Cisnormativity is the assumption, in individuals or in institutions, that everyone is cisgender, and that cisgender identities are superior to trans* identities or people. Leads to invisibility of non-cisgender identities. Source: http://www.pflagatl.org/lgbt-glossary/
Cisnormatividad es la presunción, en individuos o en instituciones, de que todo el mundo es cisgénero y que identidades cisgéneras son superiores a las identidades o personas trans*. Conduce a la invisibilidad de las identidades no cisgéneras. Fuente: http://www.pflagatl.org/lgbt-glossary/
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