Elon Musk’s X now treats the term ‘cisgender’ as a slur on the platform
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Posting the term, which is used by many health organizations, on X’s mobile app now comes with a warning prompting users to delete the post.
Elon Musk warned us this was coming. Now, the owner of X (formerly Twitter) has apparently followed through on his threat to begin treating the words “cis” and “cisgender” as slurs, the latest in a number of moves on the social media site that some view as targeting transgender individuals.