tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post7158675186346325748..comments2024-03-20T06:44:28.606-05:00Comments on TransGriot: Cisgender Isn't An InsultMonica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-56547048864652457112009-07-14T13:53:12.802-05:002009-07-14T13:53:12.802-05:00Was the term transsexual coined by transsexual peo...Was the term transsexual coined by transsexual people? No, but many of us embrace the term anyway because it was not intended as a slur. Cissexual people don't have to embrace the term, but they shouldn't claim that it's a slur because it's not. And quite frankly, until a person stops saying "shemale" as if it weren't an offensive term shoved on us in order to create a specific negative image of us, ze has no place complaining about anything we say about zir.Mykellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876781725232916835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-85682558022403304682009-07-12T10:08:45.245-05:002009-07-12T10:08:45.245-05:00I'm a newcomer to this blog, and I love it. I...I'm a newcomer to this blog, and I love it. I have been looking for a TWOC blog for some time now and really enjoy the site!<br /><br />I don't get the issues with "cis," either--then again, I'm a chemist. I don't find it offensive, and it's helped me discuss certain issues more clearly with my trans friends.<br /><br />It looks like the folks crying up a storm at PHB have issues with the idea that they are privileged, especially some cis gay people who may not be used to thinking in a very intersectional way. They're used to being The Oppressed Ones. Maybe their reaction is more a sign of the way some people straight up vilify privileged folks. So they don't like the way the shoe fits, basically. <br /><br />Maybe a tad off topic, but Monica said:<br /><br />"...you are comfortable with the societal gender role you perform based on that body to the point that you hardly ever think about it."<br /><br />I see what you are saying, but is this really true of cis feminists?Samiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434039760505116696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-30824249150944248972009-07-10T22:05:29.114-05:002009-07-10T22:05:29.114-05:00I have white, upper-middle class, cisgender privil...I have white, upper-middle class, cisgender priviledges. I struggle with the blind spots that these bring, but I am no more offended by being called cisgender than I am by being called white or upper middle class. It's a description of a fact, nothing more.Estravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464330611529884959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-68589080300268622722009-07-10T14:36:16.075-05:002009-07-10T14:36:16.075-05:00I'm cisgender, and I never understood what the...I'm cisgender, and I never understood what the big problem with the word is. It's just a neutral word. It expresses a fact. I've gotten in tons of arguments about why it needs to be a necessary word, and it's so bothersome to hear people claim it's an insult.<br /><br />Great point drawing the parallel between "straight" and "cisgender." I think I'll use that in the future.Lauren Theurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17799473370434184756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-60315335123335419482009-07-10T12:34:12.512-05:002009-07-10T12:34:12.512-05:00I came across the term for the first time last mon...I came across the term for the first time last month - and I was wonder,"what???" There could yet be a more elegant word, but for now, I'm fine with it.<br /><br />Congrats sis on your nomination too! You deserve to win!!!Leona Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974651723131648493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-30988341052449573252009-07-10T11:53:52.411-05:002009-07-10T11:53:52.411-05:00I have to say I agree with you. I'm not sure w...I have to say I agree with you. I'm not sure why people are getting up with the term cisgendered. I'm not offended by being identified as cisgendered or straight. It's just a fact. <br /><br />It should be a neutrally descriptive term, but then so should transgender. It says volumes about the underlying issues that someone has with transfolk when they are offended by being called cisgender. You hit the nail on the head with that one.Stacy Hackenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402317390064027370noreply@blogger.com