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4. Oh, so it DOES come from chemistry/definition of molecules! Sorry to butt in & be excited...

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 04:19 AM

Feb 2023

…but it was driving me crazy to not have the faintest clue how the term came to be.

I’m saving the article by Dana Dafosse.

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The coiner of the word "cisgender" speaks out. [View all] ShazzieB Feb 2023 OP

Good article but I still dislike "cis-" delisen Feb 2023 #1

If only trans people would have been given that option LostOne4Ever Feb 2023 #3

Thanks for post. riversedge Feb 2023 #2

That's always roughly how I've understood the term, soldierant Feb 2023 #5