cissexual

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ever notice how the most interesting thing about people nowadays is who
they like to do it with and why?

JL


On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

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> A little difficult to follow, but to use the idea of a grid I proposed in
> my e-mail today titled "Cishet and Q permutations," I read these terms as
> simply using only one variable for sex or gender (plus additional verbiage
> for personal history).
>
> Writing out my grid (formatted for e-mail) with A meaning matching the
> self and B not:
>
> Straight, cissexual, cisgender person:
> O (sexual orientation) = B
> S = A
> G = A
>
> (That is, a straight person's sexual orientation does not match their sex
> or gender because they have a sexual preference for someone of a different
> sex/gender.)
>
> Gay, cissexual, cisgender person:
> O =  A
> S = A
> G = A
>
> Bisexual, cissexual, cisgender person:
> O = A, B
> S = A
> G = A
>
> Intersexual, cissexual, cisgender person:
> O = A
> S = A, B (or A > B as intersexuality does not come 50-50)
> G = A
>
> Serano's terms I believe are simply single-variable terms in such a grid:
> Cissexual person:
> S = A
>
> Cisgender person:
> G = A
>
> For third and fourth genders, the letters C and D could be utilized.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
>
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>
> On Jun 9, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > Wikipedia:
> >
> > "Julia Serano has defined *cissexual* as 'people who are not transsexual
> > and who have only ever experienced their mental and physical sexes as
> being
> > aligned', while cisgender is a slightly narrower term for those who do
> not
> > identify as transgender (a larger cultural category than the more
> clinical
> > transsexual)."
> >
> > Got that?
> >
> > JL
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