 'cisgender–transgender' binary distinction to be as dangerous or self-defeating as the masculine–feminine gender binary because it lumps people who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) together (over-simplistically, in her view) with a heteronormative ...
Replacement words for body parts vary widely, and almost none approaches the currency of the word it replaces: In a 2021 study of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people, only two replacement words (chest for breasts and cum for sperm) were used by more than 50% of respondents, while 23% of the replacement words and phrases provided ...
The words “cisgender” and “cis” were targetted by Elon Musk on Twitter who condemned the gender-neutral terms as slurs. Here's the real definition.
A transsexual person is someone who experiences a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex, and desires to permanently transition to the sex or gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including gender affirming therapies, such as hormone replacement therapy and gender affirming surgery) to help them align their body with their identified sex or ...
Oct. 8—For those who are transgender, it means they identify with a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth, says CP Hoffman of the National Center for Transgender Equality. "We ...
The word transgender acquired its modern umbrella term meaning in the 1990s. [31] Health-practitioner manuals, professional journalistic style guides, and LGBT advocacy groups advise the adoption by others of the name and pronouns identified by the person in question, including present references to the transgender person's past. [32] [33]
Elon Musk has sparked backlash after claiming the word “cis” is a “heterosexual slur”. “The word ‘cis’ is a heterosexual slur. Shame on anyone who uses it,” he said in a post on X ...
Transgender activist A. Revathi became the first hijra to write about transgender issues and gender politics in Tamil. Her works have been translated into more than eight languages and act as primary resources on gender studies in Asia.