nontransgender

Matching birth identity

Nontransgender describes a person whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth.

The term exists as a more formal alternative to cisgender, often used in medical, legal, or academic contexts: The study compared transgender and nontransgender participants.

Some prefer it as a neutral descriptor without the political associations that cisgender has acquired.

cisgender

cis

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terminology

cis

On this side

Opposites
gender identity alignment

nontransgendertransgender

Gender differs from assignment

trans · transsexual · transgendered · transmasculine · transfeminine

Family

transgender, trans, gender, genders, gendered, gendering, engender, engendered, engendering

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