[Magdalen] cisgender???

[Lynn Ronkainen]

From: "ME Michaud" > Trans is across, over there (translate, transatlantic, 
transparent,
> transmogrify)


transform?

I <heart> transmogrify - a phrase used frequently by my comic strip alter 
ego Calvin and his sidekick Hobbs. : )


(I've heard cisgender shortened to this sound: sis)... and I've now had the 
privilege of adding it to my personal spell-check

Lynn

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From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:38 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] cisgender???

> Trans is across, over there (translate, transatlantic, transparent,
> transmogrify)
>
> Cis is NOT over there, but here. On this side.0
> cistern? words fail, actually.
>
> On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, it's the opposite of trans, but what is that in English?
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:56 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>
>> > If you spoke Latin (!)
>> > it's the opposite of trans.
>> >
>> > Not a term I'm comfortable with yet, but then I'm not a Latin speaker.
>> > -M
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Okay, someone here will know the answer to this. I know that this 
>> > > term
>> > > refers to folks who don't fall into any of the LGBTQ categories, but
>> what
>> > > on earth does cis stand for, and where did it come from?  I've only
>> > started
>> > > seeing it since all the restroom controversy...
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Grace Cangialosi
>> > > Ruckersville, VA
>> > >
>> > > *“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us
>> > > guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” - 
>> > > Dietrich
>> > > Bonhoeffer*
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Grace Cangialosi
>> Ruckersville, VA
>>
>> *“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us
>> guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” - Dietrich
>> Bonhoeffer*
>>