• FlowerTree@pawb.social
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    2 years ago

    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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      2 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.