Rows other people have so that you don't have to

[rozk]

There has been, over at Pam's House Blend, a row about whether the term cis-, used by many trans people as a way of describing non-trans people, is offensive; it is a row out of which I have stayed because I have been busy with other things. From voz_latina this link to an excellent post about the whole controversy.

As Voz says, pass it on.

Later It appears that, for whatever reason the blog containing this post has been deleted. Given this, I shall probably delete this post in a day or so.

Comments

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

I am utterly bemused by the claim that "cis" is insulting, because it seems to me that those who argue it is are claiming that any word specifically identifying someone whose sex and gender spontaneously match would be insulting. But maybe that's because I studied chemistry and was already used to the cis-trans opposing pair in a less loaded context.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

exactly what I was thinking!

(Of course it still leaves ortho, meta, and para up for grabs.)