How to Use cisgender in a Sentence
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But cisgender girls should have the right to compete and succeed, too.
— Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2021 -
In this case, the drug had not been tested in cisgender women.
— Michele Cohen Marill, Wired, 10 June 2020 -
The small group of clinicians who wrote the first Standards of Care were all cisgender.
— New York Times, 15 June 2022 -
As one of the most active trans comics in L.A., Thomas is used to standing out like a sore thumb on most cisgender lineups.
— Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022 -
Segovia, who lives in Houston with her trans partner and trans kid, is cisgender.
— Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 13 Aug. 2021 -
Quinn, who has since come out as non-cisgender, had to live in hiding and had to take PTSD medication.
— Kara Alaimo For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 25 May 2022 -
Boxers and briefs created for cisgender men feature more room in the groin and an opening in the front to expedite trips to the urinal.
— Laken Brooks, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021 -
More than half of all those school board members identified as cisgender gay men — including Hoyler, who first ran for the board and lost in 2019.
— Teo Armus, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2022 -
Underwear designed for cisgender women may have lace or satin that hug the hips.
— Laken Brooks, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021 -
However, when the show went to Broadway, the role was depicted as a gay, cisgender female.
— Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 2021 -
If so, Texas will become the 10th state to ban trans student-athletes from competing with cisgender kids.
— Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2021 -
Elliot Page coming out as trans isn’t about cisgender people at all.
— Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 8 Dec. 2020 -
The culture was overwhelmingly white, cisgender, and male, and the work was exhausting.
— Sara B. Franklin, Bon Appétit, 26 May 2021 -
There’s one cisgender male survivor, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer).
— Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021 -
About one in four of the cisgender women in the study lived with children, but the doctors identified only two cases of monkeypox among them.
— Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022 -
For the most part, cisgender men were simply looking for a way to have good skin and appear less tired in a hyper-competitive workplace.
— Ahmed Zambarakji, Robb Report, 23 June 2021 -
Their risk for stroke or heart attack in the next 10 years was significantly higher than that of cisgender Americans in the same age group.
— NBC News, 16 Nov. 2020 -
The families were upset that transgender girls were competing against the cisgender girls in high school track leagues.
— Jack Turban, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2021 -
At least 30 percent of cisgender men will get it at some point in their lives, and by some estimates, roughly 65 percent of cis-men could develop it.
— Popular Science, 17 Feb. 2021 -
Matherne said cisgender people don’t have to comprehend trans people to be kind.
— Susan Dunne, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2020 -
Proponents contended that the measure was necessary to protect the rights of cisgender girls and women in school sports.
— NBC News, 13 Apr. 2022 -
And many films, even beloved ones, sometimes use cisgender characters to portray trans people, or fall short of depicting the whole story.
— Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 26 Apr. 2022 -
Being a cisgender white male, there has never been much of a threat to my bodily autonomy.
— Melissa Matthews, SELF, 3 Aug. 2022 -
And fundamentally the fact that white, straight cisgender men have power in our society hasn’t changed.
— Matt Brennantelevision Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2022 -
After the lawsuit was filed one of the cisgender girls beat a transgender girl who, the suit claimed, supposedly had an unfair advantage.
— Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2021 -
In clinical trials, it was shown to reduce the risk of contracting HIV among men and transgender women by 69% and by 90% in cisgender women.
— Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2022 -
Again, this is creating a hostile environment even among trans youth and their cisgender peers.
— Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2021 -
Talisa Garcia is also set to star, marking the first time in Disney's history that an openly trans person will play a cisgender role.
— Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022 -
Other recent Broadway film-to-stage adaptations, such as Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire, have come under fire for their use of cisgender actors in roles that use the idea of a man in a dress as part of their humor.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022 -
Studies on cisgender men and migraine, however, could help explain how testosterone might play a role in the frequency of attacks.
— Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 22 June 2022
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