Cis By Trans

Abstract

Esta obra está sob licença Creative Commons. Preamble Preamble Preamble Preamble Preamble Cis, trans: above all, metaphors. Cisjordan, region skirting the Jordan River. Cisplatin, Uruguay's ancient name, region occupying one of the banks of the Prata River. Trans-Amazonian, that which crosses the Amazon; transatlantic, that which crosses the Atlantic. Cisalpine, transalpine. The geometric isomerism of Organic Chemistry, where "cis" are atoms that, when molecules are divided in half, remain on the same side, and "trans" those remaining on opposite sides. Even the Houaiss dictionary, presenting the cis etymology as "from the Latin preposition cis 'below, on this side' (in opposition to trans)". And many other examples. Metaphors, always metaphors. Something that crosses, trespasses, goes through and something that remains always on the same side, skirting, not crossing, that avoids crossing, all in relation to a given line. Can we imagine the use of one of these terms without, immediately, referring to the other? From this rhetorical question, I dare to claim that medical discourse, by naming as "trans" our peculiar way of living, of claiming existence, has automatically named the other way, its way, non-trans, as "cis", leaving to us only the task of thinking ways of making the two images proposed, something-that-crosses and something-that-avoids-crossing, translate themselves into more tangible meanings. In regards to the debate of gender identities, however, "cis" emerges only seventy years after the term opposing it, "trans", the latter in the 20's, the former almost at the turn of the 21st century, and we can understand this delay. There are few registers in history of people who, in the distant past, claimed an existence other than the one predicted by their genitals. The truth is, in a deeply cissexist society, a society so cissexist that cannot even perceive its own cissexism (so deeply naturalized this unspoken law was, with its origin, its reason

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“…It is important to critically analyze "feeling woman" and self-identification as a more accesable form of language used to explain what "I am a woman" is in reality, i.e., those who have become women for themselves and society as a result of confrontation with social impositions by trying to mold the subjects considering the genitals that they were born with. 7 The norms created by society to maintain the differences between the sexes end up generating a multitude of implications, among which violence and the vulnerabilities experienced by the transsexual women are highlighted, they reflect in the health-illness process of the individuals and influence their quality of life and health. 8…”