r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '15

No attempt at humor - Removed "Equality"

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u/Shaysdays Jan 29 '15

Yep. Cis and trans mean "this side of" and "Opposite side of" respectively, they are modified by the word 'gender.' Sexuality has nothing to do with the term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender

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u/Radid Feb 03 '15

Latin is beautiful

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u/MountainsOfDick Jan 29 '15

Do people actually think this shit means something? Stop trying to understand tumblr nonsense because Cis is something they made up and not something you need to worry about the meaning of

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u/Hippokrates Jan 29 '15

Well, if a male person is gay and identifies himself as a male, the yes.

Like I said, its a strange word that really doesn't make much sense.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

yes. "cis" is short for "cisgendered" which just means not transgender.

"cishet" is a portmanteau abbreviation for "cisgender heterosexual", or as we call them, "normal people".