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When labels don’t feel right
October 6, 2024
She had two moms, and she didn’t like the word ‘straight’. If we have a stake in a shared outcome, we might avoid declaring how we’re different and separate from others, especially to imply our superiority.

People have been mad about ‘cisgender’ since at least 2007
October 6, 2024
If someone wants a world where no one is marked as cis, they must simultaneously fight for a world where no one is marked as trans.

‘Cis’ or ‘biological’?
October 6, 2024
They’re both adjectives, but we have preferences. No, ‘cis’ doesn’t imply that trans people are better. ‘Cis’ implies that trans people are equal. People who object to this equalization are transphobes.