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The term cisgender was coined in English in 1994 in a Usenet newsgroup about transgender topics [11] as Dana Defosse, then a graduate student, sought a way to refer to non-transgender people that avoided marginalizing transgender people or implying that transgender people were an other. [12]
"Before now, I have not spoken publicly, or even disclosed my role in the origin of the word cisgender to anyone beyond a few close friends and colleagues." I Coined The Term 'Cisgender' 29 Years Ago.
The word refers to a person who is not transgender (someone whose gender identity is different than the sex they were assigned at birth), and as such, “cisgender” is an antonym for the word ...
It can affect all people, including those considered cisgender, but more often targets transgender people. [1] Cisgenderism is defined in opposition to transphobia, as heterosexism is to homophobia. While transphobia focuses on attitudes towards people seen as transgender, cisgenderism is described as an ideology.
Transgender literature includes literature portraying transgender people, as well as memoirs or novels by transgender people, who often discuss elements of the transgender experience. [254] Several films and television shows feature transgender characters in the storyline, and several fictional works also have notable transgender characters.
In the context of gender, passing refers to transgender people been perceived as the gender they identify as and/or being perceived as cisgender. [69] [70] Passing can be important the mental health and, for some transgender people, their safety. [14] [71] [22] Other transgender people, including non-binary people, have different attitudes ...
Cisnormativity in schools privileges cisgender and stigmatizes transgender children. School policies may erase transgender people, for example by administrative procedures, uniform rules, toilet layouts and curricula. [20] Cisnormatively motivated microagressions as well as bullying and harassment are well documented in schools. [19]
A 2016 review reported that early-onset androphilic transgender women have a brain structure similar to cisgender women's and unlike cisgender men's, but that they have their own brain phenotype. [2] It also reported that gynephilic trans women differ from both cisgender female and male controls in non-dimorphic brain areas. [2]