Since I started a minor brouhaha on cisgender, I figured I should
provide some examples of women (and feminists) who dislike the phrase.
Frankly, I never have gotten a handle on what gender means and never use
the phrase gender at all except in gender gap, only because "sex gap"
obviously is not useable. I think sexual stereotypes - and the
resultant imposed sexual roles, sexual discrimination, sexual abuse,
etc. - are the problem; all this talk about gender confuses the issue.
People who are born intersex may choose to use that phase or identify
with one sex or the other. Those who state they are really individuals
of the opposite sex trapped in the wrong body certainly can define
themselves as transgenders or transsexuals. But trying to redefine all
individuals (straight, gay/lesbian or bi) by whether or not they are
transgender or cisgender is absurd.
http://sarahditum.com/2014/04/21/notes-from-a-non-cis-woman/
http://liberationcollective.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/a-feminist-critique-of…
http://bugbrennan.com/2012/12/12/cisterhood-is-powerful/
http://uppitybiscuit.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/do-not-call-me-cisgender-you-…
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/378511/cis-ridiculous-christine-sisto
http://bmgnedra.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/sscabdscab-reframing-the-conversat…
http://glosswatch.com/2014/04/20/beauty-and-the-cis/
http://glosswatch.com/2014/04/24/9-reasons-why-cis-isnt-working/
http://bigboobutch.com/2013/09/16/cis-queerly-not-yours/