Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of cis privilege.
This particular research begins to engage with the ways in which cisprivilege is bound up with perpetuating violence (see the Cisgender Privilege Checklist; T-Vox, 2007).
2011, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, David Fryer, “Dismantling dominant sexual violence research without using the master's tools”, in Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, volume 7, number 2, page 1712 more examples
Cisprivilege means never being asked if you are sure you’re in the right rest-room, never fearing that you’ll spend a night in a jail-cell after a routine traffic stop because your gender performance does not match your ID.
2012 July, Laura J. Shepherd, Laura Sjoberg, “trans- bodies in/of war(s): cisprivilege and contemporary security strategy”, in Feminist Review, number 101, page 8We will start with a basic (and brief) overview of trans-affirmative language, then move towards a discussion of cisprivilege, and end with a discussion of how to make our spaces more inclusive of all genders - from micro-level interactions to macro-level structural change.
2012, Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference 2012 program, page 32
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