What are cis and trans alternate types of? I don’t think it’s “gender identity” because wouldn’t that just be man, woman or nonbinary regardless of whether they’re cis or trans? Cis/trans just being a qualifier?

If the answer is “I am cis” or “I am trans”, what is the question?

Edit: Someone came up with the term “gender congruity” and (after looking up the definition of “congruity”) I think this describes what I’m talking about perfectly.

  • Spzi@lemmy.click
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    2 years ago

    Basically, do you identify as your birth gender (not sex, gender and sex are different)?

    The additional explanation actually confused me. Let’s compare the two sentences:

    • A) Basically, do you identify as your birth gender?

    • B) Basically, do you identify as your birth sex?

    I assume biological sex can be identified by looking at your body as a new born baby, and gender is usually inferred accordingly. So I would assume new borns are being assigned a gender which mathes their biology, although they probably don’t have any opinions themselves on the topic.

    Anyways, what’s the difference between A and B? I feel you felt it was important to point it out, and I just can’t see any.