Cisgender means someone’s gender identity matches the gender they were assigned at birth.
Imagine you have a toy box that comes with two kinds of toys: cars and dolls. When you're born, people might guess which kind of toys you like best based on what you look like. That's like being assigned a gender, it’s just a guess.
Now, if the guess is right, and you grow up feeling like that's who you really are, then you’re cisgender, like most kids in the world!
What It Feels Like
Think of it like wearing your favorite pair of shoes. If the shoes were picked for you when you were little, maybe because they were pink or blue, and now you still love them, that’s being cisgender.
But if you end up liking a different kind of shoe than what was picked for you, that's totally okay too, it just means you might be transgender!
So, cisgender is just one way to feel about your own gender identity, like how some people love wearing shoes that were chosen for them when they were little.
Examples
- A cisgender person is someone who identifies with the gender they were assigned at birth, like a boy who grows up thinking he's a boy.
- If you're a girl who always felt like a girl, you're likely cisgender.
- Most people are cisgender, it's the most common type of gender identity.
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