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[[File:Cis-man*.png|thumb|The Cis-men flag by Idrisney29]]
[[File:Cis-women.png|thumb|The Cis-women flag by Idrisney29]]
'''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 Gender|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]], which still go by these terms. Some [[intersex]]
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Cissexual or [[cissex]], is a term based off transsexual/[[transsex]]. In some contexts, it can be useful to distinguish between cisgender and cissexual, along with distinguishing between transgender and transsexual. Cissexual can refer to someone who has not changed their bodies through medical interventions, such as hormones and/or surgeries, and does not seek to medically change their body.
This distinction can be useful as it's possible to be transgender and cissexual, meaning one identifies as another gender, but does not wish to medically transition. It is also possible to be cisgender and transsexual. For example, some drag artists and other [[Gender Non-Conforming|gender non-conforming]]
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