Elon Musk Slammed After Announcing 'Cisgender' Is Now A 'Slur' That Will Get You Suspended From Twitter

Yesterday, after posting a Tweet saying that I reject the word ‘cis’ and don’t wish to be called it, I receive a slew of messages from trans activists calling me “cissy” and telling me that I am ‘cis’ “whether or not I like it”.

Just imagine if the roles were reversed.
— James Esses (@JamesEsses) June 20, 2023

Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions.

The words “cis” or “cisgender” are considered slurs on this platform.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023

The free speech absolutist is at it again pic.twitter.com/4zVCvoQkUG
— Natalie Wynn ❌ (@ContraPoints) June 21, 2023

A reminder that the prefix 'cis' has been around for thousands of years and that Elon Musk is straight up openly pandering to transphobes and bigots now pic.twitter.com/CIPkXDFgZS
— Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens (@CSMFHT) June 21, 2023

If this is true, I am likely to get banned. Cisgender is a descriptor used in scientific, legal, and medical contexts to distinguish between groups with unique circumstances.

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— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) June 21, 2023

In celebration of Elon attacking free speech on scientific terms while using mental gymnastics to say he's not: get a 20% discount on gender care journals at https://t.co/1ar2r401O6 using the discount code ELONMUSKISCIS#CisIsNotASlur #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ElonMuskIsCis https://t.co/Z94JKyl6uh
— Notably Nerdy (She/Her) (@NotablyNerdyNN) June 22, 2023

Elon Musk: I am a free-speech absolutist

Also Elon Musk: Cisgender is a slur, calling someone cis will get you suspended https://t.co/WFhmI3T0nY
— Joey Politano 🏳️🌈 (@JosephPolitano) June 21, 2023

Cis/trans are now slurs? You can't have one without the other, it's just language like hetero/homo. So Twitter is no longer free speech. You don't have to identify with terminology for it to be descriptive. Its original early 1990s use was never a slur but shorthand for not trans https://t.co/ix8CCrklvN
— Katy Jon Went (@katyjon) June 21, 2023

Cis is something to identify a person that goes by their assigned sex/gender just like how trans refers to someone who doesn't identify as their birth assigned sex/gender.
CIS IS NOT A SLUR#CisIsNotASlur https://t.co/nTXiDunvVJ
— Venn ✨ (comms open: 0/3) (@Dayumvenn) June 21, 2023

cisgender is a neutral scientific term to refer to someone who identifies with the sex they were assigned at birth; the inverse of transgender. notably, too, it has not been used as a weapon to marginalize or attack a group of people

you not liking it doesn’t make it a slur lol https://t.co/GV9fT8bqWd
— the spirit lifter (@ausmacon) June 22, 2023

Free speech overlord announces new forbidden words: https://t.co/9qfI4KD2is
— LeGate🤠 (@williamlegate) June 21, 2023

Buddy, cisgender is just the scientific term for someone whose gender identity aligns with their biological sex. It’s not a slur or an insult. If you were born a male and identify as a male, you’re cisgender. Cis- is Latin for “on this side of,” it’s just the opposite of trans- https://t.co/NaQnF0BIYn
— bob (@williamvhand_) June 21, 2023

Targeted harassment bad, yes

Cis is not a slur, that’s utterly preposterous https://t.co/XEwABXDA4f
— Fed is a mess🗽🌐🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 (@fedtanyl) June 21, 2023

Contrary to your belief, Elonski, you aren't the one person that can declare a word used to describe an identity a slur. It simply is not. It's just another word for "not trans" or "identifying oneself with the gender assigned at birth". As you well know. https://t.co/BNgwyGf6zG
— Mattington (@ButtonEyeMatt) June 21, 2023

Wait how are those a slur? Isn’t that just defined as someone who identifies with the gender they were born with? Confused.
— Dr. Kiki Akula (@TurmericBae) June 21, 2023