Meaning of ciswash | Babel Free

Definitions

To ignore, deny, or minimize the gender identity of a trans person or trans people, or the role that a trans person or trans people played in an event.

Examples

“Numerous media outlets recounted how the noble gays and lesbians fought that night – never mentioning trans folk… carrying on that long and painful tradition of ciswashing queer history – especially Stonewall history.”

“Throughout the 2-minute trailer, I watched the passionate and diverse history of our movement be whitewashed and ciswashed.”

“Let's stop ciswashing and whitewashing Stonewall, and use it instead as an example of how we need to fight racism, transmisogyny and poverty in our culture.”

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