minus-squareMiphera@lemmy.worldtoProgressive Politics@lemmy.world•[Video] Old man speaks up at town halllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agocis (as the prefix in cisgender) is literally just the Latin term for “on this side of”, opposite of trans = “on the other side of”. It’s the exact same thing as heterosexual & homosexual, both from Greek, standing for hetero (from heteros) = different, and homo (from homos) = same. Is the term “straight” also not ok, just gay people and “normal” people? And same for homosexual and “normal” people, and trans and “normal” people? linkfedilink
cis (as the prefix in cisgender) is literally just the Latin term for “on this side of”, opposite of trans = “on the other side of”.
It’s the exact same thing as heterosexual & homosexual, both from Greek, standing for hetero (from heteros) = different, and homo (from homos) = same.
Is the term “straight” also not ok, just gay people and “normal” people? And same for homosexual and “normal” people, and trans and “normal” people?