What are cis and trans alternate types of? I don’t think it’s “gender identity” because wouldn’t that just be man, woman or nonbinary regardless of whether they’re cis or trans? Cis/trans just being a qualifier?

If the answer is “I am cis” or “I am trans”, what is the question?

Edit: Someone came up with the term “gender congruity” and (after looking up the definition of “congruity”) I think this describes what I’m talking about perfectly.

  • FinnFooted@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Cis and trans are terms that came before their application to gender identity. I learned themin organic chemistry in reference to chemical isomers.

    Wikipedia: The prefixes “cis” and “trans” are from Latin: “this side of” and “the other side of”, respectively.

    As applied to gender, “this side of” you are the gender of the sex you were born as. “The other side of” means you have switched your gender to the other side of the sex from which you were born.

    Edit: to answer your question more directly, your gender is cis or trans of the sex you were born as. The question you ask for is: “is your gender cis or trans of your sex?”