LogFAQs > #950204536

I've seen this a lot when discussing transphobia. It seems like some cis people don't want to be "labelled" cisgender, often with statements like "I am a woman, not cisgender!". Is this just something transphobes and TERFs consider a slur?

It's very odd to me as it's essentially just a descriptor to say someone identifies as the sex they are assigned at birth. Being cis doesn't replace someone as identifying as a man or woman. It's just very odd to me and I only see people objecting to the term when transphobia is being discussed.

It almost feels like that when transphobia is brought up, some cisgender people want to deflect and present cisgender people as victims too, for having to put up with "labels" they don't agree with such as this one. Seems like a complete false equivalence to me.

Is it something that's rooted in transphobia to object to this term? Would love to understand why somebody would consider it offensive or insulting as it seems like a completely understandable descriptor to me.

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