cisgenderism

English

Etymology

cisgender +‎ -ism

Noun

cisgenderism (uncountable)

1. Attitudes or beliefs that privilege cisgender people or perspectives over transgender ones.
   • 2016, Lyndsey Moon, Counselling Ideologies: Queer Challenges to Heteronormativity:

     Confronting cisgenderism means asking our colleagues aloud why intersex babies' genitals are still being surgically altered at birth far below the age of informed consent, while women like Charlotte are routinely denied these surgeries.

   • 2016, Abbie E. Goldberg, The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, page 232:

     Such assumptions can motivate expressions of cisgenderism such as retroactive misgendering (in which a person's past is described using language that disregards or contrasts with their current designation of their gender) […]

   • 2021, Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, SAGE Publications, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 118:

     While cisgenderism may manifest as individual instances of prejudice and discrimination, it is rooted in systemic practices and ideology.

Related terms

• cisgenderist

 

Translations

Translations

• French: cisgenrisme (fr)