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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by r00fus on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:29PM (#27609878)
As someone who is CIS, I also don't try to imply a sexuality in myself or others unless I'm with people I know. I try not to speak about my wife, but my "spouse" and try to use gender-neutral terms where appropriate.
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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by lovegoblin on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:52PM (#27610186)
> As someone who is CIS

I often wonder where this misconception originated: why do people think that "cis" is an acronym? What do they think it stands for? It's just a prefix; the antonym of "trans."

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by CRConrad on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:52AM (#27615632)
You see it with "the FED" too. I think it's an American thing; maybe the Yanks have so many TLAs that they automatically assume anything TL is an A.

(And don't get me started on "Oh-bee-gee-why-en", often capitalised as "OB-GYN" in writing... Sheesh, what an idiotic spelling of "gynecologist"!)

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by delecti on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:58PM (#27610266)
I've seen people mistakenly assert the backronym "comfortable in skin". I'm not sure why else it would be so common.
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