ext_35968 ([identity profile] diceytillerman.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] steepholm 2014-03-21 06:29 pm (UTC)

I think what I mean is, in my opinion, the term "cis" does not distract from or dilute the non-binary or gq experience in the slightest. It adds an important term, and then we go ahead and add more terms. It does not by its existence imply that anyone who is not trans is the polar opposite of trans. We can say "actually I'm not 100% cis" when we want to -- the assumption that we are cis if we're not trans already existed and would have existed anyway without the term "cis."

Even if it did in some way distract from the existence of non-binary/gq people, we would still have to wrangle with that problem, not just toss out the term cis. It's that important that we have a term upending cisness as default.

If this doesn't make sense, put it down to brain fog and lack of sleep. :)

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