What are cis and trans alternate types of? I don’t think it’s “gender identity” because wouldn’t that just be man, woman or nonbinary regardless of whether they’re cis or trans? Cis/trans just being a qualifier?

If the answer is “I am cis” or “I am trans”, what is the question?

Edit: Someone came up with the term “gender congruity” and (after looking up the definition of “congruity”) I think this describes what I’m talking about perfectly.

  • Hypersapien@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Male, female or nonbinary are a person’s gender.
    White, black, asian (nonexclusively) are a person’s race.
    Right, left are a person’s handedness.
    Gay, straight, bi are a person’s sexual orientation.
    Cis, trans are a person’s ________.

    • morhp@lemmy.wtf
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      1 year ago

      “gender identity” might fit. “Identity” taken literally, to mean if the birth sex/gender and the actual expressed gender are identical.

      Edit: or “gender divergence” if you want to focus on the difference instead of the sameness.

    • sapient [they/them]@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      We could call it “gender metadata” ;p

      I’m not actually sure if there’s a real term for this. If nothing else, “trans status” works but there should be a better term I think ^.^

      Maybe “genderdivergence”?