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Cisgender: of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth. — Merriam-Webster

Gender Identity:

  1. the totality of physical and behavioral traits that are designated by a culture as masculine or feminine

  2.  a person’s internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male or female

— Merriam-Webster

Feminine: having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness. — Dictionary.com

Masculine: having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness. — Dictionary.com

I find these definitions interesting. Many of us are told by members of trans* community that we don’t understand how it feels because we’re “cis.” At first I accepted that. I am a cisgender male. Okay. My “gender identity” matches up with my biological sex. Cool.

But I…

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