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[–] FlowerTree@pawb.social 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

To be fair, "cis" comes from latin which means "on the same side of," in contrast to "trans" which means "on the other side of."

Why use that instead of non-trans? I don't know, but yeah, I don't think the word is a slur.

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[–] Soki@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

It's not an eiher/or. E.g. non-trans could also be non-binary. So cis is more specific and leads to more inclusive language and thinking.

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