For now, the «smart» tampons will only work
for cisgender women, but hopefully future advancements will allow the device to work for nonbinary people and transgender men.
Scientific American noted that both men and women can lactate, but
for cisgender men, it probably won't come naturally.
I'm fair enough to admit that it might be difficult
for cisgender men to know exactly what it is their pregnant partner needs.
Not exact matches
For example, I experience privilege on the basis that I'm a man, white, and
cisgender.
Or are you going to say something like how my parents must have sinned in order
for me to not be a heterosexual
cisgender individual?
There is a new word
for that: «
cisgender.»
In part, it's because I present as an affluent, white,
cisgender woman, and,
for the most part, I get to choose when and where and how I share that piece of who I am.
In light of a few things that happened of late — the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage
for same - sex couples, the addition of the word
cisgender into the Oxford English Dictionary, the rise of the transgender movement, with Germany leading the way
for parents to register their baby as something other than just boy or girl, the increase in stay - at home dads and egalitarian marriages, universities recognizing a third gender, the desire by some to be called they versus he or she, the declaration that 2015 is the year of the gender - neutral baby, it's clear we are moving toward a society that is busting up traditional views of gender and what men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers look and act like.
In light of a few things that happened of late — the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage
for same - sex couples, the addition of the word
cisgender into the Oxford English Dictionary, the rise of the transgender movement, with Germany leading the way
for parents to register their baby as something other than just boy or -LSB-...]
However, the main difference between inducing lactation in
cisgender women and in transgender women is the need
for transgendered women to take an androgen blockade — a therapy that suppresses male hormones.
Way too many straight,
cisgender men have said this to me, in that elbow - to - ribs guffaw kind of voice people normally whip out at bachelor parties and trips to Hooters, when they'd see my son reach
for my breasts when he was a slightly older baby.
It seems that,
for many, it's easy to discredit postpartum depression because they'll never experience it, especially
cisgender men who will never become pregnant and, therefore, will never run the risk of having postpartum depression.
From storylines that slut - shame women
for being sexual beings to commercials that use scantily - clad women as bait
for male consumers (who are all presumed to be straight and
cisgender); we're collectively taught that women who actually want or enjoy sex are bad, and that women's bodies exist solely to fulfill men's sexual desires.
For example, transgender girls, just like
cisgender girls, preferred to be friends with other girls and they tended to prefer toys and foods that other girls liked.
Queer pundits will no doubt take «Love, Simon» to task
for being too white, too
cisgender, too heteronormative.
The lead role is played with impressive emotional and physical openness by
cisgender actor Victor Polster, an issue acknowledged by critics, but one that
for most did not diminish the power of the filmmaking.
Vega, a transgender, has been quoted as discussing the reality of
cisgender actors (someone whose gender identity corresponds with the sex assigned to them at birth) who have played transgender roles, notably Jared Leto who won an Oscar
for his transgender woman with Aids in (The Dallas Buyers Club 2013).
But trans people are seldom given other parts (and if they are, don't get nominated
for awards
for their «brave» portrayals of
cisgender characters) so the problem persists.
I spoke with Hooper (Les Misérables, The King's Speech) about his aesthetic choices
for the film and how he felt about the pushback he received from some members in the LGBTQ community
for casting Redmayne, a
cisgender male actor, in the role of Lili.
According to a 2015 survey [PDF] by the National Center
for Transgender Equality, 77 percent of transgender youth were mistreated at school (ranging from verbal harassment to prohibitions on dressing according to gender identity to physical or sexual assault); according to the Human Rights Campaign, transgender youth are twice as likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol [PDF] as straight,
cisgender peers.
Promoting tolerance, freedom, and equality
for all people regardless of race, sex, orientation, national origin, handicap, etc... except
for white, straight,
cisgendered males.
(As a white,
cisgender, hetero man, I won't pretend to speak
for any of the groups that Topple promises to represent.)
Whether you're transgender or
cisgender, you can visit your local Planned Parenthood health center
for STD testing, birth control, physical exams, other sexual and reproductive health services, and referrals.
I am a
cisgender woman who has been an active part of the queer community
for 35 years.
We are seeking participants
for our focus group study to examine experiences of sexual desire in straight, bisexual, and gay
cisgender folks in addition to trans men and trans women.
As someone who has been married to a
cisgendered heterosexual man
for the past 13 years, Victoria understands first hand what it takes to maintain and foster a healthy relationship.