tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432122252544693588.post2683112037066263093..comments2023-05-28T23:41:17.406-07:00Comments on Whipping Girl: Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege-juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06703465310869693798noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432122252544693588.post-43406921787474701032014-12-17T09:56:29.732-08:002014-12-17T09:56:29.732-08:00actually, cis and trans are prefixes derived from ...actually, cis and trans are prefixes derived from Latin that are used in both scientific and non-scientific words (e.g., cisatlantic). I have been using cis/trans as an activist since 2005, and I had not not at all heard about the early 20th century German terms you mentioned until last year someone brought it up to me last year. I am almost 100% sure that the first trans activists to use the terms cisgender/cissexual were not aware of the obscure German medical literature reference you mentioned, but rather came up with their own neologisms based on the fact that cis has a long history of being a complementary pair to trans.-juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703465310869693798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8432122252544693588.post-68263729842252848032014-12-17T09:32:26.431-08:002014-12-17T09:32:26.431-08:00The terms "transvestitismus" and "c...The terms "transvestitismus" and "cisvestitismus" appear in an early 20th century medical dictionary in German, referring to crossdressing or non-gender-variant modes of dress. They most certainly are scientific terms. anarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641841215322537392noreply@blogger.com