How to Use cis in a Sentence
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Trans men and women experience discrimination in places that many cis people might not be aware of.
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Jihan Forbes,
Allure,
2017-06-20
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The current volunteers and board members stepped into and took over a space that was founded on white, cis feminism (read: white supremacy).
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Kristi Turnquist,
OregonLive.com,
2018-06-06
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Also, this writing has been a decidedly cis hetero male perspective.
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Tunde Wey,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2017-12-15
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Of course, this is a monumental step forward for Hollywood, a town and industry that has long been dominated by straight, white, cis men.
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Jill Gutowitz,
Glamour,
2018-03-14
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Because there are finally trans people — real trans people, not cis actors doing some parody of transness — on my TV screen.
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Charlie Jane Anders,
Teen Vogue,
2018-12-17
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As last night’s excellent moderators demonstrated, to get ahead, genders and identities other than cis men have to be nearly superhuman.
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Andrea Bartz,
Marie Claire,
2019-11-21
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Rodriguez also lauded Pose for writing trans characters with nuances usually reserved for cis characters.
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Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
2019-08-08
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But Hopkins’s considerable physical beauty is cis beauty.
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Annie Julia Wyman,
New Republic,
2017-05-22
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