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Cis is not an “academic” term « Questioning Transphobia
linkspam: cis-, cissexism, cissexual « Love | Peace | Ohana 2010
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He shook hands carelessly with Miss Clive, whom he called Cis, and declared himself dead beat.
Celibates 1892
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If it had been an effort to Humfrey to prolong the word Cis into sister, he was rewarded for it.
Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Because – as we know only too well – as far as Planet Cis is concerned, trans people’s lives just don’t matter.
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But, by way of proof (not that it’s needed) that Planet Cis is completely even-handed in its discrimination against parents in relationships where at least one partner is trans and there are children involved, this story brings into sharp relief the force that the state is able to bring to bear against trans parents, apparently at will, not to say somewhat randomly.
Cis people impose draconian restrictions on trans woman’s access rights to her child 2009
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Cis is Latin for “on this side of,” and trans for “across from”; the terms describe the positions of neighboring hydrogen atoms on the double bond between carbon atoms.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Cis is Latin for “on this side of,” and trans for “across from”; the terms describe the positions of neighboring hydrogen atoms on the double bond between carbon atoms.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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I ended the conversation by agreeing to call Cis back as soon as I figured out how the committee could help us.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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I ended the conversation by agreeing to call Cis back as soon as I figured out how the committee could help us.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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A Lama, who is the head man of the place, came out to greet us, with his family and a whole troop of villagers; they were the same class of people as I have elsewhere described as Cis-nivean
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