Cisprivilege

Quick meaning: Cisprivilege is a noun meaning Alternative form of cis privilege.

Meaning

Alternative form of cis privilege.

Example Sentences

This particular research begins to engage with the ways in which cisprivilege is bound up with perpetuating violence (see the Cisgender Privilege Checklist; T-Vox, 2007).

Cisprivilege means never being asked if you are sure you’re in the right rest-room, never fearing that you’ll spend a night in a jail-cell after a routine traffic stop because your gender performance does not match your ID.

We will start with a basic (and brief) overview of trans-affirmative language, then move towards a discussion of cisprivilege, and end with a discussion of how to make our spaces more inclusive of all genders - from micro-level interactions to macro-level structural change.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cisperson, cisfemale, cislesbian, cis-centrism, transperson, trans-lesbian.

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