cistemic

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adjective

Of or relating to systems that privilege cisgender people and marginalize transgender people.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivecistemic (comparative more cistemic, superlative most cistemic)

comparative more cistemic · superlative most cistemic

  1. neologismhuman sciencesOf or relating to systems that privilege cisgender people and marginalize transgender people.

    In the context of this thesis, I have framed this section around cistemic violence and vulnerability to consider the persistent reduction of gender diversity to genitalia within the Trans Debate and other anti-trans discourses.

    2021, Lo Cathryn Lanfear, "Navigating gender diverse worlds assembled upon binary expectations: Investigating the experiences of trans people living in Britain", thesis submitted to University College London, page 122
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    This study points to the necessity of “coordinated steps to create gender-inclusive classrooms and schools [that] are taken proactively” (Luecke, 2018, p. 281) to ensure that white cistemic barriers are proactively acknowledged and confronted.

    2022, Kenan Omercajic, “'Basement Boys' in the All-Gender Bathroom: Investigating Student-Inspired Trans-Activism and White Cisgenderist Barriers to Supporting Trans Students in School”, in Teacher College Record, volume 124, number 8, page 239

    Last but not least, this thesis/project is ultimately dedicated to the incredible countless Queer and Trans students, staff, and faculty of color, (for those who have fought and those who continue) fighting on university campuses today for equitable administrative practices and lasting cistemic change.

    2022, Wesley R. Paláu, "The Csu-Know/Cis-Dsu: Systematic Debilitation and Cis-Fragility in Higher Education", thesis submitted to San Diego University, page v

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Translations

French cistémique
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