Stephen, thanks for the heads-up, but I just want to post a quick warning:
the Articles for Deletion (AfD) discussions on wikpedia are merely an
indicative a vote. They are a discussion amongst editors, and used as a
sort of sounding board.
Decisions are reached not by the number of voices added but by the
arguments made -- and a flood of comments from people without a track
record on Wikipedia is easily detected, and usually counter-productive.
I suggest that people should exercise caution before weighing in, because
a flood of trans people piling in to 'vote' will leave a bad impression of
our community.
Best wishes, Claire
Stephen Whittle said:
> has everyone seen the Wiki entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender
>
> you can vote on whether ti should remain or be deleted.
>
> Stephen
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>>>> Penny Lenihan <[log in to unmask]> 04/03/06 2:32 PM >>>
> Hi Vek
>
> I've found cisgender to be used generally as a term to describe people who
> are gendered at either
> pole of the dichotomous male-female gender model. I've not come across it
> in peer reviewed
> publications or books yet. In my experience it tends to be used by people
> who define themselves as
> other than cisgendered such as androgyne, neutrois or "two spirits" etc
> etc. I've used the term
> myself when talking with people with androgynous or mixed gender
> identities but it tends to make
> less sense to those people who have a strong male or female gender
> identity.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Penny
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>>>> Vek Lewis <[log in to unmask]> 31/03/2006 03:45 >>>
> Hi all
> This relatively new term is found in several sites on-line, but perhaps
> not so frequently used in
> peer-reviewed publications (articles or books). A friend is trying to
> ascertain how widespread or
> restricted its use may be in current trans academic discourse. Anyone know
> of peer-reviewed
> published articles, chapters or books wherein one can find its use?
> CItations would be great.
>
> Also general reactions to 'cisgender' and its applicability would be
> interesting.
>
> Thanks
> Vek Lewis.
>
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