• FlowerTree@pawb.social
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    3 年前

    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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      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.