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If you go into c/traaa on lemmy.ml you can see that every post has one downvote on it, so there's one person regularly coming into c/traaa from another instance and downvoting all the posts lol (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by HornyOnMain@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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The best bit is that we can't even see it lmao

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[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

I think I understand... So, a cis person can be attracted to either the same gender (homo) or the opposite gender (hetero) or both genders (bi), but attributes herself/himself to her/his birth-gender.... right? Or am I still confused? Haha

Is cis and acronym?

No daft questions! We’re all peers here :)

<3 thank you so much!! I've never had a safe place to ask these questions before, so I've been (knowingly) going around for at least a decade with these misunderstandings. I really appreciate you and the time you're putting into helping me understand!

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

cis I think comes from the alps or something, cis/trans-alpine. It's also used in chemistry to determine the handedness of particular isomers (I think). It's a prefix, not an acronym, in any case.
Unless you listen to TERFs (which is an acronym, 'trans-exclusionary radical feminist), who'll tell you it stands for Cis Is a Slur lol

In your example yeah you got it right, cis/trans refers to a gender signifier, whereas homo/hetero is a sexuality signifier. They're similar prefixes with different applications

And then there's me who's just... queer I guess, the more I think about it the more confused I get, be gay do crime and learn to love yourself