cisgender

adjective cis·gen·der \ (ˌ)sis-ˈjen-dər \
variants: or less commonly cisgendered play \(ˌ)sis-ˈjen-dərd\
|Updated on: 21 Aug 2018

Definition of cisgender

: of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth
  • I grew up in a family with a cisgender and heterosexually identified mother and father of the same race (White) who had 2 children when they were well into their late 20s and early 30s and after they legally married with the full support of both their families.
  • —Carla A. Pfeffer
  • In a very real and measurable way, cisgender identity is no longer unmarked, universal, or assumed. It is denoted, limited, and in conversation with trans identities—or at least we're moving in that direction.
  • —Hugh Ryan

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