Pete, a white cis man, and Pax, a Black transmasculine person, are sitting in front of a brick wall, next to a projection screen displaying several gender identity terms. Pax is speaking into a microphone while Pete watches.

Cisgender Definitions

Image: Pax gives a presentation on gender identity at a Wikipedia salon alongside host Pete Forsyth, April 2016.

Today’s post on Medium is in response to Twitter CEO Elon Musk declaring cisgender and cis to be “slurs” on that platform.

Here’s a friends link to bypass the paywall:

https://funcrunch.medium.com/cisgender-definitions-2eeabe065fc8?sk=bf204855013c4244c9ad70f3197a3e1c