# "Don't call me 'cisgender'!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-cisgender/718903>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 30, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-cisgender/718903 "2015-04-30T15:23:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-me-cisgender/718903/195 "2015-05-01T22:52:14Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> As a descriptivist, the term “cisgender” is chiefly useful in that, as a newly minted term, it has almost no baggage attached to it.

Umm, didn’t you just say:

> [@I Steadfastly Reject This Sudden Rush to Redefine "Thug" as a Racial Slur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-steadfastly-reject-this-sudden-rush-to-redefine-thug-as-a-racial-slur/718959/3):
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> That’s the thing about language. If people start using a word as a racial slur, it becomes a racial slur, irrespective of its previous meanings or connotations.

“Cis” is loaded with hate and bigoted baggage. Useful or not it’s still hate language now.

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Dont get me wrong, I see your point about “Normal”. But since “cis” is now used commonly as a hate/bigot term, it’s not longer acceptable to use it, especially here on the SDMB.

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