A parallel irritation: being referred to as either christian or non-christian. Why is that an irritation? If I am a sikh, hindu, muslim, jehovah witness or member of any one of eighty thousand religions I am that, not a non-chistian. I am not a christian. Not and non, infer a critically different concept. Not is not binary. Non is binary. Non-christian is binary whereas not chistian is not. Not chistian accepts and acknowledges people may have an equally valid faith as christians. Incidentally, I am not christian, nor am I an atheist/agnostic for I believe in something far better.

In computing and electronics, NOT inverts. NOT 1 is zero. NOT 0 is one. NOT apple is a nonsense. You can’t invert an apple. NOT ‘trans’ is non-sensical. But not, English not, rather than logical NOT is different. It means not something, aka it is something else instead. A banana is not an apple. A grape is not an apple. All fruit are not non-apples, they are different fruits with their own properties.

Given that no one in my mind is 100 percent male, nor 100 percent female it makes the binary even more irrational. I often think of myself as 80 percent male and 20 percent female. That is how I see myself. Some masculine gentlemen will usually admit to having a feminine side in some areas. They may decide that they are 95 percent male and five percent female. Whatever the case we will have a little of the opposite gender/sex within us and admit to that if we are honest. On aggregate we tend to see ourselves as falling into one of the two camps. On aggregate we are male, or on aggregate we are female. So too will intersex people, though some accept who they are, and simply consider themselves as intersex.

People object to being referred to as a cis man/woman/intersex and rightly so. Maybe because being in the trans camp of the trans/cis binary infers superiority. Maybe because cis is a root part of the word cistern. Aka a toilet.

By all means use your jargon in your closed trans group discussions. However, please respect our wishes. Trans people want to be included, accepted and treated equally. We all do. Putting binary labels on those that do not want them placed on them is incredibly disrespectful. Trans people must understand that adding the cis label to those that are not trans is as aggravating us calling you a transvestite.

Man, woman, intersex - inherently implies not trans. Therefore, we need not say, not-trans-man, not-trans-woman, nor not-trans-intersex. We simple say, man, woman or intersex. The not trans element is assumed. If one wants to annotate themselves as a trans-woman, trans-man that is their prerogative. One may feel like a woman inside a masculine body, or feel like a man, in a feminine body. That is fine. You can also feel part woman part man, that is fine too. However, one need not venture down a road that often leads to more problems.

Why does cis feel like a cist? An addition to oneself that we do not want or need. The origination seems reasonable at first glance but is erroneous.

The poorly adapted concept taken out of context from chemistry; being on the same side.

A kaffir is a name given to a non-muslim – someone that is not a muslim. It is a sneer at best, a slur at worst.

A heretic/atheist is a name given to a non-christian – someone that is not a christian. It is a sneer or an excluded individual. Heretics and non-believers were treated very badly in the past.

Non-something often connotates less, less good, less decent, less important, lower ranking. ‘Not’ does not invalidate a different belief. Someone who is hindu is not a christian. In this wording hinduism and christianity seem equally worthy. Whereas calling a hindu non-christian implies they are in a lesser category.

Surgery in relation to “sex-changes” can often cause severe loss of sexual sensations. Vast numbers are affected. That is sad. An intersex person made a noble admirable claim. This intersex person said this. “I am not going to be a man or a woman, I am going to be an intersex person here forth.” They are proud of who they are. They are accepting of who they are and live with what mind/body they have. Happily, so. That sets an example that others may consider copying. Be who you are.

Male/Female, man/woman is not a binary system. It never has been, nor ever will be. Male/Female is multifaceted, quasi-binary, probably quad state with levels, lots of levels. I say quad state for the simple reason that DNA is encoded by means of 4 nucleic acids. We are male or female on aggregate. We do not fit the chemical concept of alongside, along one side. We have many things on each side whether we feel male of female. Hence transitioning from male to female or vice versa is a nonsense. At best we could shift a lot to alter the balance and become male now on aggregate, possibly, potentially.

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Trans genderism will only be possible when we are able to invert vast swathes of our DNA. Anything that falls short of remapping your DNA is simply a partial cosmetic adjustment. A pretence no matter how convincing one manages to be.