Viking_Hippie
Technically, you’re still cis regardless of being pan now as cis describes the gender part of your sexuality rather than the attraction part.
As for only hearing it as an insult, maybe you’ve been around people who confused cisgender and heterosexual like you seemed to do?
Or maybe you’ve seen a lot of trans and nonbinary people who have had bad experiences with cis people and thus only mentioned the term either while defending themselves against bigotry or recounting bigotry?
My point with all of this is that, though your experiences may vary, that doesn’t necessarily change the wider use and meaning of a word.
In the specific case of “cis”, the ones advocating for it to be classified as a slur might not ALL be bigots acting in bad faith to remove a shorthand for them as a group that doesn’t inherently imply that they’re the only “normal” ones (see othering, Why Bullies Win, and “Victimized Bully Syndrome”), but that’s almost always the case.
Anyways, I hope this helps give a clearer picture of why calling cis as a slur is (usually) an act of bigotry rather than a defense against bigotry.
To slightly paraphrase my favorite hymn: There is no sweeter innocence than a gentle sin
Edit: changed link from great original by Hozier to absolutely amazing cover by Postmodern Jukebox feat. Morgan James
Less than a day after I find out from an old article that there was supposed to be a modernized remake of Gothic 1 on the way to be published this year and got all excited. Fucking fantastic 😮💨
I…don’t really know how to respond to that, other than to honestly say that I’m sorry you’re going through such a bad time and I hope things get better for you soon!
They may not always be good at showing it, but in ways big or small, you’re the reason why some people’s lives suck less than they otherwise would.
dude beat trump the first time
Barely. He won the popular vote by a smaller margin than Hillary did in 2016 and the few swing states that decided the outcome by a smaller margin than Trump did that year. This while being mostly known as the VP of a popular president.
has been an excellent president
No. Nowhere near as bad as the Mango Mussolini, of course, but he’s been the low end of mediocre at best. And the electorate remembers how disappointing the current president has been better than how awful the previous one was. It’s stupid and unfair, but that’s how it is.
