cisprivilege en · NOUN
Etymology
From cis- + privilege.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of cis privilege.
alt of cis privilege
This particular research begins to engage with the ways in which cisprivilege is bound up with perpetuating violence (see the Cisgender Privilege Checklist; T-Vox, 2007).
2011, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, David Fryer, “Dismantling dominant sexual violence research without using the master's tools”, in Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, volume 7, number 2, page 171:Cisprivilege means never being asked if you are sure you’re in the right rest-room, never fearing that you’ll spend a night in a jail-cell after a routine traffic stop because your gender performance does not match your ID.
2012 July, Laura J. Shepherd, Laura Sjoberg, “trans- bodies in/of war(s): cisprivilege and contemporary security strategy”, in Feminist Review, number 101, page 8:We will start with a basic (and brief) overview of trans-affirmative language, then move towards a discussion of cisprivilege, and end with a discussion of how to make our spaces more inclusive of all genders - from micro-level interactions to macro-level structural change.
2012, Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference 2012 program, page 32: