English

Noun

cisprivilege ‎(uncountable)

1. (LGBT, neologism) The social advantage enjoyed by those who are cisgender/cissexual.
   • 2011, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig & David Fryer, "Dismantling dominant sexual violence research without using the master's tools", Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, Volume 7, Number 2, page 171:

     This particular research begins to engage with the ways in which cisprivilege is bound up with perpetuating violence (see the Cisgender Privilege Checklist; T-Vox, 2007).

   • 2012, Laura J. Shepherd & Laura Sjoberg, "trans- bodies in/of war(s): cisprivilege and contemporary security strategy", Feminist Review, Issue 101, July 2012, page 8:

     Cisprivilege means never being asked if you are sure you’re in the right rest-room, never fearing that you’ll spend a night in a jail-cell after a routine traffic stop because your gender performance does not match your ID.

   • 2012, Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference 2012 program, page 32:

     We will start with a basic (and brief) overview of trans-affirmative language, then move towards a discussion of cisprivilege, and end with a discussion of how to make our spaces more inclusive of all genders - from micro-level interactions to macro-level structural change.