cis-ter
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Noun[edit]
- Alternative form of cister.
- 2017 April 14, Sarah Marloff, “They Called Me 'It'”, in The Austin Chronicle, page 18:
- "Even after legally transitioning ... I would still be expected to get a letter from a mental health professional if I wanted to go up a cup size," explained [Claire] Bow. "Cis-ters just need to sign the consent form. It sometimes feels like I'm expected to prove I'm a real person to everyone in the world, one person at a time."
- 2018, The Women's Film Festival: Official Program[1], page 40:
- We recognize that there is no feminism without intersectionality, and strive to support all our sisters, not just our cis-ters.
- 2021, Marian Duggan, Hannah Mason-Bish, “A feminist exploration of misogyny and hate crime”, in Irene Zempi, Jo Smith, editors, Misogyny as Hate Crime, unnumbered page:
- Trans women in particular share the gendered experiences of their cis-ters by being subject to higher rates of sexual assault and abuse.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cis-ter.