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Definition of "Cisgender"

Pronounced SIS-jen-DER.Related terms include cishet, cisnormativity, and cissexism."I'm am cisgender: although I'm a tomboy, I've been identified as a girl my whole life and I have always considered...

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Definition of "Cishet"

Pronounced SIS-het.Related terms include cisgender, cisnormativity, ally, and cissexism."Karen is a dedicated ally-- she's a cishet but goes to Pride every year to show support for her dads."Cishet,...

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Definition of "Cisnormativity"

Pronounced "sis-NOR-muh-TIV-ih-TEE."Related terms include cisgender, heteronormativity, gender essentialism, and cissexism."The speaker said, 'All women need annual pap smears,' and while I appreciated...

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Definition of "Cissexism"

Pronounced "sis-SEX-is-UM."Related terms include cisgender, transphobia, transmisogyny, heterosexism and cisnormativity."My father made a lot of very cissexist remarks when he found out that my partner...

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Definition of "Ally"

Pronounced "AL-eye"Related terms include cishet, oppression, erasure."As an ally to the LGBT+ community, I have chosen not to marry my opposite-sex partner until same-sex marriage is legalized."Within...

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Definition of "Heteronormativity"

Pronounced "HEH-ter-OH-NOR-muh-TIV-ih-TEE."Related terms include cisnormativity, heterosexism, gender binary, gender essentialism ."The paperwork for my kids' school has a space for contact information...

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Definition of "Gender Essentialism"

Pronounced "JEN-der es-SEN-CHUL-is-UM."Related terms include cisnormativity, heteronormativity, gender binary, gender spectrum.Mark is a gender essentialist. When his son got into a fist-fight with...

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Definition of "Transphobia"

Pronounced "trans-FOE-BEE-uh."Related terms include cissexism, transmisogyny, trans*, transgender, T-word, and TERF."The TERF messageboards were overflowing with transphobia. Several people were even...

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Definition of "Transmisogyny"

Pronounced "trans-MIS-AH-jin-EE"Related terms include transphobia, cissexism, transfeminism, trans*, T-word, and transgender."When I came out to my transmisogynistic boyfriend as a transwoman, he said...

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Definition of "Heterosexism"

Pronounced "HEH-ter-OH SEX-is-um"Related terms include heteronormativity, cissexism, biphobia, queer."It's heterosexist to say that you don't care about gay marriage just because it doesn't directly...

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Definition of "Gender Binary"

Pronounced "jen-DER BYE-nair-ee."Related terms include gender essentialism, gender spectrum, nonbinary, and cissexism."Gender-segregated bathrooms with woman-in-a-dress and man-in-pants icons are a...

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Definition of "Gender Spectrum"

Pronounced "jen-DER SPEC-trum."Related terms include nonbinary, trans*, pansexual, gender expression."Angela self-identifies as pansexual because she's attracted to people on all parts of gender...

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Definition of "Nonbinary"

Pronounced "non-BYE-NAIR-EE."Related terms include trans*, gender binary, intersex, pansexual, gender spectrum."Jordan has a nonbinary gender identity because ze has never felt like a man or a woman."A...

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Definition of "Trans*" with an Asterisk

Pronounced "TRANS" or "TRANS-as-TER-isk.Related terms include transgender, transsexual, nonbinary, and gender spectrum."This organization is open and accepting toward trans* people, including...

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Definition of "Transgender"

Pronounced "trans-JEN-der.Related terms include trans*, transsexual, MTF, FTM, transgendered, and T-word."Laverne Cox is one of the first transgender actresses to achieve mainstream success."The term...

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