No, Elon Musk, ‘Cis’ Is Not a Slur
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The words “cis” or “cisgender” are considered slurs on this platform.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023READ MORE: Conversion Therapy Tied to Suicide Attempts by Transgender People, Massive New Study ShowsBut “cisgender” and “cis” isn’t a slur—it’s merely the opposite of “trans.” “Cis-” is a standard latin prefix, meaning “on this side of.” It’s particularly common in geography, where it just means the same side as the speaker.
For example, the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea is called “Cisjordan”—”Transjordan” means east of the Jordan River, and was used as the name of a British protectorate in 1921.
In chemistry, “cis-” is also used to talk about chemical compounds have atoms or groups that exist on the same side of a plane of symmetry.“Cis-” was first used in regards to sexuality in a 1914 German book on sexology, however the word “cisgender” was first coined in 1994 on Usenet by Dana Defosse.
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