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* '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|CAGAB]].''' Coercively assigned gender at birth. Most people are either coercively assigned female at birth (CAFAB) or coercively assigned male at birth (CAMAB). Unlike AGAB and GAAB, CAGAB emphasizes that the gender was assigned against the person's will, and implies that the person was abused as a child. | * '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|CAGAB]].''' Coercively assigned gender at birth. Most people are either coercively assigned female at birth (CAFAB) or coercively assigned male at birth (CAMAB). Unlike AGAB and GAAB, CAGAB emphasizes that the gender was assigned against the person's will, and implies that the person was abused as a child. | ||
* '''CAMAB.''' ''See CAGAB.'' | * '''CAMAB.''' ''See CAGAB.'' | ||
* '''[[cisgender]]'''. From Latin ''cis'' "on the same side of" + "gender," "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs."<ref>Julia Serano, "Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege." 2009-05-14. [http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html]</ref> A person who isn't transgender. The Latin prefix ''cis'' ("on the same side of") is the opposite of the Latin prefix ''trans'' ("to the other side of"). | * '''[[cisgender]]'''. From Latin ''cis'' "on the same side of" + "gender," "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs."<ref>Julia Serano, "Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege." 2009-05-14. [http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html]</ref> A person who isn't transgender and isn't nonbinary. The Latin prefix ''cis'' ("on the same side of") is the opposite of the Latin prefix ''trans'' ("to the other side of"). | ||
* '''[[cissexism]]'''. A form of sexism, specifically, a way of thought in which only cisgender people are seen as normal or right. Cissexism is harmful to all kinds of transgender people, including non-binary people. | * '''[[cissexism]]'''. A form of sexism, specifically, a way of thought in which only cisgender people are seen as normal or right. Cissexism is harmful to all kinds of transgender people, including non-binary people. | ||
* '''[[Coming out|closet]]'''. To be "in the closet" means that a person is keeping their gender identity and/or sexual orientation a secret. | * '''[[Coming out|closet]]'''. To be "in the closet" means that a person is keeping their gender identity and/or sexual orientation a secret. | ||