Twitter’s chief executive officer Elon Musk raised eyebrows this week when he declared that a gender identity term is now no longer welcome on the platform. The billionaire, who is also the CEO of ...

Twitter owner Elon Musk has said Twitter users who use 'cis' or 'cisgender' in a hateful way will have their accounts suspended, while JK Rowling says she doesn't agree with the jargon. (Getty Images) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Very simply put, the term cisgender (also sometimes referred to as "cis") is used to describe someone whose gender matches the ...

“The word ‘cis’ is a heterosexual slur. Shame on anyone who uses it,” he said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Cis” is short for cisgender, meaning someone whose gender identity matches the ...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has apparently decided that "cis" and "cisgender" will now be considered a slur on the social media platform. "Cisgender" typically refers to individuals whose gender identity ...

The social media platform owner’s announcement came in response to a complaint from “gender critical” commentator James Esses who expressed frustration over being referred to as a “cissy” on social ...

Elon Musk has announced that the words “cis” and “cisgender” are now considered slurs on Twitter, triggering widespread confusion over the social platform's ever-evolving publishing guidelines. In a ...

Twitter boss and billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk referred to the term cisgender as a ‘slur’, while responding to a thread on the social media platform. Replying to a tweet by commentator James Esses, ...

Why is the language we use to describe gender non-conformists such as Andrej Pejic so important? CHRISTOPHER MACSURAK, CC BY-SA Trans people may be in the news – but the terms we use to discuss gender ...