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Carl Buijs  
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 More options Apr 16 1996, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: soc.support.transgendered
From: c...@crowley.bausch.nl (Carl Buijs)
Date: 1996/04/16
Subject: Re: A new perspective on an old topic
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Roberta Steel (ae...@yfn.ysu.edu) wrote:

: Carl,

: What is the origin and meaning of the word cisgendered?

How impolite of me not to answer earlier. I see others have replied already
while I was away for a couple of days. Joan and Beth were right, cis is the
opposite of trans (want another example? The South African Ciskei and
Transkei). As for the origin; I just made it up. I just kept running into
the problem of what to call non-T*people in various discussions, and one day
it just hit me: non-trans = cis. Therefore, cisgendered.

: From context, it's those unfortunates who aren't TGed, but where does the
: word come from?

Yeah. You know, them boring people without much exciting experiences in
life.

: Some time ago there was a discussion about what to call
: non TG people.  Maybe this is the right word.

I like it and I think I'll keep using it. Feel free to join me. 9:-)

Greets,

Carl


 
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