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2023-06-22 03:57:34 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8D9A52651B699DC381034B461E54083FAE2D3F67D2E4A4C0A1176A8A84D75C40
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Original Note:
The term Sigusch created was cissexual. the origins of the term 'cisgender' are still in dispute. OED cites a 1994 post to the Usenet newsgroup alt.transgendered by user Dana Leland Defosse as the term’s origin. And 'cis' dates back to 1914 in German sexological lit https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/may-2017/tracing-terminology-researching-early-uses-of-cisgender https://www.cristanwilliams.com/2013/08/09/so-i-hear-trans-people-recently-invented-this-whole-cistrans-thing/
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