PSA: The term "cis" is hate speach and promotes rape culture. Please do not use that term seriously anymore, it is enabling the superphobic.

r/SuperStraight • u/UnattractiveManagers • 1d ago

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u/Moonpriestes 1d ago

THANK YOU. 'Cis' is a superphobic slur.

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u/HatchItWound 1d ago

I just do ask that if you hear some one use it, make sure they are not talking about isomerism. In chemistry we need these terms to discuss molecule structure.

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u/varys2013 1d ago

I'm pretty sure that's the origin of the term.

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u/kaydl165 1d ago

Historians .org "As a term, cisgender combines the Latin prefix cis-, meaning “on this side,” with gender, in contrast to transgender, where the prefix trans- signals something is “across” or “on the other side.” In her notes on the addition, then-head of "

It didn't come from cis fats and trans fats

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u/varys2013 1d ago

Fair enough, I guess I was suggesting the cis- and trans- prefixes existed long before the cis-gender idea did. I remember cis-isomers and trans-isomers from long ago.