Comment on A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois

minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The adjectives cis and lesbian refer to different attributes. Cis refers to gender identity, so her gender matches her sex assigned at birth (in this case, a woman assigned female at birth). A lesbian refers to her sexual attraction, so a woman who is attracted to other women.

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• irmoz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What confuses you about that?

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• MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You might be confused on the terms. Cis is the opposite of trans. You can be attracted to members of your same gender without being trans. It’s much more common to be cis and homosexual than to be trans.

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• dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think you are confused on what cis means

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  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The prefix cis- is Latin and means on this side of.

    I’m still confused.

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    • Dravin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This should clear up your confusion: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender

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      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, so cis- is the exact opposite of trans- in Latin.

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