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soldierant

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5. That's always roughly how I've understood the term,

Reply to ShazzieB (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 04:29 AM

Feb 2023

except that my knowledge was from my knowledge of classical Latin rather than chemistry. Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul - the first being on the Italian side and the second on the other side of the Alps. "Cis" is just the opposite of "Trans," and has been probably since 753 BCE.

If you're interested in history and want some vocabulary that's even older, in fact so old it's probably new to most of us (it certainly was to me), check this:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/keithgiles/2023/02/the-6-genders-according-to-the-talmud-and-biological-science/

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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

Oh, so it DOES come from chemistry/definition of molecules! Sorry to butt in & be excited... Hekate Feb 2023 #4

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