cissexual

Etymology

From cis- +‎ sexual, by analogy with transsexual.

Adjective

cissexual (not comparable)

1. (of a person) Having a gender identity which matches one's birth sex; for example, identifying as male and having (been born with) male genitalia.
   • 2011, Jes Battis, Homofiles: Theory, Sexuality, and Graduate Studies‎, page 25:

     That we are working on the grounds of ontology seems clear, since the “actually” begins from a cissexual primal origin birth moment that cannot be changed but only concealed—Angie is “biologically” once-and-forever Justin.

   • 2013, Kelby Harrison, Sexual Deceit: The Ethics of Passing‎, page 13:

     Ungendering is the process by which cissexual people start to look for details or evidence that the trans person is no longer living in his/her birth gender.

   • 2016, Em McAvan, 3: Rhetorics of Disgust and Indeterminacy in Transphobic Acts of Violence, Tobias Raun (editor), Out Online: Trans Self-Representation and Community Building on YouTube, page 54,

     Comfort is a cissexual privilege, ascribed to those who identify with and are socially and institutionally recognizable as the sex they were assigned at birth, thus conforming to a certain kind of gender norm.

See also

• transgender