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Friendly_Average_122 t1_j2a7fc0 wrote

Reply to comment by Wowzlul in 'Drag Story Hour' protest draws passionate crowds outside Queens library by seejordan3

Cishet? Are we making up new words now?

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Wowzlul t1_j2a7zvo wrote

There's no way this is in good faith, but in contexts where we're talking about lgbt people versus the majority of the population that identifies as cisgender (as opposed to transgender) and heterosexual (as opposed to homosexual or bisexual) it helps sometimes to use that portmanteau adjective (here used substantively) to make it clear you're referring to them.

"Cishet" isn't in Websters yet, you're right. I certainly didn't make it up, though.

I'll edit it to say "cisgender heterosexual man" instead.

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Friendly_Average_122 t1_j2a8tkg wrote

Hint: these men aren’t cisgender and heterosexual. I don’t care what anyone’s into, but it’s weird to say they’re straight

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Wowzlul t1_j2a90at wrote

I'm not claiming they are. My point was that it would be no different if a cishet man decided to do this vs. a gay or bisexual one, or a trans woman, or a butch lesbian, or whoever. It's a person putting on a costume reading to children.

As long as there's no age-inappropriate sexual content (which there isn't) then there's really nothing to object to. That is, unless one finds the idea of gender-nonconforming behavior objectionable in itself.

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RSKadish t1_j2btexg wrote

I agree with you. I wasn't responding to your comment. I was responding to the commentor who said that "these men aren't cisgender and heterosexual." You know, the comment that's been downvoted a lot.

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Wowzlul t1_j2btsti wrote

Yeah I gotcha. Feelings are running high right now for obvious reasons. I just wanted to set the record straight (ugh).

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RSKadish t1_j2abiph wrote

Wait a minute. Drag queens can't be cisgender? Since when are they all transitioning? I've known plenty of cisgender drag queens. Also, the story mentions a "drag king" which would be a woman dressed in male drag.

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shamam t1_j2a839z wrote

All words are made up. That's how language works. New words are added to the lexicon all the time. Merriam Webster publishes a list of new words every year.

You're clearly trolling, though, as I don't see how you could be on reddit for a year and not have come across that term before.

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Friendly_Average_122 t1_j2a96nh wrote

I’ve literally never seen that before

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panda12291 t1_j2agg7r wrote

I imagine that there are a lot of words that you are not familiar with. That doesn't mean they're not words.

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