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[[File:Cisgender.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The cisgender "flag" by FlagsforCisHets.]]
[[File:Tumblr inline oc6ix7kKXb1t8mmlv 540.png|thumb|Possibly an alternate cisgender "flag"▼
[[File:Tumblr inline oc6iwji9Qo1t8mmlv 540.png|thumb|Possibly an alternate cisgender "flag"|alt=]]▼
[[File:Possible alternative to cisgender flag.png|alt=Possible alternative to cisgender flag (using grayscale)|thumb|181x181px|Possible alternative to cisgender flag (using grayscale)]]▼
'''Cisgender''' (often shortened to '''cis''') is the opposite of [[transgender]] or [[Cisn't|cisn’t]], meaning someone who always identifies wholly and exclusively as the gender they were assigned at birth. The term is not an identity by itself, rather it is a term used primarily by the transgender community as a way to describe those who are not trans. It describes [[Man|men]] who were [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]] and [[Woman|women]] who were [[AFAB|assigned female at birth]]. Some [[intersex]] people who are [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] may think of themselves as cisgender.
== Etymology ==
"Cis" comes from the Latin prefix meaning "on the same side", as in the
== Cisgender vs. Cissexual ==
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A fourth flag was created by LGBTA user OMeera on June 8th, 2021. The grayscale cisgender flag is depicted using black, and variations of gray. The heterosexual flag uses black and white (grayscale) to represent "lack of color", as opposed to the LGBT+ flag, which is colorful. Likewise, being Cisgender is the opposite of being Transgender,
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▲"Cis" comes from the Latin prefix meaning "on the same side", as in the cis-trans distinction in chemistry. The origin of the term in reference to gender is credited to Carl Buijs who proposed the term in 1995<ref>http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/tg_def.html#cisgender</ref>, and although the word had been used on the internet before 1995, Carl Buijs is the first recorded source to define the term. It's possible that the term was independently coined elsewhere.
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