I come up with the best ideas only when I'm extremely sleep deprived
https://strawpoll.com/1MnwOW2G5n7
I will share the final results in a few days, probably on Friday
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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Excuse my ignorance but what's the difference between straight and cis?
Straight = heterosexual, Cis (short for cisgender) = someone who identifys with the gender assigned to them at birth i.e. anyone who is not transgender
Thanks
Why the downvotes? Schools in lots of places don't teach LGBT+ vocabulary and not everyone is interested enough to look it up. Many have never needed to answer anything other than "male/female/other" for gender, and very few people use the word "cis" to identify themselves, so it's OK to not know ithe term.
Edit: my school was rather progressive but I still can't remember being taught the term “cis” in sex ed at 12 years old and I only found out when I started seeing LGBT+ memes online and became an ally 5 years later.
Another reason why the poll I suggested in the previous comment is better.
one is an orientation the other is a gender identity
you ignorance (non derogatory) is excused, but only because you didn't know
/joke