[Magdalen] I'm confused

[Eleanor Braun]

It means not transgender.   Most people are cis-gendered...they experience
their gender to be what they were identified at birth.

There's a bit of an explanation of the origin of the term here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender

Eleanor

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is very helpful, Eleanor...I may print it out so I can study it a
> bit. Thanks!
>
> It did mention a term that I've also wondered about: "cis-gendered." What
> does that mean?
>
> On May 30, 2016, at 8:20 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> This looks like a good guide to transgender language:
>
> http://listeningoutloud.com/terminology/
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I need a little help here, and I feel foolish for having to ask, but I
> do.
> > It relates to the terminology for transgender people. I've been wondering
> > about it for awhile, and then this morning I met the trans neighbor of a
> > 92-year-old parishioner who had just passed away and found myself feeling
> > totally confused. Mind you, I didn't express that, but it's been on my
> mind
> > all day. And she will be coming to the funeral on Saturday, so I will be
> > meeting her again, as will all those in attendance. And knowing this
> > congregation, I anticipate that there will be comments and questions put
> to
> > me after the funeral is over, probably on Sunday.
> >
> > What I don't know is which way the term "trans" is applied.  If a person
> > was born biologically male and is now living as a female, with or without
> > surgery, is she considered a trans woman or a trans man? Same question
> for
> > the reverse situation. This woman introduced herself with a woman's name,
> > and I took that at face value, but I experienced some cognitive
> dissonance
> > because of her appearance, which was decidedly masculine, as was her
> voice.
> > And she had shaved. But she had breasts...  Obviously this isn't
> important
> > in deciding how I'm going to relate to her, but my discomfort about
> whether
> > I might do or say the wrong thing  let me know that I need to get a
> handle
> > on this. I'm sure that, just as gays and lesbians have come out and taken
> > their places in society in a way that causes scarcely a second look, the
> > same will be true for trans men and women.  But that isn't the case yet,
> at
> > least not for me.
> >
> >
>