I don’t understand why some people get so bent out of shape over the term cisgender. Latin prefixes are even more common in English than abbreviations like AMAB.

As someone who used to think it was an offensive term, it’s likely ignorance and because it’s often used in a deragatory and dehumanizing way on the internet.

At first I didn’t know what cisgendered or cis meant, but I definitely saw it used to describe a group of people non-cis folks didn’t like very much. Of course I eventually learned, but still had a bit of a distaste due to the initial impression.

Also, I always saw “cishet” as a cheeky way of saying “cis shit” because it was also often used negatively in the places I originally came across the term. Once someone explained it in a comment section I finally understood it wasn’t hateful terminology but instead descriptive.

You can’t stop someone from being negative but at least knowing what the words are meant to mean can help identify a bad person rather than bad word.

At first I didn’t know what cisgendered or cis meant, but I definitely saw it used to describe a group of people non-cis folks didn’t like very much. Of course I eventually learned, but still had a bit of a distaste due to the initial impression.

How long was this “eventually”? I feel like it should be a couple minutes to search and land on the Wikipedia page.

Hmm maybe longer that it should have been, but do you really expect everyone to search for something instead of inferring the meaning based on context?

Yes? I often look up words I don’t know what they mean.

I’m gonna be real with you. I do the same shit.

We aren’t normal, and idk why you expect that at this point.