Cis Quotes

“Ask anyone who’s transgender. They’ll tell you they’re trapped in the wrong body. But me, I’m trapped in the wrong body because I’m trapped in a body. All bodies are the wrong body.”
― Tim Cannon

“Wendy knew how to deal with looking cis and she knew how to deal with looking trans, but she would never, ever figure out how to be both. How the world could treat her so differently—within days or hours.”
― Casey Plett, Little Fish

“The work begins by each of us recognizing that cis people are not more valuable or legitimate and that trans people who blend as cis are not more valuable or legitimate. We must recognize, discuss, and dismantle this hierarchy that polices bodies and values certain ones over others.”
― Janet Mock, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

“Mr. Harris kept glancing up and down Omar’s body, lingering around his chest and his groin. At first, Omar pretended not to notice. It was a compulsive kind of looking, one that cis people indulged in when they believed they could do it without being seen, though it was so common to catch them looking that their lack of shame was obvious.”
― Zeyn Joukhadar , Kink: Stories

“There’s a subtlety to transphobia that we don’t see, because we’re not meant to see it. That subtly lies with making transphobic stereotypes so pervasive that they go unquestioned, unchallenged, undiscussed. So when trans and gender-nonconforming people call out these stereotypes, we should listen. Just because something is a common trope doesn’t mean it isn’t harmful, complicated and worthy of critique.”
― Zeba Blay

“Cisgêneros são capazes de se desculpar por errarem o pronome de um filhote de cachorro no meio da rua, mas jamais vão tratar uma pessoa trans como um ser humano digno.”
― Ariel F. Hitz, Todas as mentiras que eu nunca quis contar