Just encountered "cys."The idea is that, if someone is born, say, male, but wants to identify as female, society should respect that. Right?
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Replying to @StevenBrust
@StevenBrust You mean "cis"? As in, a person whose gender identity and the gender they were assigned at birth are aligned?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StevenBrust
@StevenBrust "cis" is identifying as bio-gender. i.e., not *trans/genderqueer. Basically, a term to make it not-unmarked/assumed.@tithenai1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @matociquala
Is it ilimited to sex/gender, or does the same thing apply to race?
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Replying to @StevenBrust
@StevenBrust "Cisracial" doesn't have much currency b/c being "transracial" is, uh, not well-regarded conceptually.@matociquala@tithenai1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @chaosprime
Okay, I think I get it. One gets to chose one's sex regardless of biology, but not one's race?
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Replying to @StevenBrust
@StevenBrust Question of gender identification, not sex. Sex != gender.@matociquala@tithenai1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime@matociquala@tithenai (I used sex/gender as a nod to those who use "gender" to refer to a biological distinction).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StevenBrust
@StevenBrust IMO the most technically useful thing is to use sex for biology and gender for social role assignment.@matociquala@tithenai1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@StevenBrust Not that biological sex is simple and binary; appearance of same is enforced by surgical intervention. @matociquala @tithenai
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