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Cisgender

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Cisgender (often abbreviated to simply cis) is a term for people whose gender identity matches the sex that they were assigned at birth. [1]

49 relations: Alps, Ashgate Publishing, Cary Gabriel Costello, CBC.ca, Cisalpine Gaul, Cis–trans isomerism, Complementation (genetics), Feminist views on transgender topics, Gaul, Gender & Society, Gender binary, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender taxonomy, Heteronormativity, Hida Viloria, HuffPost, Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth, International Business Times, Intersex, Intersex Campaign for Equality, Intersex Human Rights Australia, Journal of the International AIDS Society, Julia Serano, Latin, List of transgender-related topics, Neologism, New Statesman, North Caucasus, Oxford English Dictionary, Political correctness, Sex assignment, Sexology, Sexual diversity, Social norm, Social privilege, The Advocate, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, Transgender, Transjordan (region), Transphobia, Transsexual, University of Texas at Austin, Volkmar Sigusch, West Bank, Whipping Girl, Womyn-born womyn, World Health Organization.

Alps

The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.

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Ashgate Publishing

Ashgate Publishing was an academic book and journal publisher based in Farnham (Surrey, United Kingdom).

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Cary Gabriel Costello

Cary Gabriel Costello is an intersex trans male professor and advocate for transgender and intersex rights.

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CBC.ca

CBC.ca is the English-language online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Cisalpine Gaul

Cisalpine Gaul (Gallia Cisalpina), also called Gallia Citerior or Gallia Togata, was the part of Italy inhabited by Celts (Gauls) during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.

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Cis–trans isomerism

Cis–trans isomerism, also known as geometric isomerism or configurational isomerism, is a term used in organic chemistry.

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Complementation (genetics)

In genetics, complementation occurs when two strains of an organism with different homozygous recessive mutations that produce the same mutant phenotype (for example, a change in wing structure in flies) produce offspring with the wild-type phenotype when mated or crossed.

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Feminist views on transgender topics

Feminist views on transgender topics range from critical to accepting.

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Gaul

Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine.

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Gender & Society

Gender & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of gender studies.

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Gender binary

The gender binary, also referred to as gender binarism (sometimes shortened to just binarism), is the classification of sex and gender into two distinct, opposite and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine.

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Gender expression

Gender expression are the aspects of a person's behaviour, mannerisms, interests, and appearance that are associated with gender in a particular cultural context, specifically with the categories of femininity or masculinity.

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Gender identity

Gender identity is one's personal experience of one's own gender.

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Gender taxonomy

The gender taxonomy is a classification of the range of different levels at which humans vary in sexual characteristics.

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Heteronormativity

Heteronormativity is the belief that people fall into distinct and complementary genders (male and female) with natural roles in life.

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Hida Viloria

Hida Viloria (born May 29, 1968) is a Latinx American writer, author of Born Both: An Intersex Life (Hachette Books), and intersex and non-binary rights activist of Colombian and Venezuelan descent.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Interact Advocates for Intersex Youth

interACT or interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth, formerly known as Advocates for Informed Choice, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization using innovative strategies to advocate for the legal and human rights of children born with intersex traits.

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International Business Times

The International Business Times is an American online news publication that publishes seven national editions and four languages.

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Intersex

Intersex people are born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies".

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Intersex Campaign for Equality

The Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E) is a non-governmental organization that advocates for the human rights of intersex people.

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Intersex Human Rights Australia

Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA) is a voluntary organisation for intersex people that promotes the human rights and bodily autonomy of intersex people in Australia, and provides education and information services.

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Journal of the International AIDS Society

The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) is an official open-access, peer-reviewed, medical journal of the International AIDS Society.

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Julia Serano

Julia Michelle Serano is an American writer, spoken-word performer, trans-bi activist, and biologist.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of transgender-related topics

The term transgender is multi-faceted and complex, especially where consensual and precise definitions have not yet been reached.

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Neologism

A neologism (from Greek νέο- néo-, "new" and λόγος lógos, "speech, utterance") is a relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted into mainstream language.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London.

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North Caucasus

The North Caucasus (p) or Ciscaucasia is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Sea of Azov and Black Sea on the west and the Caspian Sea on the east, within European Russia.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.

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Political correctness

The term political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct; commonly abbreviated to PC or P.C.) is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.

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Sex assignment

Sex assignment (sometimes known as gender assignment) is the determination of an infant's sex at birth.

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Sexology

Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors and functions.

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Sexual diversity

Gender and sexual diversity (GSD), or simply sexual diversity, is a term used to refer to all the diversities of sex characteristics, sexual orientations and gender identities, without the need to specify each of the identities, behaviors or characteristics that form this plurality.

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Social norm

From a sociological perspective, social norms are informal understandings that govern the behavior of members of a society.

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Social privilege

In sociology, privilege is a concept used for certain rights or advantages that are available only to a particular person or group of people.

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The Advocate

The Advocate is an American LGBT-interest magazine, printed bi-monthly and available by subscription.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Spectator

The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs.

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Transgender

Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from their assigned sex.

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Transjordan (region)

Transjordan, the East Bank, or the Transjordanian Highlands (شرق الأردن), is the part of the Southern Levant east of the Jordan River, mostly contained in present-day Jordan.

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Transphobia

Transphobia is a range of negative attitudes, feelings or actions toward transgender or transsexual people, or toward transsexuality.

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Transsexual

Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent with, or not culturally associated with, their assigned sex, and desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including hormone replacement therapy and other sex reassignment therapies) to help them align their body with their identified sex or gender.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT, UT Austin, or Texas) is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.

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Volkmar Sigusch

Volkmar Sigusch (born June 11, 1940) is a German sexologist, physician and sociologist.

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West Bank

The West Bank (الضفة الغربية; הגדה המערבית, HaGadah HaMa'aravit) is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, the bulk of it now under Israeli control, or else under joint Israeli-Palestinian Authority control.

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Whipping Girl

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity is a 2007 book by transsexual theorist, biologist, and writer Julia Serano.

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Womyn-born womyn

Womyn-born womyn (WBW) is a term developed during second-wave feminism to designate women who were identified as female at birth, were raised as girls, and identify as women (or womyn, a deliberately alternative spelling that challenges the centering of male as norm).

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender

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