Cisgender 66937 225489134 2008-07-13T23:31:24Z Rjwilmsi 203434 no 'of' between a month and a year per [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Longer_periods|MOS]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Cisgender''' ({{IPAEng|ˈsɪsdʒɛndə˞}}) is an adjective used in the context of [[gender]] issues and [[counselling]] to refer to a type of [[gender identity]] formed by a match between an individual's biological [[sex]] and the [[Gender role|behavior or role considered appropriate for one's sex]].<ref>Crethar, H. C. & Vargas, L. A. (2007). ''Multicultural intricacies in professional counseling.'' In J. Gregoire & C. Jungers (Eds.), The counselor’s companion: What every beginning counselor needs to know. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. ISBN 0805856846. p.61.</ref> In some feminist organizations, cisgender has come to mean, "A [[gender identity]] formed by a match between your biological sex and your subconscious sex." <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/trans_101 |title= The F-Word's Trans 101 |accessdate= 2008-3-17 |author= Helen G |date= 2008-03-17 |publisher= Published on thefword.org.uk/}}</ref> Cisgender exists in contrast to [[transgender]] on the gender spectrum. ==Language== The word has its origin in the [[Latin]]-derived prefix ''[[cis]]'', meaning "on the same side" as in the [[cis-trans isomerism|cis-trans distinction in chemistry]]. In this case, "[[cis]]" (''on the same side'') refers to the unity of a gender identity with a biological gender assignment. ===Internet use=== The word ''cisgender'' has been used on the internet since at least 1994, when it appeared in the ''alt.transgendered'' [[usenet]] group in a post by Dana Leland Defosse.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.transgendered/browse_thread/thread/69c04e35666a9a1b/69ebde0bf2af8dc6?lnk=st&q=cisgendered+dana+defosse&rnum=1&hl=en#69ebde0bf2af8dc6 |title= Transgender Research |accessdate=2007-12-22 |author=Dana Leland Defosse |date=1994-05-26 |publisher=Posted on alt.transgendered newsgroup}}</ref> Defosse does not define the term and seems to assume that readers are already familiar with it. [[Word coinage|Coinage]] has been attributed to Carl Buijs, a [[transsexual]] man from the [[Netherlands]], in a number of internet publications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/tg_def.html |title= Definitions |accessdate=2007-12-22 |author=Donna Lynn Matthews |date= May 1999 |work= Donna's Hideout}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eminism.org/interchange/2002/20020607-wmstl.html |title= Cissexual/Cisgender: decentralizing the dominant group |accessdate=2007-12-22 |author=Emi Koyama |date=06/07/2002 |publisher=Published on eminism.org. Also posted on WMST-L, an international e-mail forum for discussion of Women's Studies teaching, research, and program administration}}</ref> which suggest that he proposed the term in 1995. It may have been independently coined -- in April 1996, Buijs said in a usenet posting "As for the origin; I just made it up".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://groups.google.com/group/soc.support.transgendered/msg/184850df15e48963?hl=en |title=A new perspective on an old topic |accessdate=2007-12-22 |author=Carl Buijs |date=1996-04-16 |publisher=Posted on soc.support.transgendered newsgroup}}</ref> ===Academic use=== The term has more recently been used in scholarly publications, such as a 2006 article in the ''Journal of Lesbian Studies''<ref>Green, Eli R. (2006). "Debating Trans Inclusion in the Feminist Movement: A Trans-Positive Analysis", ''Journal of Lesbian Studies''. Volume: 10 Issue: 1/2. pp. 231 - 248. ISSN 1089-4160</ref> and Julia Serano's 2007 publication ''Whipping Girl''.<ref>Serano, Julia (2007), Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Seal Press, 2007. ISBN-13 978-1-58005-154-5, ISBN 1-58005-154-5</ref> Serano also uses the related terms ''cissexual'', which she defines as "people who are not transsexual and who have only ever experienced their subconscious and physical sexes as being aligned" (p. 12), and ''cissexism'', "which is the belief that transsexuals' identified genders are inferior to, or less authentic than, those of ''cissexuals''."<ref>Serano (2007) also defines ''cisgender'' as synonymous with "non-transgender" and ''cissexual'' with "non-transsexual". (p. 33)</ref> ==Notes== <!-- this 'empty' section displays references defined elsewhere --> {{reflist}} ==References== <div class="references-small"> *[http://www.tsroadmap.com/start/tgterms.html Transsexual Roadmap Transgendered Glossary]. 1996-2005, retrieved 24 November, 2005. *Gorton R, Buth J, and Spade D. [http://www.nickgorton.org Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide For Health Care Providers] Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services. San Francisco, CA. 2005. p (10,22) ISBN 0-9773250-0-8 *Green, Eli R. (2006). ''Debating Trans Inclusion in the Feminist Movement: A Trans-Positive Analysis'', Journal of Lesbian Studies. Volume: 10 Issue: 1/2. pp. 231 - 248. ISSN 1089-4160 [https://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=1N29HVNDHHVL8M7KB2HEDTFJ2NVC0PV9&ID=66863 Article abstract]. *[http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/gsc/faqtransgender.php Dean of Students Transgender FAQ.] [[University of Texas]] at Austin. *[http://studentaffairs.rutgers.edu/intersectionsofidentity/presentations.html#trans From Metrosexual to the Uber-Complex: Multiple Identities of Gender and Sexuality] ''Intersections of Identity'' conference. [[Rutgers]], the State University of New Jersey. [[Paul Robeson]] Campus Center *Fausto-Sterling, A. (2000). [http://bms.brown.edu/faculty/f/afs/afs_publications_books.htm Sexing the Body] New York: Basic Books.</div> ==See also== *[[Gender taxonomy]] *[[Heteronormativity]] *[[List of transgender-related topics]] {{Sexual Identities}} [[Category:Gender]] [[Category:Neologisms]] [[Category:Transgender and medicine]] [[br:Kizrevelezh]] [[de:Cisgender]] [[eo:Cisgenrulo]] [[it:Cisgender]] [[no:Ciskjønnethet]] [[pt:Cisgénero]] [[ro:Cisgen]]