Post #3999087
2026-07-20 20:32 UTC
The problem is not 'offense', it is 'harm'.
If the word 'cisgender' was genuinely harmful to people, then I would reconsider using it. But it isn't harmful, it's a neat and simple way to explain what I mean when I talk about my own body and gender identity.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/offence-is-not-taken-assigned/
Replies (2)
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@ErosBlog@kinkycats.org 2026-07-20 20:44
@girlonthenet@mastodon.social Tangentially, don't you just love it when somebody tries to pick a fight with you in a dozen words that you already nailed to the wall in a handy-dandy 1300-word essay a decade ago? 😀
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@sortius@beige.party 2026-07-20 21:24
@girlonthenet@mastodon.social I call myself cis-bi all the time, purely so people are clear on stuff. Nothing derogatory, just a way of defining how your gender was acquired