Elon Musk says terms like “cisgender”and “cis” are now considered “slurs” on Twitter and will not be tolerated.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Elon never said that you can't say the word. He said that repeated harassment would be banned. The only thing he said about the word cis is that it was considered a slur. You can still say many slurs on Twitter (such as the N word)
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honestly based the term cis confuses me like just say straight person???
correct me if i’m wrong, but is that not a term for a non-transgender person?
Yeah, that’s correct, that’s incredibly strange that that would be considered a slur when it just means that you identify as the same gender that you were born with
my mum thinks the term is offensive as she wants to be identified as a female, not a “cis female”
In regular conversation the term is unnecessary, but when it’s specifically about that topic then it makes sense to use the term.
I think she said that, since females are the way bigger majority (about 50% of the world is females) than females should get the “female title” over trans females, who should be referred to as trans females.
Sure, but just referring to “females” can be ambiguous and confusing in certain contexts. Not most of them, but some.
so that’s why she thinks that biological females who identify as females are “females” and trans females are “transgender females” to add context.
both are females, neither gets the “title” which is why we need the distinction
She thinks that actual females should get priority over trans females, since they’re the majority. Also they are definitely different
Ok so I just talked to her to confirm her opinion on this. She said “I am fine with transgender females being under the term female, however if an extra label needs to be added it should be for them, not me” I think that’s a fair viewpoint.
