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Ciswoman vs Cissexual - What's the difference?

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Cissexual is a related term of ciswoman.



As a noun ciswoman

is a cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.

As an adjective cissexual is

having a gender identity which matches one's birth sex; for example, identifying as male and having (been born with) male genitalia.

ciswoman

English

Noun

(ciswomen)
  • (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
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  • Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are.

    Synonyms

    * genetic girl (GG)

    Coordinate terms

    * cisman, transwoman, transman

    Hypernyms

    * cisperson

    See also

    * cisgender, transgender, cisfemale, cismale

    cissexual

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (LGBT, of a person) Having a gender identity which matches one's birth sex; for example, identifying as male and having (been born with) male genitalia.
  • Antonyms

    * transsexual

    See also

    * transgender