cis male

or cis-male, cis·male

[ sis-meyl ]

noun

1. a person who was assigned male at birth and whose gender identity is male.

adjective

1. noting or relating to such an individual:

   You can guess from his choice of toys that he is probably a cis-male child.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cis male¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

In Western medicine, hormonal conditions resulting in cis male lactation are well known, and the understanding of how both breast growth and lactation can be produced in cis men using hormones goes back at least as far as this study from 1954.

From Slate

But as trans scholar Sandy Stone wrote in her famous reply to Raymond, it's not that trans women are unwilling dupes of cis male medical authority, but rather that we have to strategically perform our womanhood in certain ways to access the care and treatments we need.

From Salon

In Rhoda's time, medical gatekeeping meant that she had to live "full time" as a woman and prove her suitability for gender-affirming care to a team of primarily white, cis male doctors before they would give her treatment.

From Salon

Raymond argued that cis male doctors were making an army of trans women to satisfy the male gaze: promoting iterations of womanhood that reinforced sexist gender stereotypes, ultimately ushering in the displacement and eradication of the world's "biological" women.

From Salon

A: Even though our central figure is Norma Desmond, “Sunset Boulevard” is from the point of view of Joe Gillis, a young, White, cis male in his 20s.

From Washington Post