Comments on: cis, cissexual, cisgender

By: Guest post: Sadness is my boychick (or girlchick) | Raising My Boychick

Guest post: Sadness is my boychick (or girlchick) | Raising My Boychick — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:52:24 +0000

[...] the psychiatric/medical gatekeepers want, as proof of their success, and it’s a story we tell cis people in general to justify bodily interventions cissexists still find disturbing and fake at best [...]

By: Bill C-389 Passes the House « Bakka's River

Bill C-389 Passes the House « Bakka's River — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:02:49 +0000

[...] sex they were assigned at birth is called a ‘cissexual.’ This definition comes from here and here. There is also an entry on Wikipedia here, and an explanation of why ‘cisgender’ is not [...]

By: Whose child is this? Kyriarchy, privilege, and motherhood « Raising My Boychick

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:25:07 +0000

[...] was formulated by highly privileged women — white, US, middle class, mostly educated, abled, cis, and largely straight), which erases the experience of the majority of women on this [...]

By: The Boychick’s Bookshelf: 10,000 Dresses « Raising My Boychick

The Boychick’s Bookshelf: 10,000 Dresses « Raising My Boychick — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:23:48 +0000

[...] be unsuitable for survivors of abuse); therefore it doesn’t seem the type of book caring cis parents would buy for their daughter. That said, it serves as a simple, engaging introduction to [...]

By: Another month, another menstrual cycle « Raising My Boychick

Another month, another menstrual cycle « Raising My Boychick — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:13:04 +0000

[...] often as woman (cis women, trans women, menstruating or not), we are told our bodies are bad, or dirty, or broken. We [...]

By: WFPP Guest Post: Can Mama Bear Let Go? « Raising My Boychick

WFPP Guest Post: Can Mama Bear Let Go? « Raising My Boychick — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:00:55 +0000

[...] wishes to include this disclaimer: This post gives the perspective of a male-partnered cis woman who carried and birthed her two children (“mama bear”). The biological facts and societal [...]

By: Babble about Babble, and a controversial Controversial award « Raising My Boychick

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:03:22 +0000

[...] due to our completely unearned privilege. This list would be damn different in a non-racist, non-cissexist, non-kyriarchal society. Would I still be on it? Maybe, maybe not. But a lot more people would see [...]

By: Penises, vulvas, and other interesting things « Raising My Boychick

Penises, vulvas, and other interesting things « Raising My Boychick — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:11:56 +0000

[...] I stand behind the message about language and the words vulva and penis, this post contains cissexist ideology and imagery, with only a dismissive parenthetical acknowledgment of [...]

By: Trans Later: When Will We Fight For GenderQueer Rights? «

Trans Later: When Will We Fight For GenderQueer Rights? « — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:15:53 +0000

[...] so frustrated when Voz Latina, a person I follow on Twitter, indicated in several posts that cissexual and cisgender folks couldn’t care less about trans folks? I follow her because she says interesting and [...]

By: Lesbian/Bisexual Woman of the Decade — a call for nominations « Raising My Boychick

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:58:49 +0000

[...] that inspired this used “Gay/Bisexual Man”. All non-straight identifying women, both cis and trans, are explicitly welcome as [...]