cisgay
/ˈsɪsˌɡeɪ/
cisgay adjective: cisgender and gay.
Adjective
cisgay (comparative more cisgay, superlative most cisgay)
- Cisgender and gay.
- Unfortunately, the film also falls into the trap of connecting a non-passing body with unavoidable consequences of violence in a scene in which [trans man] Lukas has to escape a rape attempt by one of his cis-gay colleagues.2014, Wibke Straube, Trans Cinema and Its Exit Scapes: A Transfeminist Reading of Utiopian Sensibility and Gender Dissidence in Contemporary Film, page 127
- A nation is considered progressive insofar as its gay population has access to same-sex marriage, can serve in the military, and can adopt children – mainly the experience of white cisgay men in the United States (Puar, 2013, 337).2017, Ralph Haddad, "Queering the Occupation: Settler-Colonial Sexualities in the Era of Homonationalism", Kohl: A Journal for Body and Gender Research, Volume 3, Number 1, Summer 2017, pages 111-112
Forms of cisgay
| comparative | more cisgay |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cisgay |
| alternative form | cis-gay |
Origin of cisgay
From cis- + gay.
Questions about cisgay
- What does cisgay mean?
- Cisgay means cisgender and gay.
- What part of speech is cisgay?
- Cisgay is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cisgay?
- Cisgay is pronounced /ˈsɪsˌɡeɪ/.
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