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Gentle FYI for you today, the term for non-trans is cis or cisgender. 💜
I am fully aware what some people use, but it is a made-up word of the English language and I won't apply it to myself. I don't have a problem with people using it, but it's not my vocabulary. It neither has an inherent sense, nor does it have any added value in most context. I respect that it helps to normalize specifying whatever gender one associates with when "cis" people also do it, as opposed to only having trans / non-binary people to specify "what" they identify as. But my solidarity extends only to full acceptance and tolerance, not to changing how I "identify" myself :p
Interesting, because every word you've used is made-up word of the English language.
I think he's referring to the difference of descriptive vs prescriptive. I mean, some english words and concepts just become standard without anyone trying to make them that.
Terms like cisgender or "they" as a pronoun on identical level to "he" and "she" is an example of trying to be prescriptive. You would never have to correct people with native level language skills on the correct use of these words if they weren't.
Singular they had been around since the 14th century. If you want to say it was prescriptive then I might be willing to agree, but we aren't in the 14th century. We're in the 21st century. I'm sure you'll agree that over 500 years of precedence makes it descriptive by that point.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0075424204265824
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they