The outrage is more that a label is being applied to them. They want it to be 'women' and 'trans women', where only 'non-normal' identities get a label.

The application of 'cis' bothers conservatives because it changes the narrative, from people who identify as their assigned sex being 'the default', into cis people just another state of identity with no more significance than the others.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Huh…. Weird. And here I am, having grown up with an aunt who always wanted to be a man, and to be honest, I never questioned it. I got told as a kid that he felt he was born in the wrong body, so I just went with it. I never had the urge to call him a trans-woman or anything, not even as a teen. Might be good to get rid of that trans thing.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

They would be a trans man fyi.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

We learn whatever we're taught, and many people were taught that people who are different should do whatever it takes to be "normal".

Those people hide their true self and ridicule/attack others so they must do the same.

Fortunately, there are LESS people teaching that now. The kids I interact with at work give a lot of hope for the future.